Tema

"South; desert, one of the sons of Ishmael, and father of a tribe" so called (Gen. 25:15; 1 Chr. 1:30; Job 6:19; Isa. 21:14; Jer. "25:23) which settled at a place to which he gave his name, some" "250 miles south-east of Edom, on the route between Damascus and" "Mecca, in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula, toward the" Syrian desert; the modern Teyma'.

"Id. (1.) A grandson of Esau, one of the "dukes of Edom" (Gen." "36:11, 15, 42)." "(2.) A place in Southern Idumea, the land of "the sons of the "east," frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. It was noted" for the wisdom of its inhabitants (Amos 1:12; Obad. 1:8; Jer. 49:7; Ezek. 25:13). It was divided from the hills of Paran by the low plain of Arabah (Hab. 3:3).

"A man of Teman, the designation of Eliphaz, one of Job's three" friends (Job 2:11; 22:1).

Definition of Tema:
"admiration; perfection; consummation"