Quick Definition
Teman
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them
Derivation: or תֵּמָן; the same as H8486 (תֵּימָן);
KJV Usage: south, Teman.
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תֵּימָן (te.man) — Teman. A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.11; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Teman = "south" 1) son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, and one of the dukes of Edom 2) the tribe descended from 1 noted for the wisdom of its people 3) the region occupied by the descendants of 1, located east of Idumea
תֵּימָן (te.man) — Teman. Teman = "south" the region occupied by the descendants of Teman, located east of Idumea Also named: te.ma.ni (תֵּימָנִי "Temanite" H8489)
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.pr. (m. et) loc. a N. district of Edom, poet. often = Edom; as name of an Edomite chief base