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TABRET Gen 31:27 Isa 5:12, a sort of small drum or tambourine, played as an accompaniment to singing. See TIMBREL. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Tabret (a contraction of taboret, for taboring, SEE TABER ) is the rendering in the A. V. of the two kindred words , tph (Gen 31:27; 1Sa 10:5; 1Sa … Continue reading “Tabret”

TABORITES See BOHEMIAN BRETHREN. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Taborites a section of the Hussites, the other being known as the Calixtines. The Taborites were so called from the fortified city of Tabor, erected on a mountain, in the circle of Bechin, in Bohemia, which had been consecrated by the field-preaching of Huss. The gentle and pious … Continue reading “Taborites”

Tabor, The Plain of Ta’bor, The Plain of. This is an incorrect translation, and should be the oak of Tabor. It is mentioned in 1Sa 10:3 only, as one of the points in the homeward journey of Saul, after his anointing by Samuel. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Tabor, Oak of (PLAIN OF TABOR in the King James Version) ( , elon tabhor; , he drus Thabor): A place mentioned only in Samuel’s directions to Saul after his anointing (1Sa 10:3). It lay between the city where the two met and Gibeah whither Saul was returning. Ewald and Thenius thought it might be … Continue reading “Tabor, Oak of”

Tabor, Mount (Arabic: Jebel et Tour; mountain of mountains) Distinguished for its picturesque site and outline, rises above the Plains of Esdraelon, fives miles southeast of Nazareth. It played an important part in the history of Israel, was the boundary between the tribes of Issachar and Zabulon. Here Debbora assembled 10,000 Israelites under Barac to … Continue reading “Tabor, Mount”

TABOR An isolated mountain of Galilee, on the northeastern side of the plain of Esdraelon, an arm of which extends beyond the mountain in the same direction. It is of limestone formation, conical in form, and well-wooded, especially on the north side, with fine oaks and other trees and odoriferous plants. It rises 1,350 feet … Continue reading “Tabor”

Taboo or Tabu Anthropological term of Polynesian origin applied to persons or things with which contacts are forbidden under severe social and religious penalties. The primitive belief in taboos, affording as it does religious sanctions for moral prohibitions, is of great ethical significance and has even been considered by some to be the origin of … Continue reading “Taboo or Tabu”

Taboo (or Tabu) an institution common to all the Polynesian tribes, which solemnly interdicted whatever was esteemed sacred. Hence the term was used to denote anything devoted. With persons or places that were tabooed, all intercourse was prohibited. There were tabooed or sacred days, when it was a crime to be found in a canoe. … Continue reading “Taboo (or Tabu)”

Tablets, Cappadocian Cuneiform tablets, dating from 2300 B.C., recently discovered at Kara-Euyuk near Caesarea, recording a settled Semitic community, and early connection of Hebrews with Semites of Palestine. They corroborate Babylonian records of a Semitic conquest from Palestine, 2225 B.C., and show inhabitants of Palestine at Abraham’s migration, 2100 B.C., to be an older branch … Continue reading “Tablets, Cappadocian”

Tablets (See AMULET.) Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Tablets In the O.T. the word kumaz signifies ornaments. Exo 35:22; Num 31:50. In Isa 3:20 they are supposed to be receptacles for perfume. The margin reads ‘houses of the soul,’ which agrees with the Hebrew beth nephesh. See TABLE. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary