תִּמְנָה

tim.nahTimnah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place12 occurrences4 books10 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
  • Timnah: Canaanite city associated with Judah and Dan
  • Timnah: Town in the hill country of Judah

Definition

from H4487; a portion assigned; Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Timnah, Timnath, Thimnathah.

Glossary entries

Timnah (Place) Timnite

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Genesis 38:12תִּמְנָֽתָה׃ · at Timnah
    After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
  2. Genesis 38:13תִמְנָ֖תָה · to Timnah
    When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
  3. Genesis 38:14תִּמְנָ֑תָה · to Timnah
    …she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
  4. Joshua 15:10תִּמְנָֽה׃ · to Timnah
    The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
  5. Joshua 15:57וְתִמְנָ֑ה · and Timnah
    Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
  6. Joshua 19:43וְתִמְנָ֖תָה · Timnah
    Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
  7. Judges 14:1 (2×)תִּמְנָ֑תָה · to Timnah; בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה
    One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
  8. Judges 14:2בְתִמְנָ֖תָה · in Timnah
    So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
  9. Judges 14:5 (2×)תִּמְנָ֑תָה · to Timnah; תִמְנָ֔תָה · of Timnah
    Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,
  10. 2 Chronicles 28:18תִּמְנָ֣ה · Timnah
    The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.