Tema
תֵּימָאStrong’s H8485tema (te-ma)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tema is the Hebrew word usually translated “tema”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:”
Meaning
- The 9th son of Ishmael
- The land settled by Tema the son of Ishmael
- § Tema = "desert"
How it's translated
- tema 3
- and tema 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Job 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 1:30Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
- Job 6:19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
- Isaiah 21:14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
- Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
Hebrew dictionary
תֵּימָא tema · Tema
A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.15; son of: Ishmael (H3458); brother of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258) § Tema = "desert" 1) the 9th son of Ishmael 2) the land settled by Tema the son of Ishmael
תֵּימָא tema · Tema
§ Tema = "desert" the land settled by Tema the son of Ishmael
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.