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Tema in Easton's Bible Dictionary

south; desert, one of the sons of Ishmael, and father of a tribe so called (Gen. 25:15; 1 Chr. 1:30; Job 6:19; Isa. 21:14; Jer. 25:23) which settled at a place to which he gave his name, some 250 miles south-east of Edom, on the route between Damascus and Mecca, in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula, toward the Syrian desert; the ...

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Teman in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Temani...

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Telem in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(oppression). 1. One of the cities in the extreme south of Judah, Jos 15:24 probably the same as Telaim. The name Dhullam is found in Van de Velde's map, attached to a district immediately to the north of the Kubbet el-Baul, south of el Milh and Ar'arah --a position very suitable. 2. A porter or doorkeeper of the temple in the time of Ezra. ...

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Tema in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("desert land".) Ishmael's ninth son (Genesis 25:15). Founder of an Arab tribe in the northern Arabia Deserta, on the border of the Syrian desert (Job 6:19); "the troops of Tema" are the caravans on the direct road anxiously "looking for" the return of their companions gone to look for water; the failure of it in the wady and the disappointmen...

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Temeni in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tem'-e-ni, te'-me-ni (temeni, Baer, timeni; Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Thaiman; Lucian, Thaimanei): The word temeni means a southerner, i.e. of Southern Judah; compare TEMAN (patronymic temani), the name of Edom (Gen 36:11, ete), the "son" of Ashhur (1 Ch 4:6)....

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Telem in Easton's Bible Dictionary

oppression. (1.) A porter of the temple in the time of Ezra (10:24). (2.) A town in the southern border of Judah (Josh. 15:24); probably the same as Telaim....

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Tema in Hitchcock's Bible Names

admiration; perfection; consummation...

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Temeni in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Ashur 1Ch 4:6...

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Talmon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

oppressed. (1.) A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:17; Neh. 11:19). (2.) One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45); probably the same as (1)....

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Tartan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tar'-tan (tartan): For a long time the word was interpreted as a proper name, but the Assyrian inscriptions have shown it to be the title of a high official. From the eponym lists it would seem that it was the title of the highest official next to the king, which in a military empire like Assyria would be the "commander-in-chief." The Assyrian...

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