Topic
Timnath
8 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 38:12Easton
¶ And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- Genesis 38:12–14Nave 1. A city given by some authorities as identical with TIMNAH, number two
¶ And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to…
- Genesis 38:14Easton
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
- Judges 14:1–18Easton
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me…
- Judges 14:1Nave 2. Home of Samson' s wife
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
- Judges 14:2Nave 2. Home of Samson' s wife
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
- Judges 14:5Nave 2. Home of Samson' s wife
¶ Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
- Judges 15:6Nave 2. Home of Samson' s wife
¶ Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Gen. 38:12,14. (1.) Heb. Timnathah, which is appropriately rendered in the Revised Version, Timnah, a town in Judah.
(2.) The town where Samson sojourned, probably identical with “Timnah” (1) (Judg. 14:1-18).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
tim'-hath.
See TIMNAH.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 5 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 1. A city given by some authorities as identical with TIMNAH, number two Ge 38:12-14
- 2. Home of Samson' s wife Jud 14:1,2,5; 15:6
- Believed by some authorities to be identical with the preceding
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.