Talmay — H8526

Definition

masculine proper noun

Talmai, the name of a Canaanite and a Syrian

1. Talmai = "furrowed"
2. one of the 3 sons of the giant Anak who were slain by the men of Judah
3. son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, later king of Geshur himself, and father of Maacah, the mother of Absalom and wife of David

Usually translated as

Talmai

Origin

from H8525; ridged

• Derived from Telem (H8525)

Greek equivalents

• Bartholomaîos (G918)

Occurrences

Talmay occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Numbers 13:22 — And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai (וְתַלְמַ֔י), the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• Joshua 15:14 — And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai (תַּלְמַ֔י), the children of Anak.
• Judges 1:10 — And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai (תַּלְמָֽי).
• 2 Samuel 3:3 — And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai (תַּלְמַ֖י) king of Geshur;
• 2 Samuel 13:37 — But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai (תַּלְמַ֥י), the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
• 1 Chronicles 3:2 — The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai (תַּלְמַ֖י) king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: