Towers
Of Babel (Gen. 11:4), Edar (Gen. 35:21), Penuel (Judg. 8:9, 17), Shechem (9:46), David (Cant. 4:4), Lebanon (7:4), Syene (Ezek. 29:10), Hananeel (Zech. 14:10), Siloam (Luke 13:4). There were several …
Town-clerk
TOWN-CLERK, an office of rank and dignity in Ephesus, as is evident from the conduct of this functionary as recorded in Acts 19:35, 1 Chr 4:41. He appears to have been the keeper of the archives of t…
Towns
TOWNS. See Cities.
Trachonitis
A rugged region, corresponds to the Heb. Argob (q.v.), the Greek name of a region on the east of Jordan (Luke 3:1); one of the five Roman provinces into which that district was divided. It was in the…
Tradition,
TRADI'TION, a precept or custom not contained in the written law, but handed down from generation to generation. Matt 15:2. The Jews maintain that God gave Moses, besides the law which we have in the…
Trance.
TRANCE. This word occurs only twice in the O.T., Num 24:4, Ex 17:16, and in both instances is supplied by the translators, and not found in the original. In the A.V. of the N.T. it occurs three times…
Transfiguration
TRANSFIGURATION, THE. This event marks the culminating-point in Christ's life. It is recorded almost in the same words by the three synoptists. Matt 17:1-13:Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36, but John charac…
Transfiguration, The.
TRANSFIGURATION, THE. This event marks the culminating-point in Christ's life. It is recorded almost in the same words by the three synoptists. Matt 17:1-13:Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36, but John charac…
Transgression
TRANSGRES'SION. Heb 2:2. The two words "transgression" and "disobedience" used in this passage are by common usage nearly synonymous. The former may be considered as passing over the bounds prescribe…
Treasure Houses
The houses or magazines built for the safe keeping of treasure and valuable articles of any kind (Ezra 5:17; 7:20; Neh. 10:38; Dan. 1:2).
Treasure-cities
TREASURE-CITIES. Ex 1:11, TREASURE-HOUSES. Ezr 5:17. The kings of Judah had keepers of their treasure both in city and country, 1 Chr 27:25, and the towns where these treasures were deposited were ca…
Treasurecities
The kings of Judah had keepers of their treasures both in city and country (1 Chronicles 27:25) and the places where these magazines were laid up were called treasure-cities. and the buildings treasu…
Treasury,
TREAS'URY, John 8:20, TREAS'URIES, 1 Chr 9:26, the place in the temple where gifts were received. See Temple.
Tree Of Knowledge
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE. Gen 2:9. See Adam. TRES'PASS usually denotes an offence committed against or an injury done to another. Lev 6:2. It implies a departure from duty in respect to God or man. Matt 6:1…
Tree Of Life
Stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opinion that this tree had some secret virtue, which was fitted to preserve life. Probably the lesson co…
Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil
Stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (Gen. 2, 3). Adam and Eve were forbidden to take of the fruit which grew upon it. But they disobeyed the divine injunction, and so si…
Trespass
TRES'PASS usually denotes an offence committed against or an injury done to another. Lev 6:2. It implies a departure from duty in respect to God or man. Matt 6:15.
Trespass-offering
TRES'PASS-OF'FERING. Lev 5:6. See Offering.
Trial
Information on the subject of trials under the Jewish law will be found in the articles on Judges and Sanhedrin, and also in Jesus Christ CHRIST.
Tribe.
TRIBE. The posterity of each of the twelve sons of Jacob is called a tribe. Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, founded, Gen 48:5, two tribes, and are therefore mentioned in the list of the fam…
Tribes
TRIBES. Characteristics and Prominent Members of each of the Twelve Tribes. - In this article will be contained in a condensed form information about each tribe additional to and of a different kind …
Tribulation
Trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 “tribulation and anguish” are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word den…
Tribute Money
[Taxes; Tribute]
Tribute,
TRIB'UTE, that which is paid to rulers in token of subjection and for the support of government. Gen 49:15. By the Jewish law, Ex 30:13, a tribute or capitation-tax was half a shekel, or twenty-five …
Trinity
A word not found in Scripture, but used to express the doctrine of the unity of God as subsisting in three distinct Persons. This word is derived from the Gr. trias, first used by Theophilus (A.D. 16…
Troas,
TRO'AS, a city of Lesser Mysia, in the north-eastern part of Asia Minor, on the sea-coast, 6 miles south of the entrance to the Hellespont, and 4 miles south of the Homeric Troy. It stood on a gentle…
Trogyllium,
TROGYL'LIUM, a town and cape on the western coast of Asia Minor, between Ephesus and the mouth of the Meander, opposite Samos, at the foot of Mount Mycale. Paul there spent a night on his third missi…
Troop
TROOP, BAND, often means a small body of marauders, as in Gen 49:19; 2 Sam 22:30; Jer 18:22; Mic 5:1.
Troop, Band,
TROOP, BAND, often means a small body of marauders, as in Gen 49:19; 2 Sam 22:30; Jer 18:22; Mic 5:1.
Trophimus
A foster-child, an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; 21:29). He was with Paul in Jerusalem, and the Jews, supposing that the apostle had brought …