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Trumpet

Objects & Symbols • Both
A trumpet was a wind instrument used for signals, worship, assemblies, and announcing important occasions. Biblical references include both metal trumpets and horns.

Trumpets

Objects & Symbols • Both
Trumpets were used by Israel’s priests to announce festivals, gather the people, signal movements, and proclaim war. Trumpet sounds also appear as important symbols in Revelation.

Trumpets, Feast of

Festivals & Holy Days • Old Testament
The Feast of Trumpets was observed on the first day of the seventh month, Tishri. It was a holy convocation and day of rest marked by special trumpet blasts and sacrifices.

TRUST, BREACH OF

Sin & Judgment • Old Testament
A breach of trust is the violation of a covenant, contract, or entrusted obligation. Biblical examples include fraud, failure to restore what was taken, and moving established landmarks; such wrongdoing required restitution and accountability.

Truth

Doctrine & Theology • Both
Truth is faithfulness, reality, and conformity to what is right. In Scripture God is perfectly true, believers are called to truthful lives, and Jesus Christ is presented as “the truth.”

TRYPHAENA

People & Groups • New Testament
Tryphaena was a Christian woman in Rome whom Paul greeted and commended, together with Tryphosa, for laboring in the Lord. Her name and that of Tryphosa were common in the Roman world.

Tryphena

People & Groups • New Testament
Tryphena was a Christian woman in Rome whom Paul greeted as one who labored in the Lord. She is mentioned with Tryphosa among the women serving the church.

Tryphena and Tryphosa

People & Groups • New Testament
Tryphena and Tryphosa were Christian women in Rome whom Paul greeted as active workers in the Lord. Their service is commended in Romans 16:12.

Tryphon

People & Groups • Inter-testament
Tryphon, also called Diodotus, was a usurper who seized the Syrian throne in the second century BC. He treacherously opposed Jonathan and Simon and eventually died by suicide.

Tryphosa

People & Groups • New Testament
Tryphosa was a Christian woman in Rome whom Paul greeted as one who labored in the Lord. She is named with Tryphena in Romans 16:12.

TSADHE

Original Language • Old Testament
Tsadhe is the eighteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 119 uses it to mark its eighteenth section, and the letter also served as the Hebrew numeral ninety.

Tubal

People & Groups • Both
Tubal was a son of Japheth and the ancestor or representative of a northern people. The nation traded with Tyre and later appears among the nations associated with Gog.
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