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HebrewH8487Proper Noun (Masculine)

תֵּימָן

te.man

11Occurrences
H8487Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them

or תֵּמָן; the same as H8486 (תֵּימָן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Teman = "south" 1) son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, and one of the dukes of ) the tribe descended from 1 noted for the wisdom of its people 3) the region occupied by the descendants of 1, located east of Idumea

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

תֵּימָן appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
2
Amos
1
Ezk
1
Habakkuk
1
Obadiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:36BSB

The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

Amos 1:12BSB

So I will send fire upon Temanto consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

Genesis 36:11BSB

The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

Genesis 36:42BSB

Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

Jeremiah 49:7BSB

Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says:“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?Has counsel perished from the prudent?Has their wisdom decayed?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.