Jemima

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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

("day""); bright as day. Oldest of Job's three daughters after his restoration ( Job 42:14). Gesenius, from Arabic "dove." Jemama, a central province of Arabia, is in Arab tradition named from an ancient queen.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]

Jemi'ma. (Dove). The eldest of the three daughters born to Job, after the restoration of his prosperity.  Job 42:14.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [3]

One of Job's daughters. ( Job 42:14) The meaning of the name implies, beautiful as the day.

Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]

Eldest daughter of Job after his restoration to health and prosperity.  Job 42:14 .

Holman Bible Dictionary [5]

 Job 43:14

Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]

 Job 42:14

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]

(Heb. Yenzinzah', יְמַימָה , Dove , from the Arab.; Sept. ῾Ημέρα ,Vulg. Dies , both mistaking the derivation as if from יוֹם , Day ), the name of the first of Job's three daughters born after his trial ( Job 42:14). B.C. cir. 2200. "The Rev. C. Forster ( Historical Geography Of Arabia , 2:67), in tracing the posterity of Job in Arabia, thinks that the name of Jemima survives in Jemama, the central province of the Arabian peninsula, which, according to an Arabian tradition (see Bochart, Phaleg, 2, § 26), was called after Jemama, an ancient queen of the Arabians" (Smith).

Jemini.

(See Benjamin).

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