Hypertext Bible

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Biblical Names and PlacesBiblical ReferenceEaston's Bible Dictionary

Summary only - full text stays on its own separately-gated source. Read the full text at the source »

Tebeth (Est 2:16), a word probably of Persian origin, denoting the cold time of the year; used by the later Jews as denoting the tenth month of the year. Assyrian tebituv, "rain." Teil Tree (an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isa 6:13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists. The Hebrew word here used (elah) is rendered oak (q.v.) in Gen 35:4; Jdg 6:11, Jdg 6:19; Isa 1:29, etc.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Related pages View as graph →