Tema @ south; desert, one of the sons of Ishmael, and father of a tribe so called Genesis:25:15; 1Chronicles:1:30; Job:6:19; Isaiah:21:14; Jeremiah:25:23) which settled at a place to which he gave his name, some 250 miles south-east of Edom, on the route between Damascus and Mecca, in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula, toward the Syrian desert; the modern Teyma'.
Teman @ id. (1.) A grandson of Esau, one of the "dukes of Edom" Genesis:36:11Genesis:36:15, 42). (2.) A place in Southern Idumea, the land of "the sons of the east," frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. It was noted for the wisdom of its inhabitants Amos:1:12; Obadiah:1:8; Jeremiah:49:7; Ezekiel:25:13). It was divided from the hills of Paran by the low plain of Arabah Habakkuk:3:3).
Temanite @ a man of Teman, the designation of Eliphaz, one of Job's three friends Job:2:11Job:22:1).
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