Timnah

Town in the hill country of Judah

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  • Timnah

Original word

  • תִּמְנָה timnath, timnah, thimnathah
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Where Timnah appears in Scripture

Genesis 38

וַיִּרְבּוּ הַיָּמִים וַתָּמָת בַּת-שׁוּעַ אֵֽשֶׁת-יְהוּדָה וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהוּדָה וַיַּעַל עַל-גֹּֽזֲזֵי צֹאנוֹ הוּא וְחִירָה רֵעֵהוּ הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִי תִּמְנָֽתָה׃
12
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
וַיֻּגַּד לְתָמָר לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה חָמִיךְ עֹלֶה תִמְנָתָה לָגֹז צֹאנֽוֹ׃
13
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
וַתָּסַר בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָהּ מֵֽעָלֶיהָ וַתְּכַס בַּצָּעִיף וַתִּתְעַלָּף וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּפֶתַח עֵינַיִם אֲשֶׁר עַל-דֶּרֶךְ תִּמְנָתָה כִּי רָֽאֲתָה כִּֽי-גָדַל שֵׁלָה וְהִוא לֹֽא-נִתְּנָה לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
14
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

Joshua 15

וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מִבַּֽעֲלָה יָמָּה אֶל-הַר שֵׂעִיר וְעָבַר אֶל-כֶּתֶף הַר-יְעָרִים מִצָּפוֹנָה הִיא כְסָלוֹן וְיָרַד בֵּֽית-שֶׁמֶשׁ וְעָבַר תִּמְנָֽה׃
10
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
הַקַּיִן גִּבְעָה וְתִמְנָה עָרִים עֶשֶׂר וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
57
Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

Joshua 19

וְאֵילוֹן וְתִמְנָתָה וְעֶקְרֽוֹן׃
43
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

Judges 14

וַיֵּרֶד שִׁמְשׁוֹן תִּמְנָתָה וַיַּרְא אִשָּׁה בְּתִמְנָתָה מִבְּנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
1
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
וַיַּעַל וַיַּגֵּד לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אִשָּׁה רָאִיתִי בְתִמְנָתָה מִבְּנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְעַתָּה קְחוּ-אוֹתָהּ לִּי לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
2
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
וַיֵּרֶד שִׁמְשׁוֹן וְאָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ תִּמְנָתָה וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד-כַּרְמֵי תִמְנָתָה וְהִנֵּה כְּפִיר אֲרָיוֹת שֹׁאֵג לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃
5
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

2 Chronicles 28

וּפְלִשְׁתִּים פָּֽשְׁטוּ בְּעָרֵי הַשְּׁפֵלָה וְהַנֶּגֶב לִֽיהוּדָה וַֽיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת-בֵּֽית-שֶׁמֶשׁ וְאֶת-אַיָּלוֹן וְאֶת-הַגְּדֵרוֹת וְאֶת-שׂוֹכוֹ וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְאֶת-תִּמְנָה וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְאֶת-גִּמְזוֹ וְאֶת-בְּנֹתֶיהָ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃
18
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.