Bible Dictionary
Tormah
Tormah appears only in the margin of Judges 9:31 as an alternative rendering of “privily” or “craftily.” It is not known as the name of a place, and the underlying text is uncertain.
Definition
Tormah appears in the margin of Judges 9:31 as an alternative rendering of “privily” or “craftily.” It is not securely known as the name of a place.
Biblical Usage
The term is connected only with the marginal reading of Judges 9:31.
Historical Background
The text is considered corrupt. Some commentators conjectured a connection with Arumah, but no such place is known from the supplied material.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
occurs only in the margin of (Judges 9:31) By a few commentators it has been conjectured that the word was originally the same with Arumah in ver. 41.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>tor'-ma (tormah, "fraud"; Codex Vaticanus en kruphe, "in secret," Codex Alexandrinus meta doron, "with gifts"): This name is given in EVm as an alternative to "privily" , or "craftily" the Revised Version (British and American) (Jud 9:31). There is no knowledge of such a place. The text is corrupt.</p>