Genesis 36:11

36:11

Zepho <06825> [A.M. cir. 2270. B.C. cir. 1734. Zepho.]

[Zephi.]

Genesis 36:15

36:15

[First aristocracy of dukes, from A.M. cir. 2429, to A.M. cir.]

2471; from B.C. cir. 1575, to B.C. cir. 1533.

chiefs ............. chief ... chief ... chief ... chief <0441> [dukes.]

The word duke is from the Latin {dux,} a captain or leader, from {duco,} to lead, guide; which is the exact import of the Hebrew [alluph <\\See definition 0441\\,>] {alluph,} from [aleph, lamed, pheh,] to lead, guide; and is here applied to heads of families, chieftains, or princes, who were military leaders.

Eliphaz <0464> [Eliphaz.]

chiefs ............. chief Teman chief ... chief ... chief <0441 08487> [duke Teman.]

Genesis 36:34

36:34

Temanites <08489> [A.M. cir. 2177. B.C. cir. 1827. Temani.]

Eusebius places Teman, or Th‘man, which probably gave name to "the land of Temani," in Arabia Petr‘a, five miles from Petra, and says there was a Roman garrison there.