BIBLE NAMES REVEALED | TIMNA (TIMNAH)

1. Bible Names Revealed

a) The Bible is an historic record of real people and places. Learn who's who, their relationships, and the meaning of their names.

2. Timna (Timnah)

a) Meaning: Timna = Holding in check; restraint (from a root word meaning: “to restrain”) / Timnah and Timnath = an assigned portion; a gift (from a root word meaning: “to allot;” “to divide”).

b) This was the name of two biblical women, one man and two cities.

i) A concubine of Eliphaz, son of Esau / Her son was Amalek (Genesis 36:12).

ii) Daughter of Seir and sister of Lotan (Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1:39) / They were Horites.

iii) A “duke” or sheik of Edom—grandson of Esau and son of Eliphaz (Genesis 36:40; 1 Chronicles 1:36, 51).

iv) A town of Judah (Joshua 15:10) / Samson married a Philistine woman here and asked a riddle here about a lion and honey (Judges 14). “The Philistines took possession of it in the days of Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:18). It was about 20 miles west of Jerusalem. It has been identified with Timnatha of Dan (Joshua 19:43), and also with Timnath (Judges 14:1,5).”

v) A city in Judah (Joshua15:57) and probably the same city (Timnath) to which Judah traveled to visit his sheepshearers and had sex with Tamar his daughter in law (Genesis 38:12-14) / This city is identified with Tibna near Jeba. 

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