Bible Strands
Tema
Tema was a son of Ishmael and is associated with the ancient Arabian city of Tema.
From Easton's 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'.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Ishmael
Siblings
Adbeel, Dumah, Hadad, Jetur, Kedar, Kedemah, Mahalath, Massa, Mibsam, Mishma, Naphish, Nebaioth
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Genesis 25:15.
Verses that name Tema
- Genesis 25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,