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Fausset's Bible Dictionary (1878)· Public Domain
  1. Eliphaz' concubine, mother of Amalek (Gen 36:12; Gen 36:22); in 1Ch 1:36 Timna is not, as apparently, a son of Eliphaz. Probably sister of Lotan, daughter of the Horite Seir. The feminine form of Timna shows that it is introduced in Chronicles as an abbreviation for what the chronicler knew his readers understood from Genesis, namely, that Timna was mother of "Amalek," which follows.
  2. A duke or phylarch of Edom (Gen 36:40-43), so that Timna was probably the name of a district.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Timna

Timna tim'-na (timna`; Thamna): A conbubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son, and the mother of Amalek (Ge 36:12). But in Ge 36:22 and 1Ch 1:39 Timna is the sister of Lotan, and in Ge 36:40 and 1Ch 1:51 a chief or elan of Edom (see TIMNAH (3)). These variations are to be expected when the origin of genealogies is recalled. (In Genesis, English Versions of the Bible read, contrary to rule, "Timnah.") Gunkel's theory is that Ge 36:1Ge 2:1-25a is a later insertion in P. ⇒See a list of verses on TIMNA in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Timna

Concubine of Elipliaz, Esau's son, and mother of Amalek, Gn 36'-. The branch of the Amalekites in question was closely associated with the Horites, Gn SG-"- ", 1 Ch V"- ". In all these passages the spelling should be Timna, the Heb. being everywhere J';"b. RV has in- advertently followed AV spelling Timnah in Gn 36". See Timnah, No. 3.

References

  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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