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Jemima

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3224

יְמִימָה

ye.mi.mah — Jemimah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Job.42.14; daughter of: Job (H0347); sister of: Keziah (H7103), Keren-happuch (H7163) § Jemima = "day by day" one of the daughters of Job born after the restoration

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7103

קְצִיעָה

qe.tsi.ah — Keziah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Job.42.14; daughter of: Job (H0347); sister of: Jemimah (H3224), Keren-happuch (H7163) § Kezia = "cassia" the 2nd of the daughters born to Job after his trial

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7163

קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ

qe.ren hap.pukh — Keren-happuch

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Job.42.14; daughter of: Job (H0347); sister of: Jemimah (H3224) and Keziah (H7103) § Keren-happuch = "horn of antimony" one of the daughters of Job born after his trial

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Historical dictionary entry

Dove, the eldest of Job’s three daughters born after his time of trial (Job 42:14).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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