Thomas
Thomas (ocei.cils). The Word Nnt:r1 Is Equi Valent To The Greek Alamos, Twin. This Name Occurs Also On Phcenician Inscriptions, In A Form Which Reminds Us Of The Colloquial English Abbre Viation—viz. Citipi And Cim (uesenii Monumenta Plurnicia, P. 356j. The Apostle Thomas (matt. X. 3 ; Mark Iii. Is ...
Thomas Pyle
Pyle, Thomas, Born At Stodey In Norfolk In 1674, Was Ordained In 1698 To A Curacy At King's Lynn, Where He Became Greatly Distinguished As A Preacher, And Was Appointed Lecturer At The Chapel Of St. Nicholas. He Published, Before 1718, Six Sermons In Defence Of The Succession Of The ...
Thomas Scott
Scott, Thomas, Was Born At Braytoft, In Lincolnshire, Feb. 16, 1747. Having Received Some Amount Of Education, He Was Apprenticed, In His Fifteenth Year, To An Apothecary And Surgeon In Alford, In His Native County ; But Was, After A Few Months, Dismissed In Disgrace, And Had To Turn To ...
Thukiyim
Thukiyim (c"mln And T"zr1). It Is A • • Question, Perhaps, More Of Geographical And His Torical Than Of Biblical Interest To Decide Whethei Thukiyint (t Kings X. 22 ; 2 Chron. Ix. 21) Denote Peacocks Strictly So Called, Or Some Other Species Of Animal Or Bird ; For On ...
Thummim
Thummim. [urom. And Thummtm.] Thunder (mn; Sept. Bpovraj, Passim ; Also $.1p, (pawl?). This Sublimest Of All The Extra Ordinary Phenomena Of Nature Is Poetically Repre Sented As The Voice Of God (ps. Civ. 7; Comp. Exod. Ix. 2s (hebrew, Or Margin) ; Job Xxxvii. 4, 5 ; Xl. 9 ...
Tiberias
Tiberias (tepepto:s ; Talm. N'130) Is A Small Town Situated About The Middle Of The Western Bank Of The Lake Of Gennesareth. Tiberias Was Chiefly Built By The Tetrarch Herod Antipas, And Called By Him After The Emperor Tiberias (joseph. Antiq. Xviii. 2. 3). According To Josephus (vit. Sec. 65), ...
Tinshemeth
Tinshemeth (rmc;:n). This Name Has Already Been Referred To Tbe Chammleon,' But There Is No Doubt That It Also Denotes A Bird ; For It Occurs In The Enumeration Of Unclean Species Which The Law Forbade To Be Eaten, And We Are Not At Liberty To Presume That A Lizard ...
Tirzah
Tirzah Pleasantness ;' Eepcat ; Oap ,: • O-txd ; Alex. Eepaci ; Eeperd ; Therm), An Ancient Royal City Of The Canaanites, Captured By Joshua (josh. Xit. 24). After Its Conquest It Is Not Again Mentioned In History Till The Time Of Jeroboam, Who Appears To Have Chosen It ...
Tobiah
Tobiah, A Base Samaritan, Who, Having Raised Himself From A State Of Slavery To Be A Trusted Favourite Of Sanballat, Did His Utmost To Gratify His Master By Resisting The Proceedings Of Nehemiah In Rebuilding The Walls Of Jerusalem. With An Affectation Of Scorn, He, After The Manner Of Remus ...
Tois
Tois ; Vulg. Cum Carbonibus Desolatoriir: Prov. Vi. 28, English Version Supplies (hot) Coals : Sept. Adds Rupds To Civopriewe, Prunas : Prov. Xxv. 22, Shall Heap Coals Of Fire Upon His Head,' Sept. Supplies Rrvp6s, Pumas : Is. Xliv. 19, Upon The Coals,' Civ0pdcwv, Carbones Ezek. Xxiv. I Upon ...
Tolis
Tolis Torovs Too Oecjv, Joseph. Antby. 19. 8) Of Her Father. The Mere Possession Of Teraphim, Which The Jews At No Time Consistently Condemned (cf. Judg. Xvii., Xviii., Passim ; I Sam. Xix. 13 ; Hos. Iii. 4), Does Not Prove Laban To Have Been An Idolater ; But That ...
Tongue
Tongue (rit:), ; Sept. -)aitivra, 01117) ; Vulg. Lingua, Os) Is Used-1. Literally, For The Human Tongue : Every One That Lappeth The Water With His Tongue, As A Dog Lappeth' (judg. Vii. 5 ; Job Xxvii. 4 ; Ps. Xxxv. 28 ; Xxxix. 3 ; 14 ; Lxvi. 17 ...
Too I
Too I' Oil Ti Om-i-epov 451,f 776s Dia Ciovetarepov. Pea Ass Ilutlcoa This Temple Was Burnt Down In The Night In Which Alexander Was Born, By An Obscure Person Of The Name Of Eratostratus, Who Thus Sought To Transmit His Name To Posterity , And, As It Seemed Somewhat Unaccountable ...
Tophet
Tophet Mph; Sept. Tay510 ; Vulg. Topheth), A Place Very Near To Jenisalem, On The South-east, In The Valley Of The Children Of Hinnom, Where The Ancient Canaanites, And Afterwards The Apostate Israelites, Made Their Children To Pass Through The Fire To Moloch (comp. Ps. Cvi. 38 ; Jer. Vii. ...
Tots
Tots Kopeupalcep 6pen Ti)s 'apuevias Stanevelv, Kai River &ira Roil 71-xolou Kopifecv Cio-oaxrov, Xpetooac Be Airrip Rpds Robs Bray-port Acrneis. Syncel. See The Whole Narrative In Bun Sen's Egypt's Place, I. Pp. 713-715, Cory's Ancient Fragments, 2d Ed. Pp. 26-29). The Remarkable Agreement Of Most Of These Particulars With The ...
Tower Of Babel
Babel, Tower Of. In Gen. Xi. 1-9 We Have An Account Of The Commencement Of The Building Of A City And A Tower By The Early Occupants Of The Plain In The Land Of Shin'ar. This Tower Was To Be Of Brick, Cemented By Bitumen, And The Top Of It ...
Town
Town. We Use The Term In Its General Signi Fication, So As To Embrace Any Assemblage Of In Habited Human Dwellings Of Larger Size Than A Hamlet Or A Village, The Only Way In Which We Can Speak With Correctness And Advantage. Towns Are A Natural Result Of The Aggregative ...
Trachonitis
Trachonitis (tpaxowqr/s). The Only Men Tion Of This Place In The Scriptures Is In Describing The Political Divisions Of Palestine At The Time Of John The Baptist's First Public Appearance Philip Was Then Tetrarch Of Iturea And The Region (xwpas) Of Trachonitis' (luke Iii. 1). Although Trach Onitis Was A ...
Trance
Trance Onnin ; Sept. &tram, Vulg. Sopor ; Gen. Ii. 21, Etc.), A Supernatural State Of Body And Mind, The Nature Of Which Has Been Well Conjectured By Doddridge, Who Defines It—' Such A Rapture Of Mind As Gives The Person Who Falls Into It A Look Of Astonishment, And ...
Trial Of Adultery
Adultery, Trial Of. It Would Be Unjust To The Spirit Of The Mosaical Legislation To Sup Pose That The Trial Of The Suspected Wife By The Bitter Water, Called The Water Of ,7ealousy, Was By It First Produced. It Is To Be Regarded As An Attempt To Mitigate The Evils ...
Trial Of Urimand
Tery, Trial Of ; Urim And Thummim. For The Punishment Of False Witness And The Suppression Of Evidence, See Punishment. For The Forms Of Adjuration (2 Chron. Xviii. 15), See Adjuration. Opinions Differ As To What Is Meant By The Faithful Witness In Heaven' (ps. Lxxxix. 37). Some Suppose It ...
Tribe And Possessions Of
Judaii, Tribe And Possessions Of. At The Exodus, The Tribe Of Judah Numbered 74,600 Adult Males, Being 1,9oo More Than The Largest Of The Other Tribes, And 19oo More Than Ephraim And Manasseh Together (num. I.) When The Israelites Were Marshalled In The Wilderness By The Command Of God, The ...
Tribes
Tribes 0-ijmn, No= ; Cbaal, Tribus) Is The Name Of The Great Groups Of Families Into Which The Israelitish Nation, Like Other Oriental Races, Was Divided. Tbe Modern Arabs, The Bedouins, And The Berbers, And Also The Moors On The Northern Shores Of Africa, Are Still Divided Into Tribes. The ...
Tribute
Tribute (on Mas, From Masas, Fo Melt' Or Liquefy ;' Gr. 06pos), A Tax Which One Prince Or State Agrees, Or Is Compelled, To Pay To Another, As The Purcbase Of Peace, Or In Token Of Dependence. The Hebrews Acknowledged No Other Sovereign Than God ; And In Exod. Xxx. ...
Tsaphtsapha Vidvdv
Tsaphtsapha Vidvdv) Occurs Only In Xvii. 5, And Is Usually Translated Willow. Tree ;" He Took Also Of The Seed Of The Land, And Planted It In A Fruitful Field ; He Placed It By Great Waters, And Set It As A Soillosv-tree.' Celsius, How Ever, Thinks That The Word ...
Tsarah
Tsar'ah Exod. Xxiii. 28 ; Deut. Vii. 20 : Sept. .ras Aronxias ; Vulg. Crabrones ; Josh. Xxiv. 12, T.*, Cibirclay, Crabronem ; Wisd. Sol. Xii. 8, Ackixas, Vespas, Wasps'). The Greek Words &pekin; And Aoje Are Given In The Lexicons As Signi Fying Both Hornet' And Wasp,' Especially The ...
Tslatsal V9y
Ts'latsal &v9y), An Insect Mentioned Deut. Xxviii. 42. The A. V. Makes It A /actin', And From The Connection In Which The Word Is Used This Is A Probable Meaning. The Lxx. Render By Epicropy, By Which A Species Of Mildew Is Intended Kovcoprin Karacauevor Kat Ciodvig-op Oirop, Hesych.) ; ...
Tsri 41v
Ts'ri (41v), Properly Tsori, Translated Balnz, Occurs In Gen. Xxxvii. 25 ; ; And In Both Passages Is Mentioned Along With Id And Necoth, With The Addition In The Second Of Bottzint And Shekadim. In Gen. Xliii. Jacob 'thus Ad Dressci His Sons : Take Of The Best Fruits In ...
Turban
Turban. Though It Is Presumable That In A Climate Like That Of Palestine The Inhabitants Did Not Expose Themselves To The Cold Of Winter Or The Heats Of Summer Without Some Covering For The Head, There Is No Certain Evidence That Any Such Was In Common Use. The Hebrews Have ...
Tus Toos
Tus Toos 'exxnpas 'iciovas Oi Pdppapot Bccixoun, There Can Remain No Reasonable Doubt That By Javan The Hebrews Designated Greece. On This Has Been Founded The Hypothesis, That Javan, The Son Of Japheth, Was The Source Of The Greek Peoples, But The Foundation Here Is Slippery ; For It Remains ...
Twp Civp6c672lios
Twp Civp6c672)lios 2 Cor. Viii. 19). In Colos. Iv. To, And Philemon, Ver. 24, Paul Men Tions Mark As His Fellow-labourer ; And At A Still Later Period, 2 Tim. Iv. Ii, He Refers With Strong Approbation To His Services, And Requests Timothy To Bring Him To Rome ; But ...
Ulfilas
Ulfilas, The Apostle Of The Goths, Vs-as De Scended From A Family Which Originally Belonged To Sadagolthina, Near The Town Of Parnassus In Cappa Docia, Whence His Ancestors Were Carried Captive By Tne Goths About The Middle Of The 3d Century (philostorg. Hist. Eccl. Ii. 5). He Was Born A.d. ...
Uncleanness 71kuu
Uncleanness (71kuu, From The Adj. Nm), So Frequently Used In The Almost Technical Sense Of Levitical Defilement, And Especially In The Leper's Wail, Lev. Xiii. 45) Is The Term By Which, In The Law Of Moses, Is Indicated That Condition Which Caused The Temporaiy Suspension Of A Ilebrew Man Or ...
Ur Of The Chaldees
Ur Of The Chaldees (witvz 1:1n; X6pct T Co. P Xamaicov ; Ur Chaldawruni ; In Jose Phus, Xanalwv), The Native Place Of The Patriarch Abraham. The Sacred Historian States, That After The Death Of Haran, His Son Terah Mi Grated With His Family From Ur Of The Chaldees, And ...
Urim
Urim And Thummim (tonnl ; Sept. Slawc-ts Kat Cdaloeta, Etc. Vulg. Doetrina Et Veritas). The Hebrew Wo;ds Are Generally Con Sidered To Be Plurales Excellentioe, Denoting Lix-ht (i.e. Revelation) And Truth ; And As Used By A Me Tonymy For The Things Or Modes Whereby The Revela Tion Was Given ...
Usury
Usury (it,4), Tkos), A Contract For The Loan Of Money, To Be Returned Again With Exorbitant In Crease. By The Laws Of Moses The Israelites Were Forbidden To Take Usury From Their Brethren Upon The Loan Of Money, Victuals, Or Anything Else, Not, It Has Been Observed By Michaelis, As ...
Uumea Rome Ii
Uumea ; Rome]. Ii Will Not Be Necessary To Dwell Here With Any Length Upon The Greek Terms For Governor Met With In The N. T. And The Apocrypha, Since Those Will Be Found For The Most Part Treated Fully In Other Articles (rome ; Jud2ea; Feast ; House, Etc.) ...
Uzal
Uzal Thui ; Az,* ; Alex. A/p)x ; Uzal), A Son Of Jokta'n And Descendant Of Shem (gen. X. 27 ; Chron. 21). Like The Other Patriarchs Whose Names Are Recorded In The Loth Chapter Of Genesis, Lie Was The Founder Of A Tribe (cf. Ver. 31). Except, Perhaps, In ...
Uzziah
Uzziah (rply, Sometimes Rpm Might Of Ye Hovah ; Sept. 'otias), Otherwise Called Azariah [as Gesenius Thinks By An Crror Of The Transcriber, The Resemblance Between 11'112 And Being Sufficient To Mislead], A King Of Judah, Who Began To Reign B. C. 809, At The Age Of Sixteen, And Reigned ...
V Baptism For The
V. Baptism For The Dead.—in I Cor. Xv. 29, Paul Asks, ' What Shall They Do Who Are Baptized For The Dead (ol Garrimievot Fnrep Ray Pelipc2ov)? If The Dead Rise Not At All, Why Are They At All (cal) Baptized For The Dead.' On This Difficult Passage Much Has ...
V Political And Historical
V. Political And Historical Geography. It Now Only Remains To Give A Brief Sketch Of The Political Divisions Of Palestine Under The Rule Of The Tribes And Nations Which Have In Succession Occu Pied It. These Divisions Are Sometimes Minutely Described, Frequently Directly Mentioned, And More Frequently Incidentally Alluded To, ...
V Ritual
V. Ritual Writing To The He Brews The Apostle Makes Mention Of Divers Baptisms' (stackepois Pavrtapats) As Amongst The Carnal Ordinances Of The Ancient Dispensation. That There Were Ritual Baptisms Practised By The Jews There Can Be No Doubt, And The Connection In Which The Apostle Introduces The Expression Strongly ...
V The Salt Or
V. The Salt Or Dead Sea Is The Largest Lake In Palestine, And In Many Respects The Most Re Markable In The World. It Has Received A Variety Of Names From Writers Both Ancient And Modern ; And As They Are Descriptive, They Demand A Brief Examination In An Article ...
Valley
Valley, There Are Five Hebrew Words Ren Dered Valley' In The A. V. These Words Are Not Synonymous. They Were Intended To Convey Dis Tinct Ideas ; And Much Of The Definiteness And Force Of Scriptural Statements And Illustrations Is Lost In Consequence Of Their Being Represented In English By ...
Valley Of Baca
Baca, Valley Of (nnn Png ; Sept. Kolves -raj In Ps. Lxxxiv. 6, The Writer Speaks Of The Blessedness Of Those Who Passing `through The Valley Of Baca Make It A Well.' It Is Probable That There Was Some Place Actually Bear Ing This Name, To Which Reference Is Here ...
Valley Of Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat, Valley Of (um../irr Pnp; Koacis 'iwo-acbcir ; Vallis Yosaphat). In One Of The Sublime Prophecies Of Joel, When Describing The Events Which Would Occur After The Return Of The Jews From The Babylonish Captivity, He Represents The Lord As Saying : • I Will Gather All The Nations, And ...
Valley Of Rephaim
Rephaim, Valley Of, Also Valley Of The Giants (nn-r-pn3) ; Ecocnact -rn'y To-dyne; Icoadol `pacbaty, And Yoyciyrwy; Also Yips 'pa Ode, And 'p. In Josh. ; Also In Is. Xvii. 5, Iv Cpcipa-ryt ; Vallis Raphaim, And Gigantum). The Origin And Meaning Of The Word Rephaim Have Not Been Satisfactorily ...
Valley Of Salt
Salt, Valley Of (i-6p N4a). This Name Is Employed Five Times In The Bible, But In These The Sacred Writers Mention Only Two Events Which Oc Curred In The Place. In 2 Sam. Viii. 13, And Chron. Xviii. 12, An Account Is Given Of The Slaughter Of Eighteen Thousand Edomites ...
Veil
Veil. There Are Several Words Denoting Veil In The Hebrew Scripture, Showing That, As At Pre Sent, There Were Different Kinds Of This Essential Article Of An Eastern Female's Attire. These Are Essentially Of Two Descriptions. The First, And Which Alone Offer Any Resemblance To The Veils Used Among Us, ...
Verse
Verse Con ; 071x0s, K6accr ; Ccesum, Versus,versiculus). I. Versicular Divisions In Mss. —the Term Verse (versus, From Verto, To Turn'), Like The Greek Crrixos, Was Applied By The Romans To Lines In General, Whether In Prose Or Verse, But More Particularly To The Rhythmical Divisions Which Generally Commenced The ...
Viii Grieco Veneta
Viii. Grieco-veneta. In A Ms. Belonging To St. Mark's Library At Venice, Thcre Is A Greek Version Of Several O. T. Books. Its Internal Cha Racter Proves That The Translation Was Made Directly From The Hebrew. It Is More Literal Than Any Other Ancient Version, Even That Of Aquila, Adher ...
Village
Village. Some Of The Words Rendered Vie'. La,ge In The A. V. Are Improperly So Rendered. Thus Hah. Iii. 14 The Pl. Of Is Rendered Vil Lages.' It Should Be Captains' Or Eminent Men ' Men Separated By Their Rank Or Prowess From The Mass ; Lxx. Supda-rat ; Syr. ...
Virgin
Virgin (r151m, ; Vulg. Virgo). The Word Rl9'11-13 Occurs.fift;times In The O. T., And Is Translated By Rapnvos. In The Sept. Except In Two Instances. It Is Rendered Once By Vearts (1 Kings L 2) And Once By Yopfpri (joel I. 8). See Gen. Xxiv. 16 ; Exod. Xxii. 15, ...
Voman
\voman, In Hebrew 1-vn, Which Is The Femi Nine Form Of As Among The Ancient Romans Vira (found Still In Virago) From Vir ; And In Greek Dvspis From Cluhp : Like Our Own Term Woman, The Hebrew Is Used Of Married And Unmarried Females. The Derivation Of The Word ...
W Wette
Wette, W. Rui. Martin Leberecht De, D.d., Was Born 12th January 1780, At Ulla, Near Weimar. He Was Educated At Weimar And Jena ; And A Powerful Influence On His Mental Habits And Bent Of Opinion Was Exerted By Early Intercourse With Herder, Griesbach, And Paulus. In 1807 He Became ...
Wages
Wages. The Word 171", Rendered In The A. V. By This Term, Comes From A Verb Which Signifies To Hire, To Pay, Or Receive Wages. Another Word Rendered Wages Is ,p's Or R6pp, From 170, To Do, To Labour. Wages, Then, According To The Earliest Usages Of Mankind, Are A ...
Washing Of Feet
Washing Of Feet. The Custom Of Washing The Feet Held, In Ancient Times, A Place Among The Duties Of Hospitality, Being Regarded As A Mark Of Respect To The Guest, And A Token Of Humble And Affectionate Attention On The Part Of The Entertainer. It Had Its Orioin In Circumstances ...
Watch
Watch (i*t:;), Denoting, 'to Cut Into,' Thence To Impress On The Mind," To Observe," To Watch ;' Or The Original Meaning Of Which Is To Look Out,' Thence To Watch ;' As In English, To Keep A Look-out,' Is A Nautical Phrase For To Watch.' Watching Must Have Bcen Coeval ...
Water
Water, No One Can Read Far In The Sacred Scriptures Without Being Reminded Of The Vast Im Portance Of Water To The Hebrews In Palestine, And Indeed In Every Country To Which Their History Introduces Us ; And More Particularly' In The Deserts In Which They Wandered On Leaving Egypt, ...
Waters Of Jealousy
Waters Of Jealousy. The Law Of Moses (num. V. I X-3r) Supposes The Ease Of A Husband On Whom Has Fallen The Spirit Of Jealousy' In Regard To His Wife, Whom He Suspects But Cannot Prove To Have Been Guilty Of Unchaste Intercourse With Another Man ; And It Makes ...
Waters Of Merom
Merom, Waters Of (fnn Mapi3v; Alex. Llleppczy And Mappaw ; Aferam), The Place Where Joshua Attacked And Defeated The Confederate Princes Of Northern Palestine Who Had Been Col Lected By Jabin King Of Hazor (josh. Xi. 5, 7). It Is Only Mentioned In The One Passage Of Scripture, And No ...
Waters Of Nephtoah
Nephtoah, Waters Of (nint) 'waters Of Opening ;' Na09l6 ; Nephthoa),;fountain, And Apparently A Streamlet Issuing From It (or Perhaps A Watering-place For Cattle), On The Border Of Judah. Its Position Is Described With Considerable Minute Ness. From The Valley Of Hinnom The Border Was Drawn To The Top Of ...
Weasel
Weasel. Although Under The Head Choled V.,e Have Given Mole As Its Synonym, Yet Such Is The Vagueness Of Oriental Denominations, And The Ne Cessity Of Noticing Certain Species Which, From Their Importance, Cannot Well Be Supposed To Have Been Altogether Disregarded In The Bible, That In This Place A ...
Weaver
Weaver (nit:, Ank), Weaving (m). Weaving Of Some Sort Must Be Contemporary With The Use Of Textile Fabrics, And This Remounts To The Earliest Ages. That Weaving. Was Practised By The Israelites Before They Were Acquainted With The Egyptians Cannot Be Doubted ; But As The Egyptians Were From An ...
Weights And Measures
Weights And Measures. This Is A Subject On Which Our Knowledge Is By No Means Complete And Satisfactory. The Notices Respecting It Which The Bible Supplies Are Fragmentary And Scattered ; And Though The Jewish Authorities And Josephus Afford Us Useful Aids, And Though The Topic Has Received Full And ...