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Targums

Targums TARGUMS.Originally the word targum meant translation in reference to any language; but it acquired a restricted meaning, and came to be used only of translation from Hebrew into Aramaic. As early as the time of Ezra we find the verb used in reference to a document written in Aramaic (Ezr 4:7), though in this … Continue reading “Targums”

Targum

TARGUM A name given to the Chaldee paraphrases of the books of the Old Testament. They are called paraphrases, or expositions, because they are rather comments and explications than literal translations of the text. They are written in the Chaldee tongue, which became familiar to the Jews after the time of their captivity in Babylon, … Continue reading “Targum”

Target

TARGET 1Sa 17:6, a small round shield. The same word in 1Sa 17:45 is translated a shield, and elsewhere a javelin. See ARMOR. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Target (, kiddn, 1Sa 17:6, a spear, as usually rendered; , tsinnh, 1Ki 10:16; 2Ch 9:15; 2Ch 14:8, a large shield, as usually rendered). SEE SHIELD. … Continue reading “Target”

Tares

TARES A noxious plant of the grass family, supposed to mean the darnel, the “infelix lolium” of Virgil, now called Siwan or Zowan by the Arabs. It grows among the wheat everywhere in Palestine, and bears a great resemblance to it while growing, so much so that before they head out the two plants can … Continue reading “Tares”

Tarentaise

Tarentaise (TARANTASIENSIS) Tarentaise comprises the arrondissement of Moutiers in the Department of Savoie; it is also sometimes called the Diocese of Moutiers en Tarentaise, and is suffragan of Chambéry. Legend relates that the “Centrones” were evangelized in the fifth century by James the Assyrian secretary to St. Honoratus, Archbishop of Arles. He became the first … Continue reading “Tarentaise”

Tarea

Tarea [some Tare’a] (Heb. Tare’d, , by interchange of gutturals for Tahrea; Sept. v.r. ; Vulg. Tharaa), son of Micah in the lineage of king Saul (1Ch 8:35 ); elsewhere (9, 41) called TAHREA SEE TAHREA (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Tarea TAREA.See Tahrea. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Tarea … Continue reading “Tarea”