King James Bible Dictionary

South; desert, one of the sons of Ishmael, and father of a tribe so called (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30; Job 6:19; Isaiah 21:14; Jeremiah 25:23) which settled at a place to which he gave his name, some 250 miles south-east of Edom, on the route between Damascus and Mecca, in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula, toward the Syrian desert; the modern Teyma'.

admiration; perfection; consummation

1. Son of Ishmael
Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30

2. A people of Arabia, probably descendant from Tema, Ishmael's son
Job 6:19; Isaiah 21:14; Jeremiah 25:23

(a desert), the ninth son of Ishm'l, (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30) whence the tribe called after him, mentioned in (Job 6:19; Jeremiah 25:23) and also the land occupied by this tribe. (Isaiah 21:13,14) (B.C. after 1850.) The name is identified with Teyma , a small town on the confines of Syria.

TEM'ACHIS, noun [Gr. a piece.] A genus of fossils of the class of gypsums, softer than others, and of a bright glittering hue.

Id.

1. A grandson of Esau, one of the "dukes of Edom" (Genesis 36:11, 15, 42).

2. A place in Southern Idumea, the land of "the sons of the east," frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. It was noted for the wisdom of its inhabitants (Amos 1:12; Obadiah 1:8; Jeremiah 49:7; Ezekiel 25:13). It was divided from the hills of Paran by the low plain of Arabah (Habakkuk 3:3).

Temani, the south; Africa; perfect

1. Son of Eliphaz
Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:15; Genesis 36:42; 1 Chronicles 1:36; 1 Chronicles 1:53

2. A people called Temani and Temanites

A people supposed to be descended from Teman, son of Eliphaz
Genesis 36:34; Job 2:11

Prophecies concerning
Jeremiah 49:7; Ezekiel 25:13; Amos 1:12; Obadiah 1:9; Habakkuk 3:3

(the south).

1. A son of Eliphaz, son of Esau by Adah. (Genesis 36:11,15,41; 1 Chronicles 1:36,53) (B.C. about 1792.)
2. A country, and probably a city, named after the Edomite phylarch, or from which the phylarch took his name. The Hebrew signifies "south," etc., see (Job 9:9; Isaiah 43:6) and it is probable that the land of Teman was a southern portion of the land of Edom, or, in a wider sense, that of the sons of the east. Teman is mentioned in five places by the prophets, in four of which it is connected with Edom and in two with Dedan. (Jeremiah 49:7,8; Ezekiel 25:13) Eusebius and Jerome mention Teman as a town in their day distant 15 miles from Petra, and a Roman post.

Called also Temanite.

Teman, 2

[TEMAN]

A man of Teman, the designation of Eliphaz, one of Job's three friends (Job 2:11; 22:1).

Called also Temani.

Teman, 2

an inhabitant of Teman.