Bible Names N-Z

Tartan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a general (official title)...

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Talmon in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 11:19; 1 Chronicles 9:17; Ezra 2:42, "the children of Talmon"; Nehemiah 7:45; Nehemiah 11:19....

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Tarshish in Hitchcock's Bible Names

contemplation; examination...

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Tatnai in Naves Topical Bible

-A Persian governor in Samaria Ezr 5:3,6; 6:6,13...

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Talmon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

oppressed. (1.) A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:17; Neh. 11:19). (2.) One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45); probably the same as (1)....

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Tartan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tar'-tan (tartan): For a long time the word was interpreted as a proper name, but the Assyrian inscriptions have shown it to be the title of a high official. From the eponym lists it would seem that it was the title of the highest official next to the king, which in a military empire like Assyria would be the "commander-in-chief." The Assyrian...

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Tatnai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(gift), satrap of the province west of the Euphrates in the time of Darius Hystaspes. Ezr 5:3,6; 6:6,13 (B.C. 520.) The name is thought to be Persian....

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Tanhumeth in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Jeremiah 40:8; 2 Kings 25:23....

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Tartan in Naves Topical Bible

-An Assyrian general 2Ki 18:17; Isa 20:1...

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Tatnai in Easton's Bible Dictionary

gift, a Persian governor (Heb. pehah, i.e., "satrap;" modern "pasha") "on this side the river", i.e., of the whole tract on the west of the Euphrates. This Hebrew title _pehah_ is given to governors of provinces generally. It is given to Nehemiah (5:14) and to Zerubbabel (Hag. 1:1). It is sometimes translated "captain" (1 Kings 20:24; Dan....

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