Bible Names N-Z

Telem in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A city in the extreme S. of Judah (Joshua 15:24). (See TELAIM.) Conjectured to be Kubbet el Baul, bordering on the Dhullam Arabs....

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Teman in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

te'-man (teman, "on the right," i.e. "south"; Thaiman): The name of a district and town in the land of Edom, named after Teman the grandson of Esau, the son of his firstborn, Eliphaz (Gen 36:11; 1 Ch 1:36). A duke Teman is named among the chiefs or clans of Edom (Gen 36:42; 1 Ch 1:53). He does not however appear first, in the place of the firs...

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Temeni in Smiths Bible Dictionary

son of Ashur the father of Tekoa, by his wife Naarah. 1Ch 4:6 (B.C. about 1450.)...

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Telem in Hitchcock's Bible Names

their dew; their shadow...

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Teman in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Eliphaz Ge 36:11 -2. Also called TEMANI and TEMANITES A people supposed to be descended from Teman, son of Eliphaz Ge 36:34; Job 2:11 Prophecies concerning Jer 49:7; Eze 25:13; Am 1:12; Ob 1:9; Hab 3:3...

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Temeni in Easton's Bible Dictionary

one of the sons of Ashur, the father of Tekoa (1 Chr. 4:6)....

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Tatnai in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A Persian satrap "on this side," i.e. the Jewish side, of the Euphrates (Ezra 3:5-6; Ezra 6:6; Ezra 6:13). (See SHETHAR BOZNAI.)...

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Tema in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

te'-ma (tema', "south country"; Thaiman): The name of a son of Ishmael (Gen 25:15; 1 Ch 1:30), of the tribe descended from him (Jer 25:23), and of the place where they dwelt (Job 6:19; Isa 21:14). This last was a locality in Arabia which probably corresponds to the modern Teima' (or Tayma' (see Doughty, Arabia Deserta, I, 285)), an oasis which...

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Tatnai in Hitchcock's Bible Names

that gives; the overseer of the gifts and tributes...

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Teman in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the south). 1. A son of Eliphaz, son of Esau by Adah. Ge 36:11,15,41; 1Ch 1:36,53 (B.C. about 1792.) 2. A country, and probably a city, named after the Edomite phylarch, or from which the phylarch took his name. The Hebrew signifies "south," etc., see Job 9:9; Isa 43:6 and it is probable that the land of Teman was a southern portion of the ...

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