species, the palm-dove (so named because it builds its nest in the palm tree), or Egyptian turtle—
Turtur aegyptiacus, Temm.—is by no means uncommon. It is not improbable that the palm-dove
may in some measure have supplied the sacrifice in the wilderness, for it is found in amazing
numbers wherever the palm tree occurs, whether wild or cultivated. From its habit of pairing for
life, and its fidelity to its mate, the turtle-dove was a symbol of purity and an appropriate offering.
The regular migration of the turtle-dove and its return in the spring are alluded to in (Jeremiah 8:7)
and Song 2:11,12 It is from its plaintive note doubtless that David in (Psalms 74:19) pouring forth
his lament to God, compares himself to a turtle-dove.
Twin Brothers
This term is used in the Revised Version of (Acts 28:11) for Castor And Pollux AND Pollux,
which see.
Tychicus
(fateful) and Troph’imus (nutritious), companions of St. Paul on some of his journeys, are
mentioned as natives of Asia. (Acts 20:4; 21:29; 2 Timothy 4:20) (A.D. 54-64.) There is much
probability in the conjecture that Tychicus and Trophimus were the two brethren who were associated
with Titus. (2 Corinthians 8:16-24) in conducting the business of the collection for the poor Christians
in Judea.
Tyrannus
(sovereign), the name of a man in whose school or place of audience Paul taught the gospel for
two years, during his sojourn at Ephesus. See (Acts 19:9) (A.D. 52,53.) The presumption is that
Tyrannus himself was a Greek, and a public teacher of philosophy or rhetoric.
Tyre
(a rock), a celebrated commercial city of Phoenicia, on the coast of the Mediterranean. Its
Hebrew name, Tzor, signifies a rock; which well agrees with the site of Sur, the modern town, on
a rocky peninsula, formerly an island. There is no doubt that, previous to the siege of the city by
Alexander the Great, Tyre was situated on an island; but, according to the tradition of the inhabitants,
there was a city on the mainland before there was a city on the island; and the tradition receives
some color from the name of Palaetyrus, or Old Tyre, which was borne in Greek times by a city
on the continent, thirty stadia to the south. Notices in the Bible .—In the Bible Tyre is named for
the first time in the of Joshua, ch. (Joshua 19:29) where it is adverted to as a fortified city (in the
Authorized Version “the strong city”) in reference to the boundaries of the tribe of Asher, But the
first passages in the Hebrew historical writings, or in ancient history generally, which actual glimpses
of the actual condition of Tyre are in the book of Samuel, (2 Samuel 6:11) in connection with Hiram
king of Tyre sending cedar wood and workmen to David, for building him a palace; and subsequently
in the book of Kings, in connection with the building of Solomon’s temple. It is evident that under
Solomon there was a close alliance between the Hebrews and the Tyrians. Hiram supplied Solomon
with cedar wood, precious metals and workmen, and gave him sailors for the voyage to Ophir and
India, while on the other hand Solomon gave Hiram supplies of corn and oil, ceded to him some
cities, and permitted him to make use of some havens on the Red Sea. (1 Kings 9:11-14; 26-28;
10:22) These friendly relations survived for a time the disastrous secession of the ten tribes, and a
century later Ahab married a daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, (1 Kings 16:31) who,
according to Menander, was daughter of Ithobal king of Tyre. When mercantile cupidity induced
the Tyrians and the neighboring Phoenicians to buy Hebrew captives from their enemies, and to
sell them as slaves to the Greeks and Edomites, there commenced denunciations, and at first threats
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