Strongs Number: H2928
- Hebrew Word
- טֶלֶם
- Transliteration
- Ṭelem
- Phonetic
- teh'-lem
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
oppression; {Telem} the name of a place in {Idumaea} also of a temple doorkeeper
- BDB Definition
-
Telem = "oppression"
1. a gatekeeper among the returning exiles in the time of Ezra n pr loc
2. one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah in the Negeb
- Origin
- From an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently
- Bible Usage
- Telem.