International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Testament, New, Canon Of The

SeeCANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

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Testament, New, Text And Manuscripts Of The

SeeTEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

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Testament, Old, Canon Of The

SeeCANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

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Testament, Old, Text Of The

SeeTEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

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Testaments Of The Twelve Patriarchs

See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. IV, 1.

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Testaments, Between The

SeeBETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS.

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Testimony, Ark Of The

tes'-ti-mo-ni (Ex 25:21f).SeeARK OF THE COVENANT.

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Teta

te'-ta. SeeATETA.

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Teth

teth (T): The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "T" (a more intense "t"). It came also to be used for the number 9; and with waw ("w") fo...

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Tetrarch

te'-trark, tet'-rark tetrarches): As the name indicates it signifies a prince, who governs one-fourth of a domain or kingdom. The Greeks first used the word. Thus Philip of Mace...

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Tetter

tet'-er (bohaq; alphos): The term "freckled spot" in the King James Version is thus rendered in the Revised Version (British and American). The eruption referred to inLe 13:39is...

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Text And Manuscripts Of The New Testament

|| I. SOURCES OF EVIDENCE FOR THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT1. Autographs of the New Testament Writers2. Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament3. Greek Copies or Manuscript...

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Text Of The Old Testament

|| I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL1. Invention of Alphabet2. The Cuneiform3. References to Writing in the Old Testament4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan5. Orthogr...

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Thaddaeus

tha-de'-us (Thaddaios): One of the Twelve Apostles (Mt 10:3;Mr 3:18). InMt 10:3the King James Version, the reading is "Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus." The name correspon...

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Thahash

tha'-hash.SeeTAHASH.

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Thamah

tha'-ma.SeeTEMAH.

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Thamar

tha'-mar (Thamar): the King James Version; Greek form of "Tamar" (thusMt 1:3the Revised Version (British and American)). Mother of Perez and Zerah.

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Thammuz

tham'-uz (tammuz).SeeTAMMUZ.

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Thamnatha

tham'-na-tha.SeeTIMNATH.

155

Thank Offering

SeeSACRIFICE.

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Thank; Thanks; Thanksgiving

thank, thanks, thanks-giv'-ing, thanks'-giv-ing: Both the verb and the nouns appear almost uniformly for yadhah, and eucharisteo, and their cognates. Eucharisteo is the usual Gr...

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Thara

tha'-ra, thar'-a (Thara): the King James Version; Greek form of "Terah" (thus,Lu 3:34the Revised Version (British and American)).

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Tharra

thar'-a (Tharra): One of the two eunuchs, "keepers of the court," who with his companion Gabatha (Bigthan) formed a conspiracy against King Artaxerxes which was detected by Mord...

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Tharshish

thar'-shish (tarshish).SeeTARSHISH.

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Thassi

thas'-i (Codex Venetus Thassei; Codex Vaticanus Thassis): The surname of Simon, the brother of Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 2:3; Syriac "Tharsi"). It is uncertain what the name means...

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That Day

SeeDAY OF THE LORD.

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Theatre

the'-a-ter (Ac 19:29,31).SeeGAMES.