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’.
Named in 3 verses
- Job 6:19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
- Isaiah 21:14 They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
- Jeremiah 25:23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;