Bible Thesaurus: Talmai

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Talmai (6 Occurrences)
...TALMAI. ... When Absalom fled from David after the assassination of Amnon he took refuge
with Talmai at Geshur (2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37 1 Chronicles 3:2). ...
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Geshur (11 Occurrences)
... In the time of David it was ruled by Talmai, whose daughter he married, and who
was the mother of Absalom, who fled to Geshur after the murder of Amnon (2 ...
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Ahiman (4 Occurrences)
... Joshua 15:14 Judges 1:20). The three names (Ahiman, Sheshai, Talmai) also
occur together in Judges 1:10. The word Anak in the Hebrew ...
/a/ahiman.htm - 10k

Maachah (19 Occurrences)
... (2.) A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur. She became
one of David's wives, and was the mother of Absalom (2 Samuel 3:3). ...
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Ammihud (10 Occurrences)
... (2.) Numbers 34:20. (3.) Numbers 34:28. (4.) The father of Talmai, king of Geshur,
to whom Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon (2 Samuel 13:37). ...
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Ahi'man (4 Occurrences)
... Ahi'man (4 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 And they went up into the South, and came
unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. ...
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Sheshai (3 Occurrences)
... Sheshai (3 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;
and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. ...
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She'shai (3 Occurrences)
... Numbers 13:22 And they went up into the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. ...
/s/she'shai.htm - 7k

Maacah (30 Occurrences)
... (2) Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maacha; Codex Alexandrinus Maachath, the one wife
of David who was of royal rank, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, who ...
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Ma'acah (22 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 3:3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur ...
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Bible Concordance

Talmai (6 Occurrences)

Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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Joshua 15:14 Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
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Judges 1:10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
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2 Samuel 3:3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
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2 Samuel 13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.
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1 Chronicles 3:2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Talmai

my furrow; that suspends the waters; heap of waters

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Talmai

(bold).

One of the three sons of "the Anak" who were slain by the men of Judah. (Numbers 13:22; Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10) (B.C. 1450.)
Son of Ammihud king of Geshur. (2 Samuel 3:3; 13:37; 1 Chronicles 3:2) He was probably a petty chieftain, dependent on David. (B.C. 1040.)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Talmai

King of Geshur, on the borders of Palestine and Syria. David married Maacha his daughter, the mother of Tamar and Absalom. The latter avenged the wrongs of his sister Tamar by the murder of Amnon, and then took refuge at the court of his grandfather, where he remained three years, 2 Samuel 3:3,13,14.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Abounding in furrows.

(1.) One of the Anakim of Hebron, who were slain by the men of Judah under Caleb (Numbers 13:22; Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10).

(2.) A king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after he had put Amnon to death (2 Samuel 3:3; 13:37). His daughter, Maachah, was one of David's wives, and the mother of Absalom (1 Chronicles 3:2).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TALMAI

(1) A clan, possibly of Aramean origin, generally reputed to be of gigantic height; resident in Hebron at the time of the Hebrew conquest and driven thence by Caleb (Numbers 13:22 Joshua 15:14 Judges 1:10).

(2) A son of Ammihur (or Ammihud), king of Geshur, a small Aramean kingdom, and a contemporary of David, to whom he gave his daughter Maacah in marriage. When Absalom fled from David after the assassination of Amnon he took refuge with Talmai at Geshur (2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37 1 Chronicles 3:2).

Strong's Hebrew

8526. Talmay -- "plowman," a father-in-law of David, also a ...
... "plowman," a father-in-law of David, also a descendant of Anak. Transliteration:
Talmay Phonetic Spelling: (tal-mah'-ee) Short Definition: Talmai. ... Talmai. ...
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Library

Afraid of Giants
... Hamath.22. And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/afraid of giants.htm

How David Reigned Over one Tribe at Hebron While the Son Of
... by Ahinoam, and he was called Arenon; the second was Daniel, by his wife Abigail;
the name of the third was Absalom, by Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how david reigned.htm

Caleb --A Green Old Age
... What were the three Anak chiefs, with their barbarous names, Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and Talmai, and their giant stature, to the onset of a warrior faith like that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/caleba green old age.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... how one of their subdivisions, of which Caleb was the eponymous hero, had driven
from Hebron the three sons of Anak"Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai"and had ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

Subtopics

Talmai

Talmai: A Son of Anak

Talmai: King of Geshur

Related Terms

Geshur (11 Occurrences)

Ahiman (4 Occurrences)

Maachah (19 Occurrences)

Ammihud (10 Occurrences)

Ahi'man (4 Occurrences)

Sheshai (3 Occurrences)

She'shai (3 Occurrences)