Bible Dictionary: Tema

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Tema

admiration; perfection; consummation

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Tema

(a desert), the ninth son of Ishmael, (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.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Tema

An Ishmaelite tribe and district, in the north of Arabia Deserta towards Damascus, Genesis 25:15. It is associated with Dedan, Isaiah 21:14; Jeremiah 25:23, and was famous for its caravans, Job 6:19. The region is still called Tema by the Arabs.

Easton's 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'.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TEMA

te'-ma (tema', "south country"; Thaiman): The name of a son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:15 1 Chronicles 1:30), of the tribe descended from him (Jeremiah 25:23), and of the place where they dwelt (Job 6:19 Isaiah 21:14). This last was a locality in Arabia which probably corresponds to the modern Teima' (or Tayma' (see Doughty, Arabia Deserta, I, 285)), an oasis which lies about 200 miles North of el-Medina, and some 40 miles South of Dumat el-Jandal (Dumah), now known as el-Jauf. It is on the ancient caravan road connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Aqaba; and doubtless the people took a share in the carrying trade (Job 6:19). The wells of the oasis still attract the wanderers from the parched wastes (Isaiah 21:14). Doughty (loc. cit.) describes the ruins of the old city wall, some 3 miles in circuit. An Aramaic stele recently discovered, belonging to the 6th century B.C., shows the influence of Assyrian article The place is mentioned in the cuneiform inscriptions (Schrader, KAT2, 149).

W. Ewing

Strong's Hebrew

8485. Tema -- a son of Ishmael, also his desc. and the region ...
... 8484, 8485. Tema. 8486 . ... and the region settled by them. Transliteration:
Tema Phonetic Spelling: (tay-maw') Short Definition: Tema. ...
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Library

The Upbringing of Jewish Children
... Rabbi Jehudah, the son of Tema, says: "At five years of age, reading of the Bible;
at ten years, learning the Mishnah; at thirteen years, bound to the ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 7 the upbringing of.htm

The Inheritance.
... Ma se l'amor della spera suprema Torcesse 'n suso 'l desiderio vostro, Non vi sarebbe
al petto quella tema; Che per quanto si dice piu li nostro, Tanto ...
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The Kingdom Foreshadowed
... or fact, or person connected therewith, the following geographical terms: Uz, Sabeans,
Chaldeans, Temanite, Shuhite, Naamathite, Buzite, Tema, Sheba, Ophir ...
/.../palmer/a birds-eye view of the bible/i the kingdom foreshadowed.htm

The Nations of the South-East
... Their inscriptions have been discovered at Teima, the Tema of the Old Testament,
not far inland from El-Wej, and in the days of Tiglath-pileser the kings of ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iii the nations of.htm

Chapter xxv
... Pileser. 15. "Hadad"" unidentified. "Tema" again seems to be four days'
journey south of Dumah, now called Taimâ'u, or Teyma. About ...
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Appendix xvi. On the Jewish views About Demons' and the Demonised ...
... are already killed by arrows.' Lastly, the following may be quoted as a form of
exorcism of demons:'Burst, curst, dashed, banned be Bar-Tit, Bar-Tema, Bar-Tena ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix xvi on the jewish.htm

From Megiddo to Carchemish, 608-605.
... Greek, the Hebrew list of nations who are to drink of the cup, we get Judah and
Egypt; Askalon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; Dedan, Tema, Buz, and ...
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Thesaurus

Tema (5 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TEMA. ... W. Ewing. Multi-Version Concordance Tema
(5 Occurrences). Genesis 25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ...
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Buz (3 Occurrences)
... The word occurs again in Jeremiah 25:23, by the side of Dedan (Genesis 10:7) and
Tema (Genesis 25:15), and is probably, therefore, the name of a people living ...
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Hadad (38 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Hadad (38 Occurrences). Genesis 25:15 Hadad, Tema,
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Kedmah (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Kedmah (2 Occurrences). Genesis 25:15 Hadad and
Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedmah. (DBY). 1 Chronicles 1:31 ...
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Kedem (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Kedem (2 Occurrences). Genesis 25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur,
Naphish, and Kedemah. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV). ...
/k/kedem.htm - 6k

Ked'emah (2 Occurrences)
... Ked'emah (2 Occurrences). Genesis 25:15 Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and
Kedem; (See RSV). 1 Chronicles 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedem. ...
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Kedemah (2 Occurrences)
... See KADMONITE. Multi-Version Concordance Kedemah (2 Occurrences). Genesis 25:15
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. (WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV). ...
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Naphish (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Naphish (3 Occurrences). Genesis 25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur,
Naphish, and Kedemah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Jetur (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Jetur (3 Occurrences). Genesis 25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur,
Naphish, and Kedemah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Fugitives (21 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Isaiah 21:14 They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants
of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread. (WEB ASV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Tema (5 Occurrences)

Genesis 25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 6:19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 21:14 They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Tema

Tema: A People of Arabia, Probably Descendants from Tema, Ishmael's Son

Tema: Son of Ishmael

Related Terms

Buz (3 Occurrences)

Hadad (38 Occurrences)

Kedmah (2 Occurrences)

Kedem (2 Occurrences)

Ked'emah (2 Occurrences)

Kedemah (2 Occurrences)