Bible Names N-Z

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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Tabeel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a Persian governor of Samaria, who joined others in the attempt to prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Ezra 4:7)....

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Talmai in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tal'-mi, tal'-ma-i (talmay): (1) A clan, possibly of Aramean origin, generally reputed to be of gigantic height; resident in Hebron at the time of the Hebrew conquest and driven thence by Caleb (Nu 13:22; Josh 15:14; Jdg 1:10). (2) A son of Ammihur (or Ammihud), king of Geshur, a small Aramean kingdom, and a contemporary of David, to whom he ga...

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Tanhumeth in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(consolation), the father of Seraiah in the time of Gedaliah. 2Ki 25:23; Jer 40:8 (B.C. before 582.)...

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Tabeal in Naves Topical Bible

-Father of one whom the kings of Syria and Israel sought to make king in Judah instead of Ahaz Isa 7:6...

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