Topic
Tema
6 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 25:15Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Ishmael
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
- 1 Chronicles 1:30Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Ishmael
Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
- Job 6:19Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A people of Arabia, probably descendants from Tema, Ishmael' s son
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
- Isaiah 21:14Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A people of Arabia, probably descendants from Tema, Ishmael' s son
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
- Jeremiah 25:23Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A people of Arabia, probably descendants from Tema, Ishmael' s son
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
- Isaiah 21:13Smith
¶ The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
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’.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
te'-ma (tema', "south country"; Thaiman): The name of a son of Ishmael (Ge 25:15; 1Ch 1:30), of the tribe descended from him (Jer 25:23), and of the place where they dwelt (Job 6:19; Isa 21:14). This last was a locality in Arabia which probably corresponds to the modern Teima' (or Tayma' (see Doughty, Arabia Deserta, I, 285)), an oasis which lies about 200 miles North of el-Medina, and some 40 miles South of Dumat el-Jandal (Dumah), now known as el-Jauf. It is on the ancient caravan road connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Aqaba; and doubtless the people took a share in the carrying trade (Job 6:19). The wells of the oasis still attract the wanderers from the parched wastes (Isa 21:14). Doughty (loc. cit.) describes the ruins of the old city wall, some 3 miles in circuit. An Aramaic stele recently discovered, belonging to the 6th century BC, shows the influence of Assyrian article The place is mentioned in the cuneiform inscriptions (Schrader, KAT2, 149).
W. Ewing
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.