TEMPER tem'-per: The word is used in the King James Version to render different Hebrew words. In Ezekiel 46:14 for "temper" (racac) the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "moisten." In So (5:2) a noun from the same stem means "dew-drops." In Exodus 29:2 the King James Version we read "cakes unleavened, tempered (balal, literally, "

TEMENI tem'-e-ni, te'-me-ni (temeni, Baer, timeni; Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Thaiman; Lucian, Thaimanei): The word temeni means a southerner, i.e. of Southern Judah; compare TEMAN (patronymic temani), the name of Edom (Genesis 36:11, etc.), the "son" of Ashhur (1 Chronicles 4:6). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibl

TEMAH te'-ma (temach, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus Thema; Lucian, Themaa; Nehemiah 7:55; Codex Vaticanus Hemath; Codex Alexandrinus Thema; Lucian, Themaa; the King James Version, Thamah): The family name of a company of Nethinim (Ezra 2:53). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D

TEMAN te'-man (teman, "on the right," i.e. "south"; Thaiman): The name of a district and town in the land of Edom, named after Teman the grandson of Esau, the son of his firstborn, Eliphaz (Genesis 36:11; 1 Chronicles 1:36). A duke Teman is named among the chiefs or clans of Edom (Genesis 36:42; 1 Chronicles 1:53). He does not however appear first

TEMA te'-ma (tema', "south country"; Thaiman): The name of a son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30), of the tribe descended from him (Jeremiah 25:23), and of the place where they dwelt (Job 6:19; Isaiah 21:14). This last was a locality in Arabia which probably corresponds to the modern Teima' (or Tayma' (see Doughty, Arabia Deserta, I,

TELL EL-AMARNA; TABLETS tel-el-a-mar'-na, I. INTRODUCTION 1. Name 2. Discovery 3. Physical Character II. EPIGRAPHICAL VALUE 1. Peculiar Cuneiform Script 2. Method of Writing Proper Names III. PHILOLOGICAL VALUE 1. Knowledge of Amorite, Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2. Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time 3. Verification of

TELL See TALE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TELL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TELEM (2) (Telem; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus Telem; Codex Alexandrinus Tellem): One of three "porters" who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:24), his name appearing as "Tolbanes" in 1 Esdras 9:25; perhaps the same as TALMON (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Edit

TELEM (1) te'-lem (Telem; Telem): A city in the Negeb "toward the border of Edom," belonging to Judah (Joshua 15:24). In Septuagint of 2 Samuel 3:12 Abner is said to send messengers to David at Thelam (Thailam); this would seem to be the same place and also to be identical with the Telaim and Telam of Saul (see TELAIM). It is probably the same as

TELAIM te-la'-im (ha-tela'-im "the young lambs"; en Galgalois): The place where Saul "summoned the people, and numbered them" (1 Samuel 15:4) before his attack on Agag, king of the Amalekites. Some authorities read "Telam" for "Havilah" in verse 7 and also find this name in 1 Samuel 27:8 instead of me`olam. In Septuagint and Josephus (Ant., VI, vi

TELASSAR te-las'-ar (tela'-ssar (2 Kings 19:12), telassar (Isaiah 37:12); Codex Alexandrinus Thalassar; Codex Vaticanus Thaesthen; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Thelassar, Thalassar): 1. The Name and Its Meaning: This city, which is referred to by Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah, is stated by them to have been inhabited by the

TELAH te'-la (telah; Codex Vaticanus Thalees, Codex Alexandrinus Thale; Lucian, Thala): An Ephraimite (1 Chronicles 7:25). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TELAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TEL-MELAH tel-me'-la (tel-melah, "hill of salt"): A Babylonian town mentioned in Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61 with Tel-harsha and Cherub (see TEL-HARSHA). It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. In 1 Esdras 5:36 it is called "Thermeleth." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A.,

TEL-ABIB tel-a'-bib (tel 'abhibh; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) ad acervum novarum frugum): 1. The Name and Its Meaining: As written in Hebrew, Tel-abib means "hill of barley-ears" and is mentioned in Ezekiel 3:15 as the place to which the prophet went, and where he found Jewish captives "that dwelt by the river Chebar." That Tel-a

TEKEL te'-kel (teqel). See MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TEKEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TEKOA te-ko'-a (teqoa', or teqo`ah; Thekoe; the King James Version Tekoah; one of David's mighty men, "Ira the son of Ikkesh," is called a Tekoite, te-ko'-it (teqo`i; 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27:9; the "woman of Tekoa" [2 Samuel 14:2] is in Hebrew teqo`ith; in Nehemiah 3:5 mention is made of certain Tekoites, te-ko'its teqo'im, who repai

TEIL; TREE tel the King James Version Isaiah 6:13 = the Revised Version (British and American) TEREBINTH (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TEIL; TREE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TEHINNAH te-hin'-a (techinnah, "supplication"; Codex Vaticanus Thaiman; Codex Alexandrinus Thana; Lucian, Theenna): "The father of the city Nahash" (1 Chronicles 4:12). The verse seems to refer to some post-exilic Jewish settlement, but is utterly obscure. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A.

TEHAPHNEHES te-haf'-ne-hez See TAHPANHES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TEHAPHNEHES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TEBALIAH teb-a-li'-a, te-bal'-ya (Tebhalyahu, "Yahweh hath dipped," i.e. "purified"; Codex Vaticanus Tablai; Codex Alexandrinus Tabelias; Lucian, Tabeel): A Merarite gatekeeper. (1 Chronicles 26:11). The name should perhaps read Tobhiyahu, "Yahweh is good" (possibly from t-w-b-y-h-w misread Tebhalyahu). See TOBIJAH. Copyright Statement These file