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Taanach — a sandy place, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, on the south-western border of the plain of Esdraelon,…

Taanath-Shiloh — approach to Shiloh, a place on the border of Ephraim (Joshua 16:6), probably the modern T’ana, a ruin 7 miles …

Tabbaoth — impressions; rings, “the children of,” returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:43).…

Tabbath — famous, a town in the tribe of Ephraim (Judges 7:22), to the south of Bethshean, near the Jordan.…

Tabeal — goodness of God, the father of one whom the kings of Syria and Samaria in vain attempted to place on the thron…

Tabeel — a Persian governor of Samaria, who joined others in the attempt to prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Ezra 4…

Taberah — burning, a place in the wilderness of Paran, where the “fire of the Lord” consumed the murmuring Israelites (N…

Tabering — playing on a small drum or tabret. In Nahum 2:7, where alone it occurs, it means beating on the breast, as pla…

Tabernacle — (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing th…

Tabitha — (in Greek called Dorcas), gazelle, a disciple at Joppa. She was distinguished for her alms-deeds and good work…

Tables — (Mark 7:4) means banqueting-couches or benches, on which the Jews reclined when at meals. This custom, along w…

Tablet — probably a string of beads worn round the neck (Exodus 35:22; Numbers 31:50). In Isaiah 3:20 the Hebrew word m…

Tabor — a height. (1.) Now Jebel et-Tur, a cone-like prominent mountain, 1 1 miles west of the Sea of Galilee. It is a…

Tabret — (Hebrews toph), a timbrel (q.v.) or tambourine, generally played by women (Genesis 31:27; 1 Samuel 10:5; 18:6)…

Tabrimon — good is Rimmon, the father of Benhadad, king of Syria (1 Kings 15:18).…

Taches — hooks or clasps by which the tabernacle curtains were connected (Exodus 26:6, 11, 33; 35:11).…

Tachmonite — =Hach’monite, a name given to Jashobeam (2 Samuel 23:8; comp. 1 Chronicles 11:11).…

Tackling — (Isaiah 33:23), the ropes attached to the mast of a ship. In Acts 27:19 this word means generally the furnitur…

Tadmor — palm, a city built by Solomon “in the wilderness” (2 Chronicles 8:4). In 1 Kings 9:18, where the word occurs i…

Tahapanes — =Tahpanhes=Tehaphnehes, (called “Daphne” by the Greeks, now Tell Defenneh), an ancient Egyptian city, on the T…

Tahpenes — the wife of Pharaoh, who gave her sister in marriage to Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:19, 20).…

Tahtim-Hodshi — the land of the newly inhabited, (2 Samuel 24:6). It is conjectured that, instead of this word, the reading sh…

Tale — (1.) Hebrews tokhen, “a task,” as weighed and measured out = tally, i.e., the number told off; the full number…

Talent — of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Exodus 38:25, 26), and was equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek tale…

Talitha Cumi — (Mark 5:41), a Syriac or Aramaic expression, meaning, “Little maid, arise.” Peter, who was present when the mi…

Talmai — abounding in furrows. (1.) One of the Anakim of Hebron, who were slain by the men of Judah under Caleb (Number…

Talmon — oppressed. (1.) A Levite porter (1 Chronicles 9:17; Nehemiah 11:19). (2.) One whose descendants returned with …

Tamar — palm. (1.) A place mentioned by Ezekiel (47:19; 48:28), on the southeastern border of Palestine. Some suppose …

TAMARISK Hebrews — ‘eshel (Genesis 21:33; 1 Samuel 22:6; 31:13, in the R.V.; but in A.V., “grove,” “tree”); Arab. asal. Seven spe…

Tammuz — a corruption of Dumuzi, the Accadian sun-God (the Adonis of the Greeks), the husband of the goddess Ishtar. In…

Tanhumeth — consolation, a Netophathite; one of the captains who supported Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8).…

Tanis — (Ezekiel 30:14, marg.). See ZOAN.…

Tappuah — apple-region. (1.) A town in the valley or lowland of Judah; formerly a royal city of the Canaanites (Joshua 1…

Tarah — stopping; station, an encampment of the Hebrews in the wilderness (Numbers 33:27, 28).…

Tares — the bearded darnel, mentioned only in Matthew 13:25-30. It is the Lolium temulentum, a species of rye-grass, t…

Target — (1 Samuel 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), a ki nd of small shield. The margin has “gorget,” a piece of …

Tarshish — a Sanscrit or Aryan word, meaning “the sea coast.” (1.) One of the “sons” of Javan (Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles…

Tarsus — the chief city of Cilicia. It was distinguished for its wealth and for its schools of learning, in which it ri…

Tartar — prince of darkness, one of the gods of the Arvites, who colonized part of Samaria after the deportation of Isr…

Tartan — an Assyrian word, meaning “the commander-in-chief.” (1.) One of Sennacherib’s messengers to Hezekiah (2 Kings …

Tatnai — gift, a Persian governor (Hebrews pehah, i.e., “satrap;” modern “pasha”) “on this side the river”, i.e., of th…

Taxes — first mentioned in the command (Exodus 30:11-16) that every Jew from twenty years and upward should pay an ann…

Taxing — (Luke 2:2; R.V., “enrolment”), “when Cyrenius was governor of Syria,” is simply a census of the people, or an …

Tebeth — (Esther 2:16), a word probably of Persian origin, denoting the cold time of the year; used by the later Jews a…

Teil Tree — (an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isaiah 6:13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistacia tereb…

Tel-Abib — hill of corn, a place on the river Chebar, the residence of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 3:15). The site is unknown.…

Telaem — young lambs, a place at which Saul gathered his army to fight against Amalek (1 Samuel 15:4); probably the sam…

Telassar — or Thelasar, (Isaiah 37:12; 2 Kings 19:12), a province in the south-east of Assyria, probably in Babylonia. So…

Telem — oppression. (1.) A porter of the temple in the time of Ezra (10:24). (2.) A town in the southern border of Jud…

Tel-Haresha — hill of the wood, a place in Babylon from which some captive Jews returned to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7…

Tel-Melah — hill of salt, a place in Babylon from which the Jews returned (id.).…

Tema — south; desert, one of the sons of Ishmael, and father of a tribe so called (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30; …

Teman — id. (1.) A grandson of Esau, one of the “dukes of Edom” (Genesis 36:11, 15, 42). (2.) A place in Southern Idum…

Temamte — a man of Teman, the designation of Eliphaz, one of Job’s three friends (Job 2:11; 22:1).…

Temeni — one of the sons of Ashur, the father of Tekoa (1 Chronicles 4:6).…

Temple — first used of the tabernacle, which is called “the temple of the Lord” (1 Samuel 1:9). In the New Testament th…

Temptation — (1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God “tempted [Genesis 22: 1; R.V., ‘did prove’] Abraham;” and afflic…

Tent — (l.) Hebrews ‘ohel (Genesis 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isaia…

Tenth Deal — i.e., the tenth part of an ephah (as in the R.V.), equal to an omer or six pints. The recovered leper, to comp…

Terah — the wanderer; loiterer, for some unknown reason emigrated with his family from his native mountains in the nor…

Teraphim — givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small, analogous to the images of ancestors which were re…

Terebinth — (R.V. marg. of Deuteronomy 11:30, etc.), the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists; a tree very common in the sout…

Tertius — the third, a Roman Christian whom Paul employed as his amanuensis in writing his epistle to the Romans (16:22)…

Tertullus — a modification of “Tertius;” a Roman advocate, whom the Jews employed to state their case against Paul in the …

Testament — occurs twelve times in the New Testament (Hebrews 9: 15, etc.) as the rendering of the Gr. diatheke, which is …

Testimony — (1.) Witness or evidence (2 Thessalonians 1:10). (2.) The Scriptures, as the revelation of God’s will (2 Kings…

Tetrarch — strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (M…

Thaddaeus — breast, the name of one of the apostles (Mark 3:18), called “Lebbaeus” in Matthew 10:3, and in Luke 6:16, “Jud…

Thahash — a badger, a son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother (Genesis 22:24).…

Tharshish — (1 Kings 10:22; 22:48). See TARSHISH.…

Theatre — only mentioned in Acts 19:29, 31. The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was …

Thebez — brightness, a place some 11 miles north-east of Shechem, on the road to Scythopolis, the modern Tabas. Abimele…

T HE FT Punished — by restitution, the proportions of which are noted in 2 Samuel 12:6. If the thief could not pay the fine, he w…

Theocracy — a word first used by Josephus to denote that the Jews were under the direct government of God himself. The nat…

Theophilus — lover of God, a Christian, probably a Roman, to whom Luke dedicated both his Gospel (Luke 1:3) and the Acts of…

Thessalonica — a large and populous city on the Thermaic bay. It was the capital of one of the four Roman districts of Macedo…

Theudas — thanksgiving, referred to by Gamaliel in his speech before the council at Jerusalem (Acts 5:36). He headed an …

Thick CLAY — (Habakkuk 2:6) is correctly rendered in the Revised Version “pledges.” The Chaldean power is here represented …

Thistle — (1.) Hebrews hoah (2 Kings 14:9; Job 31:40). In Job 41:2 the Hebrew word is rendered “thorn,” but in the Revis…

Thomas — twin, one of the twelve (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.). He was also called Didymus (John 11:16; 20:24), which…

Thorn — (1.) Hebrews hedek (Proverbs 15:19), rendered “brier” in Micah 7:4. Some thorny plant, of the Solanum family, …

Thorn In The Flesh — (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage. (1.) Roman Catholic writers thi…

Thousands — (Micah 5 :2), another name for “families” or “clans” (see Numbers 1:16; 10:4; Joshua 22:14, 21). Several “thou…

Threshold — (l.) Hebrews miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Samuel 5:4,5; …

Throne — (Hebrews kiss’e), a royal chair or seat of dignity (Deuteronomy 17:18; 2 Samuel 7:13; Psalm 45:6); an elevated…

Thummim — perfection (LXX., “truth;” Vulg., “veritas”), Exodus 28:30; Deuteronomy 33:8; Judges 1:1; 20:18; 1 Samuel 14:3…

Thunder — often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Psalm 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord “sons of…

Thyatira — a city of Asia Minor, on the borders of Lydia and Mysia. Its modern name is Ak-hissar, i.e., “white castle.” H…

Thyine Wood — mentioned only in Revelation 18:12 among the articles which would cease to be purchased when Babylon fell. It …

Tiberias — a city, the modern Tubarich, on the western shore of the Sea of Tiberias. It is said to have been founded by H…

Tiberius Caesar — i.e., as known in Roman history, Tiberius Claudius Nero, only mentioned in Luke 3:1. He was the stepson of Aug…

TlBNI — building of Jehovah, the son of Ginath, a man of some position, whom a considerable number of the people chose…

Tidal — (in the LXX. called “Thorgal”), styled the “king of nations” (Genesis 14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch…

TlGLATH-PlLESER I. — (not mentioned in Scripture) was the most famous of the monarchs of the first Assyrian empire (about B.C. 1110…

Tiglath-Pileser III. — or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, i…

TlMAEUS — defiled, the father of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46).…

Timbrel — (Hebrews toph), a small drum or tambourine; a tabret (q.v.). The antiquity of this musical instrument appears …

TlMNAH — a portion. (1.) A town of Judah (Joshua 15:10). The Philistines took possession of it in the days of Ahaz (2 C…

TIMNATH Genesis — 38:12,14. (1.) Hebrews Timnathah, which is appropriately rendered in the Revised Version, Timnah, a town in Ju…

Timnath- Heres — portion of the sun, where Joshua was buried (Judges 2:9). It was “in the mount of Ephraim, in the north side o…

Timnath- Serah — remaining portion, the city of Joshua in the hill country of Ephraim, the same as Timnath-heres (Joshua 19:50;…

TlMMTK — a man of Timnah. Samson’s father-in-law is so styled (Judges 15:6).…

TlMON — honouring, one of the seven deacons at Jerusalem (Acts 6:5). Nothing further is known of him.…

TlMOTHEUS — the Greek form of the name of Timothy (Acts 16:1, etc.; the R.V. always “Timothy”).…

Timothy — honouring God, a young disciple who was Paul’s companion in many of his journeyings. His mother, Eunice, and h…

TIN Hebrews — bedil (Numbers 31:22; Ezekiel 22:18, 20), a metal well known in ancient times. It is the general opinion that …

Tinkling Ornaments — (Isaiah 3 : 1 8), anklets of silver or gold, etc., such as are still used by women in Syria and the East.…

TlPHSAH — passing over; ford, one of the boundaries of Solomon’s dominions (1 Kings 4:24), probably “Thapsacus, a great …

Tiras — the youngest of the sons of Japheth (Genesis 10:2; 1 Chronicles 1:5).…

Tires — “To tire” the head is to adorn it (2 Kings 9:30). As a noun the word is derived from “tiara,” and is the rende…

TlRHAKAH — the last king of Egypt of the Ethiopian (the fifteenth) dynasty. He was the brother-in-law of So (q.v.). He pr…

TlRSHATHA — a word probably of Persian origin, meaning “severity,” denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor of …

TlRZA — pleasantness. (1.) An old royal city of the Canaanites, which was destroyed by Joshua (Joshua 12:24). Jeroboam…

TISHBITE Elijah — the prophet was thus named (1 Kings 17:1; 21:17, 28, etc.). In 1 Kings 17:1 the word rendered “inhabitants” is…

Tisri — the first month of the civil year, and the seventh of the ecclesiastical year. See ETHANIM (1 Kings 8:2). Call…

Tithe — a tenth of the produce of the earth consecrated and set apart for special purposes. The dedication of a tenth …

Tll'l'LE — a point, (Matthew 5:18; Luke 16: 17), the minute point or stroke added to some letters of the Hebrew alphabet …

Titus — honourable, was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch, and accompanied them to the council at Jerusalem (Galatians…

Tob-Adonijah — good is Jehovah, my Lord, a Levite sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people of Judah in the law (2 Chron…

Tobiah — pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusa…

Tobijah — id., a Levite sent out through Judah by Jehoshaphat to teach the people (2 Chronicles 17:8).…

Tochen — measured, a town of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:32).…

Togarmah — (1.) A son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth (Genesis 10:3). (2.) A nation which traded in horses and mules at…

Tohu — one of Samuel’s ancestors (1 Samuel 1:1).…

To I — a king of Hamath, who sent “Joram his son unto King David to salute him,” when he “heard that David had smitte…

Tola — a scarlet worm. (1.) Eldest son of Issachar (Genesis 46:13). (2.) A judge of the tribe of Issachar who “judged…

Tolad — productive, a town of Simeon, in the south of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:29).…

Tolaites — descendants of Tola (Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1, 2).…

Toll — one of the branches of the king of Persia’s revenues (Ezra 4:13; 7:24), probably a tax levied from those who u…

Tombs — of the Hebrews were generally excavated in the solid rock, or were natural caves. Mention is made of such tomb…

Tooth — one of the particulars regarding which retaliatory punishment was to be inflicted (Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:…

TOPAZ Hebrews — pitdah (Ezekiel 28:13; Revelation 21:20), a golden yellow or “green” stone brought from Cush or Ethiopia (Job …

Tophel — lime, a place in the wilderness of Sinai (Deuteronomy 1:1), now identified with Tafyleh or Tufileh, on the wes…

Tophet — =Topheth, from Hebrews toph “a drum,” because the cries of children here sacrificed by the priests of Moloch w…

Torches On — the night of his betrayal, when our Lord was in the garden of Gethsemane, Judas, “having received a band of me…

TORMENT Gr. — basanos (Matthew 4:24), the “touch-stone” of justice; hence inquisition by torture, and then any disease which…

Tortoise — (Hebrews tsabh). Ranked among the unclean a ni mals (Leviticus 11:29). Land tortoises are common in Syria. The…

Tower OF THE FURNACES — (Nehemiah 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was probably so…

Towers — of Babel (Genesis 11:4), Edar (Genesis 35:21), Penuel (Judges 8:9, 17), Shechem (9:46), David (Cant. 4:4), Leb…

Trachonitis — a rugged region, corresponds to the Hebrews Argob (q.v.), the Greek name of a region on the east of Jordan (Lu…

Tradition — any kind of teaching, written or spoken, handed down from generation to generation. In Mark 7:3, 9, 13, Coloss…

Trance — (Gr. ekstasis, from which the word “ecstasy” is derived) denotes the state of one who is “out of himself.” Suc…

Treasure Cities — store cities which the Israelites built for the Egyptians (Exodus 1:11). (See PITHOM.) Towns in which the trea…

Treasure Houses — the houses or magazines built for the safe keeping of treasure and valuable articles of any kind (Ezra 5:17; 7…

Treasury — (Matthew 27:6; Mark 12:41; John 8:20). It does not appear that there was a separate building so called. The na…

Tree Of Life — stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Genesis 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opinion that…

Tree OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL — stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (Genesis 2, 3). Adam and Eve were forbidden …

Trespass Offering — (Hebrews ‘asham, “debt”), the law concerning, given in Leviticus 5:14-6:7; also in Numbers 5:5-8. The idea of …

Tribe — a collection of families descending from one ancestor. The “twelve tribes” of the Hebrews were the twelve coll…

Tribulation — trouble or affiction of any kind (Deuteronomy 4:30; Matthew 13:21; 2 Corinthians 7:4). In Romans 2:9 “tribulat…

Tribute — a tax imposed by a king on his subjects (2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:6; Romans 13:6). In Matthew 17:24-27 the wo…

Trinity — a word not found in Scripture, but used to express the doctrine of the unity of God as subsisting in three dis…

Troas — a city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor, named after ancient Troy, which was at some lit…

Trogyllium — a town on the western coast of Asia Minor, where Paul “tarried” when on his way from Assos to Miletus, on his …

Trophimus — a foster-child, an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; 21:…

Trumpets — were of a great variety of forms, and were made of divers materials. Some were made of silver (Numbers 10:2), …

TRUTH Used — in various senses in Scripture. In Proverbs 12:17, 19, it denotes that which is opposed to falsehood. In Isaia…

Tryphena And Tryphosa — two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).…

Tubal — (l.) The fifth son of Japheth (Genesis 10:2). (2.) A nation, probably descended from the son of Japheth. It is…

Tubal — -cain the son of Lamech and Zillah, “an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron” (Genesis 4:22; R.V., …

Tychicus — chance, an Asiatic Christian, a “faithful minister in the Lord” (Ephesians 6:21, 22), who, with Trophimus, acc…

Type — occurs only once in Scripture (1 Corinthians 10:11, A.V. marg.). The Greek word tupos is rendered “print” (Joh…

Tyrannus — prince, a Greek rhetorician, in whose “school” at Ephesus Paul disputed daily for the space of two years with …

Tyre — a rock, now es-Sur; an ancient Phoenician city, about 23 miles, in a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south …

Tyropoeon Valley — (i.e., “Valley of the Cheesemongers”), the name given by Josephus the historian to the valley or rugged ravine…