BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8489
te.ma.ni — Temanite
Someone from Teman Group of te.man (תֵּימָן "Teman" H8487H) § Temanite or Temani "southward" 1) an inhabitant of Teman located east of Idumea 2) a descendant of Teman, the grandson of Esau and a duke of Edom
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H464
e.li.phaz — Eliphaz
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.4; son of: Esau (H6215) and Adah (H5711H); half-brother of: Reuel (H7467), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); married to Timna (H8555); father of: Teman (H8487), Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Eliphaz = "my God is (fine) gold" 1) Esau's son, father of Teman 2) the Temanite friend of Job
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A man of Teman, the designation of Eliphaz, one of Job’s three friends (Job 2:11; 22:1).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
