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Taskmasters General references Exo 5:13-14 Master; Oppression; Servant Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible TASKMASTERS mentioned Exo 1:11; Exo 5:6; Exo 5:10 –SEE Overseers, BUSINESS LIFE Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Taskmaster taskmas-ter. ( , sar mas, chief of the burden or levy (Exo 1:11); , noghes, distress, driver, oppressor, raiser of taxes, taskmaster (Exo 3:7; Exo 5:6, Exo 5:10, Exo 5:13, Exo 5:14)): Officials of this class seem to have been officially appointed by Pharaoh for the purpose of oppressing the Israelites and subduing their … Continue reading “Taskmaster”

Tascodrugites (, , from , a wooden nail or stake, and , nose, in Epiphanius, Haeret. 48, n. 14), a heretical sect of Galatia (Hieron. Comm. in Ep. ad Gal.) belonging probably to the 4th century, are by some included among the Gnostics of the school of Mark, SEE MARCUS THE HERESIARCH, e.g. by Theodoret, … Continue reading “Tascodrugites”

Taschereau, Elzar-Alexandre Archbishop of Quebec and first Canadian cardinal, b. 17 February, 1820, at la Beauce, Province of Quebec; d. 1898, at Quebec. He entered the Seminary of Quebec in 1828, and graduated after brilliant studies in 1836. While pursuing further studies in Rome he was on the point of joining the Benedictines, owing to … Continue reading “Taschereau, Elzéar-Alexandre”

Tartini, Giuseppe Violinist, composer, and theorist, b. at Pirano, Italy, 12 April, 1692; d. at Padua, 16 Feb., 1770. He resisted the earnest desire of his parents that he enter the Franciscan Order, and matriculated at the University of Padua in 1710 as a student in jurisprudence. It was not long before he abandoned this … Continue reading “Tartini, Giuseppe”

Tartarus See Hell. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church

TARTAN An Assyrian general, sent to Jerusalem with Rabshakeh, by Sennacherib, 2Ki 18:17 ; and perhaps the same who captured Ashdod in the reign of Sargon, Isa 20:1 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Tartan (Heb. Tartan’, ; Sept. v.r. or ; Vulg. Tharthan), which occurs only in 2Ki 18:17 and Isa 20:1, has … Continue reading “Tartan”

TARTAK An idol, introduced by the Avites into Samaria, 2Ki 17:31 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Tartak (Heb. Tartak’, ; Sept. ; Vulg. Tharthac), one of the gods of the Avite, or Avvite, colonists who were planted in the cities of Samaria after the removal of the tribes by Shalmaneser (2Ki 17:31). According … Continue reading “TARTAK”

Tartaglia, Nicolograve; (TARTALEA). Italian mathematician, b. at Brescia, c. 1500; d. at Venice, 13 December, 1557. His father, Michele Fontana, died in 1506, leaving his widow, two sons, and two daughters in poverty. As a result of a blow across the mouth inflicted by some French soldiers at the sack of Brescia in 1512, Nicolò … Continue reading “Tartaglia, Nicolograve;”

TARSUS The name of a celebrated city, the metropolis of Cilicia, in the southeastern part of Asia Minor; situated six miles from the Mediterranean, on the banks of the river Cydnus, which flowed through and divided it into two parts. Tarsus was distinguished for the culture of Greek literature and philosophy, so that at one … Continue reading “Tarsus”