Smith’s dictionary

The classic Victorian Bible dictionary: 4,600 short entries, especially strong on names and places.

• Taanach(sandy), an ancient Canaanitish city whose king is enumerated among the thirty-one...
• Taanathshiloh(approach to Shiloh), a place named once only -- (Joshua 16:6) --as one of the...
• Tabbaoth(rings). The children of Tabbaoth were a family of Nethinim who returned with...
• Tabbath(celebrated), a place mentioned only in (Judges 7:25) in describing the flight of the...
• Tabeal(God is good). The son of Tabeal was apparently an Ephraimite in the army of Pekah the...
• Tabelel(God is good), an officer of the Persian government in Samaria in the reign of...
• Taberahthe name of a place in the wilderness of Paran. (Numbers 11:3; 9:22) It has not been...
• Taberingan obsolete English word used in the Authorized Version of (Nahum 2:7) The Hebrew word...
• TabernacleThe tabernacle was the tent of Jehovah, called by the same name as the tents of the...
• Tabernacles, the Feast of(Exodus 23:16) ("the feast of ingathering"), the third of the three great festivals:...
• Tabitha(gazelle), also called Dorcas by St. Luke, a female disciple of Joppa, "full of good...
• Taboris mentioned in the lists of 1Chr 6 as a city of the Merarite Levites, in the tribe of...
• Tabor(a mound), or Mount Tabor, one of the most interesting and remarkable of the single...
• Tabor, the Plain ofThis is an incorrect translation, and should be THE OAK OF TABOR, TABOR. It is...
• Tabret[TIMBREL, TABRET]
• Tabrimon(properly Tabrimmon, i.e. good is Rimmon , the Syrian god) the father of Ben-hadad I.,...
• TacheThe word thus rendered occurs only in the description of the structure of the...
• Tachmonite, the"The Tachmonite that sat in the seat," chief among David’s captains, (2 Samuel 23:8)...
• Tadmor(city of palms), called "Tadmor in the wilderness," is the same as the city known to...
• Tahan(camp), a descendant of Ephraim. (Numbers 26:35) In (1 Chronicles 7:25) he appears as...
• Tahanites, the(Numbers 26:35) [TAHAN]
• Tahaththe name of a desert station of the Israelites between Makheloth and Tarah. (Numbers...
• Tahath(station). A Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Samuel and Heman. (1 Chronicles 6:22,37;...
• Tahpanhes, Tehaphnehes, Tahapanesa city of Egypt, mentioned in the time of the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The name...
• Tahpenesan Egyptian queen, was wife of the Pharaoh who received Hadad the Edomite, and who...
• Tahrea(cunning), son of Micah and grandson of Mephibosheth. (1 Chronicles 9:41) (B.C. after 1057.)
• Tahtimhodshi(lowlands of Hodshi?), The land of, one of the places visited by Joab during his...
• Talent[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
• Talitha Cumitwo Syriac words, (Mark 5:41) signifying damsel, arise .
• Talmai(bold). One of the three sons of "the Anak" who were slain by the men of Judah....
• Talmon(oppressor), the head of a family of door-keepers in the temple, "the porters for the...
• Talmud(i.e. doctrine , from the Hebrew word "to learn") is a large collection of writings,...
• Tamah(laughter). The children of Tamah or Thamah, (Ezra 2:53) were among the Nethinim who...
• Tamar(palm tree). The wife successively of the two sons of Judah, Er and Onan. (Genesis...
• Tammuz(sprout of life), properly "the Tammuz," the article indicating that at some time or...
• Tanacha slight variation of the name TAANACH. (Joshua 21:26)
• Tanhumeth(consolation), the father of Seraiah in the time of Gedaliah. (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah...
• Taphath(ornament), the daughter of Solomon, who was married to ben-Abinadab. (1 Kings 4:11)...
• Taphonone of the cities in Judea fortified by Bacchides. 1 Macc. 9:50. It is probably the...
• Tappush(the apple-city). A city of Judah, of the Shefelah or lowland. (Joshua 15:34) A place...
• Tarah(delay), a desert-station of the Israelites between Tahath and Mithcah. (Numbers 33:27)
• Taralah(reeling), one of the towns in the allotment of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:27)
• Tareathe same as Tahreah, the son of Micah. (1 Chronicles 8:35)
• TaresThere can be little doubt that the zizania of the parable, (Matthew 13:25) denotes the...
• Targum[See VERSIONS, ANCIENT, OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, VERSIONS, AUTHORIZED]
• Tarpelites, theA race of Assyrian colonists who were planted int he cites of Samaria after the...
• Tarshish(established). Probably Tartessus, a city and emporium of the Phoenicians in the south...
• Tarsusthe chief town of Cilicia, "no mean city" in other respects, but illustrious to all...
• Tartak(prince of darkness), one of the gods of the Avite or Avvite colonists of Samaria. (2...
• Tartanwhich occurs only in (2 Kings 18:17) and Isai 20:1 Has been generally regarded as a...
• Tatnai(gift), satrap of the province west of the Euphrates in the time of Darius Hystaspes....
• Taverns, the Three[THREE TAVERNS TAVERNS]
• TaxesI. Under the judges, according to the theocratic government contemplated by the law,...
• TaxingThe English word now conveys to us more distinctly the notion of a tax or tribute...
• Tebah(slaughter), eldest of the sons of Nahor by his concubine Reumah. (Genesis 22:24) (B.C. 1872.)
• Tebaliah(purified), third son of Hosah of the children of Merari. (1 Chronicles 26:11) (B.C. 1014.)
• Tebeth[MONTH]
• Tehinnah(supplication), the father or founder of Ir-nahash, the city of Nahash, and son of...
• Teil Tree[OAK]
• Tekoa, or Tekoah(a stockade). A town in the tribe of Judah. (2 Chronicles 11:6) on the range of hills...
• Tekoite, theIra ben-Ikkesh, one of David’s warriors, is thus designated. (2 Samuel 23:26; 1...
• Telabib(cornhill) was probably a city of Chaldaea or Babylonia, not of upper Mesopotamia as...
• Telah(vigor), a descendant of Ephraim, and ancestor of Joshua. (1 Chronicles 7:25) (B.C....
• Telaim(lambs), the place at which Saul collected and numbered his forces before his attack...
• Telasear(Assyrian hill) is mentioned in (2 Kings 19:12) and in Isai 37:12 As a city inhabited...
• Telem(oppression). One of the cities in the extreme south of Judah, (Joshua 15:24) probably...
• Telharsa, or Telharesha(hill of the artificer), one of the Babylonian towns or villages mentioned in (Ezra...
• Telmelah[TEL-HARSA]
• Tema(a desert), the ninth son of Ishmael, (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30) whence the...
• Teman(the south). A son of Eliphaz, son of Esau by Adah. (Genesis 36:11,15,41; 1 Chronicles...
• Temani[TEMAN]
• Temanitean inhabitant of Teman.
• Temenison of Ashur the father of Tekoa, by his wife Naarah. (1 Chronicles 4:6) (B.C. about 1450.)
• TempleThere is perhaps no building of the ancient world which has excited so much attention...
• Ten CommandmentsThe popular name in this, as in so many instances,is not that of Scripture. There we...
• TentAmong the leading characteristics of the nomad races, those two have always been...
• Terah(station), the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran, and through them the ancestor of the...
• TeraphimThis word occurs only in the plural, and denotes images connected with magical rites....
• Teresh(strictness), one of the two eunuchs whose plot to assassinate Ahasuerus was...
• Tertius(third), probably a Roman, was the amanuensis of Paul in writing the Epistle to the...
• Tertullus(diminutive from Tertius), "a certain orator," (Acts 24:1) who was retained by the...
• Testament, New[NEW TESTAMENT; BIBLE] NEW TESTAMENT - 3186
• Testament, Old[OLD TESTAMENT; BIBLE] OLD TESTAMENT - 3249
• Tetrarchproperly the sovereign or governor of the fourth part of a country. (Matthew 14:1;...
• Thaddeusone of the twelve apostles. (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18) From a comparison with the...
• Thamah(daughter). "The children of Thamah" were a family of Nethinim who returned with...
• ThamarTAMAR, 1. (Matthew 1:3)
• Thank Offering, or Peace Offeringthe properly eucharistic offering among the Jews, in its theory resembling the meat...
• TharaTerah the father of Abraham. (Luke 3:34)
• Tharra(Esther 12:1) a corrupt form of Teresh.
• TharshishIn this more accurate form the translators of the Authorized Version have given in two...
• TheatreFor the explanation of the biblical allusions, two or three points only require...
• Thebes(Authorized Version No, the multitude of No. populous No), a chief cite of ancient...
• Thebez(conspicuous), a place memorable for the death of the brave Abimelech, (Judges 9:50)...
• Thelasar[TEL-ASSAR]
• Theophilus(friend of God) the person to whom St. Luke inscribes his Gospel and the Acts of the...
• Thessalonians, First Epistle to thewas written by the apostle Paul at Corinth, a few months after he had founded the...
• Thessalonians, Second Epistle to theappears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus...
• ThessalonicaThe original name of this city was Therma; and that part of the Macedonian shore on...
• Theudas(God-given), the name of an insurgent mentioned in Gamaliel’s speech before the Jewish...
• Thieves, the TwoThe men who under this name appear in the history of the crucifixion were robbers...
• Thimnathaha town in the allotment of Dan. (Joshua 19:43) only. It is named between Elon and...
• Thistle[THORNS AND THISTLES]
• Thomas(a twin), one of the apostles. According to Eusebius, his real name was Judas. This...
• Thornsand Thistles. There appear to be eighteen or twenty Hebrew words which point to...
• Three TavernsA station on the Appian Road, along which St. Paul travelled from Puteoli to Rome....
• Threshing[AGRICULTURE]
• ThresholdOf the two words so rendered is the Authorized Version, one,miphthan, ,seems to mean...
• Thresholds, theThis word, Asuppe , appears to be inaccurately rendered in (Nehemiah 12:25) though its...
• ThroneThe Hebrew word so translated applies to any elevated seat occupied by a person in...
• Thuhash(badger), son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah. (Genesis 22:24) (B.C. 1880.)
• Thummim[URIM AND THUMMIM AND THUMMIM]
• Thunderis hardly ever heard in Palestine form the middle of April to the middle of September;...
• Thyatiraa city on the Lycus, founded by Seleucus Nicator, lay to the left of the road from...
• Thyine Woodoccurs in (Revelation 18:12) where the margin has "sweet" (wood). There can be little...
• Tiberiasa city in the time of Christ, on the Sea of Galilee; first mentioned in the New...
• 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,...
• Tibhath(extension), a city of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, (1 Chronicles 18:8) which in 2Sam 8:8...
• Tibni(intelligent). After Zimri had burnt himself in his palace, there was a division in...
• Tidal(great son) is mentioned only in (Genesis 14:1,9) (B.C. about 1900.) He is called...
• Tiglathpileser(In (1 Chronicles 5:26) and again in 2Chr 28:20 The name of this king is given as...
• Tigrisis used by the LXX. as the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Hiddekel , and occurs also...
• Tikvah(hope). The father of Shallum the husband of the prophetess Huldah. (2 Kings 22:14)...
• Tikvath(assemblage) (properly Tokehath or Tokhath), Tikvah the father of Shallum. (2 Chronicles 34:22)
• Tilgathpilnesera variation, and probably a corruption, of the name Tiglath-pileser. (1 Chronicles...
• Tilon(gift), one of the four sons of Shimon, whose family is reckoned in the genealogies of...
• Timaeusthe father of the blind man, Bartimaus. (Mark 10:46)
• Timbrel, Tabret(Heb. toph). In old English tabor was used for any drum. Tabouret and tambourine are...
• Timna, or Timnah(restraint). A concubine of Eliphaz son of Esau, and mother of Amalek (Genesis 36:12)...
• Timnah(portion). A place which formed one of the landmarks on the north boundary of the...
• Timnath[TIMNA, OR TIMNAH, TIMNAH]
• Timnathahthe 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,...
• Timnathserah(portion of abundance), the name of the city which was presented to Joshua after the...
• Timnite, theSamson’s father-in-law, a native of Timnathah. (Judges 15:6)
• Timonone of the seven, commonly called "deacons." (Acts 6:1-6) He was probably a Hellenist....
• TimotheusA "captain of the Ammonites," 1 Macc. 5:6 who was defeated on several occasions by...
• TimothyThe disciple thus named was the son of one of those mixed marriages which, though...
• Timothy, Epistles of Paul toThe Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral Epistles, because they are...
• TinAmong the various metals found in the spoils of the Midianites, tin is enumerated....
• Tiphsah(ford) is mentioned in (1 Kings 4:24) as the limit of Solomon’s empire toward the...
• Tirathites, theone of the three families of scribes residing at Jabez, (1 Chronicles 2:55) the others...
• Tirean old English word for headdress. It was an ornamental headdress worn on festive...
• Tirhakah, or Tirhakah(exalted?) king of Ethiopia (Cush), the opponent of Sennacherib. (2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah...
• Tirhanah(favor), son of Caleb ben-Hezron by his concubine Maachah. (1 Chronicles 2:48) (B.C....
• Tiria(fear), son of Jehaleleel, of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:16) (B.C. about 1451.)
• Tirras(desire), the youngest son of Japheth, (Genesis 10:2) usually identified with the...
• Tirshatha(always written with the article), the title of the governor of Judea under the...
• Tirzahan ancient Canaanite city, whose king is enumerated among those overthrown in the...
• Tirzah(delight), youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11;...
• Tishbite, thethe well-known designation of Elijah. (1 Kings 17:1; 21:17,28; 2 Kings 1:3,8; 9:36)...
• Tithe or Tenththe proportion of property devoted to religious uses from very early times. Instances...
• TitusOur materials for the biography of this companion of St. Paul must be drawn entirely...
• Titus Justus(The form given in the Revised Version, of the proselyte Justus, at whose house in...
• Titus, Epistle toThere are no specialties in this epistle which require any very elaborate treatment...
• Tizite, thethe designation of Joha, one of the heroes of David’s army. (1 Chronicles 11:45) It...
• 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...
• Tobadonijah(Adonijah the good), one of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of...
• Tobiah(goodness of Jehovah). "The children of Tobiah" were a family who returned with...
• Tobijah(goodness of Jehovah). One of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat, to teach the law in the...
• Tobit, Book ofa book of the Apocryphal which exists at present in Greek, Latin, Syriac and Hebrew...
• Tochen(task), a place mentioned in (1 Chronicles 4:32) only, among the towns of Simeon.
• Togarmaha son of Gomer, of the family of Japheth, and brother of Ashkenaz and Riphath....
• Tohu(lowly), an ancestor of Samuel the prophet, perhaps the same as TOAH. (1 Samuel 1:1)...
• Toi(erring), king of Hamath on the Orontes, who, after the defeat of his powerful enemy...
• TolaThe first-born of Issachar and ancestor of the Tolaiters. (Genesis 46:13; Numbers...
• Toladone of the towns of Simeon, (1 Chronicles 4:29) elsewhere called El-tolad.
• Tolaites, thethe descendants of Tola the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)
• TombFrom the burial of Sarah in the cave of Machpelah, (Genesis 23:19) to the funeral...
• Tongues, Confusion ofThe unity of the human race is most clearly implied, if not positively asserted, in...
• Tongues, Gift ofI. glotta , or glossa , the word employed throughout the New Testament for the gift...
• Topazone of the gems used in the high priest’s breastplate, (Exodus 28:17; 39:10; Ezekiel...
• Tophel(mortar), (1:1) has been identified with Tufileh on a wady of the same name running...
• Tophethand once To’phet (place of burning), was in the southeast extremity of the "valley of...
• Tormahoccurs only in the margin of (Judges 9:31) By a few commentators it has been...
• Tortoise(Heb. tsab). The tsab occurs only in (Leviticus 11:29) as the name of some unclean...
• Tou, or Toiking of Hamath. (1 Chronicles 18:9,10)
• TowerWatch-towers or fortified posts in frontier or exposed situations are mentioned in...
• Town Clerkthe title ascribed in our version to the magistrate at Ephesus who appeased the mob in...
• Trachonitis(a rugged region), (Luke 3:1) is in all probability the Greek equivalent for the...
• Trance(1) In the only passage-- (Numbers 24:4,16) --in which this word occurs in the English...
• Transfiguration, the(The event in the earthly life of Christ which marks the culminating point in his...
• TreasurecitiesThe kings of Judah had keepers of their treasures both in city and country (1...
• Treasury(Mark 12:41; Luke 21:1) a name given by the rabbins to thirteen chests in the temple,...
• Trespass Offering[SIN OFFERING OFFERING]
• TrialInformation on the subject of trials under the Jewish law will be found in the...
• TributeThe chief biblical facts connected with the payment of tribute have been already given...
• Tribute Money[TAXES; TRIBUTE]
• Troasthe city from which St. Paul first sailed, in consequence of a divine intimation, to...
• Trogylliumis the rocky extremity of the ridge of Mycale, exactly opposite Samos. (Acts 20:15) A...
• Troop, BandThese words are employed to represent the Hebrew word gedud , which has invariably the...
• Trophimus(nutritious). Both Trophimus and Tychicus accompanied Paul from Macedonia as far as...
• Trumpet[CORNET]
• Trumpets, Feast of(Numbers 29:1; Leviticus 23:24) the feast of the new moon, which fell on the first of...
• Tryphenaand Trypho’sa (luxurious), two Christian women at Rome, enumerated in the conclusion...
• TryphonA usurper of the Syrian throne. His proper name was Diodotus, and the surname Tryphon...
• Tryphosa[TRYPHENA]
• Tubalis reckoned with Javan and Meshech among the sons of Japheth. (Genesis 10:2; 1...
• Tubalcainthe son of Lamech the Cainite by his wife Zillah, (Genesis 4:22) (B.C. about 3000.) He...
• Turpentine Treeoccurs only once, via. in the Apocrypha. Ecclus. 24:16. It is the Pistacia terebinthus...
• Turtle, TurtledoveTurtur auritus (Heb. tor). The name is phonetic, evidently derived from the plaintive...
• Twin BrothersThis term is used in the Revised Version of (Acts 28:11) for CASTOR AND POLLUX AND...
• Tychicus(fateful) and Troph’imus (nutritious), companions of St. Paul on some of his journeys,...
• Tyrannus(sovereign), the name of a man in whose school or place of audience Paul taught the...
• Tyre(a rock), a celebrated commercial city of Phoenicia, on the coast of the...
• TyrusThis form is employed in the Authorized Version of the books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel,...