Strong H8553H8553Gתִּמְנָה
Timnah
One of the 2 senses of Strong H8553
- Transliteration
- timnâh
- Pronunciation
- tim-naw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Timnah, a Canaanite city on the border between Judah and Dan, associated with Judah's son Er and Samson (Gen. 38:12-14; Josh. 15:10; 19:43; Judg. 14:1-5).
Meaning of the name
Timnath or Timnah or Thimnathah = "portion"
General definition
From H4487; a portion assigned;
{Timnah} the name of two places in Palestine: - {Timnah} {Timnath} Thimnathah.
{Timnah} the name of two places in Palestine: - {Timnah} {Timnath} Thimnathah.
In the biblical story
Timnah
Canaanite city associated with Judah and Dan
Timnah, a Canaanite city on the border between Judah and Dan, associated with Judah's son Er and Samson (Gen. 38:12-14; Josh. 15:10; 19:43; Judg. 14:1-5).
In the Bible
Strong H8553G appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- timnath6
- thereof1
- thimnathah1
- timnah1
First verses
- Genesis 38:12And 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.
- Genesis 38:13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
- Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
- Joshua 15:10And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
- Joshua 19:43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
- Judges 14:1And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
- Judges 14:2And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
- Judges 14:5Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth–shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.