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

Eusebius of Caesarea

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Thaiman (Theman).486 Territory of the princes of Edom in the (land of) the Gebalitikes named from Thaiman the son of Eliphaz the son of Esau. It is even now a village Thaiman about fifteen (five) miles from Petra. (A garrison of Roman) soldiers are (is) stationed there. Home of Eliphaz the king of the Thaimanites. One of the children born to Israel is (called) Thaiman. (It is understood that) all the southern region is called thus (Theman in Hebrew) for Thaiman is to be interpreted "south."

Thamna.487 Where Juda sheared his sheep. A (very) large village remains (is shown) in the boundary of Diospolis midway to Jerusalem. (In) tribe of Dan or Juda.

Thamna.488 Another city of the princes of Edom. Also "the concubine of Eliphaz son of Esau who bore Amalec to him" from whom the Amalecites.

DEUTERONOMY

[Thophol (Thafol).489 Place in the desert "beyond the Jordan" where Moses wrote Deuteronomy. Opposite Jericho.

Thaath.490 Station of the children of Israel.

Thara.491 Station of the children of Israel.]

Thaphphou (Thaffu).492 City which Josue besieged and captured (killed) its king. It was given to the tribe of Juda. Noted also above Bethaphou (Bothafu) on border of Palestine and Egypt.

Thanak (Thaanac).493 City which Josue besieged and captured (killed) its king. It was given to the tribe of Manasse. Separated to the Levites. Now it (there is a village of this name in the fourth mile) is four miles from Legeon.

Thēnath.494 (In) tribe of Joseph. There is today a village Thena ten miles east of Neapolis on the way down to the Jordan.

Thaphphoue (Thaffue).495 (In) tribe of Joseph.

Thaphphouth (Thaffuth).496 (In) tribe of Manasse.

Thekō.497 Now (a village) Thekōe is (shown) near the desert of Ailias, home of Amos the prophet. Formerly a city of refuse (Latin omits last phrase).

Thersa.498 Josue took this along with its king.

Therama.499 (In) tribe of Benjamin.

Thōlad.500 (In) tribe of Juda or Simeon.

Thabōr.501 Border of Zebulon. There is a (high and wonderfully rounded) mountain near (in the middle) of the plain (of Galilee) ten miles East of Diocaesarea. It is also the border of the tribes of Issachar and Nephthali.

Thalcha.502 (In) tribe of Simeon. Now a large village of Jews called Thala (Thella about) sixteen miles from Eleutheropolis in the Daroma (to the south).

Thamnathsara.503 City of Josue son of Nun located "in the mountain." It is Thamna noted also above in which even now there sepulchre of Josue is pointed out. (In) tribe of Dan.

Thalassa.504 The salt (sea) also called Dead and Asphalt (i.e., bitumin) between Jericho and Zoora.

JUDGES

Thaanach.505 The tribe of Manasse did not possess it since they did not expel the heathen from it. Here Debora fought Sisara. Also separated to the Levites. It is now a large village three miles from Legeon.

Thēbēs.506 City which Abimelech was fighting. From the tower "a woman threw a piece of the millstone on his head" (and he was killed). There is now in the district of Neopolis a village called Thebes at the thirteenth milestone on the road to Scythopolis.

Thamnatha.507 Note also Thamna above. (In) tribe of Dan.

KINGS

Thēlamou land of (Thelamuge).508 (Place) to which "Abner sent to David." Aquilla (interprets this word) "immediately" Symmachus "for himself."

Thaad.509 Near Galaad.

Thamsa.510 Border of Solomon's kingdom.

Thermōth.511 City which Solomon built "in the desert" (of which we make further mention in the book Hebrew Questions).

Tharseis (Tharsis).512 Where gold from (brought to) Solomon. According to Josephus (Josephus thinks) Tarsos is Cilicia. According to Ezechiel Charchedon but according to the Hexapla the Hebrews hold Tarseis to be located at Karchedon. Others claim it is India. [Ezechiel the prophet perceives it to be Carthage since according to the interpretation of the Hexapla where we read Carthage the Hebrew has written Tharsis. Some others suggest even India. We wrote of this indeed in the Epistle to Marcellus as is fully discussed in the in the book Hebrew Questions.]

Tharsa.513 Home of Aseph (Asa) king of Israel.

Thersila.514 Home of Manaeim. There is now a village of Samaritans called Tharaila in the Batanaia.

Thesba.515 Home of Elias, (the prophet) the Tishbite.

Thaiman (Theman).516 According to Ezechiel a city of Idumea. Isaiah also (mentions it) in the (his) vision against Arabia. Noted also in Jeremiah. The city of Esau is also reported in the book of Abdia. One of the sons of Esau is also called Thaiman. Noted also above.

Tharthak.517 The Hevites founded this in the land of Judea.

Thalasar.518Territory of Syria.

Thogarma.519 (We read) in Ezechiel.

Thapheth (Thafeth).520 (We read) in Jeremia of the altar of Tapheth. In the suburbs of Jerusalem there is even now pointed out a place called this near the fuller's pool end of the field of Acheldamach.

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