Vine's Expository Dictionary

Tooth, Teeth is used in the sing. in Mat 5:38 (twice); elsewhere in the plural, of "the gnashing of teeth," the gnashing being expressive of anguish and indigna…

Top for which see TIP, is used of Jacob's staff, Heb 11:21. * Note: (Phrases) In Mat 27:51, Mar 15:38, apo anothen, "from the top" (lit. "from above"), is used …

Topaz is mentioned in Rev 21:20, as the ninth of the foundation stones of the wall of the heavenly Jerusalem; the stone is of a yellow color (though there are t…

Torch "a torch," is used in the plur. and translated "torches" in Joh 18:3; in Rev 8:10, RV, "torch" (AV, "lamp"). See LAMP.

Torment (Noun and Verb) akin to basanizo (see TOIL, No. 2), is used of Divine judgments in Rev 9:5, Rev 14:11, Rev 18:7, Rev 18:10, Rev 18:15. primarily "a touc…

Tormentor properly, "a torturer" (akin to basanizo, see TORMENT, B), "one who elicits information by torture," is used of jailors, Mat 18:34.

Torture (Verb) primarily denotes "to beat a drum" (tumpanon, "a kettledrum," Eng., "tympanal," "tympanitis," "tympanum"), hence, "to torture by beating, to beat…

Toss primarily "to fan a fire" (rhipis, "a fan," cp. rhipe, "twinkling"), then, "to make a breeze," is used in the Passive Voice in Jam 1:6, "tossed," of the ra…

Touch (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5060Original Word: naga‘Usage Notes: "to touch, strike, reach, smite." Common throughout the his…

Touch (Verb) primarily, "to fasten to," hence, of fire, "to kindle," denotes, in the Middle Voice (a) "to touch," e.g., Mat 8:3, Mat 8:15, Mat 1:9-21, Mat 9:29;…

Touching (Preposition) * For TOUCHING (Preposition) see +, p. 9

Toward * For TOWARD (Preposition), see +, p. 9

Towel denotes "a linen cloth or towel" (Lat., linteum), as used by the Lord, Joh 1:13-5; it was commonly used by servants in a household.

Tower Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4026Original Word: migdalUsage Notes: "tower; small fortress; watchtower; podium." Cognates of this word appear in Ugarit…

Town denotes "a country town," Mar 1:38, "a large village" usually without walls. "a village," or "country town without walls." The RV always renders this "vill…

Town Clerk "a writer, scribe," is used in Act 19:35 of a state "clerk," an important official, variously designated, according to inscriptions found in Graeco-A…

Trace "to follow up," is used of investigating or "tracing" a course of events, Luk 1:3, where the writer, humbly differentiating himself from those who possess…

Trade (Noun and Verb) "to work," is rendered "traded" in Mat 25:16; in Rev 18:17, AV, "trade," RV, "gain their living." See COMMIT, DO, LABOR, B, Note (1), MINI…

Tradition "a handing down or on" (akin to paradidomi, "to hand over, deliver"), denotes "a tradition," and hence, by metonymy, (a) "the teachings of the rabbis,…

Train * For TRAIN, Tit 2:4, RV, see SOBER, B, No. 3

Traitor denotes "a betrayer, traitor;" the latter term is assigned to Judas, virtually as a title, in Luk 6:16; in 2Ti 3:4 it occurs in a list of evil character…

Trample "to tread down, trample under foot," is rendered "trample" in Mat 7:6. See TREAD, No. 2.

Trance for which see AMAZE, A, No. 1, denotes "a trance" in Act 10:10, Act 11:5, Act 22:17, a condition in which ordinary consciousness and the perception of na…

Tranquil * For TRANQUIL, 1Ti 2:2, RV, see QUIET, No. 1

Transfer * For TRANSFER (in a figure) see FASHION, C, No. 1, and FIGURE, Note (2).

Transfigure "to change into another form" (meta, implying change, and morphe, "form:" see FORM, No. 1), is used in the Passive Voice (a) of Christ's "transfigur…

Transform is rendered "transformed" in Rom 12:2, see TRANSFIGURE. in the Passive Voice is rendered "to be transformed" in the AV of 2Co 1:11-15, see FASHION, C,…

Transgress (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6586Original Word: pasha‘Usage Notes: "to transgress, rebel." Apart from biblical Hebrew, t…

Transgress, Transgression lit., "to go aside" (para), hence "to go beyond," is chiefly used metaphorically of "transgressing" the tradition of the elders, Mat 1…

Transgressor lit. and primarily, "one who stands beside," then, "one who oversteps the prescribed limit, a transgressor" (akin to parabaino, "to transgress," se…

Translate, Translation "to change, remove" (meta, implying "change," histemi, "to cause to stand"), is rendered "hath translated" in Col 1:13. See PUT, REMOVE, …

Transparent * For TRANSPARENT, Rev 21:21, see DAWN, A, No. 2, Note

Trap denotes "a hunting, chase," then, "a prey;" hence, figuratively, of "preparing destruction by a net or trap," Rom 11:9.

Travail (Noun and Verb) "labor, involving painful effort," is rendered "travail" in 2Co 11:27, RV (AV, "painfulness"); in 1Th 2:9, 2Th 3:8 it stresses the toil …

Travel "to go or pass through," is translated "travelled" in Act 11:19. See COME, No. 5. Note: For apodemeo, rendered "travelling" in Mat 25:14, AV, see GO, No.…

Travel (companions in), and Travel with * For TRAVEL (companions in), Act 19:29, and TRAVEL WITH, 2Co 8:19, see COMPANION, No. 1.

Tread, Trode, Trodden is used (a) intransitively and figuratively, of "treading" upon serpents, Luk 10:19; (b) transitively, of "treading" on, down or under, of…

Treading out the corn * For TREADING out the corn, see THRESH

Treasure (Noun and Verb) denotes (1) "a place of safe keeping" (possibly akin to tithemi, "to put"), (a) "a casket," Mat 2:11; (b) "a storehouse," Mat 13:52; us…

Treasurer * For TREASURER see CHAMBERLAIN, Note

Treasury from gaza, "a treasure," phulake, "a guard," is used by Josephus for a special room in the women's court in the Temple in which gold and silver bullion…

Treated * For TREATED, Act 27:3, RV, see ENTREAT (to deal with)

Treatise "a word," denotes "a treatise or written narrative" in Act 1:1. See WORD.

Tree Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6086Original Word: ‘es?Usage Notes: "tree; wood; timber; stick; stalk." This word has cognates in Ugaritic, Akkadian, Phoe…

Tremble, Trembling "to tremble, especially with fear," is used in Mar 5:33, Luk 8:47 (Act 9:6, in some mss.); 2Pe 2:10, RV, "they tremble (not)," AV, "they are …

Trench primarily "a pointed stake," hence, "a palisade or rampart," is rendered "trench" in Luk 19:43, AV (RV, "bank," marg., "palisade"). In A.D. 70, Titus, th…

Trespass (Noun and Verb) primarily "a false step, a blunder" (akin to parapipto, "to fall away," Heb 6:6), lit., "a fall beside," used ethically, denotes "a tre…

Trespass (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H4603Original Word: ma‘alUsage Notes: "to trespass, act unfaithfully." This verb is not very c…

Trial for which see EXPERIENCE, No. 2, is rendered "trial" in 2Co 8:2, AV (RV, "proof"). "a making trial, an experiment," is used with lambano, "to receive or t…

Tribe Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H4294Original Word: mat?t?ehUsage Notes: "staff; rod; shaft; branch; tribe." This noun is a distinctiv…