Bible Dictionary

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Taanach	A Canaanite city.
Taberah	The place in the wilderness where when the people complained, God's fire came down and consumed some of them.
tabernacle	"Tent", the portable sanctuary containing the Ark of the Covenant carried by Israel while in the deserts.
Tabitha	"Gazelle" in Aramaic.
Tabor	A mountain where Barak and Deborah defeated Sisera.
tabrets	A musical instrument, small drum.
taches	Some of the knobs upon which were hung the curtains of the tabernacle.
tackling	The ship's rigging.
talent	A unit of weight, about 125 pounds.
Tamar	Wife of Er, Onan, and then Judah, mother of twins, Pharez and Zarah.
tanner	Someone who treats animal skins so as to make them into a useful leather.
tare	Tore.
tares	Weeds.
target	A kind of small shield for the throat.
tarried	Waited.
tarry	Spend time, delay, wait.
Tarshish	Means smelting plant or refinery, term originally used to identify ships used for carrying raw materials, but later for all great ships.
Tarsus	"Wing", a city of Cilicia, Paul's hometown.
taskmaster	Pharaoh's men assigned to forcing the Israelites to hard labor.
tau	The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
TEKEL	Weighed.
Tekoah	A town about 6 miles south of Bethlehem.
temperance	To be moderate, to abstained from all alcoholic drinks.
temperate	Moderate, avoiding extremes.
tempered	Brought to a desired state of hardness.
tempest	A very violent wind often accompanied by hail, heavy rain or snow.
tempestuous	Marked by raging storms or gales.
temple	The place where God dwells, or where God is worshipped.
temporal	Concerned with life on earth rather than life after death.
tempt	To test, or to try to persuade someone to do something wrong.
temptation	Something which might make us want to do something wrong.
tempter	Satan, the one who tempts us.
tenons	Dowel pins at the end of planks of the tabernacle.
tenor	The general direction or meaning.
tenth hour	4:00 pm.
Terah	The father of Abraham, lived 205 years.
teraphim	Figurines or images in human form.
terrestrial	Earthly.
terrified	Filled with great fear.
terror	A person or thing that causes great fear.
Tertius	The scribe to whom Paul dictated the book of Romans.
testify	Give a statement under oath.
testimony	An oral or written statement made under oath by a witness in a legal proceeding.
Teth	The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Tetrarch	A governor of a one fourth part of a providence of the Roman Empire.
Thaddaeus	"Son of heart", Judas, Labbaeus, an apostle of Christ.
Thamar	Wife of Er, Onan, and then Judah, mother of twins, Pharez and Zarah.
Thara	Terah, father of Abraham, lived 205 years.
theatre	Theater.
Thebes	The capital city of Egypt, divided in two by the Nile river.
thee	You.
thee-ward	Towards you.
thence	From that place, or for that reason.
thenceforth	From then on.
Theophilus	"Friend of God", the name of the person to whom Luke addressed his books possibly means "the Christian reader".
therein	In that thing or place.
Thessalonians	The letters Paul wrote to the church at Thessalonica.
Thessalonica	Therma, capital city of Macedonia under the Romans, visited by Paul.
Theudas	An imposter that was killed and his followers dispersed.
thicket	A thick growth of bushes and small trees.
thine	Your.
third hour	9:00 am.
third watch	Roman watch Midnight to 3:00 am, Jewish watch 2:00 am to sunrise.
thistle	Tall prickly plants.
thither	There.
thitherward	That way.
Thomas	Didymus, "twin", doubting Thomas, one of the 12 apostles.
thou	You.
three taverns	A town 33 miles from Rome.
threescore	60.
threshing	Separating the grain from the shell, usually by crushing it.
thrice	Three times.
throng	Crowd, to gather tightly together.
thrust	Throw.
thy	Your.
Thyatira	A city of Asia Minor, 4th of the 7 churches in Revelation.
Tiberias	A capital city on the sea of Galilee.
Tiberius Caesar	The Roman emperor during the last half of Jesus life.
Tibni	Competed for King of Israel against Omri.
tidings	News.
timbrels	An ancient tambourine, musical instrument.
Timotheus	Timothy.
Timothy	"Honoring God", a friend converted to Christianity by Paul, accompanied Paul on many occasions, and Paul's letters to him.
Tirshatha	Governor.
tithe	"Tenth", the part of our income that is supposed to be returned to God.
tittle	A small mark over a letter or word.
Titus	"Pleasant", a Gentile traveling companion of Paul, and Paul's letter to him.
to and fro	Back and forth.
Tobiah	One of the leading opponents of Nehemiah to the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem.
toil	Work.
token	An object that serves as a symbol of something.
Tola	One of the judges of Israel.
tolerable	Acceptable.
tomb	Place where a dead body is buried.
tongs	Pincers for holding coals.
tongue	Language.
tongues	Gift of speaking in new languages.
topaz	Chrysolite, a yellow green gemstone, peridot, similar to emeralds.
Torah	Law, the first five books of the old testament.
torment	Inflict great pain on mind or body.
tow	String.
traditions	The laws orally handed down by Moses, and later written as part of the Old Testament.
traitor	One who betrays a trust.
trance	A state of being insensitive to the surroundings, but with partial retention of function.
tranquillity	Peacefulness, quietness.
transfiguration	The changing of Christ's appearance to his disciples as he was praying.
transform	Change.
transgress	Break, or go beyond the limits, or sin.
transgression	Sin, a violation of the law through ignorance.
transgressor	One who breaks, or go beyond the limits, or sins.
translated	Changed from one form to another.
translation	A conversion of the Bible from one language to another, for example King James is a translation from Greek and Hebrew to English.
travail	Difficult or painful work, or intense mental agony or torment, such as when a woman delivers a child.
treacherous	The character or actions of a traitor, unreliable.
treachery	Disloyalty or treason.
tread	Walk on.
treason	An attempt to overthrow the government to which a person owes his allegiance.
treasury	Where the offerings were put.
treatise	A thorough written study of a particular subject.
trespass	Sin, a wrong against another person, his property or his rights.
trespass offering	An offering to atone for a particular trespass or a special offense.
tribe	All of the descendants of a person.
tribulation	A time of unparalleled suffering.
tribute	A tax, a payment in money to one who has authority over the giver.
trinity	The three in one, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.
Troas	A city on the coast of Mysia, where Paul received the vision to go to Macedonia.
trodden	Beat down or wear away by walking on.
trode	Trampled.
Trogyllium	A point of high land jutting out into the sea off the W coast of Asia Minor between Ephesus and Miletus, within a mile of Samos.
trow	Praise, flatter or apologize, etc excessively.
truth	The quality of being true and accurate.
tumult	An uproar made by a rioting crowd of people.
turtledoves	A small variety of lightbrown dove, used as a sacrifice.
turtles	Turtledoves.
tutor	Teacher.
twain	Two or between.
twinkling	Blinking.
Tychicus	"Fate", a companion of Paul.
tyranny	The unjust and cruel exercise of power.
Tyre	"Rock", an ancient seaport of Phoenicia, famous for its Tyrian purple dye and silk.
Tyrus	"Rock", an ancient seaport of Phoenicia, famous for its Tyrian purple dye and silk.
Tzaddi	The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.