Strong H8487H8487Hתֵּימָן
Teman
One of the 2 senses of Strong H8487
- Transliteration
- têymân têmân
- Pronunciation
- {tay-mawn'} tay-mawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Teman, a region and town in Edom, named after Esau's grandson, known for its wisdom (Jer. 49:7; Amos 1:12; Obad. 1:9).
Meaning of the name
Teman = "south"
General definition
The same as H8486; {Teman} the name of two {Edomites} and of the region and descendants of one of them: - {south} Teman.
In the biblical story
Teman
Region and town in Edom, known for wisdom
Teman, a region and town in Edom, named after Esau's grandson, known for its wisdom (Jer. 49:7; Amos 1:12; Obad. 1:9).
In the Bible
Strong H8487H appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- teman6
First verses
- Jeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
- Jeremiah 49:20Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
- Ezekiel 25:13Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
- Amos 1:12But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
- Obadiah 1:9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
- Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.