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Teman in Easton's Bible Dictionary

id. (1.) A grandson of Esau, one of the "dukes of Edom" (Gen. 36:11, 15, 42). (2.) A place in Southern Idumea, the land of "the sons of the east," frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. It was noted for the wisdom of its inhabitants (Amos 1:12; Obad. 1:8; Jer. 49:7; Ezek. 25:13). It was divided from the hills of Paran by the low plain...

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Tanhumeth in Naves Topical Bible

-Father of Seraiah 2Ki 25:23; Jer 40:8...

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Tarshish in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(established). 1. Probably Tartessus, a city and emporium of the Phoenicians in the south of Spain, represented as one of the sons of Javan. Ge 10:4; 1Ki 10:22; 1Ch 1:7; Ps 48:7; Isa 2:16; Jer 10:9; Eze 27:12,25; Jon 1:3; 4:2 The identity of the two places is rendered highly probable by the following circumstances: 1st. There is a very close ...

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Tartan in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Next to the Assyrian king in apparent rank. The commander-in- chief, who commanded his armies in his absence (Isaiah 20:1). One sent against Ashdod by Sargon, distinct from Sennacherib's tartan (2 Kings 18:17). After the tartan came the rubsaris, "chief eunuch," who had right of near approach to the king's person, and introduced strangers and a...

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Tanhumeth in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tan-hu'-meth (tanchumeth): One of those who were left in Judah by Nebuchadnezzar under the governorship of Gedallah (2 Ki 25:23; Jer 40:8)....

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Tartan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a general (official title)...

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Talmon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(oppressor), the head of a family of door-keepers in the temple, "the porters for the camps of the sons: of Levi." 1Ch 9:17; Ne 11:19 (B.C. 1013.) Some of his descendants returned with Zerubbabel, Ezr 2:43; Ne 7:45 and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra. Ne 12:25...

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Tartan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a general (official title)...

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Tarshish in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a Sanscrit or Aryan word, meaning "the sea coast." (1.) One of the "sons" of Javan (Gen. 10:4; 1 Chr. 1:7). (2.) The name of a place which first comes into notice in the days of Solomon. The question as to the locality of Tarshish has given rise to not a little discussion. Some think there was a Tarshish in the East, on the Indian coast, s...

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Tarshish in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Tartessus (as Asshur became Athur, Bashan, Batanoea), a Phoenician city S. of Spain; the portion of Spain known to the Hebrew (Psalm 72:10). "The kings of Tarshish ... kings of Sheba," i.e. the wealthy Tarshish in the far W. and Sheba in the S.E. Tarshish was a dependency of Phoenician Tyre. Isaiah 23:6; Isaiah 23:10 ("pass through thy land as...

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