Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Thugga Titular see of Numidia, perhaps the Numidian fortress of Tocai mentioned about 305 B.C. by Diodorus S iculus (XX, v, 4). King Masinissa probably captured Thugga from Carthage in the second century B.C. A pagus under Claudius I, Thugga was dependent on the Roman colony of Carthage. Under Marcus Aurelius it included a pagus … Continue reading “Thugga”

Thuburbo Minus A titular see in Africa Proconsularis, suffragan of Carthage. Thuburbo Minus is mentioned in the “Itenerar. Antonin.”, 44, and the “Tabula Peutinger.” It is to-day Tebourba, a city of 2500 inhabitants, on the left bank of the Medjerda (ancient Bagradas), 21 miles by railway west of Tunis. Situated on a hill, the city … Continue reading “Thuburbo Minus”

Thube, Christian Gottlob a Lutheran theologian of Germally, was born in Saxony, March 19, 1742. He studied at Leipsic, was in 1775 rector at Butzow, Mecklenburg, in 1776 preacher at Baumgarten, and died January 25, 1826. He published, Anleitung zum richtigen Verstande der Offenbarung Johannis (Minden, 1786; 2d ed. 1799): Das Buch des Propheten Daniel, … Continue reading “Thube, Christian Gottlob”

Thrym in Norse mythology, was a giant king of great strength, who, being a born enemy of Thor, sought to deprive him of his weapons in order to make him less dreadful for the giants. He succeeded in robbing Thor of his frightful hammer, Mjolnir, while Thor had fallen asleep. Loki discovered the thief and … Continue reading “Thrym”

Thrust for which cp. THROW, No. 1, is rendered “to thrust” in Joh 20:25, Joh 20:27, AV (RV, “put”); Act 16:24, AV (RV, “cast”); so Rev 14:16, Rev 14:19. See CAST, No. 1. “to cast out,” is rendered “thrust … out” in Luk 4:29, AV (RV, “cast … forth”); so Luk 13:28; Act 16:37. See … Continue reading “Thrust”

Thrush See Swift Fuente: Plants Animals Of Bible

Thrupp, Frances Joseph an English clergyman, was born in 1827, and educated at Winchester School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained a. fellowship. He took orders in the Church of England, traveled in the East, and became vicar of Barrington Cambridgeshire, where he died, Sept. 24,1867. He was the author of Ancient Jerusalem: a … Continue reading “Thrupp, Frances Joseph”

Thrum THRUM.See Spinning and Weaving, 3, 5. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Thrum thrum: In Isa 38:12 the Revised Version (British and American) reads He will cut me off from the loom, margin thrum. Thrum is a technical term of weavers, denoting the threads of the warp hanging down in a loom, suiting , … Continue reading “Thrum”

Throw “to cast, to throw,” is rendered “to throw” in Mar 12:42, AV (RV, “cast”); so Act 22:23 (2nd part); “to throw down,” Rev 18:21 (2nd part), AV (RV, “cast down”). See CAST, No. 1. “to hurl, throw, throw off,” is rendered “had thrown… down” in Luk 4:35, RV (AV, “had thrown”). See CAST, No. … Continue reading “Throw”

Throughly THROUGHLY.This is the older spelling of thoroughly. In mod. editions of AV [Note: Authorized Version.] we find both forms used, thoroughly in Exo 21:18, 2Ki 11:18, and throughly elsewhere; but in the original edition of 1611 the spelling is throughly everywhere. There was no distinction in earlier Eng. between through and thorough, throughly and … Continue reading “Throughly”