Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Tema?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tayma.

First appears in Job 6:19 · 3 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tayma.

Tema is represented in the local geography layer as Tayma. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Job 6:19 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Mount Sinai

About 460 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 543 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 556 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 559 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 561 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Tema today

Travel to Tema, the modern-day Tayma.

Tema is commonly identified with Tayma, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Tema is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tayma

27.630°N · 38.552°E

Key passages

Appears in

Job

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention