Tema
Tema is a settlement mentioned in 3 verses. Its most likely location is Tayma. The name means “admiration; perfection; consummation.”
Where is Tema?
Approx. 27.6297, 38.5516 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tayma | settlement | High |
Tema in the Bible dictionary
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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Verses that mention Tema
- Job 6:19
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
- Isaiah 21:14
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
- Jeremiah 25:23
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,