Definition of "temanite" in inglés

noun

1. An archaic word for a Yemenite Jew in the Book of Job (2:11) from the Jewish Bible.

   • Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

2. An inhabitant of Teman.