Timnah

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ancient town archaeological site biblical location

Timnah is an ancient town in the Philistine region of the biblical Near East, known as the place where Samson sought a Philistine wife.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Timnah canonical 2

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ
appearsInChapter Judges 14 ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Samson NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext Ancient Israelite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philistine NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs Philistine town ⓘ
town in the territory contested by Israel and Philistia ⓘ
hasEthnicContext Philistines NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNarrativeTheme intermarriage between Israelites and Philistines ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance Biblical studies ⓘ
Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSourceType biblical text ⓘ
knownFor Philistine presence ⓘ
being the place where Samson sought a Philistine wife ⓘ
locatedIn Philistia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shephelah NERFINISHED ⓘ
biblical Near East ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
partOf Philistine territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
referencedAs Timnath in some English Bible translations NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType southern Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInNarrative location of conflict between Israelites and Philistines ⓘ
setting of Samson’s marriage story ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
biblical period ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samson → associatedWith → Timnah ⓘ
Danites → associatedWithCity → Timnah ⓘ