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Tema
South; desert, one of the sons of Ishmael, and father of a tribe so called (Gen 25:15; 1 Chr 1:30; Job 6:19; Isa 21:14; Jer 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’.
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- Genesis 25:15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
- 1 Chronicles 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
- Job 6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
- Isaiah 21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
- Jeremiah 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
