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95761 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Transfiguration, the.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ” ( Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 3:18 ).

95762 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Treasury.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ; Mark 12:41; John 8:20 ). It does not appear that there was a separate building so called. The name was given to the thirteen brazen chests, called “trumpets,” from the …

95763 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Tribute.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 30:12; 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Chronicles 24:6, 2 Chronicles 24:9 ). It was not a civil but a religious tax.

95764 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Tribute.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

… , Mark 12:14, Luke 20:22, the word may be interpreted as denoting the capitation tax which the Romans imposed on the Jewish people. It may, however, be legitimately …

95765 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Trinity.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ; Mark 12:29, Mark 12:32; John 10:30 ). 2. That the Father is a distinct divine Person (hypostasis, subsistentia, persona, suppositum intellectuale), distinct from the …

95766 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Troas.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13 ). The ruins of Troas extend over many miles, the site being now mostly covered with a forest of oak trees. The modern name of the ruins is Eski …

95767 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Truth.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… Proverbs 12:17, Proverbs 12:19, it denotes that which is opposed to falsehood. In Isaiah 59:14, Isaiah 59:15, Jeremiah 7:28, it means fidelity or truthfulness. The …

95768 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Tryphena and Tryphosa.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Tryphena and Tryphosa — two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans ( Romans 16:12 ).

95769 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Turtle, Turtle-dove.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 2:12 ). “Search the glades and valleys, even by sultry Jordan, at the end of March, and not a turtle-dove is to be seen. Return in the second week of April, and clouds of …

95770 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Tychicus.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 3:12, and 2 Timothy 4:12 as having been with Paul at Rome, whence he sent him to Ephesus, probably for the purpose of building up and encouraging the church there …

95771 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Type.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 4:12 ). It properly means a “model” or “pattern” or “mould” into which clay or wax was pressed, that it might take the figure or exact shape of the mould. The word “type” is …

95772 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Tyre.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

… Acts 12:20. In 1291 it was taken by the Saracens, and has remained a desolate ruin ever since.

95773 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Unni.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

(2.) A Levite who returned with Zerubbabel from the Captivity ( Nehemiah 12:9 ).

95774 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Uzzi.7 (Matthew G. Easton)

(6.) The head of the house of Jedaiah, one of “the chief of the priests” ( Nehemiah 12:19 ).

95775 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Uzzi.8 (Matthew G. Easton)

(7.) A priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 12:42 ).

95776 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Vagabond.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Vagabond — from Lat. vagabundus, “a wanderer,” “a fugitive;” not used opprobriously ( Genesis 4:12, R.V., “wanderer;” Psalm 109:10; Acts 19:13, R.V., “strolling”).

95777 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Valley.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ; Joshua 12:7 ), and the valley of Megiddo ( 2 Chronicles 35:22 ).

95778 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Valley.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 3:12 ), of Achor ( Joshua 7:24; Isaiah 65:10 ), Succoth ( Psalm 60:6 ), Ajalon ( Joshua 10:12 ), Jezreel ( Hosea 1:5 ).

95779 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Veil, vail.6 (Matthew G. Easton)

(5.) Tza’iph ( Genesis 24:65 ). Rebekah “took a vail and covered herself.” (See also Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 .) Hebrew women generally appeared in public without veils ( Genesis 12:14; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 29:10; 1 Samuel 1:12 ).

95780 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Viol.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Viol — Heb. nebel ( Isaiah 5:12, R.V., “lute;” Isaiah 14:11 ), a musical instrument, usually rendered “psaltery” (q.v.)