Leummim

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Leum'mim. (peoples). The name of the third, of the descendants of Dedan, son of Jokshan, Genesis 25:3, being in the plural form, like his brethren, Asshurim and Letushim.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

LEUMMIM. A tribe of the Dedanites ( Genesis 25:3 ). Cf. Letushim.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Dedan, a son of Jokshan. Genesis 25:3 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 25:3. A tribe, ("the peoples").

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 1:32

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 25:3

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Leiimmimn', לְאֻמַּים , peoples, as often; Sept. Λαωμείμ ), the last named of the three sons of Dedan (grandson of Abraham by Keturah), and head of an Arabian tribe descended from him (Genesis 25:3; and Vulgate at 1 Chronicles 1:32). B.C. considerably post 2024. (See Arabia).

They are supposed to be the same with the Allumoeotoe (Ἀλλουμαιῶται ), named by Ptolemy (6:7, 24) as near the Gerrhaei, which appears to be a corruption of the Hebrew word with the art. prefixed. He also enumerates Luma among the towns of Arabia Deserta (5:19), and Forster (Geogr. of Arabia, 1:335) suggests that this may liave been an ancient settlement of the same tribe" (Kitto). "They are identified by Fresnel (in the Journ. Asiat. iiie serie, 6:217) with an Arab tribe called Umeiyim, one of the very ancient tribes of Arabia of which no genealogy is given by the Arabs, and who appear to have been ante-Abrahamic, and possibly aboriginal inhabitants of the country." (See Letushim).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

lḗ - um´im ( לאמּים , le'ummı̄m ): A D edanite tribe of North Arabia, connected with the Letushim (which see).