Timna, Or Timnah
(restraint).
Timna, Timnah
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.
Timnah
A portion. (1.) A town of Judah (Josh. 15:10). The Philistines took possession of it in the days of Ahaz (2 Chr. 28:18). It was about 20 miles west of Jerusalem. It has been identified with Timnatha …
Timnath,
TIMNATH, and TIM'NATHAH (portion assigned), the name of two places. A place to which Judah was going when he was met by his daughter-in-law Tamar, Gen 38:12-14; perhaps identical with Timnah, 1. The …
Timnath-heres.
TIM'NATH-HE'RES. Jud 2:9. See Timnath-serah.
Timnath-serah
Remaining portion, the city of Joshua in the hill country of Ephraim, the same as Timnath-heres (Josh. 19:50; 24:30). “Of all sites I have seen,” says Lieut. Col. Conder, “none is so striking as that…
Timnathah
the residence of Samson’s wife. (Judges 14:1,2,5)
Timnathheres
(portion of the sun) the name under which the city and burial-place of Joshua, previously called Timnath-serah is mentioned in (Judges 2:9) [TIMNATH-GERAH]
Timnathserah
(portion of abundance), the name of the city which was presented to Joshua after the partition of the country, (Joshua 19:50) and in “the border” of which he was buried. (Joshua 24:30) It is specifie…
Timnite
A man of Timnah. Samson’s father-in-law is so styled (Judg. 15:6).
Timnite, The
Samson’s father-in-law, a native of Timnathah. (Judges 15:6)
Timon
Honouring, one of the seven deacons at Jerusalem (Acts 6:5). Nothing further is known of him.
Timotheus
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 his grandmother, Lois, are mentioned as eminent for their piety (2 Tim. 1:5). We know noth…
Timothy, Epistles Of Paul To
The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral Epistles, because they are principally devoted to directions about the work of the pastor of a church. The First Epistle was probably written…
Timothy, First Epistle To
Paul in this epistle speaks of himself as having left Ephesus for Macedonia (1:3), and hence not Laodicea, as mentioned in the subscription; but probably Philippi, or some other city in that region, …
Timothy, Second Epistle To
Was probably written a year or so after the first, and from Rome, where Paul was for a second time a prisoner, and was sent to Timothy by the hands of Tychicus. In it he entreats Timothy to come to h…
Tin,
TIN, a well-known metal in use at a very early period, Num 31:22, and an article of Tyrian commerce, probably obtained from Spain or England. Eze 27:12. Captain Burton has recently found tin-ore in t…
Tinkling
TINK'LING. See Bell, Clothes.
Tinkling Ornaments
(Isa. 3:18), anklets of silver or gold, etc., such as are still used by women in Syria and the East.
Tiphsah
Passing over; ford, one of the boundaries of Solomon’s dominions (1 Kings 4:24), probably “Thapsacus, a great and wealthy town on the western bank of the Euphrates,” about 100 miles north-east of Tad…
Tiras
The youngest of the sons of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5).
Tirathites
TI'RATHITES, THE (gate), one of three families of Levites at Jabez. 1 Chr 2:55.
Tirathites, The
one of the three families of scribes residing at Jabez, (1 Chronicles 2:55) the others being the Shimeathites and Sucathites. The passage is hopelessly obscure.
Tire
an old English word for headdress. It was an ornamental headdress worn on festive occasions, (Ezekiel 24:17,23) and perhaps, as some suppose, also an ornament for the neck worn by both women, (Isaiah…
Tires.
TIRES. This generally denotes an ornamental head-dress, but it may mean other parts of the attire; and in Isa 3:18 the original probably signifies a necklace, the parts of which might have resembled …
Tirhakah
The last king of Egypt of the Ethiopian (the fifteenth) dynasty. He was the brother-in-law of So (q.v.). He probably ascended the throne about B.C. 692, having been previously king of Ethiopia (2 Kin…
Tirhakah, Or Tirhakah
(exalted?) king of Ethiopia (Cush), the opponent of Sennacherib. (2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 37:9) He may be identified with Tarkos or Tarakos, who was the third and last king of the twenty-fifth dynasty, …
Tirhanah
(favor), son of Caleb ben-Hezron by his concubine Maachah. (1 Chronicles 2:48) (B.C. about 1451.)
Tiria
(fear), son of Jehaleleel, of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:16) (B.C. about 1451.)