Quick Definition
south
Strong's Definition
the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
Derivation: or תֵּמָן; denominative from H3225 (יָמִין);
KJV Usage: south (side, -ward, wind).
TWOT Reference: 872e
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תֵּימָן (te.man) — south. 1) south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind 1a) south (of territory) 1b) southern quarter (of the sky) 1c) toward the south, southward (of direction) 1d) south wind
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · ימן · תֵּימָנִי
Spatial Referents | ≈ נֶגֶב
south = a referent pointing in the direction to the right of a person facing the sunrise
EXO 26:18 · EXO 26:35 · EXO 27:9 · EXO 36:23 · EXO 38:9 · NUM 2:10 · NUM 3:29 · NUM 10:6 · DEU 3:27 · JOS 12:3 · JOS 13:4 · JOS 15:1 · JOB 9:9 · JOB 39:26 · ISA 43:6 · EZK 21:2 · EZK 47:19 · EZK 47:19 · EZK 48:28 · ZEC 6:6 · ZEC 9:14
name
Names of People
Teman = man; ◄ son of Eliphaz, son of Esau; ► chief of Edom
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תֵּימָן n.f. south, south wind, chiefly poet. base