Topheth
Topheth was a place in the Valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem. It became infamous as a site where children were sacrificed by fire to Molech and was later defiled during Josiah’s reforms.
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TORCH
A torch was a large portable light or flambeau, used for illumination and sometimes associated with armies, visions, or divine signs. Biblical references include Gideon’s men, prophetic imagery, Jesus’ arrest, and judgment imagery in Revelation.
Torches
Torches were handheld lights used to illuminate the night. Men carrying lanterns and torches accompanied Judas when he came with the authorities to arrest Jesus in Gethsemane.
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.
Torment
Torment means severe distress or suffering. In biblical usage it can describe painful disease, affliction, or punishment.
TORMENTOR
A tormentor may mean a torturer or jailer, especially one holding a debtor until restitution was made. In the parable of the unforgiving servant, the term refers to those who inflicted imprisonment and suffering.
Tortoise
The animal called the tortoise in older English Bibles is more likely the great lizard or thorny-tailed lizard. It was listed among the unclean creeping animals in Leviticus 11:29.
TOTEMISM
Totemism is the theory that clans or peoples identify with and reverence an animal, plant, or other ancestral symbol. Animal-related personal and tribal names have been cited as possible evidence in early Israel, but the evidence is uncertain and does not show that totemism shaped Israel’s established religion.
TOU
Tou, also called Toi, was king of Hamath. After David defeated Hadarezer, Tou sent a message of congratulations and presents through his son.
Tou, Or Toi
Tou, also called Toi, was king of Hamath. He sent his son to David with gifts after David’s victory over Hadadezer.
Tow
Tow is the coarse, short fiber separated from flax. Scripture uses it as a picture of material that catches fire easily, and possibly of a flax wick.
Tower
A tower was a fortified structure, watch-post, or elevated place of defense. Towers were also built in vineyards as shelters for those guarding the crops.
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