Bible dictionaries
Telem
What Bible dictionaries say about “Telem”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Telem - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Oppression. (1.) A porter of the temple in the time of Ezra (10:24).
(2.) A town in the southern border of Judah (Josh. 15:24); probably the same as Telaim.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828Smith’s Bible Dictionary
(oppression).
- One of the cities in the extreme south of Judah, (Joshua 15:24) probably the same as Telaim. The name Dhullam is found in Van Deuteronomy Veldes map, attached to a district immediately to the north of the Kubbet el-Baul , south of el Milh and Ararah --a position very suitable.
- A porter or doorkeeper of the temple in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:24) He is probably the same as TALMON in (Nehemiah 12:25)
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith