tidal Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
tidal in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(in the LXX. called "Thorgal"), styled the "king of nations" (Gen.14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch's brick (see facing page 139). "Goyyim", translated "nations," is the country called Gutium, east of Tigris and north of Elam.
tidal in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(great son) is mentioned only in #Ge 14:1,9| (B.C. about 1900.) He is called "king of nations," from which we may conclude that he was a chief over various nomadic tribes who inhabited different portions of Mesopotamia at different seasons of the year, as do the Arabs at the present day.
tidal in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
TI'DAL (great son), a king who joined Chedorlaomer. Gen 14:1-9.
tidal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
From a Samaritan root "reverence" (Gesenius: Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:9). Chedorlaomer's ally, "king of nations," in the invasion of Syria and Israel. Probably chief of several nomadic tribes who occupied different tracts of Lower Mesopotamia at different times, as the Arabs do there to this day. His name Thurgah (in the Septuagint, Thargal), "the great chief." or "king of nations," is Turanian or Hamitic, the original element of Babylonia's early population.