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Strong's #8485: Teyma' (pronounced tay-maw')

or Temao {tay-maw'}; probably of foreign derivation; Tema, a son of Ishmael, and the region settled by him:--Tema.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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têymâ' / têmâ'

Tema = "desert"

1) the 9th son of Ishmael (noun proper masculine)

2) the land settled by Tema the son of Ishmael (noun proper locative)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition



Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

Genesis 25:15: "Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:"
1 Chronicles 1:30: "and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,"
Job 6:19: "The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for"
Isaiah 21:14: "The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread"
Jeremiah 25:23: "Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,"









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