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Talmon

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(captive). A temple porter (1 Chron. 9:17¹⁷And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; (1 Chronicles 9:17)), and father of a family of returned captives (Ezra 2:42⁴²The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. (Ezra 2:42); Neh. 7:45; 11:19; 12:25⁴⁵The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. (Nehemiah 7:45)
¹⁹Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. (Nehemiah 11:19)
²⁵Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. (Nehemiah 12:25)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Ancestor of a Levitical family of doorkeepers who returned from exile (1 Chron. 9:17¹⁷And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; (1 Chronicles 9:17); Ezra 2:42⁴²The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. (Ezra 2:42); Neh. 7:45⁴⁵The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. (Nehemiah 7:45); Neh. 11:19¹⁹Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. (Nehemiah 11:19); Neh. 12:25²⁵Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. (Nehemiah 12:25)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2929 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Talmown

Phonic:

tal-mone’

Meaning:

from the same as 2728; oppressive; Talmon, a temple doorkeeper

KJV Usage:

Talmon

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

oppression: outcast Ta’mah, thou wilt be fat (marrowy)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Violent oppression; captive:―a temple porter [TELEM], 1 Chron. 9:17. {Oppressio violenta}