International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Timothy

tim'-o-thi (Timotheos (Ac 17:14;18:5;19:22;20:4;Ro 16:21;1Co 4:17;16:10;2Co 1:1,19;Php 1:1;2:19;Col 1:1;1Th 1:1;3:2,6;2Th 1:1;1Ti 1:2,18;6:20;2Ti 1:2;Phm 1:1;Heb 13:23; the King...

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Timothy, Epistles To

SeePASTORAL EPISTLES.

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Tin

tin (bedhil): Tin is mentioned with brass, iron and lead inNu 31:22;Eze 22:18,20. Ezekiel mentions tin along with silver, iron and lead as being imported into Tyre from Tarshish...

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Tiphsah

tif'-sa (tiphcach, "ford"; Thapsa):(1) This marks the northern extremity of the dominions ruled by Solomon, Gaza being the limit on the South (1Ki 4:24). It can hardly be other ...

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Tiras

ti'-ras (tirac; Theiras, Lucian Thiras): A son of Japheth (Ge 10:2(P);1Ch 1:5). Not mentioned elsewhere; this name was almost unanimously taken by the ancient commentators (so J...

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Tirathites

ti'-rath-its (tir`athim; Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus, Argathieim; Lucian, Tharathei: A family of scribes that dwelt at Jabez (1Ch 2:55). The three families mentioned ...

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Tire, Headtire

tir (2Ki 9:30;Isa 3:20;Eze 24:17,23; Judith 10:3; 16:8).See DRESS, V.

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Tires, Round

tirz: Small ornaments in the shape of crescents (Isa 3:18King James Version, Revised Version "crescents").See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 3; CRESCENTS.

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Tirhakah

ter-ha'-ka, tir-ha'-ka (tirhaqah; Codex Vaticanus in 2 Kings Thara; elsewhere and in Codex Alexandrinus Tharaka; Josephus Tharsikes):1. Name and Prenomen:The king of Cush or Eth...

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Tirhana

tur'-ha-na, ter-ha'-na (tirchanah; Codex Vaticanus Tharam; Codex Alexandrinus Tharchna, Lucian Tharaana): A son of Caleb by his concubine, Maacah (1Ch 2:48).

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Tiria

tir'-i-a, ti'-ri-a (tireya', Baer tirya'; Codex Vaticanus omits it; Codex Alexandrinus Theria; Lucian Ethria): A son of Jehallelel (1Ch 4:16).

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Tirshatha

ter-sha'-tha, tur'-sha-tha (tirshatha'; Hathersatha): A title which occurs 5 times in Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezr 2:63;Ne 7:65, the American Standard Revised Version and the English ...

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Tirzah

tur'-za (tirtsah; Thersa):(1) A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (12:24). It superseded Shechem as capital of the Northern Kingdom (1Ki 14:17,...

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Tishbite

tish'-bit.See ELIJAH; Expostory Times, XII, 383.

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Tishri; Tisri

tish'-re, tiz'-re: The 7th month of the Jewish ecclesiastical, and 1st of the civil, year (September-October). The same as Ethanim.SeeCALENDAR.

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Titans

ti'-tanz: In Judith 16:7, "Neither did the sons of the Titans (huioi Titanon) smite him." The name of an aboriginal Canaanitish race of reputed giants who inhabited Palestine be...

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Tithe

tith (ma`aser; dekate): The custom of giving a 10th part of the products of the land and of the spoils of war to priests and kings (1 Macc 10:31; 11:35;1Sa 8:15,17) was a very a...

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Title

ti'-t'-l:Joh 19:19,20for titlos.The following arrangement of the title on the cross has been suggested: See Geikie, Life and Words of Christ, chapter lxiii, note e; Seymour, The...

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Tittle

tit'-'-l (keraia (Westcott-Hort, kerea), from keras, "a horn"): A small stroke or mark, specif. on a letter to denote accent, or as a diacritical mark; used only inMt 5:18andLu ...

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Titus

ti'-tus (Titos (2Co 2:13;7:6,13;8:6,16,23;12:18;Ga 1:2:1,3;2Ti 4:10;Tit 1:4)):1. One of Paul's Converts:A Greek Christian, one of Paul's intimate friends, his companion in some ...

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Titus Justus

tish'-us jus'-tus.See JUSTUS, (2); TITUS JUSTUS.

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Titus Manius

SeeMANIUS.

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Titus, Epistle To

SeePASTORAL EPISTLES.

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Titus; Titius Justus

(Titos or Titios Ioustos (Ac 18:7)): Titus or Titius--for the manuscripts vary in regard to the spelling--was the prenomen of a certain Corinthian, a Jewish proselyte (sebomenos...

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Tizite

ti'-zit (ha-titsi; Codex Vaticanus ho Ieasei; Codex Alexandrinus ho Thosaei; Lucian Athosi): A gentilic attached to the name "Joha" (1Ch 11:45), one of the soldiers of David; th...

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Toah

to'-a.SeeNAHATH.

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Tob-Adonijah

tob-ad-o-ni'-ja, tob-(Tobh 'adhoniyah, "good is the Lord"; Codex Vaticanus Tobadobeia; Codex Alexandrinus and Lucian Tobadonia): One of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat to t...