TOBIT, BOOK OF
a book of the Apocryphal which exists at present in Greek, Latin, Syriac and Hebrew texts, but it was probably written originally in Greek. The scene of the book is placed in As...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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TOCHEN
(task), a place mentioned in (1 Chronicles 4:32) only, among the towns of Simeon.
TOGARMAH
a son of Gomer, of the family of Japheth, and brother of Ashkenaz and Riphath. (Genesis 10:3) His descendants became a people engaged in agriculture, breeding horses and mules t...
TOHU
(lowly), an ancestor of Samuel the prophet, perhaps the same as TOAH. (1 Samuel 1:1) comp. 1Chr 6:34
TOI
(erring), king of Hamath on the Orontes, who, after the defeat of his powerful enemy the Syrian king Hadadezer by the army of David, sent his son Joram or Hadoram to congratulat...
TOLA
The first-born of Issachar and ancestor of the Tolaiters. (Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1,2) (B.C. about 1700.)Judge of Israel after Abimelech. (Judges 10:1,2) H...
TOLAD
one of the towns of Simeon, (1 Chronicles 4:29) elsewhere called El-tolad.
TOLAITES, THE
the descendants of Tola the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)
TOMB
From the burial of Sarah in the cave of Machpelah, (Genesis 23:19) to the funeral rites prepared for Dorcas, (Acts 9:37) there is no mention of any sarcophagus, or even coffin, ...
TONGUES, CONFUSION OF
The unity of the human race is most clearly implied, if not positively asserted, in the Mosaic writings. Unity of language is assumed by the sacred historian apparently as a cor...
TONGUES, GIFT OF
I. glotta, or glossa, the word employed throughout the New Testament for the gift now under consideration, is used-- (1) for the bodily organ of speech; (2) for a foreign word i...
TOPAZ
one of the gems used in the high priest’s breastplate, (Exodus 28:17; 39:10; Ezekiel 28:13) one of the foundations also of the New Jerusalem, in St. John’s description of the ci...
TOPHEL
(mortar), (1:1) has been identified with Tufileh on a wady of the same name running north of Bozra toward the southeast corner of the Dead Sea.
TOPHETH
and once To’phet (place of burning), was in the southeast extremity of the "valley of the son of Hinnom," (Jeremiah 7:31) which is "by the entry of the east gate." (Jeremiah 19:...
TORMAH
occurs only in the margin of (Judges 9:31) By a few commentators it has been conjectured that the word was originally the same with ARUMAH in ver. 41.
TORTOISE
(Heb. tsab). The tsab occurs only in (Leviticus 11:29) as the name of some unclean animal. The Hebrew word may be identified with the kindred Arabic dhab, "a large kind of lizar...
TOU, OR TOI
king of Hamath. (1 Chronicles 18:9,10)
TOWER
Watch-towers or fortified posts in frontier or exposed situations are mentioned in Scripture, as the tower of Edar, etc., (Genesis 35:21; Isaiah 21:5,8,11; Micah 4:8) etc.; the ...
TOWN CLERK
the title ascribed in our version to the magistrate at Ephesus who appeased the mob in the theatre at the time of the tumult excited by Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen. (Acts...
TRACHONITIS
(a rugged region), (Luke 3:1) is in all probability the Greek equivalent for the Aramaic Argob, one of the five Roman provinces into which the country northeast of the Jordan wa...
TRANCE
(1) In the only passage-- (Numbers 24:4,16) --in which this word occurs in the English of the Old Testament italics show no corresponding word in Hebrew. In the New Testament we...
TRANSFIGURATION, THE
(The event in the earthly life of Christ which marks the culminating point in his public ministry, and stands midway between the temptation in the wilderness and the agony in Ge...
TREASURECITIES
The kings of Judah had keepers of their treasures both in city and country (1 Chronicles 27:25) and the places where these magazines were laid up were called treasure-cities. an...
TREASURY
(Mark 12:41; Luke 21:1) a name given by the rabbins to thirteen chests in the temple, called trumpets from their shape. They stood in the court of the women. It would seem proba...
TRESPASS OFFERING
[SIN OFFERING OFFERING]
TRIAL
Information on the subject of trials under the Jewish law will be found in the articles on JUDGES and SANHEDRIN, and also in JESUS CHRIST CHRIST.
TRIBUTE
The chief biblical facts connected with the payment of tribute have been already given under TAXES. The tribute (money) mentioned in (Matthew 17:24,25) was the half shekel (wort...