American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Tebeth

Es 2:16, the tenth month of the Hebrew sacred year, commencing with the new moon in January.

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Tehaphnehes

SeeTAHAPANEE.

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Teil-Tree

The lime or linden. SeeOAK.

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Tekoa

Jer 6:1, a city of Judah, now in ruins, situated on an extended height, twelve miles south of Jerusalem. Here originated the wise woman who was Joab’s agent, 2Sa 14:2, and Amos ...

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Telabib

A place on the river Chebar in Mesopotamia, where a colony of captive Jews was located, Eze 3:15. A town called Thallaba is still found in that region.

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Tema

An Ishmaelite tribe and district, in the north of Arabia Deserta towards Damascus, Ge 25:15. It is associated with Dedan, Isa 21:14; Jer 25:23, and was famous for its caravans, ...

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Teman

South, a city and region in Eastern Idumaea, settled by Teman the grandson of Esau, Ge 36:11,15,42Am 1:12Hab 3:3. The men of Teman, Ge 36:34, like others of the Edomites, had th...

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Temple

A building hallowed by the special presence of God, and consecrated to his worship. The distinctive idea of a temple, contrasted with all other buildings, is that it is the dwel...

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Tempt

To make trial of, Lu 10:25, and usually to present inducements to sin. Satan is the great tempter, seeking thus most effectually to destroy men’s souls, 1Ch 21:1Job 1:1-2:13Mt 4...

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Tent

Dwelling in tents was very general in ancient times among Eastern nations, Ge 4:20; their way of life being pastoral, locomotion became necessary for pasturage, and dwellings ad...

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Tenth-Deal

That is, tenth part, corresponding to the Hebrew assaron, or the tenth part of an ephah. It may therefore be the same as the omer, about five pints, Le 23:17.

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Terah

The son of Nahor, and father of Nahor, Haran, and Abraham, Ge 11:24, begot Abraham at the age of seventy-two years, in Ur of the Chaldeans. Upon Abraham’s first call to remove i...

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Teraphim

Small idols or superstitious figures, from the possession, adoration, and consultation of which extraordinary benefits were expected. See margin 2Ki 23.24; Ezekiel 21.21. The Ea...

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Terebinth

SeeOAK.

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Tertius

A Christian whom Paul employed as his amanuensis in writing the epistle to the Romans, Ro 16:22.

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Tertullus

A Roman orator or advocate, whom the Jews employed to bring forward their accusation against Paul, before the Roman procurator at Caesarea, probably because they were themselves...

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Testament

In Scripture, usually signifies covenant, and not a man’s last will, Mt 26:28. Both meanings are blended, however, in Heb 9:16-17. Paul speaks of the New Testament, or covenant,...

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Testimony

The whole revelation of God, testifying to man what he is to believe, do, and hope, Ps 19:7 119:88,99 1Co 1:6Re 1:2. The two stone tables of the law were a visible "testimony" o...

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Tetrarch

Is strictly the ruler of the fourth part of a state or province; but in the New Testament it is a general title applied to those who governed any part of a kingdom or province, ...

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Thaddeus

A surname of the apostle Jude. SeeJUDAS2.

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Thammuz

SeeTAMMUZ.

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Thebes

SeeAMMON, or No-Ammon, or No.

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Thebez

An Ephraimite town near Sheshem, at the siege of which Abimelech was killed, Jud 9:50-55; 2Sa 11:21.

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Theft

Ex 20:15Pr 22:22, under the Mosaic law, was punished by exacting a double or a quadruple restitution, which was secured if necessary by the sale of the goods or services of the ...

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Theophilus

Friend of God, an honorable person to whom the evangelist Luke addressed his gospel, and the Acts of the Apostles, Lu 1:3; Ac 1:1. We can only say of him, in general, that most ...

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Thessalonians, Epistle To The 1 And 2

These were the earliest of Paul’s epistles, and were written from Corinth, in A. D. 52 and 53. In the first epistle, Paul rejoices over Timothy’s good report of the faith of Chr...

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Thessalonica

A city and seaport of the second part of Macedonia, at the head of the Thermaic gulf. When Emilius Paulus, after his conquest of Macedonia, divided the country into four distric...