TEMA

An Ishmaelite tribe and district, in the north of Arabia Deserta towards Damascus, Ge 25:15. It is associated with Dedan, Isa 21:14; Jer 25:23, and was famous for its caravans, Job 6:19. The region is still called Tema by the Arabs.

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Tema. Tema
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’.

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Tema. admiration; perfection; consummation

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TEMA. 1. Son of Ishmael Ge 25:15; 1Ch 1:30 2. A people of Arabia, probably descendants from Tema, Ishmael' s son Job 6:19; Isa 21:14; Jer 25:23