Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

To * For TO see +, p. 9 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Tmesis; or, Mid-cut A Change by which one Word is cut in two, and another Wordput in between Tm-sis. Greek, , a cutting, from (temnein), to cut. It is a figure by which a compound word or connected phrase is separated, and the position of its syllables changed, by the intervention of one or more … Continue reading “Tmesis; or, Mid-cut”

TMESIS TMESIS (Gr. , a cutting) is, when a compound or a connected phrase is divided: as, Eph 6:8, for , . Fuente: Gnomon Technical Terms

Tlos A titular see in Lycia, suffragan of Myra. Tlos was one of the six cities forming the Lycian confederacy and is said to have been founded by the hero Tlos, son of Tremilus. It is mentioned by Strabo (XIV, 665); Pliny (V, 28); Ptolemy (V, 3, 5); Stephanus Byzant. (s. v.); Hierocles (684, 16). … Continue reading “Tlos”

Tlaxcala (TLAXCALENSIS) A former diocese of the colony of New Spain. It was the fifth diocese established in the Americas by order of seniority; the second established in Mexico (the first in title being Yucatán); and the first diocese of the colony of New Spain with an acting bishop, Fray Julián Garcés, Dominican, nominated by … Continue reading “Tlaxcala”

Tizri or TISRI, the first Hebrew month of the civil year, and the seventh of the sacred year, answering to the moon of September. On the first day of this month was kept the feast of trumpets, because the beginning of the civil year was proclaimed with the sound of trumpets. Fuente: Biblical and Theological … Continue reading “Tizri”

Tizite, The Ti’zite, The. The designation of Joha, one of the heroes of David’s army. 1Ch 11:45. It occurs nowhere else, and nothing is known of the place, or family, which it denotes. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Tizite (Heb. Titsi’, , patrial, as if from some unknown place or person called Tits; Sept. v v.r. ; Vulg. Thosaites), the designation of Joha (q.v.), the brother of Jediael and son of Shimri, one of the heroes of David’s army named in the supplementary list of 1Ch 11:45. The word is possibly a corruption … Continue reading “Tizite”

Tivoli DIOCESE OF TIVOLI (TIBURTINA) Diocese in the Province of Rome. The city in situated where the Anio, issuing from the Sabine hills, leaps down from a height of nearly 300 feet and enters the Roman Campagna. The water power of the beautiful falls, which attract many tourists to the city, is utilised in various … Continue reading “Tivoli”

Tius (TIUM) Titular see, suffragan of Claudiopolis in Honorias. According to Strabo (542, 545) the town was not remarkable save as the birthplace of Philetaerus, founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamus. The coins give Dionysius as the founder; in fact it was the site of a temple of Dionysius and one of Jupiter. Le … Continue reading “Tius”