Vine's Expository Dictionary

Taste "to make to taste," is used in the Middle Voice, signifying "to taste" (a) naturally, Mat 27:34, Luk 14:24, Joh 2:9, Col 2:21; (b) metaphorically, of Chri…

Tattler "babbling, garrulous" (from phluo, "to babble:" cp. phluareo, "to prate against"), is translated "tattlers" in 1Ti 5:13.

Taught (Adjective) primarily "what can be taught," then, "taught," is used (a) of persons, Joh 6:45; (b) of things, 1Co 2:13 (twice), "(not in words which man's…

Taxed, Taxing * For TAXED, TAXING see ENROLL, ENROLMENT

Teach is used (a) absolutely, "to give instruction," e.g., Mat 4:23, Mat 9:35, Rom 12:7, 1Co 4:17, 1Ti 2:12, 1Ti 4:11; (b) transitively, with an object, whether…

Teach (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3925Original Word: lamadUsage Notes: "to teach, learn, cause to learn." This common Semitic term…

Teacher, false Teachers is rendered "teacher" or "teachers" in Mat 23:8, by Christ, of Himself; in Joh 3:2 of Christ; of Nicodemus in Israel, Joh 3:10, RV; of "…

Teaching (Noun) * For TEACHING (Noun) see DOCTRINE, Nos. 1 and 2

Tear Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7167Original Word: qara‘Usage Notes: "to rend, tear, tear away." This word is common to both ancient and modern Hebrew. Us…

Tear, Torn denotes "to tear, rend, convulse," Mar 1:26, Mar 9:20 (in some mss.), Mar 9:26, RV, "having ... torn" (AV, "rent"); Luk 9:39. In the Sept., 2Sa 22:8,…

Tears akin to dakruo, "to weep,"is used in plural, Mar 9:24, Luk 7:38, Luk 7:44 (with the sense of washing therewith the Lord's feet); Act 20:19, Act 20:31, 2Co…

Tedious (to be) "to hinder," is rendered "to be tedious" in Act 24:4, of detaining a person unnecessarily. See HINDER, No. 1.

Teeth * For TEETH see TOOTH

Tell and the 2nd aorist form eipon, used to supply this tense in lego, are frequently translated "to tell," e.g., Mat 2:13, RV, "I tell," AV, "I bring (thee) wo…

Tell (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5046Original Word: nagadUsage Notes: "to tell, explain, inform." An exact equivalent to this verb…

Temper together "to mix or blend together," is used in 1Co 12:24, of the combining of the members of the human body into an organic structure, as illustrative o…

Temperance, Temperate from kratos, "strength," occurs in Act 24:25, Gal 5:23, 2Pe 1:6 (twice), in all of which it is rendered "temperance;" the RV marg., "self-…

Tempest "a hurricane, cyclone, whirlwind" (akin to thuo, "to slay," and thumos, "wrath"), is used in Heb 12:18. In the Sept., Exo 10:22, Deu 4:11, Deu 5:22. "a …

Tempestuous from tuphon, "a hurricane, typhoon," is translated "tempestuous" in Act 27:14.

Temple Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1964Original Word: hêkalUsage Notes: "palace; temple." This word is indirectly derived from the Sumerian egal, "large ho…

Temple Keeper Act 19:35, RV, and AV marg., "temple keeper" (AV, "worshiper"), is used in profane Greek of "one who has charge of a temple." Coin inscriptions sh…

Temporal "for a season" (pros, "for," kairos, "a season"), is rendered "temporal" in 2Co 4:18. See SEASON, WHILE.

Tempt signifies (1) "to try, attempt, assay" (see TRY); (2) "to test, try, prove," in a good sense, said of Christ and of believers, Heb 2:18, where the context…

Temptation akin to A, above, is used of (1) "trials" with a beneficial purpose and effect, (a) of "trials" or "temptations," Divinely permitted or sent, Luk 22:…

Tempter * Note: The present participle of peirazo, "to tempt," preceded by the article, lit., "the (one) tempting," is used as a noun, describing the Devil in t…

Ten whence the Eng. prefix "deca," is regarded by some as the measure of human responsibility, e.g., Luk 19:13, Luk 19:17, Rev 2:10; it is used in a figurative …

Tend * For TEND, Joh 21:16, 1Pe 5:2, RV, see FEED, No. 2

Tender "soft, tender," is used of the branch of a tree, Mat 24:32, Mar 13:28. Note: For Luk 1:78, "tender mercy;" Phi 1:8, Phi 2:1 "tender mercies," see BOWELS.

Tender-hearted * For TENDER-HEARTED see PITIFUL, No. 2

Tent Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H168Original Word: ’ohelUsage Notes: "tent; home; dwelling; habitation." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, Phoenici…

Tent-makers an adjective, denoting "appointed beforehand" (pro, "before," tithemi, "to put, appoint:" see APPOINT No. 3, Note), is used as a noun, prothesmia (g…

Tenth an adjective from deka, "ten," occurs in Joh 1:39, Rev 11:13, Rev 21:20. grammatically the feminine form of No. 1, with meris, "a part," understood, is us…

Tents * For TENTS see TABERNACLE, No. 1

Terrestrial "on earth, earthly" (epi, "on," ge, "the earth"), is rendered "terrestrial" in 1Co 15:40 (twice), in contrast to epouranios, "heavenly." See EARTHLY…

Terrible * For TERRIBLE, Heb 12:21, see FEARFUL, B, No. 1

Terrify "to terrify," is used in the Passive Voice, Luk 21:9, Luk 24:37. "to frighten away" (ek, "out," phobos, "fear"), occurs in 2Co 10:9. "to scare," Phi 1:2…

Terror "fear," is rendered "terror" in Rom 13:3; in 2Co 5:11, 1Pe 3:14, AV (RV, "fear"). See FEAR, No. 1. "that which causes fright, a terror," is translated "t…

Test (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6884Original Word: s?arapUsage Notes: "to refine, try, smelt, test." This root with the basic mea…

Testament * For TESTAMENT see COVENANT

Testator "to arrange, dispose," is used only in the Middle Voice in the NT; in Heb 1:9-17, the present participle with the article, lit., "the (one) making a te…

Testify for which see WITNESS, is frequently rendered "to bear witness, to witness," in the RV, where AV renders it "to testify," Joh 2:25, Joh 3:11, Joh 3:32, …

Testimony Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5715Original Word: ‘edûtUsage Notes: "testimony; ordinance." The 83 occurrences of this word are scattered throughout…

Tetrarch denotes "one of four rulers" (tetra, "four," arche, "rule"), properly, "the governor of the fourth part of a region;" hence, "a dependent princeling," …

Than * For THAN see +, p. 9

Thank, Thanks (Noun and Verb), Thankful, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Thankworthy for the meanings of which see GRACE, No. 1, is rendered "thank" in Luk 1:6-34; …

That (Conjunction, etc.) * For THAT (Conjunction, etc.) see +, p. 9

That (demonstrative Pronoun) * For THAT (Demonstrative Pronoun), see THIS

Theater "a theater," was used also as "a place of assembly," Act 19:29, Act 19:31; in 1Co 4:9 it is used of "a show" or "spectacle." See SPECTACLE.

Thee * Note: This translates the oblique forms of the pronoun su, "thou." In 2Ti 4:11, it translates the reflexive pronoun seautou, "thyself."

Theft akin to klepto, "to steal," is used in the plural in Mat 15:19, Mar 7:22. "a thing stolen," and so, "a theft," is used in the plural in Rev 9:21. In the S…