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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52332" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52332" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Leummim]] </strong> A tribe of the Dedanites ( [[Genesis]] 25:3 ). Cf. Letushim. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67412" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67412" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48429" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48429" /> == | ||
<p> (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]]). </p> <p> 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]]). </p> | <p> (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]]). </p> <p> 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]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5829" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5829" /> == | ||
