Teman תֵּימָן

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Teman
תֵּימָן
Transliterationteman
Strong's numberH8487 (H8487H, H8487G)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechplace name
GlossTeman
Occurrences11 in 11 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (3)

Teman (Hebrew תֵּימָן, Strong's H8487) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Teman”. It occurs 11 times.

Definition

H8487H: Teman

Teman = "south"
the region occupied by the descendants of Teman, located east of Idumea
Also named: te.ma.ni (תֵּימָנִי "Temanite" H8489)

H8487G: 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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVteman (11)
BSBteman (9), upon teman (1), o teman (1)

Verses

Every verse with Teman, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

1 Chronicles

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Amos

Obadiah

Habakkuk

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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