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Timna

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Timna, תַּמַנָע , restraint), the name of a woman and also of a man.

1. (Sept. θαμνά ) A concubine of Eliphaz, son of Esau, and by him mother of Amalek (Genesis 36:12; named [apparently only] in 1 Chronicles 1, 36 [by an ellipsis] as a son of Eliphaz); probably the same as the sister of Lotan, and daughter of Seir the Horite (Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1, 39). B.C. considerably post 1963.

2. (Sept. θαμανά v.r. θαιμάν; "Timnah." ) The first named of the Esauite "dukes" or sheiks in Mount Seir (Genesis 36:40; 1 Chronicles 1, 51). B.C. long post 1963.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Timna'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​t/timna.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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