Talmon
טַלְמוֹןStrong’s H2929talmon (tal-mon)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Talmon is the Hebrew word usually translated “talmon”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;”
Meaning
- The head of a family of doorkeepers in the temple; some of his descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezrapossibly two other doorkeepers in the time of Nehemiah
How it's translated
- talmon 4
- and talmon 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 3
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Ezra 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 2:42The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
- Nehemiah 7:45The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
- Nehemiah 11:19Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
- Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
Hebrew dictionary
טַלְמוֹן talmon · Talmon
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.17 § Talmon = "oppressor" 1) the head of a family of doorkeepers in the temple; some of his descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra 1a) possibly two other doorkeepers in the time of Nehemiah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.