TELASSAR

• Also called THELASAR
  • A city or district conquered by the Assyrians 2 Ki. 19:12; Isa. 37:12

TELEM

1. A city of the tribe of Judah Josh. 15:24
2. A porter who put away (divorced) his Gentile wife Ezra 10:24

TEL-HARSA

• Also called TEL-HARESHA
  • A place in Babylonia Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61

TEL-MELAH

• A place in Babylonia Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61

TEMA

1. Son of Ishmael Gen. 25:15; 1 Chr. 1:30
2. A people of Arabia, probably descendants from Tema, Ishmael's son Job 6:19; Isa. 21:14; Jer. 25:23

TEMAN

1. Son of Eliphaz Gen. 36:11
2. Also called TEMANI and TEMANITES
   • A people supposed to be descended from Teman, son of Eliphaz Gen. 36:34; Job 2:11
   • Prophecies concerning Jer. 49:7; Ezek. 25:13; Amos 1:12; Oba. 1:9; Hab. 3:3

TEMANI

• See TEMAN

TEMANITE

• See TEMAN

TEMENI

• Son of Ashur 1 Chr. 4:6

TEMPER

• See ANGER
• See MALICE
• See SELF-CONTROL

TEMPERANCE

• General scriptures concerning Esther 1:7,8; Pr. 23:1-3; 25:16; Dan. 1:8, 12-16; Rom. 13:14; 1 Cor. 9:25, 27; Phil. 4:5; 1 Th. 5:6-8; 1 Tim. 3:2,3, 8; Tit. 1:7,8; 2:2,3, 12; 2 Pet. 1:5,6
• See ABSTINENCE
• See DRUNKENNESS
• See WINE

TEMPLE

• SOLOMON'S
  • Also called TEMPLE OF THE LORD 2 Ki. 11:10
  • HOLY TEMPLE Ps. 79:1
  • HOLY HOUSE 1 Chr. 29:3
  • HOUSE OF GOD 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9
  • HOUSE OF THE LORD 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5
  • FATHER'S HOUSE Jn. 2:16
  • HOUSE OF THE GOD OF JACOB Isa. 2:3
  • HOUSE OF MY GLORY Isa. 60:7
  • HOUSE OF PRAYER Isa. 56:7; Mt. 21:13
  • HOUSE OF SACRIFICE 2 Chr. 7:12
  • HOUSE OF THEIR SANCTUARY 2 Chr. 36:17
  • HOLY AND BEAUTIFUL HOUSE Isa. 64:11
  • HOLY MOUNT Isa. 27:13
  • MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE Isa. 2:2
  • PALACE 1 Chr. 29:1, 19
  • SANCTUARY 2 Chr. 20:8
  • TABERNACLE OF WITNESS 2 Chr. 24:6
  • ZION Ps. 20:2; 48:12; 74:2; 87:2; Isa. 2:3
  • Greatness of 2 Chr. 2:5,6
  • Beauty of Isa. 64:11
  • Holiness of 1 Ki. 8:10; 9:3; Lam. 1:10; Mt. 23:17; Jn. 2:14-16
  • David undertakes the building of 2 Sam. 7:2,3; 1 Chr. 22:7; 28:2; Ps. 132:2-5; Acts 7:46
    • Forbidden by God because David was a man of war 2 Sam. 7:4-12; 1 Ki. 5:3; 1 Chr. 22:8; 28:3
  • Not asked for by God 2 Sam. 7:7
  • The building of, committed to Solomon 2 Sam. 7:13
    • David makes preparation for 1 Chr. 22; 28:14-18; 29:1-5; 2 Chr. 3:1; 5:1
    • Built by Solomon Acts 7:47
    • Solomon drafts men for the building of 1 Ki. 5:13-16; 2 Chr. 2:2, 17,18
  • Materials for, furnished by Hiram 1 Ki. 5:8-18
  • Pattern and building of 1 Ki. 6; 7:13-51; 1 Chr. 28:11-19; 2 Chr. 3; 4; Acts 7:47
    • The time when begun 1 Ki. 6:1, 37; 2 Chr. 3:2
    • The time when finished 1 Ki. 6:38
  • Site of 1 Chr. 21:28-30; 22:1; 2 Chr. 3:1
    • Where Abraham offered Isaac Gen. 22:2, 4
  • Materials prepared for 1 Ki. 5:17,18
  • No tools used in the erection of 1 Ki. 6:7
  • Foundations of 1 Ki. 5:17,18; Lk. 21:5
  • Apartments and furnishings of
    • The oracle (Holy of Holies) in 1 Ki. 6:19,20; 8:6
      • Called THE MOST HOLY HOUSE 2 Chr. 3:8
        • THE INNER HOUSE 1 Ki. 6:27
        • THE HOLIEST OF ALL Heb. 9:3
      • Description of 1 Ki. 6:16, 19-35; 2 Chr. 3:8-14; 4:22
        • Gold used in 2 Chr. 3:8-10
        • Contents of the Holy of Holies
          • The ark of the covenant 1 Ki. 6:19; 8:6; 2 Chr. 5:2-10
            • See ARK
          • The cherubs 1 Ki. 6:23-28; 2 Chr. 3:10-13; 5:7,8
            • See CHERUBIM (cherubs)
          • See VAIL (curtain)
          • See MERCY-SEAT
    • The holy place 1 Ki. 8:8, 10
      • Called THE GREATER HOUSE 2 Chr. 3:5
        • Called TEMPLE 1 Ki. 6:17
      • Description of 1 Ki. 6:15-18; 2 Chr. 3:3, 5-7, 14-17
        • Contents of the Holy Place
          • The Table of Shewbread 1 Ki. 7:48; 2 Chr. 29:18
            • See SHEWBREAD, TABLE OF
          • Other tables of gold and silver 1 Chr. 28:16; 2 Chr. 4:18,19
          • The lampstands and their utensils 1 Ki. 7:49,50; 1 Chr. 28:15; 2 Chr. 4:7, 20-22
            • See CANDLESTICK (lampstand)
          • The Altar of Incense, and its furniture 1 Ki. 6:20; 7:48, 50; 1 Chr. 28:17,18; 2 Chr. 4:19, 22
            • See ALTAR OF INCENSE
    • Porch of, called PORCH OF THE LORD 2 Chr. 15:8
      • Dimensions of 1 Ki. 6:3; 2 Chr. 3:4
      • Doors of 2 Chr. 29:7
        • Overlaid with gold 2 Chr. 3:4
      • Pillars of 1 Ki. 7:15-22; 2 Ki. 11:14; 23:3; 25:17; 2 Chr. 3:15-17; 4:12,13
    • Chambers of 1 Ki. 6:5-10; 2 Ki. 11:2,3
  • Offerings brought to Neh. 10:37-39
  • Treasuries in
    • See TREASURE
  • Courts of
    • Of the priests 2 Chr. 4:9
    • Inner 1 Ki. 6:36
    • Surrounded by rows of stones and cedar beams 1 Ki. 6:36; 7:12
  • Contents of the courtyards
    • The Altar of Burnt Offering 2 Chr. 15:8
      • See ALTAR;
    • The bronze sea 1 Ki. 7:23-37, 44, 46; 2 Chr. 4:2-5, 10
    • The ten lavers 1 Ki. 7:38-46; 2 Chr. 4:6
  • The great courtyard of 2 Chr. 4:9; Jer. 19:14; 26:2
  • The covered place for the Sabbath and king's entry 2 Ki. 16:18
  • Gates of
    • Higher gate 2 Ki. 15:35
    • New gate Jer. 26:10; 36:10
    • Beautiful gate Acts 3:2
    • Eastern gate, closed on working days, open on the Sabbath day Ezek. 46:1, 12
      • Gifts received at 2 Chr. 24:8-11
  • Uses of the temple
    • A dwelling place of the Lord 1 Ki. 8:10,11, 13; 9:3; 2 Ki. 21:7; 1 Chr. 29:1; 2 Chr. 5:13,14; 7:1-3, 16; Ezek. 10:3,4; Mic. 1:2
    • To contain the ark of the covenant 1 Ki. 8:21
    • For the offering of sweet incense 2 Chr. 2:4
    • For the continual shewbread and the burnt offerings 2 Chr. 2:4
    • For prayer and worship 1 Ki. 8; 2 Ki. 19:14,15; 2 Chr. 30:27; Isa. 27:13; 56:7; Jer. 7:2; 26:2; Ezek. 46:2,3, 9; Zech. 7:2,3; 8:21,22; Mk. 11:17; Lk. 1:10; 2:37; 18:10; Acts 3:1; 22:17
    • Prayer made toward 1 Ki. 8:38; Dan. 6:10; Jonah 2:4
    • For an armory 2 Ki. 11:10; 2 Chr. 23:9,10
    • For refuge 2 Ki. 11:15; Neh. 6:10,11
  • Facts about
    • Dedication of 1 Ki. 8; 2 Chr. 5; 6; 7
    • Services in, organized by David 1 Chr. 15:16; 23:24
    • Pillaged by Shishak 1 Ki. 14:25,26
      • By Jehoash, king of Israel 2 Ki. 14:14
    • Repaired by Jehoash, king of Judah 2 Ki. 12:4-14; 2 Chr. 24:7-14
      • By Josiah 2 Ki. 22:3-7; 2 Chr. 34:8-13
    • Ahaz changes the pattern of the altar in 2 Ki. 16:10-17
    • Purified by Hezekiah 2 Chr. 29:15-19
    • Converted into an idolatrous shrine by Manasseh 2 Ki. 21:4-7; 2 Chr. 33:4-7
    • Treasures of, used in the purchase of peace
      • By Asa, from Ben-hadad 1 Ki. 15:18
      • By Jehoash, king of Judah, from Hazael 2 Ki. 12:18
      • By Hezekiah, from the king of Assyria 2 Ki. 18:15,16
    • Ezekiel's vision concerning Ezek. 8:16
    • Jews swore by Mt. 23:16-22
    • Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the valuable contents carried to Babylon 2 Ki. 24:13; 25:9-17; 2 Chr. 36:7, 19; Ps. 79:1; Isa. 64:11; Jer. 27:16, 19-22; 28:3; 52:13, 17-23; Lam. 2:7; 4:1; Ezra 1:7
    • Vessels of, used by Belshazzar Dan. 5:2,3
    • Destruction of, foretold Isa. 66:6; Jer. 27:18-22; Ezek. 7:22, 25; Mt. 24:2; Mk. 13:2
    • Restoration of, ordered by Cyrus Ezra 1:7-11
• THE SECOND
  • Restored by Zerubbabel Ezra 1; 2:68,69; 3:2-13; 4; 5:2-17; 6:3-5; Neh. 7:70-72; Isa. 44:28; Hag. 2:3
  • Building of, suspended Ezra 4
  • Resumed Ezra 4:24; 5; 6; Hag. 1:2-9; 2:15; Zech. 8:9
  • Finished Ezra 6:14,15
  • Dedicated Ezra 6:15-18
  • Artaxerxes' favorable action toward Ezra 7:11-28; 8:25-34
  • Prophecies of its restoration Isa. 44:28; Dan. 8:13,14; Hag. 1; 2; Zech. 1:16; 4:8-10; 6:12-15; 8:9-15; Mal. 3:1
• EZEKIEL'S VISION OF Ezek. 37:26, 28; 40:48
• HEROD THE GREAT'S TEMPLE
  • 46 Years in building Jn. 2:20
  • Very beautiful stones of Mk. 13:1; Lk. 21:5
  • Magnificence of Mt. 24:1
  • The Beautiful Gate Acts 3:10
  • Solomon's Porch (portico) Jn. 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12
  • Treasury of Mk. 12:41-44
  • Zacharias, officiating priest in, has a vision of an angel; receives promise of a son Lk. 1:5-23; with 1:57-64
  • Jesus brought to, according to the law and custom Lk. 2:21-39
  • Simeon blesses the infant Jesus in Lk. 2:25-35
  • Anna, the prophetess, lives in Lk. 2:36,37
  • Jesus in, when a youth Lk. 2:46
  • Jesus taken to the pinnacle of, during his temptation Mt. 4:5-7; Lk. 4:9-12
  • Jesus teaches in Mk. 11:27-33; 12:35-44; 14:49; Jn. 5:14-17; 7:14-28; 8; 10:23-38; 18:20
  • Jesus performs miracles in Mt. 21:14,15
  • Jesus expels money-exchangers from Mt. 21:12,13; Mk. 11:15-17; Lk. 19:45,46; Jn. 2:15,16
  • Captains of (i. e. the temple security guard) Lk. 22:52; Acts 4:1; 5:24, 26
  • Judas casts down the pieces of silver in Mt. 27:5
  • Curtain of, torn at the time of the crucifixion Mt. 27:51
  • The disciples worship in, after the resurrection Lk. 24:53; Acts 2:46; 3:1
  • Peter heals the lame man at the gate of Acts 3:1-16
  • Disciples preach in Acts 5:20,21, 42
  • Paul's vision in Acts 22:17-21
  • Paul observes the rights of Acts 21:26-30
  • Paul is apprehended in Acts 21:33
  • Prophecies concerning its destruction, by Daniel Dan. 8:11-15; 11:30,31
  • Jesus foretells the destruction of Mt. 24; Mk. 13:2; Lk. 21:6
• FIGURATIVE
  • Of the corpse of Jesus Mt. 26:61; 27:40; Jn. 2:19
  • Of the indwelling of God 1 Cor. 3:16,17; 2 Cor. 6:16
  • Of the ekklesia (body of Christ) Eph. 2:21; 2 Th. 2:4; Rev. 3:12
  • Of the kingdom of Christ Rev. 11; 14:15, 17
  • Of Christ, the head of the ekklesia (his community, his body, cf Eph. 1:22,23; Col. 1:18, 24
  • Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil Rev. 15:5-8; 16:1-17
• IDOLATROUS
  • Of Dagon, at Ashdod 1 Sam. 5:2
  • Of the calves, at Beth-el 1 Ki. 12:31, 33
  • Of Rimmon, at Damascus 2 Ki. 5:18
  • Of Baal, at Samaria 2 Ki. 10:21, 27
    • At Babylon 2 Chr. 36:7; Dan. 1:2
  • Of Diana (Artemis), at Ephesus Acts 19:27
  • Trophies stored in 1 Sam. 31:10; 1 Chr. 10:9,10; Dan. 1:2
• See TABERNACLE

TEMPORAL BLESSINGS

• See BLESSINGS

TEMPTATION

• General scriptures concerning Gen. 3:1-13; 20:6; Ex. 34:12-16; Dt. 7:25; 8:11-14, 17,18; 13:3; 1 Chr. 21:1; 2 Chr. 32:30,31; Ps. 119:165; Pr. 1:10-17; 2:10-12, 16; 4:14,15; 5:6-21; 6:27,28; 7:7-23; 9:15-17; 12:26; 13:14; 14:27; 16:29; 19:27; 28:10; Eccl. 7:26; Isa. 33:15,16; Jer. 2:24,25; 35:5-7; Hos. 7:5; Amos 2:12; Mt. 4:1-11; 5:19; 12:45; 13:22; 18:6-9; 26:31, 41; Mk. 4:15, 17; 10:21-25; 13:21,22; 14:38; Lk. 4:1-13; 8:13,14; 11:4; 22:3, 31,32, 40, 46; Jn. 16:1,2; Rom. 6:12-14; 7:5; 8:35-39; 12:21; 14:13, 15, 21; 1 Cor. 7:5; 8:9-13; 10:13, 28-32; 2 Cor. 2:11; 11:3, 14,15; 12:7; Gal. 4:14; 5:17; Eph. 4:27; 6:11, 13-17; 1 Th. 3:5; 1 Tim. 5:15; 6:9,10; 2 Tim. 3:13; Heb. 2:18; 4:15; 12:3,4; Jas. 1:2-4, 12-16; 4:7; 1 Pet. 1:6,7; 4:12; 5; 2 Pet. 2:9, 18; 3:17; 1 Jn. 2:16, 26; 4:4; Rev. 3:10; 12:10,11, 17
• A TEST Gen. 22:1-14; Dt. 8:2, 5; 13:1-3; 2 Chr. 32:31; Job 1:8-22; 2:3-10; Ps. 66:10-13; Dan. 12:10; Zech. 13:9; Heb. 11:17; Jas. 1:2,3, 12; 1 Pet. 1:6,7
  • See AFFLICTION, DESIGN OF
  • See FAITH, TRIAL OF
• LEADING INTO
  • Prayer against being led into Mt. 6:13; Lk. 22:40
  • INSTANCES OF
    • Abraham leads Pharaoh Gen. 12:18,19
    • Abimelech Gen. 20:9
    • Balak tempts Balaam Num. 22; 23; 24
    • The old prophet of Beth-el, the prophet of Judah 1 Ki. 13:15-19
    • Gideon leads the people of Israel into sin Judg. 8:27
    • Jeroboam leads the northern kingdom (Israel) into 1 Ki. 15:30
  • See RESISTANCE TO
  • See YIELDING TO, below
• RESISTANCE TO Gen. 39:7-10; Neh. 4:9; Job 31:1, 5-17, 19-34, 38-40; Ps. 17:4; 73:2-26; 94:17,18; 119:101, 110; Amos 4:12; Mt. 4:1-11; 24:42-44; 25:13; 26:38-42; Mk. 13:33-37; 14:37,38; Lk. 4:1-13; 12:35-38; 21:33-36; 1 Cor. 6:13; 1 Pet. 4:7; Rev. 3:2,3
• YIELDING TO
  • INSTANCES OF
    • Adam and Eve Gen. 3:1-19
    • Sarah, to lie Gen. 12:13; 18:13-15; 20:13
    • Isaac, to lie Gen. 26:7
    • Jacob, to defraud Esau Gen. 27:6-13
    • Balaam Num. 22:15-22; 2 Pet. 2:15
    • Achan Josh. 7:21
    • David, to commit adultery 2 Sam. 11:2-5
    • To count the nation of Israel 1 Chr. 21
    • Solomon, to become an idolater through the influences of his wives 1 Ki. 11:4; Neh. 13:26
    • The prophet of Judah 1 Ki. 13:11-19
    • Hezekiah 2 Ki. 20:12-20; Isa. 39:1-4, 6,7
    • Peter Mt. 26:69-74; Mk. 14:67-71; Lk. 22:55-60
• See DEMONS
• See FAITH, TRIAL OF
• See SATAN

TEN

• (Used for an indefinite number) Gen. 31:7; Lev. 26:26; Num. 14:22; Zech. 8:23

TEN COMMANDMENTS

• See COMMANDMENTS

TENANTS

• Evicted Mt. 21:41; Mk. 12:9; Lk. 20:16

TENT

• Used for a dwelling Gen. 4:20
  • By Noah Gen. 9:21
  • By Abraham Gen. 12:8; 13:18; 18:1
  • By Lot Gen. 13:5
  • By Moses Ex. 18:7
  • By the people of Israel Num. 24:5,6; 2 Sam. 20:1; 1 Ki. 12:16
  • By the Midianites Judg. 6:5
  • By Cushites Hab. 3:7
  • By Arabians Isa. 13:20
  • By shepherds Isa. 38:12; Jer. 6:3
• Women had separate tents from men Gen. 24:67; 31:33
• Used for cattle 2 Chr. 14:15
• The manufacture of Acts 18:3
• Used as a place of worship
  • See TABERNACLE

TERAH

• The father of Abraham Gen. 11:24-32
• Was an idolater Josh. 24:2
• Called THARA Lk. 3:34

TERAPHIM

• (Household idols)
  • Used by Laban, stolen by Rachael (equivalent to a deed to all of Laban's property, according to the Nuzi tablets) Gen. 31:19, 30-35
  • Used by Micah, stolen by the Danites Judg. 17:5; 18:14, 17-20
  • Condemned and disposed of by Jacob Gen. 35:2-4; with 31:35-39
  • Destroyed by Josiah
    • See IDOLS

TERESH

• (A Persian chamberlain)
  • Plotted against Ahasuerus Esther 2:21-23; 6:2

TERTIUS

• Paul's amanuensis (copyist) in writing the book of Romans Rom. 16:22

TERTULLUS

• The prosecutor of Paul before Governor Felix Acts 24:1,2

TESTAMENT

• A will Heb. 9:16-18
• The new Mt. 26:28; Mk. 14:24; Lk. 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25
• See COVENANT

TESTIMONY

• LEGAL
  • See EVIDENCE
  • See WITNESSES
• Ark of
  • See ARK
• RELIGIOUS 1 Chr. 16:8,9; Ps. 9:11; 18:49; 26:6,7; 119:27, 172; 145:11,12; Isa. 12:4-6; 32:4; 43:10; 44:8; 45:24; Jer. 51:10; Mt. 5:15; 10:32; Mk. 4:21; 5:16, 19,20; Lk. 8:16, 38,39; 12:8,9; 24:48; Jn. 4:28-30, 39, 41,42; 15:27; Acts 1:8, 22; Rom. 10:9,10; 1 Cor. 1:5,6; 12:3; 13:1; Eph. 5:19; Phil. 3:7-14; 1 Tim. 6:12,13; 2 Tim. 1:8; Heb. 2:3, 12; 1 Pet. 3:15; 5:1; Rev. 12:11
  • See CONFESSION
• RELIGIOUS, EXEMPLIFIED Job 19:25-27; Ps. 16:5-9; 18:2,3, 35,36; 22:22; 23:1-6; 26:12; 27:1-6, 13; 28:6-8; 30:1-6; 34:1-4, 8,9; 35:28; 40:1-3, 9; 54:7; 57:7-9; 62:1,2; 66:16-20; 71:15-18, 24; 73:23-26, 28; 77:12; 89:1; 91:2-13; 116:1-14; 119:13, 26,27, 46, 67, 71; 145:4-7, 10-12; Dan. 4:1-37; Jn. 9:17, 30-33; Acts 2:4-11; 3:15; 4:18-20; 5:31,32; 13:31; 22; 26:12-23; 1 Cor. 15:15; 2 Cor. 4:13,14; 5:1; Gal. 2:20; Phil. 3:4-14; 2 Tim. 1:12; 4:7,8; Tit. 1:1,2; 3:3-7; 1 Pet. 5:12; 2 Pet. 1:16; 1 Jn. 1:1-4

TETRARCH

• A Roman ruler Mt. 14:1

THADDAEUS

• One of the twelve apostles Mt. 10:3; Mk. 3:18

THAHASH

• Son of Nahor Gen. 22:24

THAMAH

• Also called, TAMAH
  • One of the Nethinim Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55

THAMAR

• See TAMAR, number one

THANKFULNESS

• Jesus set an example of Mt. 11:25; 26:27; Jn. 11:41
• The heavenly host engage in Rev. 4:9; 7:11,12; 11:16,17
• Commanded Ps. 50:14
• Should be offered
  • To God Ps. 50:14
  • To Christ 1 Tim. 1:12
  • Through Christ Rom. 1:8; Col. 3:17; Heb. 13:15
  • In the name of Christ Eph. 5:20
  • On behalf of God's servants 2 Cor. 1:11
  • In private worship Dan. 6:10
  • In public worship Ps. 35:18
  • In everything 1 Th. 5:18
  • Upon the completion of great undertakings Neh. 12:31, 40
  • Before receiving food Jn. 6:11; Acts 27:35
  • Always Eph. 1:16; 5:20; 1 Th. 1:2
  • As the remembrance of God's holiness Ps. 30:4; 97:12
  • For the goodness and mercy of God Ps. 106:1; 107:1; 136:1-3
  • For the gift of Christ 2 Cor. 9:15
  • For Christ's power and reign Rev. 11:17
  • For the reception and effectual working of the word of God in others 1 Th. 2:13
  • For deliverance from indwelling sin, through Christ Rom. 7:23-25
  • For victory over death and the grave 1 Cor. 15:57
  • For wisdom and might Dan. 2:23
  • For the triumph of the gospel 2 Cor. 2:14
  • For the conversion of others Rom. 6:17
  • For faith exhibited by others Rom. 1:8; 2 Th. 1:3
  • For love exhibited by others 2 Th. 1:3
  • For the grace bestowed on others 1 Cor. 1:4; Phil. 1:3-5; Col. 1:3-6
  • For the zeal exhibited by others 2 Cor. 8:16
  • For the nearness of God's presence Ps. 75:1
  • For appointment to spiritual service 1 Tim. 1:12
  • For willingness to offer our property for God's service 1 Chr. 29:6-14
  • For the supply of our bodily needs Rom. 14:6,7; 1 Tim. 4:3,4
  • For all people 1 Tim. 2:1
  • For all things 2 Cor. 9:11; Eph. 5:20
• Should be accompanied by intercession for others 1 Tim. 2:1; 2 Tim. 1:3; Ph'm 1:4
• Should always accompany prayer Neh. 11:17; Phil. 4:6; Col. 4:2
• Should always accompany praise Ps. 92:1; Heb. 13:15
• Expressed in psalms 1 Chr. 16:7
• Ministers appointed to offer, in public 1 Chr. 16:4, 7; 23:30; 2 Chr. 31:2
• Saints exhorted to Ps. 105:1; Col. 3:15
• Resolve to offer Ps. 18:49; 30:12
• Habitually offer Dan. 6:10
• Offer sacrifices of Ps. 116:17
• Abound in the faith with Col. 2:7
• Magnify God by Ps. 69:30
• Come before God with Ps. 95:2
• Should enter God's gates with Ps. 100:4
• Of hypocrites, full of boasting Lk. 18:11
• The wicked averse to Rom. 1:21
• EXEMPLIFIED Gen. 32:10; 48:11, 15,16; Ex. 15:1-21; Num. 21:17,18; 1 Ki. 8:56; 1 Chr. 29:14; Ezra 7:27; Ps. 9:1,2, 4; 13:6; 22:23-25; 26:7; 28:7; 30:1, 3, 11,12; 31:7, 21; 35:9,10, 18; 40:2,3, 5; 41:11,12; 44:7,8; 54:6,7; 56:12,13; 59:16,17; 66:8,9, 12-16, 20; 68:19; 71:15, 23,24; 79:13; 89:1; 92:1,2, 4; 98:1; 100:4; 102:18-20; 104:1; 116:12-14, 17; 119:65, 108; 136:1-26; Isa. 63:7; Dan. 2:23; 4:2, 34; 6:22; Acts 2:46,47; 28:15; Rom. 14:6; Col. 1:3; 1 Tim. 1:12
  • David 1 Chr. 29:13
  • Levites 2 Chr. 5:12,13
  • Daniel Dan. 2:23
  • Jonah Jonah 2:9
  • Simeon Lk. 2:28
  • Anna Lk. 2:38
  • Paul Acts 28:15
• ENJOINED Gen. 35:1; Ex. 12:14, 17, 42; 13:3, 8-10, 14-16; 16:32; 34:26; Lev. 19:24; 23:14; Dt. 12:18; 16:9-15; 26:10; Judg. 5:11; Ps. 48:11; 50:14,15; 98:1; 105:1-45; 106:1; 107:1,2, 15, 22, 42,43; 118:1, 4; Pr. 3:9,10; Eccl. 7:14; Isa. 48:20; Joel 2:26; Rom. 2:4; 15:27; Eph. 5:4, 19,20; Phil. 4:6; Col. 1:12; 2:7; 3:15-17; 4:2; 1 Th. 5:18; 1 Tim. 2:1; 4:3-5; Heb. 13:15; Jas. 1:9
  • See JOY
  • See PRAISE
  • See PSALMS
• EXEMPLIFIED
  • See JOY
  • See PRAISE
  • See PSALMS
  • See WORSHIP
• OF MAN TO MAN
  • The Israelites, to Joshua Josh. 19:49,50
  • The spies, to Rahab Josh. 6:22-25
  • Saul, to the Kenites 1 Sam. 15:6
  • Naomi, to Boaz Ruth 2:19,20
  • David
    • To the men of Jabesh-gilead 2 Sam. 2:5-7
    • To Hanun 2 Sam. 10:2
    • To Barzillai 1 Ki. 2:7
  • Paul Acts 27:35
    • To Phoebe Rom. 16:1-4
    • To Onesiphorus 2 Tim. 1:16-18
  • The people of the island of Melita (Malta), to Paul Acts 28:10
• TO GOD, INSTANCES OF
  • Of Eve Gen. 4:1, 25
  • Of Noah Gen. 8:20
  • Of Melchizedek Gen. 14:20
  • Of Lot Gen. 19:19
  • Of Sarah Gen. 21:6,7
  • Of Abraham Gen. 12:7; 13:4
  • Of Abraham's servant (Eliezar) Gen. 24:27, 35
  • Of Isaac Gen. 26:22
  • Of Leah Gen. 29:32-35
  • Of Rachel Gen. 30:6
  • Of Jacob Gen. 31:42; 35:3, 7
  • Of Joseph Gen. 41:51,52
  • Of Moses Ex. 15:1-19
  • Of Miriam Ex. 15:20-22
  • Of Jethro Ex. 18:10
  • Of the people of Israel Ex. 4:31; Num. 21:17; 31:49-54; 1 Chr. 29:22
  • Of Deborah Judg. 5
  • Of Hannah 1 Sam. 1:27,28
  • Of Samuel 1 Sam. 7:12
  • Of David 2 Sam. 6:21
    • See PSALMS, above
  • Of the Queen of Sheba 1 Ki. 10:9
  • Of Hiram 2 Chr. 2:12
  • Of Jehoshaphat's army 2 Chr. 20:27,28
  • Of the Levites Neh. 9:4-38
  • Of the Jews Neh. 12:43
  • Of the sailors Jonah 1:16
  • Of the shepherds Lk. 2:20
  • Those whom Jesus healed
    • The man who was paralyzed Lk. 5:25
    • The demon-possessed man who was exorcized Lk. 8:39
    • The woman who was bent over for eighteen years Lk. 13:13
    • One of the ten lepers whom Jesus healed Lk. 17:15,16
    • Blind Bartimaeus Lk. 18:43; Mk. 10:46-52
    • The Roman centurion for his boy Jn. 4:53
  • The lame man healed by Peter Acts 3:8
  • Before receiving food, by Jesus Mt. 14:19; Mk. 8:6,7
  • Paul Acts 27:35
  • See PRAISE
  • See PRAYER BEFORE RECEIVING FOOD

THANK OFFERINGS

• See OFFERINGS

THANKSGIVING

• See PRAISE
• See THANKFULNESS

THARA

• See TARAH

THARSHISH

1. Son of Bilhan 1 Chr. 7:10
2. THARSHISH
   • See TARSHISH, number two

THEATER

• General scriptures concerning Acts 19:29, 31

THEBEZ

• A city, at which Abimelech was killed while besieging Judg. 9:50-56; 2 Sam. 11:21

THEFT AND THIEVES

• General scriptures concerning Ex. 20:15; 21:16; 22:1-4, 10-15; Lev. 6:2-7; 19:11, 13; Dt. 5:19; 23:24,25; Ps. 50:18; 62:10; 119:61; Pr. 6:30,31; 21:7; Isa. 61:8; Jer. 2:26; 7:9,10; Ezek. 22:29; Hos. 4:1,2; Nah. 3:1; Zech. 5:3; Mt. 6:19,20; 15:19; 19:18; 21:13; 27:38, 44; Mk. 7:21,22; 11:17; 15:27; Lk. 18:20; 19:45,46; Jn. 10:1; Rom. 2:21; 13:9; 1 Cor. 6:8, 10; Eph. 4:28; Tit. 2:10; 1 Pet. 4:15; Rev. 3:3; 9:21
• FIGURATIVE Oba. 1:5
• INSTANCES OF
  • By Rachel, of the household gods (teraphim) Gen. 31:19, 34,35
  • Achan Josh. 7:11
  • Micah Judg. 17:2
  • The spies of Laish Judg. 18:14-27
  • Judas Jn. 12:6
• See DISHONESTY

THELASAR

• Also called TELASSAR
  • A city (district?) conquered by the Assyrians 2 Ki. 19:12; Isa. 37:12

THEOCRACY

• Established Ex. 19:8; 24:3, 7; Dt. 5:25-29; 33:2-5; Judg. 8:23; 1 Sam. 12:12
• Rejected by Israel 1 Sam. 8:7, 19; 10:19; 2 Chr. 13:8
• See GOD, SOVEREIGN
• See GOVERNMENT

THEOLOGY

• See GOD

THEOPHILUS

• A Christian to whom Luke addressed the books of Luke and Acts Lk. 1:3; Acts 1:1

THESSALONIANS

• See THESSALONICA

THESSALONICA

• (A city of the Macedonia area)
  • Paul visits Acts 17:1; Phil. 4:16
  • People of, persecute Paul Acts 17:5-8, 11, 13
  • Men of, accompany Paul Acts 20:4; 27:2
  • Paul writes to Christians in 1 Th. 1:1; 2 Th. 1:1
  • Demas goes to 2 Tim. 4:10

THEUDAS

• A Jewish insurrectionist Acts 5:36

THIMNATHAH

• A city in territory of the tribe of Dan Josh. 19:43

THIRST

• Figurative of the ardent desire of the devout mind Ps. 42:1-4; 63:1; 143:6; Isa. 55:1; Amos 8:11-13; Mt. 5:6; Jn. 4:14,15; 7:37; Rev. 21:6; 22:17
• See DESIRE, SPIRITUAL
• See DILIGENCE
• See HUNGER, SPIRITUAL
• See ZEAL

THISTLE

• A noxious plant Gen. 3:18; Job 31:40; Hos. 10:8
• Parables of 2 Ki. 14:9; 2 Chr. 25:18; Mt. 7:16

THOMAS

• Called DIDYMUS
  • One of the twelve apostles Mt. 10:3; Mk. 3:18; Lk. 6:15
  • Present at the raising of Lazarus Jn. 11:16
  • Asks Jesus the way to the Father's house Jn. 14:5
  • Absent when Jesus first appeared to the disciples after the resurrection Jn. 20:24
  • Skepticism of Jn. 20:25
  • Sees Jesus after the resurrection Jn. 20:26-29; 21:1,2
  • Lives with the other apostles in Jerusalem Acts 1:13,14
  • Loyalty of, to Jesus Jn. 11:16; 20:28

THORN

• The ground cursed with Gen. 3:18
• Used
  • As an awl Job 41:2
  • For fuel Ps. 58:9; 118:12; Eccl. 7:6
  • Hedges formed of Hos. 2:6; Mic. 7:4
  • Crown of, mockingly put on Jesus' head Mt. 27:29; Mk. 15:17; Jn. 19:2, 5
• FIGURATIVE
  • Of afflictions Num. 33:55; 2 Cor. 12:7
  • Of the adversities of the wicked Pr. 22:5
  • Of the evils that spring from the heart to choke the truth Mt. 13:7, 22