- TANHUMETH consolation, a Netophathite; one of the captains who
supported Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8). - TANIS (Ezekiel 30:14, marg.). See ZOAN.
- TAPPUAH apple-region. (1.) A town in the valley or lowland of Judah;
formerly a royal city of the Canaanites (Joshua 12:17; 15:34). It is now
called Tuffuh, about 12 miles west of Jerusalem.
(2.) A town on the border of Ephraim (Joshua 16:8). The “land” of
Tappuah fell to Manasseh, but the “city” to Ephraim (17:8).
(3.) En-tappuah, the well of the apple, probably one of the springs near
Yassuf (Joshua 17:7).
- TARAH stopping; station, an encampment of the Hebrews in the
wilderness (Numbers 33:27, 28). - TARES the bearded darnel, mentioned only in Matthew 13:25-30. It is
the Lolium temulentum, a species of rye-grass, the seeds of which are a
strong soporific poison. It bears the closest resemblance to wheat till the
ear appears, and only then the difference is discovered. It grows plentifully
in Syria and Palestine. - TARGET (1 Samuel 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), a kind of small
shield. The margin has “gorget,” a piece of armour for the throat. The
Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word (kidon) by
“javelin.” The same Hebrew word is used in Joshua 8:18 (A.V., “spear;”
R.V., “javelin”); Job 39:23 (A.V., “shield;” R.V., “javelin”); 41:29 (A.V.,
“spear;” R.V., “javelin”). - TARSHISH a Sanscrit or Aryan word, meaning “the sea coast.” (1.) One
of the “sons” of Javan (Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7).
(2.) The name of a place which first comes into notice in the days of
Solomon. The question as to the locality of Tarshish has given rise to not a
little discussion. Some think there was a Tarshish in the East, on the Indian
coast, seeing that “ships of Tarshish” sailed from Eziongeber, on the Red
Sea (1 Kings 9:26; 22:48; 2 Chronicles 9:21). Some, again, argue that
Carthage was the place so named. There can be little doubt, however, that
this is the name of a Phoenician port in Spain, between the two mouths of
the Guadalquivir (the name given to the river by the Arabs, and meaning
“the great wady” or water-course). It was founded by a Carthaginian