טֶלֶם

Strong’s Definition

Telem, the name of a place in Idumaea, also of a temple doorkeeper

Etymology & Derivation

from an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently; oppression;

KJV Usage

Telem.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a gatekeeper among the returning exiles in the time of ezra
• 2.(n pr loc) one of the cities in the extreme south of judah in the negeb

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Ṭelem; Pronunciation: teh'-lem