International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Thirst

thurst (tsama', verb tsame'; dipsao, dipsos, dipsa): One of the most powerful natural appetities, the craving for water or other drink. Besides its natural significance, thirst ...

Thirteen; Thirty

thur'-ten, thur-ten', thur'-ti.SeeNUMBER.

Thisbe

thiz'-be (Codex Vaticanus Thisbe, Codex Alexandrinus Thibe): The home of Tobit whence he was carried into captivity to Babylon. It is said te be "on the right hand (i.e. South) ...

Thistles

this'-'-lz.SeeTHORNS.

Thocanus

Thomas

tom'-as (Thomas; ta'om, "a twin" (in plural only):1. In the New Testament:One of the Twelve Apostles. Thomas, who was also called "Didymus" or "the Twin" (compareJoh 11:16;20:24...

Thomas, Gospel Of

See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS, III, 2, (a).

Thomei

Thorn In The Flesh

thorn (skolops te sarki): Paul thus characterizes some bodily ailment which afflicted him and impaired his usefulness (2Co 12:7). The data are insufficient to enable us to ascer...

Thorns, Thistles, Etc.

thornz: There are very many references to various thorny plants in the Bible, and of the Hebrew words employed great uncertainty exists regarding their exact meaning. The altern...

Thought

thot: The most frequent word in the Old Testament (machashebheth, from the verb chashabh, "to think") refers to a "device," or a purpose firmly fixed, as in the passage in Isa (...

Thousand

thou'-zand ('eleph; chilioi).SeeNUMBER.

Thracia; Thracian

thra'-shi-a, thra'-shan (Thrakia): The name given to the country lying between the rivers Strymon and Danube. Mention is made of a Thracian horseman in 2 Macc 12:35. The cavalry...

Thrasaeus

thra-se'-us (Codex Alexandrinus Swete and Fritzsche Thrasaios; Codex Venetus Tharsiou; Codex Venetus(a) Tharseou; Conjecture of Dr. Hort Tharsea; the King James Version, Thrasea...

Three

(shalosh; treis).SeeNUMBER.

Three Children, Song Of The

SeeSONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN.

Threescore

thre'-skor.SeeNUMBER.

Threshing

thresh'-ing (dush; aloao): Dush means literally, "to trample out." InJer 51:33, darakh, is used of threshing. Fitches and cummin were beaten off with a rod. The distinction betw...

Threshing-Floor

thresh'-ing-flor (goren; halon; 'iddar, occurs inDa 2:35): The location and method of making threshing-floors have already been described under AGRICULTURE. These floors have co...

Threshold

thresh'-old.See HOUSE, II, 1, (7).

Throne

thron. (kicce', a "seat" in2Ki 4:10; a "royal seat" inJon 3:6; thronos): Usually the symbol of kingly power and dignity. Solomon's throne was noted for its splendor and magnific...

Thrum

thrum: InIsa 38:12the Revised Version (British and American) reads "He will cut me off from the loom," margin "thrum." "Thrum" is a technical term of weavers, denoting the threa...

Thummim

thum'-im. SeeURIM AND THUMMIM.

Thunder

thun'-der (ra`am (1Sa 2:10;Job 26:14;39:19;40:9;Ps 77:18;81:7;104:7;Isa 29:6), qol, "a voice" (Ex 9:23;1Sa 7:10;12:17;Job 28:26;38:25)): Thunder is the noise resulting from the ...

Thyatira

thi-a-ti'-ra (Thuateira): Thyatira was a wealthy town in the northern part of Lydia of the Roman province of Asia, on the river Lycus. It stood so near to the borders of Mysia, ...

Thyine, Wood

thi'-in (xulon thuinon): An aromatic wood described as sold in "Babylon" (Re 18:12, the King James Version margin "sweet wood"). It is the wood of the thya (thuia) tree, probabl...

Tiberias

ti-be'-ri-as ([Tiberias],Joh 6:23): About the middle of the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, the mountains fall back from the coast, and leave a roughly crescent-shaped plai...