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(Heb. Talmonn'; èִìְîåֹï , oppressor; Sept. Ôåëìώí and Ôåëáìßí v..r. ÔåëìÜí , Ôïëìώí , Ôåëáìåßí ; Vulg. Telmon), the head of a family of door-keepers in the Temple, “the porters for the camps of the sons of Levi” (1Ch_9:17 Neh_11:19). B.C. 1013. Some of his descendants returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr_2:42; Neh_7:45), and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra (Neh_12:25), for the proper names in this passage must be considered as the names of families.