TEBALIAH teb-a-li'-a, te-bal'-ya (Tebhalyahu, "Yahweh hath dipped," i.e. "purified"; Codex Vaticanus Tablai; Codex Alexandrinus Tabelias; Lucian, Tabeel): A Merarite gatekeeper. (1 Chronicles 26:11). The name should perhaps read Tobhiyahu, "Yahweh is good" (possibly from t-w-b-y-h-w misread Tebhalyahu). See TOBIJAH. Copyright Statement These file

TEBAH te'-ba (tebhach): A son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham (Genesis 22:24). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TEBAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TEAT tet (shadh (Isaiah 32:12), dadh (Ezekiel 23:3,11)): In all these passages the Revised Version (British and American) has replaced the word by "breast" or "bosom," both of which occasionally stand in poetical parallelism. The above passages in Ezekiel are to be understood figuratively of the inclination of Israel to connive at, and take part i

TEARS terz (dim`ah; dakrua): In the instances recorded in Scripture weeping is more frequently associated with mental distress than with physical pain. Eastern peoples show none of the restraint of emotion in lamentation which is characteristic of modern Occidentals, and there are many records of this manifestation of woe, even among men accustome

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

TEACH; TEACHER; TEACHING tech, tech'-er, tech'-ing: I. OLD TESTAMENT TERMS 1. Discipline 2. Law 3. Discernment 4. Wisdom 5. Knowledge 6. Illumination 7. Vision 8. Inspiration 9. Nourishment II. NEW TESTAMENT TERMS 1. Instruction 2. Acquisition 3. Presentation 4. Elucidation 5. Exposition 6. Authority 7. Care 8. Supervision III.

TAX; TAXING taks, taks'-ing: I. INTRODUCTION 1. General Considerations 2. Limits of the Discussion II. TAXES IN ISRAEL UNDER SELF-GOVERNMENT 1. In the Earliest Period 2. Under the Theocracy; in the Period of the Judges 3. Under the Kings III. TAXES IN ISRAEL UNDER CONQUERORS 1. Under the Assyrians and Babylonians 2. Under the Persians 3.

TAW tau ("t", "th"): The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia with the daghesh as "t", and as "th" without. It came also to be used for the number 400. For name, etc., see ALPHABET. See also FOREHEAD; MARK. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General

TAVERNS, THREE tav'-ernz: Three Taverns (Latin Tres Tabernae, Greek transliterates treis tabernai; Cicero Ad Att. i.13; ii.12, 13) was a station on the Appian Road at the 33rd milestone (301/3 English miles from Rome), according to the Itineraries of the Roman Empire (Itin. Ant. vii; Tab. Peut.; Geogr. Rav. iv.34), a converging point of traffic at

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

TATTLER tat'-ler: Only in 1 Timothy 5:13 for phluaros. A "silly talker," rather than a "revealer of secrets," is meant. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TATTLER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TATTENAI tat'-e-ni (tattenay, various forms in the Septuagint; the King James Version Tatnai, tat'ni, tat'na-i'): A Persian governor, who was the successor of Rehum in Samaria and some other provinces belonging to Judah, bordering on Samaria. He governed the provinces during the reign of Darius Hystaspis and Zerubbabel (Ezra 5:3,6; 6:6,13). He was

TASTE tast (Hebrew Ta`am, "the sense of taste," "perception," from Ta`am, "to taste," "to perceive"; Aramaic Te`em, "flavor," "taste" (of a thing); Hebrew chekh, "palate," "roof of the mouth" = "taste"; geuomai; noun geusis; in 2 Macc 7:1 the verb is ephaptomai): (1) Literal: (a) Gustation, to try by the tongue: "The taste (ta`am) of it manna wa

TASSEL tas'-'l (tsitsith): This word occurs only in Numbers 15:38 (Revised Version margin), which reads "tassels in the corners" for "fringes in the borders of their garments" (the King James Version). It is probable that the dress of the Palestinian peasant has undergone little change in the centuries since the occupation of the land by the Hebr

TASKMASTER task'-mas-ter. (sar mac, "chief of the burden" or "levy" (Exodus 1:11); noghes, "distress," "driver," "oppressor," "raiser of taxes," "taskmaster" (Exodus 3:7; 5:6,10,13,14)): Officials of this class seem to have been officially appointed by Pharaoh for the purpose of oppressing the Israelites and subduing their spirits, lest they seek

TARTAK tar'-tak (tartaq): In 2 Kings 17:31 mentioned as the name of an idol of the Avvites, one of the peoples sent by Shalmaneser to the cities of Samaria. It is otherwise unknown. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TARTAK'". "International Standard Bible

TARSUS tar'-sus (Tarsos, ethnic Tarseus) : 1. Situation 2. Foundation Legends 3. Tarsus under Oriental Power 4. Tarsus under Greek Sway 5. Tarsus in the Roman Empire 6. The University 7. The Tarsian Constitution 8. Paul of Tarsus 9. Later History LITERATURE 1. Situation: The chief city of Cilicia, the southeastern portion of Asia Minor.

TARSHISH, NAVY (SHIPS) OF See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 1, (2). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TARSHISH, NAVY (SHIPS) OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TARSHISH tar'-shish (tarshish): (1) Eponym of a Benjamite family (1 Chronicles 7:10); Rhamessai, A and Lucian, Tharseis (2) One of the "seven princes" at the court of Ahasuerus (Esther 1:14 Massoretic Text). (3) The Hebrew name of a precious stone (Ezekiel 10:9 margin, English Versions of the Bible "beryl"; Exodus 28:20; 39:13; Ezekiel 1:16; 28:

TARPELITES tar'-pel-its (Tarpelaye' (Ezra 4:9)): Various theories have been advanced as to the identity of the Tarpelites. Rawlinson suggested the Tuplai, which name appears in the inscriptions as equivalent to the Greek Tibarenoi, a tribe on the coast of Pontus. Hitzig located them in Tripolis in Northern Phoenicia. The latest theory emends the t