- TUBAL-CAIN the son of Lamech and Zillah, “an instructor of every
artificer in brass and iron” (Genesis 4:22; R.V., “the forger of every cutting
instrument of brass and iron”). - TURTLE, TURTLE-DOVE Its peculiar peaceful and gentle habit its often
referred to in Scripture. A pair was offered in sacrifice by Mary at her
purification (Luke 2:24). The pigeon and the turtle-dove were the only
birds permitted to be offered in sacrifice (Leviticus 1:14; 5:7; 14:22; 15:14,
29, etc.). The Latin name of this bird, turtur, is derived from its note, and
is a repetition of the Hebrew name tor. Three species are found in
Palestine, (1) the turtle-dove (Turtur auritus), (2) the collared turtle (T.
risorius), and (3) the palm turtle (T. Senegalensis). But it is to the first of
these species which the various passages of Scripture refer. It is a
migratory bird (Jeremiah 8:7; Cant. 2:11, 12). “Search the glades and
valleys, even by sultry Jordan, at the end of March, and not a turtle-dove
is to be seen. Return in the second week of April, and clouds of doves are
feeding on the clovers of the plain. They overspread the whole face of the
land.” “Immediately on its arrival it pours forth from every garden, grove,
and wooded hill its melancholy yet soothing ditty unceasingly from early
dawn till sunset. It is from its plaintive and continuous note, doubtless,
that David, pouring forth his heart’s sorrow to God, compares himself to a
turtle-dove” (Psalm 74:19). - TYCHICUS chance, an Asiatic Christian, a “faithful minister in the Lord”
(Ephesians 6:21, 22), who, with Trophimus, accompanied Paul on a part
of his journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem (Acts 20:4). He is alluded to
also in Colossians 4:7, Titus 3:12, and 2 Timothy 4:12 as having been with
Paul at Rome, whence he sent him to Ephesus, probably for the purpose
of building up and encouraging the church there. - TYPE occurs only once in Scripture (1 Corinthians 10:11, A.V. marg.).
The Greek word tupos is rendered “print” (John 20:25), “figure” (Acts
7:43; Romans 5:14), “fashion” (Acts 7:44), “manner” (Acts 23:25), “form”
(Romans 6:17), “example” or “ensample” (1 Corinthians 10:6, 11; Phil.
3:17; 1 Thessalonians 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; 1 Timothy 4:12). It
properly means a “model” or “pattern” or “mould” into which clay or wax
was pressed, that it might take the figure or exact shape of the mould. The
word “type” is generally used to denote a resemblance between something
present and something future, which is called the “antitype.”
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