TIMNITE, THE
Samson’s father-in-law, a native of Timnathah. (Judges 15:6)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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TIMON
one of the seven, commonly called "deacons." (Acts 6:1-6) He was probably a Hellenist. (A.D. 34.)
TIMOTHEUS
A "captain of the Ammonites," 1 Macc. 5:6 who was defeated on several occasions by Judas Maccabaeus, B.C. 164. 1 Macc. 5:6,11,34-44. He was probably a Greek adventurer.In 2 Macc...
TIMOTHY
The disciple thus named was the son of one of those mixed marriages which, though condemned by stricter Jewish opinion were yet not uncommon in the later periods of Jewish histo...
TIMOTHY, EPISTLES OF PAUL TO
The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral Epistles, because they are principally devoted to directions about the work of the pastor of a church. The First Epistl...
TIN
Among the various metals found in the spoils of the Midianites, tin is enumerated. (Numbers 31:22) It was known to the Hebrew metal-workers as an alloy of other metals. (Isaiah ...
TIPHSAH
(ford) is mentioned in (1 Kings 4:24) as the limit of Solomon’s empire toward the Euphrates and in (2 Kings 15:16) it is said to have been attacked by Menahemi. It was known to ...
TIRATHITES, THE
one of the three families of scribes residing at Jabez, (1 Chronicles 2:55) the others being the Shimeathites and Sucathites. The passage is hopelessly obscure.
TIRE
an old English word for headdress. It was an ornamental headdress worn on festive occasions, (Ezekiel 24:17,23) and perhaps, as some suppose, also an ornament for the neck worn ...
TIRHAKAH, OR TIRHAKAH
(exalted?) king of Ethiopia (Cush), the opponent of Sennacherib. (2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 37:9) He may be identified with Tarkos or Tarakos, who was the third and last king of the ...
TIRHANAH
(favor), son of Caleb ben-Hezron by his concubine Maachah. (1 Chronicles 2:48) (B.C. about 1451.)
TIRIA
(fear), son of Jehaleleel, of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:16) (B.C. about 1451.)
TIRRAS
(desire), the youngest son of Japheth, (Genesis 10:2) usually identified with the Thracians, as presenting the closest verbal approximation to the name.
TIRSHATHA
(always written with the article), the title of the governor of Judea under the Persians, perhaps derived from a Persian root signifying stern, severe, is added as a title after...
TIRZAH
an ancient Canaanite city, whose king is enumerated among those overthrown in the conquest of the country. (Joshua 12:24) It reappears as a royal city, the residence of Jeroboam...
TIRZAH
(delight), youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua 17:3) (B.C. 1450.)
TISHBITE, THE
the well-known designation of Elijah. (1 Kings 17:1; 21:17,28; 2 Kings 1:3,8; 9:36) The name naturally points to a place called Tishbeh, Tishbi, or rather perhaps Tesheb, as the...
TITHE OR TENTH
the proportion of property devoted to religious uses from very early times. Instances of the use of tithes are found prior to the appointment of the Levitical tithes under the l...
TITUS
Our materials for the biography of this companion of St. Paul must be drawn entirely from the notices of him in the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, the Galatians, and to Titu...
TITUS JUSTUS
(The form given in the Revised Version, of the proselyte Justus, at whose house in Corinth Paul preached when driven from the synagogue. He is possibly the same as Titus the com...
TITUS, EPISTLE TO
There are no specialties in this epistle which require any very elaborate treatment distinct from the other Pastoral Letters of St. Paul. It was written about the same time and ...
TIZITE, THE
the designation of Joha, one of the heroes of David’s army. (1 Chronicles 11:45) It occurs nowhere else, and nothing is known of the place or family which it denotes.
TOAH
(lowly) a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Samuel and Heman. (1 Chronicles 6:34) (19).
TOB
(good), The land of, a place in which Jephthah took refuge when expelled from home by his half-brother, (Judges 11:3) and where he remained, at the head of a band of freebooters...
TOBADONIJAH
(Adonijah the good), one of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah to teach the law to the people. (2 Chronicles 17:8) (B.C. 910.)
TOBIAH
(goodness of Jehovah)."The children of Tobiah" were a family who returned with Zerubbabel, but were unable to prove their connection with Israel -- (Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62) (B...
TOBIJAH
(goodness of Jehovah).One of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat, to teach the law in the cities of Judah. (2 Chronicles 17:8) (B.C. 910.)One of the captivity in the time of Zechari...