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Teman — the meaning of the Hebrew name תֵּימָן

תֵּימָן

Têymân · pronounced tay-mawn' · Strong's H8487 · a man and a place

Teman means Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them.

Built from

תֵּימָן têymân (the same as, H8486) — the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or תֵּמָן; the same as H8486; Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them.

First appearance

Gen 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. (KJV)

Every verse that names Teman

11 occurrences in 11 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Obadiah, Habakkuk

Gen 36:11Gen 36:15Gen 36:421Chr 1:361Chr 1:53Jer 49:7Jer 49:20Ezek 25:13Amos 1:12Obad 1:9Hab 3:3

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