Timnah (2)
Timnah is a settlement mentioned in 3 verses. Its most likely location is another name for Timnah 2. The name means “forbidding.”
Where is Timnah?
Approx. 31.4094, 35.1338 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Timnah 2 | settlement | Medium |
| another name for Timnah 1 | settlement | Medium |
| Khirbet et Tabbaneh | settlement | Low |
Verses that mention Timnah
- Genesis 38:12
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 38:13
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
- Genesis 38:14
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.