Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Town-Clerk The town-clerk of Ephesus (Act 19:35-41), who displays tact and also points out the illegality of the whole proceedings of the crowd, with the proper means of redress if there be a real grievance, was a typical official of a Greek city with the Athenian type of constitution. In cities like Ephesus, which were … Continue reading “Town Clerk”

Town (not carefully distinguished in the A. V. from city, which latter is the usual rendering of , occasionally town this latter is also the translation, at times, of , prop. a wall, as usually rendered; , a village, as generally rendered; and so in the New Test. [once more distinctively ark 1:38]; , a … Continue reading “Town”

Towgood, Richard an English prelate, was made dean of Bristol in 1667 and died in 1683. He published a Sermon on Act 7:8 (Lond. 1676). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Towgood, Micaiah an English Dissenting minister, was born at Axminster in 1700, became pastor at Moreton-Hampstead in 1722, removed to Crediton in 1735, and in 1750 to Exeter, where he died in 1792. He wrote, Dissenter’s Apology (Lond. 1739, 8vo): Dissenting Gentleman’s Answer to Rev. Mr. White (1746-48, 6th ed. 3 vols. 8vo): Essay on … Continue reading “Towgood, Micaiah”

Towerson, Gabriel, D.D a learned English divine, was a native of Middlesex, and became a commoner of Queen’s College, Oxford, in 1650, where he took his A.M. in 1657. In 1660 he was elected fellow of All-Souls, and entered holy orders at about the same time. He was first preferred to the rectory of Welwvn, … Continue reading “Towerson, Gabriel, D.D”

towers, round Over 100 of these, built from about the 8th to the 13th centuries, exist in Ireland, most of them now in ruins. The lower part is constructed of solid masonry, with a high doorway accessible only by ladder, and with walls tapering inward to the top. Of varied size, their height is from … Continue reading “towers, round”

Towers, Joseph, LL.D a Dissenting minister, was born in Southwalk, London, in 1737, and was apprenticed to Mr. Goadby, printer, at Sherborne, Dorsetshire, in 1754. He returned to London in 1764, where he worked at his trade, and afterwards became a book-seller. He was ordained a preacher in 1774, and was chosen pastor of a … Continue reading “Towers, Joseph, LL.D”

TOWERS Were erected not only in the outer walls and on the heights within cities, Jdg 9:47-49 Psa 48:12 Luk 13:4, but along the frontiers of a country, at points where the approach of an enemy could be descried at a distance, Jdg 9:17 Isa 21:6-9 Eze 33:2-6 . A tower afforded a refuge to … Continue reading “TOWERS”

Tower of the furnaces (Neh. 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was probably so named from its contiguity to the “bakers’ street” (Jer. 37:21). Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Tower of the Furnaces See FURNACES, TOWER OF. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Tower of Syene s-ene. See SEVENEH. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia