Tires
Or "little moons," are thought to have been ornaments of the neck, worn not by women only, Isa 3:18, but by men, and even on the necks of camels, Jud 8:21,26. Some supposed the ...
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Tirhakah
King of Ethiopia, or Cuch, and of Egypt. This prince, at the head of a powerful army, attempted to relieve Hezekiah, when attacked by Sennarcherib, 2Ki 19:9, but the Assyrian ar...
Tirshatha
Perhaps meaning severe or august, a title of honor borne by Zerubbabel and Nehemiah as Persian governors of Judea, Ezr 2:63; Ne 7:65.
Tirzah
Pleasant, So 6:4, a city of the Canaanites, Jos 12:24, and afterwards of the tribe of Manasseh or Ephraism; and the royal seat of the kings of Israel from the time of Jeroboam t...
Tishbite
From Tishbe in the tribe of Naphtali, where Elijah was born, 1Ki 17:1. It is mentioned in one of the apocryphal books.
Tishri Or Tisri
The first month of the Jewish civil year, and the seventh of the ecclesiastical; called, in 1Ki 8:2, Ethanim, which see; and answering nearly to our October. On the first day of...
Tithe
A tenth, the proportion of a man’s income devoted to sacred purposes from time immemorial, Ge 14:20 28:22. This was prescribed in the Mosaic law, Nu 31:31. A twofold tithe was r...
Tittle
A very small particle; literally, a small horn; the minute tip at the extremity of some Hebrew letters, Mt 5:18. In transcribing the Hebrew Scriptures, the Jews exacted the utmo...
Titus
A distinguished Christian minister of Greek origin, Ga 2:3; converted under the preaching of Paul, Tit 1:4, whose companion and fellow-labor he became, 2Co 8:23. He joined Paul ...
Tob
A district beyond Jordan, where Jephthah took refuge when expelled from Gilead, Jud 11:3,5. Its location is not known.
Tobiah
An Ammonite prince, in league with Sanballat and the Samaritans against the pious Jews, who were rebuilding the ruined temple, Ne 2:10; 4:3. His threats and treachery were emplo...
Togarmah
A descendant of Japheth, Ge 10:3, supposed to have given his name to the region of Asia afterwards called Armenia, Eze 38:15,16. It was celebrated for its horses and mules; and ...
Toi
King of Hamath in Syria, sent his son to rejoice with David on his victories over Hadadezer king of Zobah, 2Sa 8:9-11; 1Ch 18:9.
Tola
1.The eldest son of Issachar, and head of a family, Ge 46:13; Nu 26:23.2. Of the tribe of Issachar, judge of Israel, at Shamir in Mount Ephraim, for twenty-three years after the...
Tomb
SeeSEPULCHRE.
Topaz
A precious stone of wine-yellow color, with occasional pale tinges of green or red. It was one of the twelve gems in the high priest’s breastplate, Ex 28:17; 39:10, and was a hi...
Tophet
SeeHINNOM.
Tormentors
The Greek word usually denotes men who had charge of instruments of torture, by which unwilling witnesses were compelled to testify, and the agonies of execution in some cases w...
Tortoise
Le 11:29. The Hebrew word rather denotes a species of lizard, so named in the original for its slowness of motion.
Towers
Were erected not only in the outer walls and on the heights within cities, Jud 9:47-49Ps 48:12Lu 13:4, but along the frontiers of a country, at points where the approach of an e...
Trachonitis
In the time of Christ, was, as its name imports, a rugged province, lying on the northeast border of Palestine, south of Damascus, between the mountains of Arabia Deserta on the...
Tradition
Col 2:8Tit 1:14, a doctrine, sentiment, or custom not found in the Bible, but transmitted orally from generation to generation from some presumed inspired authority. In patriarc...
Trance
A state of the human system distinguished from dreaming and revery; it is one in which the bodily senses are licked up and almost disconnected from the spirit, which is occupied...
Transfiguration
Mt 17:1-92Pe 1:16-18. This remarkable event in the life of Christ probably took place on Hermon or some other mountain not far from Caesarea Philippi; the tradition which assign...
Treasures
Kings were wont to store their possessions and guard what they most valued in well-fortified cities, hence called treasure-cities, Ex 1:11; 1Ch 27:25; Ezr 5:17. "Treasures in th...
Trees
Were frequently used as types of kings, or men of wealth and power, Ps 37:35Isa 2:13Da 4:10-26Zec 11:1,2. The "tree of knowledge of good and evil" bore the forbidden fruit, by e...
Trench
A passage of approach to the walls of a besieged city, like a deep ditch; the earth thrown up constituting a wall. The Redeemer, weeping over Jerusalem a few days before he was ...