Temanite
תֵּימָנִיStrong’s H8489temani (te-ma-ni)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Temani is the Hebrew word usually translated “temanite”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.”
Meaning
- An inhabitant of Teman located east of Idumea
- A descendant of Teman, the grandson of Esau and a duke of Edom
How it's translated
- the temanite 8
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 6
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 1:45And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
- Job 4:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
- Job 15:1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
- Job 22:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
- Job 42:7And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Hebrew dictionary
תֵּימָנִי temani · Temanite
Someone from Teman Group of te.man (תֵּימָן "Teman" H8487H) § Temanite or Temani "southward" 1) an inhabitant of Teman located east of Idumea 2) a descendant of Teman, the grandson of Esau and a duke of Edom
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.