BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8554
tim.ni — Timnite
Someone descended from Timna(?), only mentioned at Jdg.15.6 § Timnite = "thou wilt number: a portion" an inhabitant of Timnath or Timnah or Thimnathah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →A man of Timnah. Samson’s father-in-law is so styled (Judg. 15:6).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
