TOWN CLERK klurk, klark (grammateus): The word "clerk," "writer," "town clerk," "scribe," is found in this meaning only in Acts 19:35, "when the townclerk had quieted the multitude." Cremer defines the word as signifying a "public servant among the Greeks and the reader of the legal and state-papers" (Lexicon of the New Testament). There was consi

TRACHONITIS trak-o-ni'-tis: Appears in Scripture only in the phrase tes Itouraias kai Trachbnitidos choras, literally, "of the Iturean and Trachonian region" (Luke 3:1). Trachonitis signifies the land associated with the trachon, "a rugged stony tract." There are two volcanic districts South and East of Damascus, to which the Greeks applied this n

TRADE trad: I. GENERAL 1. Terms 2. Position of Palestine 3. Trade Products of Palestine 4. Palestinian Traders II. HISTORY 1. To David 2. Solomon 3. Maritime Trade 4. To the Exile 5. The Exile and After LITERATURE I. General. 1. Terms: For a full list of the commercial terms used in the Old Testament, reference must be made to EB, IV

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

TOWN toun: This word is used to represent a number of different Hob terms in the Old Testament. (1) When any explanatory word or attendant circumstances show that a "city" was unwalled, and sometimes in the contrary case (1 Samuel 23:7), the Hebrew `ir is translated "town" by the King James Version, and the Revised Version (British and American)

TOWER OF SYENE si-e'-ne. See SEVENEH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TOWER OF SYENE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

TOWER OF SHECHEM (mighdal shekhem): Mentioned only in Judges 9:46-49. It seems along with the Beth-millo and the Beth-el-berith to have comprised the three strongest parts of the fortification when Abimelech besieged the town. It was, however, abandoned by its defenders, who took refuge in the Beth-millo, in which they were slain. Copyright Statem

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

TOWER OF LEBANON (mighdal ha-lebhanon): (Song of Solomon 7:4)): The designation "which looketh toward Damascus" compels us to identify it with some portion of, or something in, the eastern range of "Lebanon, toward the sun-rising" (Joshua 13:5). It would then of necessity correspond to the chief summit of Hermon, on which there has been from ancie

TOWER OF MEAH me'-a. See HAMMEAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TOWER OF MEAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TOWER OF IVORY (mighdal hashen): Occurs only in Song of Solomon 7:4. Cheyne would, not unreasonably, emend the text and read the "tower of Shenir" as a parallel to the "tower of Lebanon" in the same verse. If the reading "tower of ivory" is correct, the reference must be to some piece of furniture in the adornment of which ivory was much used, and

TOWER OF EDAR (THE FLOCK) See EDER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TOWER OF EDAR (THE FLOCK)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

TOWER OF BABEL See ASTRONOMY; BABEL, TOWER OF; TONGUES, CONFUSION OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TOWER OF BABEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TOWER OF DAVID (Song of Solomon 4:4). See JERUSALEM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TOWER OF DAVID'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TOWER tou'-er. See FORTIFICATION, I, 5; CITY, II, 1. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TOWER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TOU to'-oo (to`u; Codex Vaticanus Thoa; Codex Alexandrinus Thoou): King of Hamath. As an enemy of Hadarezer, after David's victory over the latter, he sent David a message of congratulation (1 Chronicles 18:9). In 2 Samuel 8:9 f spelled "Toi." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Genera

TOW to (ne`oreth (Judges 16:9; Isaiah 1:31)): The coarser part of flax, with short threads, used as an example of easily inflammable material. Also Isaiah 43:17 the King James Version for pishtah, the usual word for "flax" (so the English Revised Version), here as used for a wick (so the American Standard Revised Version, the English Revised Versi

TORTOISE tor'-tus, tor'-tis, tor'-tois. (the King James Version) (tsabh, the Revised Version (British and American) "great lizard"; compare the Arabic word, dabb, the thorny-tailed lizard): The word tsabh occurs as the name of an animal only in Leviticus 11:29, being the third in the list of unclean "creeping things." The same word is found in Is