Tema, son of Ishmael
The name Tema means “admiration; perfection; consummation.” Tema is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 25:15.
Family of Tema
Who was 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’.
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Tema
- Genesis 25:15
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
- 1 Chronicles 1:30
Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,