Timnah — the meaning of the Hebrew name תִּמְנָה

תִּמְנָה

Timnâh · pronounced tim-naw' · Strong's H8553 · a place · also spelled Timnath, Thimnathah

Timnah means a portion assigned.

Built from

מָנָה mânâh (from, H4487) — properly, to weigh out open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H4487; a portion assigned; Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine.

First appearance

Gen 38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (KJV)

Every verse that names Timnah

10 occurrences in 10 verses — Genesis, Joshua, Judges, 2 Chronicles

Gen 38:12Gen 38:13Gen 38:14Josh 15:10Josh 15:57Josh 19:43Judg 14:1Judg 14:2Judg 14:52Chr 28:18

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