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For
TOUCHING
(Preposition) see
†
, p. 1
For
TOWARD
(Preposition), see
†
, p. 1
TOWEL
(
!
, 3012) denotes “a linen cloth or towel” (Lat.,
$
), as used by
the Lord, John 13:4, 5; it was commonly used by servants in a household.¶
TOWER
$
(
"$
, 4444) is used of “a watchtower in a vineyard,” Matt. 21:33; Mark
12:1; probably, too, in Luke 14:28 (cf. Isa. 5:2); in Luke 13:4, of the “tower in Siloam,”
the modern Silwan, which is built on a steep escarpment of rock.¶
TOWN
1.
(
, 2969), denotes a country town,” Mark 1:38, “a large
village” usually without walls.¶
2.
(
0
, 2968), “a village,” or “country town without walls.” The
RV
always
renders this “village” or “villages,”
KJV
, “town” or “towns,” Matt. 10:11; Mark 8:23, 26
(twice), 27; Luke 5:17; 9:6, 12; John 7:42; 11:1, 30. See
VILLAGE
.
TOWN CLERK
$
(
$
"
, 1122), “a writer, scribe,” is used in Acts 19:35 of a state
“clerk,” an important official, variously designated, according to inscriptions found in
Graeco-Asiatic cities. He was responsible for the form of decrees first approved by the
Senate, then sent for approval in the popular assembly, in which he often presided. The
decrees having been passed, he sealed them with the public seal in the presence of
witnesses. Such an assembly frequently met in the theater. The Roman administration
viewed any irregular or unruly assembly as a grave and even capital offense, as tending to
strengthen among the people the consciousness of their power and the desire to exercise
it. In the circumstances at Ephesus the town clerk feared that he might himself be held
responsible for the irregular gathering. See
SCRIBE
.
TRACE
A. Verb.
$
(
$
!
, 3877), “to follow up,” is used of investigating or
“tracing” a course of events, Luke 1:3, where the writer, humbly differentiating himself
from those who possessed an essential apostolic qualification, declares that he “traced the
course of all things” (
RV
) about which he was writing (
KJV
, “having had …
understanding, etc.”). See
FOLLOW
, No. 5.
B. Adjective.
@
(
&
, 421) signifies “that cannot be traced out” ( ,
negative,
@
, for , “out,”
, “a track”), is rendered “past tracing out” in Rom.
11:33,
RV
(
KJV
, “past finding out”); in Eph. 3:8, “unsearchable.” See
FIND
,
Note
(3),
UNSEARCHABLE
.¶ In the Sept., Job 5:9; 9:10; 34:24.¶
TRADE (Noun and Verb)
A. Verbs.