Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
Taxes
Government & Society - Both
Taxes included offerings for the tabernacle or temple, royal and provincial levies, tribute to foreign rulers, customs duties, property taxes, and poll taxes. Scripture also teaches submission to lawful authorities in paying taxes.
Taxing
Government & Society - New Testament
“Taxing” in older English usage could mean a census or enrollment for taxation, rather than the actual collection of money. Luke uses the term for Roman registrations associated with the birth of Jesus and another later enrollment.
TEARS
Christian Life - Both
Tears in Scripture commonly express sorrow, distress, oppression, defeat, repentance, or grief before death. God is also described as delivering His people from tears and ultimately wiping away every tear.
TEAT
Jewish Life & Customs - Old Testament
“Teat” is an older rendering of words that ordinarily mean breast or bosom. In the cited passages, the language is either figurative of Israel’s immoral alliances or describes mourning by striking the breasts.
Tebah
People & Groups - Old Testament
Tebah was the eldest son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah and a brother of Abraham’s descendants through that family line.
Tebaliah
People & Groups - Old Testament
Tebaliah was a Merarite Levite and the third son of Hosah. He served among the temple gatekeepers.
Tebeth
Jewish Life & Customs - Old Testament
Tebeth was the tenth month of the Jewish calendar, corresponding approximately to January. The name occurs in the account of Esther.
Tehinnah
People & Groups - Old Testament
Tehinnah was associated with Ir-nahash, or the city of Nahash, and is called its father or founder in a genealogy of Judah. The details of the passage are obscure.
Teil tree
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
“Teil tree” is an old English rendering connected with the terebinth, a large resinous tree of Palestine. The Hebrew term is elsewhere translated “oak” or “terebinth.”
Tekel
Prophecy - Old Testament
Tekel means “weighed.” It was one of the words in the mysterious inscription interpreted by Daniel for King Belshazzar, declaring that he had been weighed and found deficient.
TEKOA
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Tekoa was a town of Judah south of Bethlehem and the home of the prophet Amos. It was associated with David’s warriors, the wise woman sent to David, Rehoboam’s fortifications, and the wilderness where Jehoshaphat prepared for battle.
Tekoa, Or Tekoah
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Tekoa, or Tekoah, is a name meaning “a stockade” or “pitching of tents,” associated with the town and district of Tekoa in Judah.
Tekoa, Tekoah
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Tekoa was a town of Judah south of Jerusalem and the birthplace of the prophet Amos. Joab also obtained a wise woman from Tekoa to present an appeal to David concerning Absalom.
Tekoite, The
People & Groups - Old Testament
The Tekoite was Ira ben-Ikkesh, one of David’s warriors. Other people from Tekoa helped repair Jerusalem’s wall during Nehemiah’s administration.
Tel-abib
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Tel-abib was a settlement beside the river Chebar where Jewish exiles lived and where Ezekiel went. Its exact location is unknown, though it was probably in Babylonia.
Tel-haresha
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Tel-haresha was a Babylonian settlement from which some Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. Its exact location is unknown.
Tel-melah
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Tel-melah was a Babylonian town from which some Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem. The name means “hill of salt,” but its precise location is uncertain.
Telabib
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Telabib is another form of Tel-abib, the settlement beside the river Chebar where Ezekiel lived among the Jewish exiles in Babylonia.
Telah
People & Groups - Old Testament
Telah was an Ephraimite in the genealogy leading to Joshua. He is listed among the descendants of Ephraim.
Telaim
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Telaim was the place where Saul gathered and numbered Israel’s forces before attacking the Amalekites. It may be identical with the town of Telem.
Select Pages
© 2026 AVisitWithJesus
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
