is used by the LXX. as the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Hiddekel, and occurs also in several
of the apocryphal books, as in Tobit, ch. 6:1, Judith, ch. 1:6, and Ecclesiasticus, ch. 24:25. The
Tigris, like the Euphrates, rises from two principal sources in the Armenian mountains, and flows
into the Euphrates. Its length, exclusive of windings, is reckoned at 1146 miles. It receives, along
its middle and lower course no fewer than five important tributaries. These are the river of Zakko
or eastern Khabour, the Great Zab (Zab Ala), the Lesser Zab (Zab Asfal), the Adhem, and the
Diyaleh or ancient Gyndes. All these rivers flow from the high range of Zagros. We find but little
mention of the Tigris in Scripture. It appears, indeed, under the name of Hiddekel, among the rivers
of Eden, (Genesis 2:14) and is there correctly described as “running eastward to Assyria;” but after
this we hear no more of it, if we accept one doubtful allusion in Nahum (Nahum 2:6) until the
captivity, when it becomes well known to the prophet Daniel. With him it is “the Great River.” The
Tigris, in its upper course, anciently ran through Armenia and Assyria.
Tikvah
(hope).
•The father of Shallum the husband of the prophetess Huldah. (2 Kings 22:14) (B.C. before 632.)
•The father of Jahaziah. (Ezra 10:15)
Tikvath
(assemblage) (properly Tokehath or Tokhath), Tikvah the father of Shallum. (2 Chronicles
34:22)
Tilgathpilneser
a variation, and probably a corruption, of the name Tiglath-pileser. (1 Chronicles 5:6,26; 2
Chronicles 28:20)
Tilon
(gift), one of the four sons of Shimon, whose family is reckoned in the genealogies of Judah.
(1 Chronicles 4:20) (B.C. 1451.)
Timaeus
the father of the blind man, Bartimaus. (Mark 10:46)
Timbrel, Tabret
(Heb. toph). In old English tabor was used for any drum. Tabouret and tambourine are
diminutives of tabor, and denote the instrument now known as the tambourine. Tabret is a contraction
of tabouret. The Hebrew toph is undoubtedly the instrument described by travellers as the duff or
diff of the Arabs. It was played principally by women, (Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel
18:6; Psalms 68:25) as an accompaniment to the song and dance. The diff of the Arabs is described
by Russell as “a hoop (sometimes with pieces of brass fixed in it to make a jingling) over which a
piece of parchment is stretched. It is beaten with the fingers, and is the true tympanum of the
ancients.” In Barbary it is called tar.
Timna, Or Timnah
(restraint).
•A concubine of Eliphaz son of Esau, and mother of Amalek (Genesis 36:12) it may be presumed
that she was the same as Timna sister of Lotan. Ibid. ver. 22, and (1 Chronicles 1:39) (B.C. after
1800.)
•A duke or phylarch of Edom in the last list in (Genesis 36:40-43; 1 Chronicles 1:51-54) Timnah
was probably the name of a place or a district. [See the following article]
Timnah
frankie
(Frankie)
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