International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Tob, The Land Of

tob, tob ('erets Tobh, "a good land"; ge Tob): Hither Jephthah escaped from his brethren after his father's death (Jud 11:3), and perfected himself in the art of war, making for...

272

Tobiah

to-bi'-a (Tobhiyah; Codex Alexandrinus Tobias; omitted in Codex Vaticanus):(1) An Ammonite slave (King James Version, "servant"), probably of Sanballat, the governor of Samaria ...

273

Tobias

to-bi'-as:(1) The son of Tobit.See TOBIT, BOOK OF.(2) Tobias, Codex Alexandrinus Tobio the father (according to Josephus, grandfather) ofHYRCANUS(which see) (2 Macc 3:11).

274

Tobie

to'-bi.SeeTUBIAS.

275

Tobiel

to-bi'-el, to'-bi-el (Tobiel, Codex Alexandrinus Tobiel): The father of Tobit (Tobit 1:1); another form of "Tabeel]" "God is good."

276

Tobijah

to-bi'-ja (Tobhiyah, "Yahweh is good"):(1) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat whom the king sent to teach in the cities of Judah (2Ch 17:8; Tobhiyahu; the Septuagint omits).(2...

277

Tobit, Book Of

to'-bit:1. Name2. Canonicity3. Contents4. Fact or Fiction?5. Some Sources6. Date7. Place of Composition8. Versions9. Original LanguageLITERATURE1. Name:The book is called by the...

278

Tochen

to'-ken (tokhen, "task," "measure"; Codex Vaticanus Thokka; Codex Alexandrinus Thochchan): One of the cities of Simeon, mentioned with Rimmen and Ashan (1Ch 4:32). The name does...

279

Togarmah

to-gar'-ma (~togharmah]; Thorgama, Thergama, Thurgama, Thurgaba; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Thorgoma):1. Its Forms: A Suggested Identification:The 3rd son of G...

280

Tohu

to'-hu.SeeNAHATH.

281

Toi

to'-i.SeeTOU.

282

Token

to'-k'-n ('oth, usually rendered "sign" (onDe 22:14ff see the comms.)): "Sign" and "token" are virtually synonymous words and in the King James Version are used with little or n...

283

Tokhath

tok'-hath.SeeTIKVAH.

284

Tola

to'-la (tola`, "worm" or "scarlet stuff"):(1) One of the four sons of Issachar (Ge 46:13;1Ch 7:1), mentioned among those who journeyed to Egypt with Jacob (Ge 46:8f), and in the...

285

Tolad

to-'lad.SeeELTOLAD.

286

Tolaites

to-'la-its.SeeTOLA.

287

Tolbanes

tol'-ba-nez, tol-ba'-nez (Tolbanes): One of the porters who had taken foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:25) = "Telem" ofEzr 10:24; perhaps identical with the porter Talmon (Ne 12:25).

288

Toll

tol: (1) Aramaic middah, "toll" or "tribute" paid by a vassal nation to its conqueror (Ezr 4:20;6:8;Ne 5:4); written also mindah (Ezr 4:13;7:24). More accurately for halakh, "to...

289

Tomb

toom.SeeBURIAL.

290

Tomorrow

too-mor'-o.SeeMORROW.

291

Tongs

tongz (melqachayim): This word is, where it occurs in the King James Version and the English Revised Version, with two exceptions, changed in the American Standard Revised Versi...

292

Tongue

tung: Almost invariably for either lashon, or glossa the latter word with the cognates heteroglossos, "of strange tongues" (1Co 14:21), glossodes, "talkative," English Versions ...

293

Tongues Of Fire

(glossai hosei puros): The reference in this topic is to the marvelous gift of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost (Ac 2:1-13). After His resurrection the Lord bade His disc...

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Tongues, Confusion Of

tungz:1. The Narrative:According toGe 11:1-9, at some time not very long after the Flood, "the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they jo...

295

Tongues, Gift Of

1. Basic Character of 1 Corinthians 14:A spiritual gift mentioned inAc 10:44-46;11:15;19:6;Mr 16:17, and described inAc 2:1-13and at length in1Co 12-14, especially chapter 14. I...

296

Tongues, Interpretation, Of

in-tur-pre-ta'-shun.See SPIRITUAL GIFTS; TONGUES, GIFT OF.

297

Tools

toolz: In the Bible, references to the handicrafts are almost entirely incidental, and not many tools are named. The following article aims to give a list of those mentioned, to...