Tyrian (/), a native or inhabitant of the city of Tyre (Ecclesiastes 46:18). The corresponding Heb. word (, Tsori) is rendered by the indirect phrase of Tyre in the A. V. (1Ki 7:14; 1Ch 22:4; 2Ch 2:14; Ezra 3, 7; Neh 13:16), and so likewise the Greek (1 Esdr. 5, 55; 2Ma 4:10; Act 12:20). … Continue reading “Tyrian”
Tyre, Tyrus
Tyre, Tyrus Seaport in Lebanon (peviously Syria), about midway between Sidon and Accho. It was a place of great commerce, sending to the East by land and to the West by the sea. This is shown to have been the case in several of the prophets. It was not conquered by the Israelites, and is … Continue reading “Tyre, Tyrus”
TYRE OR TYRUS
TYRE OR TYRUS A rock, the celebrated emporium of Phoenicia, the seat of immense wealth and power, situated on the coast of the Mediterranean, within the limits of the tribe of Asher, as assigned by Joshua, Jos 19:29, though never reduced to subjection. Tyre was a “daughter of Zidon,” but rapidly gained an ascendancy over … Continue reading “TYRE OR TYRUS”
Tyre, Ladder of
Tyre, Ladder of ( , klmakos Turou): Given. in 1 Macc 11:59 as the northern limit of the territory placed under the authority of Simon Thassi the Maccabee by Antiochus VI (Theos), in the year 143 BC. The statement of Josephus (BJ, II, x, 2) that it was 100 furlongs North of Ptolemais, and a … Continue reading “Tyre, Ladder of”
Tyre, Council Of
Tyre, Council Of The Arians, through Eusebius of Nicomedia, obtained the convocation of this council from the emperor Constantine, A.D. 335, under pretext of thereby healing the divisions which existed among the bishops; but their real intention was to oppress Athanasius. The bishops who were summoned to attend were selected by the Eusebian party, and … Continue reading “Tyre, Council Of”
Tyre
Tyre () Tyre, the ancient mother of colonies and mistress of the seas, the merchant of the peoples unto many isles (Eze 27:3), ceased to be politically important under the Greeks and Romans. But, along with the sister-city of Sidon, it still retained its commercial prosperity, though they had now a very formidable rival in … Continue reading “Tyre”
Tyrbenus
Tyrbenus in Greek mythology, was a surname of Apollo. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Tyranny
Tyranny See Government, Monarchical, Tyranny in Government, Monarchical, Tyranny in Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Tyrannus
TYRANNUS The name of a person at Ephesus, in whose school Paul publicly proposed and defended the doctrines of the gospel, Mal 19:9 . By some he is thought to have been a Greek sophist, a teacher of rhetoric or philosophy, converted to Christianity; while others suppose him to have been a Jewish doctor or … Continue reading “Tyrannus”
Tyrannicide
Tyrannicide Tyrannicide literally is the killing of a tyrant, and usually is taken to mean the killing of a tyrant by a private person for the common good. There are two classes of tyrants whose circumstances are widely apart — tyrants by usurpation and tyrants by oppression. A tyrant by usurpation (tyrannus in titula) is … Continue reading “Tyrannicide”