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Eusebius of Caesarea, Onomasticon (1971) Translation. pp. 1-75.

Eusebius of Caesarea

SECTION T

Tigris.903 The river going out east from Paradise, according to Scripture, "over against Assyria" (after many turns) flowing "into the Red Sea" as Josephus affirms. It is called by the nickname Tigris because of the violence resembling that of the like-named animal. (Properly called by this name because the excessively swift current is like the quickness of the animal.)

Terebinthos in Sikemon.904 Under which Jacob hid "strange gods" (idols) near Neapolis.

Tina.905 (In) tribe of Juda.

Telem.906 (In) tribe of Juda.

Tessem.907 (In) tribe of Juda.

Turos.908 (In) tribe of Nephthali.

JUDGES

Tabath.909 Where they fought against the Midianites.

Tōb.910 Land where Jephte dwelled.

Tapheth (Tofeth).911 "In the valley of the sons of Ennom" where the people committed idolatry (worshiped pagan idols), (is a place) in the suburbs of Jerusalem.

Tanis.912 City of Egypt. (As) in Isaia and Ezechiel.

Taphnas.913 City of Egypt. In Osee and Ezechiel and Jeremia. There the Jews who fled to Egypt with Jeremia [for fear of the Babylonians] dwelled.

THE GOSPELS

Trachonitis territory or Itouraia.914 Of which Philip was tetrarch according to the Gospel of Luke. Noted above (we spoke of it above). It is extending from Bostra in the southern desert up to Damascus. (Beyond Bostra city of Arabia in the southern desert almost up to Damascus.)

[We read this with the simple letter but truly that which follows is not from Teth but from Tau, i.e., for which the Greek Theta is written we must read with aspiration.] Note: in the Latin Manuscripts TH now follows.915

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