Tirras
(desire), the youngest son of Japheth, (Genesis 10:2) usually identified with the Thracians, as presenting the closest verbal approximation to the name.
Tirshatha
A word probably of Persian origin, meaning “severity,” denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor of Judea is so called (Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65, 70). Nehemiah is called by this name in Neh. 8:…
Tirshatha, The
TIR'SHATHA, THE (lord of the province), the title of the Persian governors. Ezr 2:63; Neh 7:65, Neh 7:70; Rom 8:9; Dan 10:1.
Tirza
Pleasantness. (1.) An old royal city of the Canaanites, which was destroyed by Joshua (Josh. 12:24). Jeroboam chose it for his residence, and he removed to it from Shechem, which at first he made the…
Tirzah
an ancient Canaanite city, whose king is enumerated among those overthrown in the conquest of the country. (Joshua 12:24) It reappears as a royal city, the residence of Jeroboam and of his successors…
Tishbah
TISH'BAH, the birthplace of Elijah, 1 Kgs 17:1, who is therefore called the Tishbite, probably identical with El-Istib, or Listib, 22 miles in an air line south of the Sea of Galilee, and 10 miles ea…
Tishbite, The
the well-known designation of Elijah. (1 Kings 17:1; 21:17,28; 2 Kings 1:3,8; 9:36) The name naturally points to a place called Tishbeh, Tishbi, or rather perhaps Tesheb, as the residence of the prop…
Tishbite.
TISH'BITE. See Tishbah.
Tisri.
TIS'RI. See Month.
Tithe
A tenth of the produce of the earth consecrated and set apart for special purposes. The dedication of a tenth to God was recognized as a duty before the time of Moses. Abraham paid tithes to Melchize…
Tithe Or Tenth
the proportion of property devoted to religious uses from very early times. Instances of the use of tithes are found prior to the appointment of the Levitical tithes under the law. In biblical histor…
Tithes
TITHES, or TENTHS, a form of tax known long before the time of Moses, Gen 14:20; Gen 28:22. and practised under the civil and religious government of heathen nations. It was introduced into the Levit…
Tittle,
TIT'TLE, the very least point, Matt 5:18; used of the fine stroke by which some letters were distinguished. To omit this stroke condemned the entire copy of the Law made by the scribe.
Titus Justus
(The form given in the Revised Version, of the proselyte Justus, at whose house in Corinth Paul preached when driven from the synagogue. He is possibly the same as Titus the companion of Paul.)
Titus,
TI'TUS, a Gentile by descent, and probably converted to Christianity under the preaching of Paul. Tit 1:4. he, however, refused to subject him to the rite of circumcision, though, as some have inferr…
Titus, Epistle To
Was probably written about the same time as the first epistle to Timothy, with which it has many affinities. “Both letters were addressed to persons left by the writer to preside in their respective …
Tizite
TI'ZITE, THE, the designation given to Joha, one of David's mighty men. 1 Chr 11:45.
Tizite, The,
TI'ZITE, THE, the designation given to Joha, one of David's mighty men. 1 Chr 11:45.
Toah
(lowly) a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Samuel and Heman. (1 Chronicles 6:34) (19).
Tob
(good), The land of, a place in which Jephthah took refuge when expelled from home by his half-brother, (Judges 11:3) and where he remained, at the head of a band of freebooters, till he was brought …
Tob, The Land Of
A district on the east of Jodan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, to which Jephthah fled from his brethren (Judg. 11:3, 5). It was on the northern boundary of Perea, between Syria and…
Tob-adonijah
Good is Jehovah, my Lord, a Levite sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people of Judah in the law (2 Chr. 17:8).
Tobadonijah
(Adonijah the good), one of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah to teach the law to the people. (2 Chronicles 17:8) (B.C. 910.)
Tobiah
Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh. 2:10). He was a man of great influence, which he exerted in opp…
Tobijah
Id., a Levite sent out through Judah by Jehoshaphat to teach the people (2 Chr. 17:8).
Tobit
TO'BIT (my goodness; contracted from goodness of Jehovah), the hero of the book named below.
Tobit, Book Of,
TO'BIT, BOOK OF, one of the most interesting of the Apocrypha of the O.T., but devoid of historical value and plainly a romance. The story of Tobit may be thus given. He was a Naphtalite who remained…
Tochen
Measured, a town of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:32).
Togarmah,
TOGAR'MAH, a descendant of Japheth. Gen 10:3.
Tohu.
TO'HU. 1 Sam 1:1. See Toah.