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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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TALITHA CUMI
two Syriac words, (Mark 5:41) signifying damsel, arise.
TALMAI
(bold).One of the three sons of "the Anak" who were slain by the men of Judah. (Numbers 13:22; Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10) (B.C. 1450.)Son of Ammihud king of Geshur. (2 Samuel 3:...
TALMON
(oppressor), the head of a family of door-keepers in the temple, "the porters for the camps of the sons: of Levi." (1 Chronicles 9:17; Nehemiah 11:19) (B.C. 1013.) Some of his d...
TALMUD
(i.e. doctrine, from the Hebrew word "to learn") is a large collection of writings, containing a full account of the civil and religious laws of the Jews. It was a fundamental p...
TAMAH
(laughter). The children of Tamah or Thamah, (Ezra 2:53) were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:55)
TAMAR
(palm tree).The wife successively of the two sons of Judah, Er and Onan. (Genesis 38:8-30) (B.C. about 1718.) Her importance in the sacred narrative depends on the great anxiety...
TAMMUZ
(sprout of life), properly "the Tammuz," the article indicating that at some time or other the word had been regarded as an appellative. (Ezekiel 8:14) Jerome identifies Tammuz ...
TANACH
a slight variation of the name TAANACH. (Joshua 21:26)
TANHUMETH
(consolation), the father of Seraiah in the time of Gedaliah. (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8) (B.C. before 582.)
TAPHATH
(ornament), the daughter of Solomon, who was married to ben-Abinadab. (1 Kings 4:11) (B.C. about 1000.)
TAPHON
one of the cities in Judea fortified by Bacchides. 1 Macc. 9:50. It is probably the Beth-tappuah of the Old Testament.
TAPPUSH
(the apple-city).A city of Judah, of the Shefelah or lowland. (Joshua 15:34)A place on the boundary of the "children of Joseph." (Joshua 16:8; 17:8) Its full name was probably E...
TARAH
(delay), a desert-station of the Israelites between Tahath and Mithcah. (Numbers 33:27)
TARALAH
(reeling), one of the towns in the allotment of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:27)
TAREA
the same as Tahreah, the son of Micah. (1 Chronicles 8:35)
TARES
There can be little doubt that the zizania of the parable, (Matthew 13:25) denotes the weed called "darnel" (Lolium temulentum). The darnel before it comes into ear is very simi...
TARGUM
[See VERSIONS, ANCIENT, OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, VERSIONS, AUTHORIZED]
TARPELITES, THE
A race of Assyrian colonists who were planted int he cites of Samaria after the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel. (Ezra 4:9) They have not been identified with any ce...
TARSHISH
(established).Probably Tartessus, a city and emporium of the Phoenicians in the south of Spain, represented as one of the sons of Javan. (Genesis 10:4; 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Chronicl...
TARSUS
the chief town of Cilicia, "no mean city" in other respects, but illustrious to all time as the birthplace and early residence of the apostle Paul. (Acts 9:11; 21:39; 22:3) Even...
TARTAK
(prince of darkness), one of the gods of the Avite or Avvite colonists of Samaria. (2 Kings 17:31) According to rabbinical tradition, Tartak is said to have been worshipped unde...
TARTAN
which occurs only in (2 Kings 18:17) and Isai 20:1 Has been generally regarded as a proper name; like Rabsaris and Rabshakeh, it is more probably an official designation, and in...
TATNAI
(gift), satrap of the province west of the Euphrates in the time of Darius Hystaspes. (Ezra 5:3,6; 6:6,13) (B.C. 520.) The name is thought to be Persian.
TAVERNS, THE THREE
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TAXES
I. Under the judges, according to the theocratic government contemplated by the law, the only payments incumbent upon the people as of permanent obligation were the Tithes, the ...
TAXING
The English word now conveys to us more distinctly the notion of a tax or tribute actually levied; but it appears to have been used in the sixteenth century for the simple asses...