International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Town Clerk

klurk, klark (grammateus): The word "clerk," "writer," "town clerk," "scribe," is found in this meaning only inAc 19:35, "when the townclerk had quieted the multitude." Cremer d...

326

Trachonitis

trak-o-ni'-tis: Appears in Scripture only in the phrase tes Itouraias kai Trachbnitidos choras, literally, "of the Iturean and Trachonian region" (Lu 3:1). Trachonitis signifies...

327

Trade

trad:I. GENERAL1. Terms2. Position of Palestine3. Trade Products of Palestine4. Palestinian TradersII. HISTORY1. To David2. Solomon3. Maritime Trade4. To the Exile5. The Exile a...

328

Trades

tradz.SeeCRAFTS.

329

Tradition

tra-dish'-un: The Greek word is paradosis, "a giving over," either by word of mouth or in writing; then that which is given over, i.e. tradition, the teaching that is handed dow...

330

Traffic, Trafficker

traf'-ik, traf'-ik-er (kena`-an, micchar, cachar, rekhullah):(1) Kena`an = "Canaan," and, as the Canaanites were celebrated merchants, came to mean "merchant," and so "traffic" ...

331

Tragacanth

trag'-a-kanth: For "spicery" inGe 37:25, the Revised Version margin gives "gum tragacanth or storax."SeeSPICE;STORAX.

332

Train

tran (verb chanakh, "educate" (Pr 22:6), with adjective chanikh (Ge 14:14)): In1Ki 10:2the Queen of Sheba's "train," the noun is chayil, the usual word for "force," "army." But ...

333

Train; Trained

tran, trand: The word is used in two places in both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), namely,Ge 14:14, where it means "drilled," "prepared f...

334

Trance

trans (ekstasis): The condition expressed by this word is a mental state in which the person affected is partially or wholly unconscious of objective sensations, but intensely a...

335

Transfiguration

(1) About midway of His active ministry Jesus, accompanied by Peter, James and John, withdrew to a high mountain apart (probably Mt. Hermon; see next article) for prayer. While ...

336

Transfiguration, Mount Of

trans-fig-u-ra'-shun (referred to as the "holy mount" in2Pe 1:18): Records of the Transfiguration are found inMt 17:1ff;Mr 9:2ff;Lu 9:28ff. From these narratives we gather that ...

337

Transform

trans-form' (Ro 12:2; the Revised Version (British and American)2Co 3:18for metamorphoomai, and the King James Version2Co 11:13,14,15for metaschematizo, the Revised Version (Bri...

338

Transgression

trans-gresh'-un: From "transgress," to pass over or beyond; to overpass, as any rule prescribed as the limit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral; the act of t...

339

Translation

trans-la'-shun: The verb "translate" is found once in the Old Testament (2Sa 3:10the King James Version, in the sense of "to transfer") and 3 times in the New Testament (Col 1:1...

340

Trap

(moqesh; thera, literally, "hunting," used metaphorically in Psalms and Romans as "trap"): Any of the methods for taking birds; see SNARE; NET; GIN, etc. It is probable that a t...

341

Travail

trav'-al (yaladh (Ge 35:16, etc.), chul, chil (properly "writhe,"Job 15:20, etc.); odin (classical odis) (Mt 24:8, etc.), odino (Sirach 19:11, etc.;Ga 4:19, etc.)): "Travail" an...

342

Traveller

trav'-el-er:Jud 5:6for halakh nethibhah, "goers on paths";2Sa 12:4for helekh, literally, "a going";Job 31:32for 'arach, participle of a verb meaning "to wander"; Sirach 26:12; 4...

343

Tread

tred.SeeWINE PRESS.

344

Treason

tre'-z'-n: The translation of qesher, in English Versions of the Bible1Ki 16:20;2Ki 11:14parallel2Ch 23:13. Qesher (from qashar, "to bind") means "a conspiracy" (2Sa 15:12;2Ki 1...

345

Treasure; Treasurer; Treasury

trezh'-ur, trezh'-ur-er, trezh'-ur-i (otsar, genaz, genez, ganzakh, chocen matmon, mickenah, mikhman, `athudh, saphan; gaza, thesauros):I. In the Old Testament.1. TreasureThe En...

346

Treasurer

('atsar, gedhabhar, gizbar, cakhan; oikonomos):(1) 'Atsar, meaning primarily "to store up," and hence, one who lays up in store, i.e. a "treasurer": "I made treasurers over the ...

347

Treasury, (Of Temple)

trezh'-ur-i ('otsar, usually; ganzakh,1Ch 28:11; gazophulakion, korbanas):1. Origin of the Treasury:The need of a "treasury" in connection with the house of Yahweh would early b...

348

Treaty

tre'-ti (berith, karath berith, "make a covenant," "league," "treaty"): Although the Israelites were forbidden to make treaties, or enter into covenant, with the Canaanites beca...

349

Tree

tre.SeeBOTANY.

350

Tree Of Life

(`ets chayyim; xulon tes zoes): The expression "tree of life" occurs in four groups or connections: (1) in the story of the Garden of Eden, (2) in the Proverbs of the Wise Men, ...

351

Trees, Goodly

SeeGOODLY TREES.