Theudas
An insurgent, Jew, mentioned by Gamaliel, A. D. 33, as of the preceding generation, Ac 5:36-37, and therefore not to be confounded with a Theudas of A. D. 44, mentioned by Josep...
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Thigh
The mode of taking an oath, alluded to in Ge 24:2-9 47:29-31, was significant of the swearer’s obligation to obedience. Jacob’s thigh was disabled by the Angel, to show the patr...
Thistles And Thorns
Under these terms, together with brambles, briers, and nettles, are included numerous troublesome plants, many of them with thorns, well fitted to try the husbandman’s patience,...
Thomas
The apostle, Mt 10:3, called in Greek Didymus, that is, a twin, Joh 20:24, was probably a Galilean, as well as the other apostles; but the place of his birth, and the circumstan...
Thorns
SeeTHISTLES.
Three
The phrase "three days and three nights," Mt 12:40, was equivalent in Hebrew to the English "three days;" the Jews employing the expression "a day and a night" to denote our "da...
Threshing
Was anciently and is still performed in the East, sometimes with a flail,Ru 2:17Isa 28:27; sometimes by treading out the grain with unmuzzled oxen, De 25:4, but more generally b...
Throne
An established emblem of kingly dignity and power, used by sovereigns on all stale occasions. That of Solomon was of ivory, overlaid with gold; having six broad steps, every one...
Thummim
SeeURIM.
Thunder
And lightning are significant manifestations of the power of God, and emblems of his presence, Ex 19:161Sa 2:10 12:17 Ps 18:13. Thunder is poetically called "the voice of the Lo...
Thyatira
A city of Lydia, in Asia Minor, a Macedonian colony, anciently called Pelopia and Euhippia, now Ak-hisar. It was situated on the confines of Lydia and Mysia, near the river Lycu...
Thyine-Wood
Re 18:12, the wood of the Thyia or Thuja Articulata of Linnaeus, an aromatic evergreen tree, resembling the cedar, and found in Libya, near Mount Atlas. The wood was used in bur...
Tiberias
A city of Galilee, founded by Herod Antipas, and namely by him in honor of the emperor Tiberius. A more ancient and greater city, perhaps Chinneroth, seems previously to have fl...
Tiberius
Claudius Drusus Nero, the second emperor of Rome, was the son of Livia, and stepson of Augustus; and being adopted by that emperor, he succeeded to his throne, A. D. 14. He was ...
Tibni
An unsuccessful competitor with Omri the general, for the throne of Israel, during three years after the death of Elah, 1Ki 16:18- 23.
Tidal
Apparently the chief of several allied tribes, with whom he joined Chedorlaomer in the invasion of the vale of Siddim, Mount Seir, etc., and was defeated by Abraham, Ge 14:1-6.
Tiglath-Pileser
King of Assyria, was invited by Ahaz king of Judah to aid him against the kings of Syria and Israel, 2Ki 16:7-10. This he did, but exacted also a heavy tribute from Ahaz, so as ...
Tile
A broad and thin brick, usually made of fine clay, and hardened in the fire. Such tiles were very common in the region of the Euphrates and Tigris, (SeeBABYLON,) and offered to ...
Timbrel
An instrument of music, early and often mentioned in Scripture, Ge 31:27Job 21:12. The Hebrews called it toph, under which name they comprehended all kinds of drums, tabors, and...
Time
Besides the ordinary uses of this word, the Bible sometimes employs it to denote a year, as in Da 4:16; or a prophetic year, consisting of three hundred and sixty natural year, ...
Timna
A secondary wife of Eliphaz the son Esau, a name which recurs in the records of the Idumaena tribes, Ge 36:12,22,40; 1Ch 1:36,51.
Timnah, Timnath, And Thimnathah
An ancient city of the Canaanites, Ge 38:12-14; on the borders of Judah and Dan after the conquest, Jos 15:10 19:43. It was for a long time subject to the Philistines, and Samso...
Timnath-Serah
Or Timnath-Heres, Jud 2:9, a town in Ephraim, which yielded to Joshua a home, an income, and a burial-place, Jos 19:50; 24:30. The site the Jewish leader is supposed to have cho...
Timothy
A disciple of Paul. He was of Derbe or Lystra, both cities of Lycaonia, Ac 16:1 14:6. His father was a Greek, but his mother a Jewess, 2Ti 1:5 3:15. The instructions and prayers...
Tin
A metal known and used at an early period, Nu 31:22, and brought by the Tyrians from Tarshish, Eze 27:12. In Isa 1:25 it means the alloy of lead, tin, and other base admixtures ...
Tiphsah
The ancient Thapsacus, an important city on the western bank of the Euphrates, which constituted the northeastern extremity of Solomon’s dominions, 1Ki 4:24. The ford at this pl...
Tiras
A son of Japeth, supposed to have been the forefather of the ancient Thracians, Ge 10:2.