Telem
Who he was
Telem is mentioned in Ezra 10:24 as one of the temple servants who had married foreign wives during the Babylonian exile. Under Ezra's leadership, the returned exiles agreed to divorce their foreign wives to maintain the purity of the Jewish community. Telem is listed among those who complied with this decision.
Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
Every mention
1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Ezra 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Oppression.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Read the article →Sources
- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain