Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Treasure houses the houses or magazines built for the safe keeping of treasure and valuable articles of any kind (Ezra 5:17; 7:20; Neh. 10:38; Dan. 1:2). Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Treasure-Houses Of kings 2Ki 20:13; 1Ch 27:25; 2Ch 32:27-28; Ezr 1:7-8; Est 3:9 Records preserved in Ezr 5:17; Ezr 6:1 Treasurers in charge of Ezr … Continue reading “Treasure-Houses”

Treasure-City (in the plur. , cities of provisions, store-cities, 1Ki 9:19). Pithom and Raamses (q.v.) are mentioned in Exo 1:11, as treasure-cities built by Pharaoh by the unpaid labor of the Hebrews; they were probably magazines or depots for the royal revenue (which was doubtless paid in kind), such as are intimated in Gen 41:48; … Continue reading “Treasure-City”

Treasure cities store cities which the Israelites built for the Egyptians (Ex. 1:11). (See PITHOM) Towns in which the treasures of the kings of Judah were kept were so designated (1 Chr. 27:25). Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Treasure Cities Built for the storage of the king’s substance Exo 1:11; 1Ki 9:19; 2Ch 8:4; 2Ch 8:6 … Continue reading “Treasure-cities”

Treasure (Noun and Verb) denotes (1) “a place of safe keeping” (possibly akin to tithemi, “to put”), (a) “a casket,” Mat 2:11; (b) “a storehouse,” Mat 13:52; used metaphorically of the heart, Mat 12:35, twice (RV, “out of his treasure”); Luk 6:45; (2) “a treasure,” Mat 6:19-21; Mat 13:44; Luk 12:33-34; Heb 11:26; “treasure” (in … Continue reading “Treasure (Noun and Verb)”

Treasure (prop. , to hoard, , in Scripture signifies anything collected together in stores, e.g. a treasure of corn, of wine, of oil; treasures of gold, silver, brass; treasures of coined money. Snow, winds, hail, rain, waters, are in the treasuries of God (Psalm 1357; Jer 51:16). We read also of a treasure of good … Continue reading “Treasure”

Treason, Accusations of A common misrepresentation concerning the Elizabethan persecution of English and Irish Catholics from 1570 onwards is the statement that the victims devoted to imprisonment, torture, and death suffered not for their religious belief but for treason against the queen and her government. This view, officially promulgated by Elizabeth’s lord high treasurer, William … Continue reading “Treason, Accusations of”

Treason trez’n: The translation of , kesher, in English Versions of the Bible 1Ki 16:20; 2Ki 11:14 parallel 2Ch 23:13. Kesher (from , kashar, to bind) means a conspiracy (2Sa 15:12; 2Ki 12:20, etc.), and the translation treason is due to the King James Versions’ love of variety. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Treason Instances … Continue reading “Treason”

Treading out the corn * For TREADING out the corn, see THRESH Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Tread, Trode, Trodden is used (a) intransitively and figuratively, of “treading” upon serpents, Luk 10:19; (b) transitively, of “treading” on, down or under, of the desecration of Jerusalem by its foes, Luk 21:24; Rev 11:2; of the avenging, by the Lord in Person hereafter, of this descration and of the persecution of the Jews, in … Continue reading “Tread, Trode, Trodden”

Tread tred. See WINE PRESS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia TREAD Tread (under or trample upon) signifies to overcome and bring under subjection. Thus in Psa 60:12 : ” Through God we shall do valiantly; for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.” See also Isa 10:6; Isa 14:25. To tread upon oaths, … Continue reading “TREAD”