South
תֵּימָןStrong’s H8486teman (te-man)
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Teman is the Hebrew word usually translated “south -ward”, “south” and “from south”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.”
Meaning
- South, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south windsouth (of territory) · southern quarter (of the sky) · toward the south, southward (of direction) · south wind
How it's translated
- south -ward 12
- south 3
- and south -ward 1
- and from south 1
- from south 1
- to south 1
- a south wind 1
- o south wind 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 5
- Numbers 3
- Joshua 3
- Ezekiel 3
- Job 2
- Zechariah 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 9:14In contextAnd the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
- Exodus 26:18And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
- Exodus 26:35And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
- Exodus 27:9And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 36:23And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
- Exodus 38:9And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
Hebrew dictionary
תֵּימָן teman · south
1) south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind 1a) south (of territory) 1b) southern quarter (of the sky) 1c) toward the south, southward (of direction) 1d) south wind
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “south” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOUTH, noun
- The north and south are opposite points in the horizon; each ninety degrees or the quarter of a great circle distant from the east and west.
- In a less exact sense, any point or place on the earth or in the heavens, which is near the meridian towards the right hand as one faces the east.
- A southern region, country or place; as the queen of the south in Scriptures.
- The wind that blows from the north. [Not used.]
All definitions and other forms of “south”
SOUTH, adjective
- In any place north of the tropic of Cancer, pertaining to or lying in the meridian towards the sun; as a south wind.
- Being in a southern direction; as the south sea.
SOUTH, adverb
Towards the south A ship sails south; the wind blows south
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.