TABBATH tab'-ath (Tabbath; Codex Vaticanus Tabath; Gabath): A place named after Abel-meholah in the account of the Midianite flight before Gideon (Judges 7:23). It must therefore have been a place in the Jordan valley to the East of Beth-shan. No trace of the name has yet been recovered. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliogra

TABAOTH, TABBAOTH ta-ba'-oth, tab'-a-oth (tabba`oth; Tabaoth, Taboth): The name of a family of temple-servants (1 Esdras 5:29) = "Tabbaoth" (Hebrew: Tabba`oth) of Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:46; perhaps called after the name of a place. Compare TABBATH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. G

TAANACH ta'-nak (ta`anakh, or ta`nakh; the Septuagint Tanach, with many variants): A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (12:21). It was within the boundaries of the portion of Issachar, but was one of the cities reckoned to Manasseh (Joshua 17:11; 1 Chronicles 7:29), and assigned to the Kohathite Levites (Joshua 21

TAANATH-SHILOH ta'-a-nath-shi'-lo (ta'-anath shiloh; Codex Vaticanus Thenasa kai Sellesa, Tenathselo): A town on the border of the territory of Ephraim named between Michmethath and Janoah (Joshua 16:6). According to Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. "Thena") it lay about 10 Roman miles East of Neapolis, on the road to the Jordan. Ptolemy speaks of Then

SYZYGUS siz'-i-gus. See SYNZYGUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SYZYGUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SYRTIS sir'-tis (surtis): the Revised Version (British and American) form for "quicksands" in Acts 27:17. These sandbanks, off the northern coast of Africa, have from early times been regarded as a source of danger to mariners. Virgil refers to them (Aen. iv.40 f). In Paul's voyage, the ship, driven by a tempestuous wind, Euraquilo, was in peril o

SYROPHOENICIAN si'-ro-fe-nish'-an, sir-o- (Surophoinissa, Surophoinikissa; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek has variant Sura Phoinikissa; the King James Version Syrophenician): The woman from the borders of Tyre and Sidon whose daughter Jesus healed is described as "a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race" (Mark 7:26), and again as "a Canaa

SYRIAN; LANGUAGE sir'-i-an (the King James Version SYRIAC). See SYRIAC VERSIONS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SYRIAN; LANGUAGE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SYRIAC VERSIONS || 1. Analogy of Latin Vulgate 2. The Designation "Peshito" ("Peshitta") 3. Syriac Old Testament 4. Syriac New Testament 5. Old Syriac Texts (1) Curetonian (2) Tatian's Diatessaron (3) Sinaitic Syriac (4) Relation to Peshito 6. Probable Origin of Peshito 7. History of Peshito 8. Other Translations (1) The Philoxenian (2

SYRIA-MAACHAH sir'-i-a-ma'a-ka. See MAACAH; SYRIA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SYRIA-MAACHAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SYRIA (2) sir'-i-ak: In Daniel 2:4, for the King James Version "Syriack" the Revised Version (British and American) has "Syrian," and in the margin "Or, `in Aramaic.'" See ARAMAIC LANGUAGE; LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for

SYRACUSE sir'-a-kus, sir-a-kus' (Surakousai; Latin Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa): Situated on the east coast of Sicily, about midway between Catania and the southeastern extremity of the island. The design of the present work scarcely permits more than a passing allusion to Syracuse, the most brilliant Greek colony on the shores of the Western Medit

SYRIA (1) sir'-i-a (Suria (Matthew 4:24; Luke 2:2)): 1. Name and Its Origin 2. Other Designations 3. Physical (1) The Maritime Plain (2) First MoUntain Belt (3) Second Mountain Belt (4) Great Central Valley (5) The Eastern Belt (6) Rivers (7) Nature of Soil (8) Flora (9) Fauna (10) Minerals (11) Central Position 4. History (1) Canaa

SYNZYGUS sin'-zi-gus (sunzuge): In Philippians 4:3 it is rendered "yokefellow." WHm (Sunzuge), Thayer, Lex. New Testament, 594 (Suzuge), and others, take it as a proper name in this passage.view of his promised visit to Philippi. See YOKE-FELLOW. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Ge

SYNOPTIC; GOSPELS si-nop'-tik, See GOSPELS, THE SYNOPTIC. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SYNOPTIC; GOSPELS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SYNTYCHE sin'-ti-ke (Suntuche, literally, "fortunate" (Philippians 4:2)): A Christian woman in the church at Philippi; She and Euodia, who had some quarrel or cause of difference between them, are mentioned by name by Paul, and are besought separately: "I beseech Euodia, and I beseech Syntyche" (the King James Version) to be reconciled to one anot

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

SYNAGOGUE, THE GREAT A college or assembly of learned men, originating with Ezra, to whom Jewish tradition assigns an important share in the formation of the Old Testament Canon, and many legal enactments (see CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT). One of its latest members is said to have been Simon the Just (circa 200 BC). The oldest notice of the Great Sy

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

SYNAGOGUE sin'-a-gog: 1. Name 2. Origin 3. Spread of Synagogues 4. The Building (1) The Site (2) The Structure (3) The Furniture 5. The Officials (1) The Elders (2) The Ruler (3) The Servant (or Servants) (4) Delegate of the Congregation (5) The Interpreter (6) The Almoners 6. The Service (1) Recitation of the "Shema`" (2) Prayers