Meaning of the name: forbidding. Related names are: Jetheth,
Esau, Timna
(and others ...)
. The translations of Timnah in 21 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Timna in Spanish to
Θαμνα in Greek!
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, (GEN 36:40)
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: (JOS 15:10)
Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: (JOS 15:57)
Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, (1CH 1:51)
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. (2CH 28:18)