How many times is Teman mentioned in the Bible?
The word Teman appears 11 times in the King James Version, in 11 verses. Counting every form (Teman, Temanite, Temanites), it appears 18 times in 18 verses across 8 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Teman 11 times (19 with every form).
Teman in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Teman counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Teman | 11 | 11 |
| Temanite | 6 | 6 |
| Temanites | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 18 | 19 |
What the name Teman means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Teman as "the south; Africa; perfect".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-24.
First and last mention of Teman
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 1 verse matches only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Genesis 36:34: counted in the World English Bible only
And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
Verses with Teman on our topic pages
1 verse that uses Teman in the World English Bible is in our topic collections.
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
On: Friendship
Common questions
How many times is Teman in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 18 of the 18 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Teman appears in 8 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Job has the most (6), then Genesis (3) and 1 Chronicles (3).
Where is Teman first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 36:11: "And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz." The last is Habakkuk 3:3.
What does the name Teman mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Teman as "the south; Africa; perfect".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.