Teat
tet (shadh (Isa 32:12), dadh (Eze 23:3,11)): In all these passages the Revised Version (British and American) has replaced the word by "breast" or "bosom," both of which occasio...
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Tebah
te'-ba (tebhach): A son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham (Ge 22:24).
Tebaliah
teb-a-li'-a, te-bal'-ya (Tebhalyahu, "Yahweh hath dipped," i.e. "purified"; Codex Vaticanus Tablai; Codex Alexandrinus Tabelias; Lucian, Tabeel): A Merarite gatekeeper. (1Ch 26:...
Tebeth
te-beth', te'-beth (tebheth): The tenth month of the Jewish year, corresponding to January (Es 2:16).SeeCALENDAR.
Tehaphnehes
te-haf'-ne-hezSeeTAHPANHES.
Tehinnah
te-hin'-a (techinnah, "supplication"; Codex Vaticanus Thaiman; Codex Alexandrinus Thana; Lucian, Theenna): "The father of the city Nahash" (1Ch 4:12). The verse seems to refer t...
Teil; Tree
tel the King James VersionIsa 6:13= the Revised Version (British and American)TEREBINTH(which see).
Tekel
te'-kel (teqel).See MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Tekoa
te-ko'-a (teqoa', or teqo`ah; Thekoe; the King James Version Tekoah; one of David's mighty men, "Ira the son of Ikkesh," is called a Tekoite, te-ko'-it (teqo`i;2Sa 23:26;1Ch 11:...
Tel-Abib
tel-a'-bib (tel 'abhibh; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) ad acervum novarum frugum):1. The Name and Its Meaining:As written in Hebrew, Tel-abib means "hill of barle...
Tel-Harsha
tel-har'-sha (tel-charsha'): InEzr 2:59;Ne 7:61(the King James Version in latter, "'Telharesha," tel-ha-re'sha, -har'e-sha), a Babylonian town or village from which Jews who cou...
Tel-Melah
tel-me'-la (tel-melah, "hill of salt"): A Babylonian town mentioned inEzr 2:59;Ne 7:61with Tel-harsha and Cherub (see TEL-HARSHA). It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the...
Telah
te'-la (telah; Codex Vaticanus Thalees, Codex Alexandrinus Thale; Lucian, Thala): An Ephraimite (1Ch 7:25).
Telaim
te-la'-im (ha-tela'-im "the young lambs"; en Galgalois): The place where Saul "summoned the people, and numbered them" (1Sa 15:4) before his attack on Agag, king of the Amalekit...
Telassar
te-las'-ar (tela'-ssar (2Ki 19:12), telassar (Isa 37:12); Codex Alexandrinus Thalassar; Codex Vaticanus Thaesthen; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Thelassar, Thalas...
Telem (1)
te'-lem (Telem; Telem): A city in the Negeb "toward the border of Edom," belonging to Judah (Jos 15:24). In Septuagint of2Sa 3:12Abner is said to send messengers to David at The...
Telem (2)
(Telem; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus Telem; Codex Alexandrinus Tellem): One of three "porters" who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:24), his name appearing as "Tolbanes" in 1 Esd...
Tell
SeeTALE.
Tell El-Amarna; Tablets
tel-el-a-mar'-na,I. INTRODUCTION1. Name2. Discovery3. Physical CharacterII. EPIGRAPHICAL VALUE1. Peculiar Cuneiform Script2. Method of Writing Proper NamesIII. PHILOLOGICAL VALU...
Tema
te'-ma (tema', "south country"; Thaiman): The name of a son of Ishmael (Ge 25:15;1Ch 1:30), of the tribe descended from him (Jer 25:23), and of the place where they dwelt (Job 6...
Temah
te'-ma (temach, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus Thema; Lucian, Themaa;Ne 7:55; Codex Vaticanus Hemath; Codex Alexandrinus Thema; Lucian, Themaa; the King James Version, T...
Teman
te'-man (teman, "on the right," i.e. "south"; Thaiman): The name of a district and town in the land of Edom, named after Teman the grandson of Esau, the son of his firstborn, El...
Temeni
tem'-e-ni, te'-me-ni (temeni, Baer, timeni; Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Thaiman; Lucian, Thaimanei): The word temeni means a southerner, i.e. of Southern Judah; compa...
Temper
tem'-per: The word is used in the King James Version to render different Hebrew words. InEze 46:14for "temper" (racac) the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "mo...
Temperance; Temperate
tem'-per-ans; tem'-per-at (egkrateia), (egkrates, nephalios, sophron): the American Standard Revised Version departs from the King James Version and the English Revised Version ...
Tempest
tem'-pest (ce`-arah, or se`-arah, "a whirlwind," zerem, "overflowing rain"; cheimon, thuella): Heavy storms of wind and rain are common in Palestine and the Mediterranean. The s...
Temple
tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in1Ki 6:3,5, etc.;Eze 41:1,15ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and Ameri...