Place
Tema
Named in 3 verses across 3 books, first in Job 6:19.
In the Bible
All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Job
- Job 6:19
The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 21:14
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 25:23
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
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’.