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Teman Scripture - Jeremiah 49:20

Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them....

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Teman in Wikipedia

Teman was the name of an Edomite clan and its Biblical eponym,[1], traditionally equated with Yemenite Jews. Job's friend Eliphaz was a Temanite.[2]...

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Teman Scripture - Genesis 36:15

These [were] dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,...

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Teman Scripture - Genesis 36:42

Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,...

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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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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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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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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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Teman in Hitchcock's Bible Names

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Teman in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("on the right".) So south to one facing east. Son of Eliphaz, Esau's son (Genesis 36:11); a duke of Edom. The southern part of Idumea. Habakkuk (Habakkuk 3:3) confirms this southern position, from which as the starting point in the region of Mount Paran the Holy One's coming is northwards. Ezekiel 25:13 translated "I will make it desolate fro...

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