Teman
תֵּימָןStrong’s H8487teman (te-man)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Teman is the Hebrew word usually translated “teman”, “from teman” and “on teman”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.”
Meaning
- Son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, and one of the dukes of Edom
- The tribe descended from 1 noted for the wisdom of its people
- The region occupied by the descendants of 1, located east of Idumea
- Teman = "south"
How it's translated
- teman 6
- from teman 2
- in teman 1
- on teman 1
- o teman 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Ezekiel 1
- Amos 1
- Obadiah 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 36:15These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
- Genesis 36:42Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
- 1 Chronicles 1:36The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
- 1 Chronicles 1:53Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
- Jeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
- Jeremiah 49:20Therefore 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.
Hebrew dictionary
תֵּימָן teman · Teman
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.11; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Teman = "south" 1) son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, and one of the dukes of Edom 2) the tribe descended from 1 noted for the wisdom of its people 3) the region occupied by the descendants of 1, located east of Idumea
תֵּימָן teman · Teman
Teman = "south" the region occupied by the descendants of Teman, located east of Idumea Also named: te.ma.ni (תֵּימָנִי "Temanite" H8489)
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.