King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8487
Transliteration: Teman
Phonetic Spelling: (tay-mawn')
Part of Speech: proper name; masculine
Short Definition: a N. district of Edom, also an Edomite chief
Meaning: Teman -- a northern district of Edom, also an Edomite chief
Word Summary
Teman: a N. district of Edom, also an Edomite chief
Original Word: תֵּימָןTransliteration: Teman
Phonetic Spelling: (tay-mawn')
Part of Speech: proper name; masculine
Short Definition: a N. district of Edom, also an Edomite chief
Meaning: Teman -- a northern district of Edom, also an Edomite chief
Strong's Concordance
south, Teman Or Teman {tay-mawn'}; the same as teyman; Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them -- south, Teman.
see HEBREW teyman
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8487. Teman
II. תֵּימָן proper name (masculine and)
of a location a northern district of Edom, poetic often = Edom Amos 1:12 ("" אֱדוֺם vAmos 1:11, and בָּצְרָה), Obadiah 9 ("" הַרעֵֿשָׂו), Jeremiah 49:7, 20; Ezekiel 25:13 (all "" אֱדוֺם); Habakkuk 3:3 ("" הַרמָּֿארָן); probably also Joshua 12:3; 13:4 (both D); in Genesis 3:6 (P) as name of an Edomite chief, son of אֱלִיפַז and grandson of Esau 3:11 = 1 Chronicles 1:36; 1:42 = 1:53; so תֵּו֯מָן Genesis 36:15. — See further BuhlEdomiter 30.