Thummim
THUMMIM
See URIM.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Thummim
SEE URIM AND THUMMIM.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Thummim
perfection (LXX., “truth;” Vulg., “veritas”), Ex. 28:30; Deut. 33:8; Judg. 1:1; 20:18; 1 Sam. 14:3, 18; 23:9; 2 Sam. 21:1. What the “Urim and Thummim” were cannot be determined with any certainty. All we certainly know is that they were a certain divinely-given means by which God imparted, through the high priest, direction and counsel to Israel when these were needed. The method by which this was done can be only a matter of mere conjecture. They were apparently material objects, quite distinct from the breastplate, but something added to it after all the stones had been set in it, something in addition to the breastplate and its jewels. They may have been, as some suppose, two small images, like the teraphim (comp. Judg. 17:5; 18:14, 17, 20; Hos. 3:4), which were kept in the bag of the breastplate, by which, in some unknown way, the high priest could give forth his divinely imparted decision when consulted. They were probably lost at the destruction of the temple by Nebuchadnezzar. They were never See n after the return from captivity.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Thummim
THUMMIM.See Urim and Thummim.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Thummim
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Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Thummim
thumim. See URIM AND THUMMIM.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Thummim
Thummim [URIM AND THUMMIM]
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Thummim
See URIM.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Thummim
H8550
See Urim
Urim
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Thummim
Thum’mim. See Urim and Thummim.