Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Oppression. ) A porter of the temple in the time of Ezra (10:24). ) A town in the southern border of Judah (Josh. 15:24); probably the same as Telaim.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(oppression).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
TE'LEM (oppression), a temple porter. Ezr 10:24.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
TE'LEM (oppression), a city in the South of Judahi, occurring between Ziph and Bealoth. Josh 15:24. It is possibly identical with Telaim, which see. Wilton associates it with Dhullam, a district south-east of Beersheba, in the neighborhood of Moladah (el-Milk), and perhaps, it may be, at Kubbet el-Baul.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
their dew; their shadow
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