Timnah
a portion. (1.) A town of Judah (Josh. 15:10). The Philistines took possession of it in the days of Ahaz (2 Chr. 28:18). It was about 20 miles west of Jerusalem. It has been identified with Timnatha of Dan (Josh. 19:43), and also with Timnath (Judg. 14:1,5). (2.) A city in the mountains of Judah (Josh.15:57)= Tibna near Jeba’. (3.) A “duke” or sheik of Edom (Gen. 36:40).
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Gen. 38:12,14. (1.) Heb. Timnathah, which is appropriately rendered in the Revised Version, Timnah, a town in Judah. (2.) The town where Samson sojourned, probably identical with “Timnah” (1) (Judg. 14:1-18).
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portion of the sun, where Joshua was buried (Judg. 2:9). It was “in the mount of Ephraim, in the north side of the hill Gaash,” 10 miles south-west of Shechem. The same as the following.
- Timnath-serah
remaining portion, the city of Joshua in the hill country of Ephraim, the same as Timnath-heres (Josh. 19:50; 24:30). “Of all sites I have seen,” says Lieut. Col. Conder, “none is so striking as that of Joshua’s home, surrounded as it is with deep valleys and wild, rugged hills.” Opposite the town is a hill, […]
- Timnite
a man of Timnah. Samson’s father-in-law is so styled (Judg. 15:6).
- Timocharis
noun 1. a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.