TYROPOEON, THE ti-ro-pe'-on. See JERUSALEM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TYROPOEON, THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TYRE tir (tsowr. tsor, "rock"' Turos, "Tyrus"; modern Sur): 1. Physical Features: The most noted of the Phoenician cities situated on the coast, lat. 33? 17 minutes, about 20 miles South of Sidon and about 35 North of Carmel. The date of its foundation is uncertain, but it was later than that of Sidon. It is mentioned in the travels of the Egypti

TYRE, LADDER OF (klimakos Turou): Given. in 1 Macc 11:59 as the northern limit of the territory placed under the authority of Simon Thassi the Maccabee by Antiochus VI (Theos), in the year 143 BC. The statement of Josephus (B J, II, x, 2) that it was 100 furlongs North of Ptolemais, and a similar indication of position in the Jerusalem Talmud (Ab

TYRANNUS ti-ran'-us (Turannos): When the Jews of Ephesus opposed Paul's teaching in the synagogue, he withdrew, and, separating his followers, reasoned daily in the school of Tyrannus. "This continued for the space of two years" (Acts 19:9,10). D Syriac (Western text) adds after Tyrannus (Acts 19:9), "from the 5th hour unto the 10th." Schole is th

TYCHICUS tik'-i-kus (Tuchikos, lit. "chance"): Mentioned 5 times in the New Testament (Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:12; Titus 3:12); an Asiatic Christian, a friend and companion of the apostle Paul. (1) In the first of these passages his name occurs as one of a company of the friends of Paul. The apostle, at the close of

TYPE tip: 1. Definition of Type 2. Distinctive Features 3. Classification of Types 4. How Much of the Old Testament Is Typical? LITERATURE The Bible furnishes abundant evidence of the presence of types and of typical instruction in the Sacred Word. The New Testament attests this fact. It takes up a large number of persons and things and event

TWO too. See NUMBER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TWO'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TWINE twin (shazar, "to be twined"): The word is used in Exodus 26:1; 36:8, etc., of the "fine twined linen" used for the curtains and hangings of the tabernacle, and for parts of the priests' dress. It denotes linen the finely spun threads of which consisted of two or more smaller threads twined together. See LINEN; TABERNACLE. Copyright Stateme

TWIN BROTHERS (Acts 28:11). See DIOSCURI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TWIN BROTHERS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TWENTY twen'-ti. See NUMBER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TWENTY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TWILIGHT twi'-lit (nesheph): The twilight of Palestine is of short duration, owing to the low latitude, there being scarcely more than an hour between sunset and complete darkness. It is a distinct boundary between daytime and the darkness. The people of Palestine still give the time of an event as so many hours before or after sunrise or sunset:

TWELVE STARS See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 12. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TWELVE STARS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TWELVE PATRIARCHS; TESTAMENTS OF THE See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. IV, 1. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TWELVE PATRIARCHS; TESTAMENTS OF THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TWELVE APOSTLES, GOSPELS OF THE See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TWELVE APOSTLES, GOSPELS OF THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TWELVE twelv (shenem `asar; dodeka). See APOSTLE; NUMBER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TWELVE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TUTOR tu'-ter: In modern English an "instructor," more particularly a private instructor, but the word properly means a "guardian." Hence its use in Galatians 4:2 the King James Version for epitropos, here "guardian" (so the Revised Version (British and American)), and 1 Corinthians 4:15; Galatians 3:24,25 the Revised Version (British and American

TURTLE-DOVE tur'-t'-l-duv. See DOVE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TURTLE-DOVE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TURPENTINE TREE tur'-pen-tin. See TEREBINTH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TURPENTINE TREE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TURBAN tur'-ban (Leviticus 16:4 margin). See DRESS, V. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TURBAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TUMOR tu'-mer, tu'-mor (`ophel): the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes this word for "emerods" in 1 Samuel 5:12; 6:4; Deuteronomy 28:27 margin. See EMERODS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TUMOR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclop