Thyine-wood
THY'INE-WOOD. This was obtained Thyine- Wood (Thuya Articulata). from a small tree (Thuya articulata) belonging to the cone-bearing order Thyatira. (From a sketch by Arundell) and resembling our ceda…
Tibbath
killing; a cook
Tiberias
A city, the modern Tubarich, on the western shore of the Sea of Tiberias. It is said to have been founded by Herod Antipas (A.D. 16), on the site of the ruins of an older city called Rakkath, and to …
Tiberias, Sea Of
Called also the Sea of Galilee (q.v.) and of Gennesaret. In the Old Testament it is called the Sea of Chinnereth or Chinneroth. John (21:1) is the only evangelist who so designates this lake. His doi…
Tiberias, The Sea Of
(John 21:1) [Gennesaret, Sea Of, SEA OF]
Tiberius
(in full, Tiberius Claudius Nero), the second Roman emperor, successor of Augustus, who began to reign A.D. 14 and reigned until A.D. 37. He was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia, and hence…
Tiberius Caesar
I.e., as known in Roman history, Tiberius Claudius Nero, only mentioned in Luke 3:1. He was the stepson of Augustus, whom he succeeded on the throne, A.D. 14. He was noted for his vicious and infamou…
Tiberius, Claudius Nero
TIBERIUS, CLAU'DIUS NERO (full title), Luke 3:1, was the step-son and successor of Augustus, Luke 2:1, and, though with some apparent virtues, was one of the most infamous tyrants that ever scourged …
Tibhath
(extension), a city of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, (1 Chronicles 18:8) which in 2Sam 8:8 Is called Betah. Its exact Position is unknown.
Tibni
Building of Jehovah, the son of Ginath, a man of some position, whom a considerable number of the people chose as monarch. For the period of four years he contended for the throne with Omri (1 Kings …
Tidal
(in the LXX. called “Thorgal”), styled the “king of nations” (Gen. 14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch’s brick (see facing page 139). Goyyim, translated “nations,” is the country called Gutium, …
Tiglath-pileser
TIG'LATH-PILE'SER (my help is the son of Esarras - i.e., Adar), "the second Assyrian king mentioned in the Scriptures as having come into contact with the Israelites," and the second of the name. He …
Tiglath-pileser I.
(not mentioned in Scripture) was the most famous of the monarchs of the first Assyrian empire (about B.C. 1110). After his death, for two hundred years the empire fell into decay. The history of Davi…
Tiglath-pileser Iii.
Or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the fifth year of his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah (= Uzziah in 2 Chr…
Tiglathpileser
(In (1 Chronicles 5:26) and again in 2Chr 28:20 The name of this king is given as TIGLATH-PILNESER.) Tiglath-pileser is the second Assyrian king mentioned in Scripture as having come into contact wit…
Tigris.
TI'GRIS. Gen 2:14. See Hiddekel.
Tikvah
(hope).
Tikvah, Tikvath
TIK'VAH, TIK'VATH (expectation). The father-in-law of Huldah the prophetess. 2 Kgs 22:14; 2 Chr 34:22. The father of Jahaziah. Ezr 10:15.
Tikvath
(assemblage) (properly Tokehath or Tokhath), Tikvah the father of Shallum. (2 Chronicles 34:22)
Tile
TILE, TILING. See Dwelling, p. 243
Tile, Tiling.
TILE, TILING. See Dwelling, p. 243
Tilgath-pilneser
TIL'GATH-PILNE'SER, a corruption of Tiglath-pileser, which see.
Tilgathpilneser
a variation, and probably a corruption, of the name Tiglath-pileser. (1 Chronicles 5:6,26; 2 Chronicles 28:20)
Tilon
(gift), one of the four sons of Shimon, whose family is reckoned in the genealogies of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:20) (B.C. 1451.)
Timaeus
Defiled, the father of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46).
Timbrel
(Heb. toph), a small drum or tambourine; a tabret (q.v.). The antiquity of this musical instrument appears from the scriptural allusions to it (Gen. 31:27; Ex. 15:20; Judg. 11:34, etc.) (See MUSIC.)
Timbrel, Tabret
(Heb. toph). In old English tabor was used for any drum. Tabouret and tambourine are diminutives of tabor, and denote the instrument now known as the tambourine. Tabret is a contraction of tabouret. …
Time
TIME. See Days, Hours, Watches of the Night.
Timeus
perfect; admirable; honorable
Timna
TIM'NA, TIM'NAH (restrained). The concubine of Eliphaz, son of Esau, and mother of Amalek. Gen 36:12, Josh 11:22; 1 Chr 1:39. An Edomite sheik. Gen 36:40; 1 Chr 1:51.