International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Temple Keepers (Servants)

After the conquest of Midian, "Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Yahwe...

Temple, Herod's

see TEMPLE

Temples

tem'-p'lz (raqqah, "thinness," "upper cheeks"): The original signifies the thinnest part of the skull (Jud 4:21,22;5:26). InSo 4:3;6:7, the bride's cheeks are likened to pomegra...

Temples, Robbers Of

(hierosuloi; the King James Version "robbers of churches,"Ac 19:37): To explain this as "sacrilegious persons" is irreconcilable with the contrast inRo 2:22. InDe 7:25, the Jews...

Tempt; Temptation

temt, tem-ta'-shun (nacah, "to prove" "try," "tempt" maccah, "a trial," "temptation"; peirazo, "to try" "prove" peirasmos "a trial," "proof"): The words have a sinister connotat...

Temptation Of Christ

1. The Sources:The sources for this event areMr 1:12,13;Mt 4:1-11;Lu 4:1-13; compareHeb 2:18;4:15,16, and seeGETHSEMANE. Mark is probably a condensation; Mt and Luke have the sa...

Ten

(`eser; deka).SeeNUMBER.

Ten Commandments, The

I. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AN ISRAELITISH CODEII. THE PROMULGATON OF THE DECALOGUEIII. ANALYSIS OF THE DECALOGUE WITH BRIEF EXEGETICAL NOTES1. How Numbered2. How Grouped3. Origina...

Ten Strings

(`asor).See MUSIC, I, 1, (2), (c).

Tender

ten'-der: The usua1 (11 out of 16 times) translation of rakh, "soft," "delicate," with the noun rokh, inDe 28:56and the verb rakhakh, in2Ki 22:19parallel2Ch 34:27. Attention nee...

Tenon

ten'-un (yadh): This word, occurring inEx 26and 36, is used in the account of the tabernacle to describe the "hand" or yadh by which its 48 boards were kept in place. Each board...

Tent

tent ('ohel; skene; 'ohel is a derivative of 'ahal, "to be clear," "to shine"; hence, 'ohel, "to be conspicuous from a distance"): In the great stretches of uncultivated lands i...

Tent-Maker

tent'-mak-er (~skenopoios): Mentioned only once (Ac 18:3). Paul's native province of Cilicia was noted for its goats' hair cloth which was exported under the name of cilicium an...

Tenth

SeeTITHE.

Tenth Deal

del (`issaron): The tenth part of an ephah, and so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) (Nu 28;29). It was used in connection with the sacrifices for measuring...

Tephon

Terah (1)

te'-ra (terach; Septuagint Tharra, or (with New Testament) Thara; on the name see especially HDB, under the word): The son of Nahor and father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran (Ge 11...

Terah (2)

(Codex Vaticanus Tarath; Codex Alexandrinus Tharath): A wilderness camp of the Israelites between Tahath and Mithkah (Nu 33:27,28).SeeWANDERINGS OF ISRAEL.

Teraphim

ter'-a-fim.SeeASTROLOGY;DIVINATION;IMAGES.

Terebinth

ter'-e-binth:(1) 'elah (Isa 6:13, the King James Version "teil tree"; Ho 4:13, the King James Version "elms"); inGe 35:4(the King James Version "oak");Jud 6:11,19;9:6(the King J...

Teresh

te'-resh (teresh (Es 2:21;6:2); Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Sinaiticus omit it; but Codex Sinaiticus' margin has Tharas and Tharras): A chamberlain of King Ah...

Terrace

ter'-as (mecillah): Solomon is said, in2Ch 9:11, to have made of the algum trees brought him from Ophir "terraces," or raised walks, for the house of Yahweh. In the parallel1Ki ...

Terrible, Terror

ter'-i-b'l, ter'-er (yare', "to be feared," "reverenced," arits, "powerful," "tyrannical," 'ayom, "aweinspiring," chittith "terror," ballahah, "a worn-out or wasted thing," 'ema...

Tertius

tur'-shi-us (Tertios): The amanuensis of Paul who wrote at his dictation the Epistle to the Romans. In the midst of Paul's greetings to the Christians in Rome he interpolated hi...

Tertullus

ter-tul'-us, ter- (Tertullos, diminutive of Latin tertius, "third"):, An orator who descended with Ananias the high priest and elders from Jerusalem to Caesarea to accuse Paul b...

Testament

tes'-ta-ment: The word diatheke, almost invariably rendered "covenant," was rendered in the King James Version "testament" inHeb 9:16,17, in the sense of a will to dispose of pr...

Testament Of Isaac

See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. IV, 3.