TUBAL Tribe arising from Japheth (Gen. 10:2), and mentioned along with Javan (Is. 66:19) and Meshech (Is. 32:26); He traded slaves and metals in the markets...
THUNDER It intensified the horror of the seventh plague of Egypt (Ex. 9:23). Thunder was very rare in Palestine during the dry season; the one heard...
STUMBLING BLOCK (Heb. “mikshol”; Gr. “proskomma”). Anything that, placed in another’s path, could make them stumble and fall. It was prohibited by the Law, and such...
THRONE (Heb. “kissê”; Gr. “thronos”). Spectacular seat, often with a canopy, from where great figures, such as the high priest, judges, generals, governors, kings, exercised their...
TRUMPETS (Feast) It took place on the first day of the seventh month. It was to be “a day of rest, a commemoration with the sound...
TRUMPET They were made with ram horns and, perhaps, those of other animals. They were used on occasions of joy and in wars. There were two...
TROGYLLIUM City and hill on the western coast of Asia Minor, opposite the island of Samos. Upon returning from his third journey, Paul, heading to Jerusalem,...
TROPHIMUS “that feeds.” Ephesius converted to Christ, coming from the Gentiles. He accompanied Paul from Greece to Jerusalem (Acts 20:4), where the Jews of Asia falsely...
TROAS (gr. «Troade», the neighboring region of Troy). Port of Asia Minor, on the northwestern coast of Mysia. There Paul had a vision of a Macedonian...
TRINITY This term, used for the first time by Tertullian (2nd century AD), expresses a great biblical truth. The one God reveals himself to us in...