Timnâh — H8553

Definition

locative proper noun

Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine

1. Timnath or Timnah or Thimnathah = "portion"
2. a town on the northern boundary of Judah later assigned to Dan
3. a town in the hill country of Judah

Usually translated as

Timnath, Timnah, Thimnathah

Origin

from H4487; a portion assigned

• Derived from Mânâh (H4487)

Occurrences

Timnâh occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Joshua (3), Judges (3), 2 Chronicles (1)

• Genesis 38:12 — 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 (תִּמְנָֽתָה), he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
• Genesis 38:13 — And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath (תִמְנָ֖תָה) to shear his sheep.
• Genesis 38:14 — 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 (תִּמְנָ֑תָה); for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
• Joshua 15:10 — 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 (תִּמְנָֽה):
• Joshua 15:57 — Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah (וְתִמְנָ֑ה); ten cities with their villages:
• Joshua 19:43 — And Elon, and Thimnathah (וְתִמְנָ֖תָה), and Ekron,
• Judges 14:1 — And Samson went down to Timnath (תִּמְנָ֑תָה), and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
• Judges 14:1 — And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath (בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה) of the daughters of the Philistines.
• Judges 14:2 — And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath (בְתִמְנָ֖תָה) of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
• Judges 14:5 — Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath (תִּמְנָ֑תָה), and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
• Judges 14:5 — Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath (תִמְנָ֔תָה): and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
• 2 Chronicles 28:18 — 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 (תִּמְנָ֣ה) with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.