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Tertius in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Paul's amanuensis in writing the epistle to the Romans (Romans 16:22) from Corinth. His greeting inserted in the middle of Paul's greetings to the Romans shows that he was well acquainted with the Roman Christians, "I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord"; his name too makes it likely he was a Roman....

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Thaddaeus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tha-de'-us (Thaddaios): One of the Twelve Apostles (Mt 10:3; Mk 3:18). In Mt 10:3 the King James Version, the reading is "Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus." The name corresponds to Judas, the son (Revised Version), or brother (the King James Version), of James, given in the lists of Lk 6:16; Acts 1:13. See JUDAS, NOT ISCARIOT; LEBBAEUS. T...

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Terah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

te'-ra (terach; Septuagint Tharra, or (with New Testament) Thara; on the name see especially HDB, under the word): The son of Nahor and father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran (Gen 11:24 f). At Abraham's birth Terah was 70 years old (Gen 11:26), and after Abraham's marriage, Terah, Abraham, Sarah and Lot emigrated from Ur of the Chaldees on th...

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Teresh in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(strictness), one of the two eunuchs whose plot to assassinate Ahasuerus was discovered by Mordecai. Es 2:21; 6:2 He was hanged. (B.C. 479.)...

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Tertius in Hitchcock's Bible Names

third...

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Thaddaeus in Naves Topical Bible

-One of the twelve apostles Mt 10:3; Mr 3:18...

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Terah in Naves Topical Bible

-The father of Abraham Ge 11:24-32 -Was an idolater Jos 24:2 -Called THARA Lu 3:34...

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Teresh in Easton's Bible Dictionary

severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was detected by Mordecai, and the conspirators were put to death (Esther 2:21; 6:2)....

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Tertullus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ter-tul'-us, ter- (Tertullos, diminutive of Latin tertius, "third"):, An orator who descended with Ananias the high priest and elders from Jerusalem to Caesarea to accuse Paul before Felix the Roman governor (Acts 24:1). Tertullus was a hired pleader whose services were necessary that the case for the Jews might be stated in proper form. Altho...

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Terah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(station), the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran, and through them the ancestor of the great families of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Midianites, Moabites and Ammonites. Ge 11:24-32 The account given of him in the Old Testament narrative is very brief. We learn from it simply that he was an idolater, Jos 24:2 that he dwelt beyond the Euphrates ...

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