Bible Dictionary: Taw

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Tow.

2. (v. t.) To push; to tug; to tow.

3. (v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.

4. (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.

5. (n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.

6. (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TAW

tau ("t", "th"): The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia with the daghesh as "t", and as "th" without. It came also to be used for the number 400. For name, etc., see ALPHABET.

See also FOREHEAD; MARK.

Strong's Hebrew

6413. peletah -- an escape
... 6412b, 6413. peletah. 6414 . an escape. Transliteration: peletah Phonetic
Spelling: (pel-ay-taw') Short Definition: escape. Word ...
/hebrew/6413.htm - 6k

8372. ta -- a chamber
... 8371, 8372. ta. 8373 . a chamber. Transliteration: ta Phonetic Spelling:
(taw) Short Definition: guardrooms. Word Origin of uncertain ...
/hebrew/8372.htm - 6k

4307. mattara -- a guard, ward, prison, target, mark
... a guard, ward, prison, target, mark. Transliteration: mattara or mattarah Phonetic
Spelling: (mat-taw-raw') Short Definition: guardhouse. ...
/hebrew/4307.htm - 6k

981. bata -- to speak rashly or thoughtlessly
... 980, 981. bata or batah. 982 . to speak rashly or thoughtlessly. Transliteration:
bata or batah Phonetic Spelling: (baw-taw') Short Definition: thoughtlessly ...
/hebrew/981.htm - 6k

3194. Yuttah -- a city in Judah
Yuttah or Yutah. 3193, 3194. Yuttah or Yutah. 3195 . a city in Judah.
Transliteration: Yuttah or Yutah Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-taw') Short Definition: ...
/hebrew/3194.htm - 6k

6252. Ashtarowth -- a place East of the Jordan
... Ashtarowth. 6252a . a place East of the Jordan. Transliteration: Ashtarowth Phonetic
Spelling: (ash-taw-roth') Short Definition: Ashtaroth. Asharoth, Astaroth ...
/hebrew/6252.htm - 6k

2688. Chatsatson Tamar -- a place on the W. side of the Dead Sea
... a place on the W. side of the Dead Sea. Transliteration: Chatsatson Tamar or Chatsatson
Tamar Phonetic Spelling: (khats-ets-one' taw-mawr') Short Definition ...
/hebrew/2688.htm - 6k

847. Eshta'ol -- to found, establish
Eshta'ol. 846, 847. Eshta'ol. 847a . to found, establish. Transliteration:
Eshta'ol Phonetic Spelling: (esh-taw-ole') Short Definition: Eshtaol. Eshtaol ...
/hebrew/847.htm - 5k

5454. Sabta -- a son of Cush, also the territory settled by his ...
... a son of Cush, also the territory settled by his desc. Transliteration: Sabta
or Sabtah Phonetic Spelling: (sab-taw') Short Definition: Sabta. ...
/hebrew/5454.htm - 6k

2889. tahor -- clean, pure
... 2888, 2889. tahor. 2890 . clean, pure. Transliteration: tahor Phonetic
Spelling: (taw-hore') Short Definition: clean. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/2889.htm - 6k

Library

The Lord's Prayer in Alkomaylum.
... it-tawlokh ta ow la`tz mes-tay okh; ay-e kwawm-kwum-tchuh tila sawlth skwi-la-wal
kwus owa-tchit at ow kwulam ta kul; ay-e-kwus kee-awt'la-mit-taw-lokh kwus owa ...
/.../various/indian methodist hymn-book/the lords prayer in alkomaylum.htm

Verse the Seventeenth
... Wherefore, it may be said concerning a man under the law, that he commits sin, not
as he is under the taw, nor as he consents to the law that it is good, but ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/verse the seventeenth.htm

In Troubles --
... A deputation, of weight, from Lincoln next waited upon the archbishop to expostulate
with him for playing chuck taw with the immunity of the church, and ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter vi in troubles.htm

Thesaurus

Taw (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TAW. ... For name, etc., see ALPHABET. See also
FOREHEAD; MARK. Multi-Version Concordance Taw (1 Occurrence). ...
/t/taw.htm - 7k

Omega (3 Occurrences)
... God blesses Israel from 'aleph to taw (Leviticus 26:3-13), but curses
from waw to mem (Leviticus 26:14-43). So Abraham observed ...
/o/omega.htm - 9k

Alpha (3 Occurrences)
... God blesses Israel from 'aleph to taw (Leviticus 26:3-13), but curses
from waw to mem (Leviticus 26:14-43). So Abraham observed ...
/a/alpha.htm - 9k

Scrabble
... and scrabbled on the doors of the gate." "To scrabble" (modern English "scrawl")
is here to make unmeaning marks; tawah means "to make a mark" from taw, "a mark ...
/s/scrabble.htm - 7k

Mark (182 Occurrences)
... (3) taw, "mark ...Taw also appears (Job 31:35) for the attesting mark made to a document
(the Revised Version (British and American) "signature," margin "mark"). ...
/m/mark.htm - 93k

Alphabet (2 Occurrences)
... or steps), (19) qoph = cage (Evans says picture is an outline head and Lidzbarski,
a helmet); (20) resh = head; (21) shin = tooth (not teeth); (22) taw = mark. ...
/a/alphabet.htm - 24k

Taverns (1 Occurrence)

/t/taverns.htm - 8k

Nabathaeans
... xii, 4), asserts they were identical with the Ishmaelite tribe of Nebaioth, which
is possible, though Nebaioth is spelled with the Hebrew letter taw ("t") and ...
/n/nabathaeans.htm - 11k

Nebaioth (5 Occurrences)
... This view is widely accepted, but the name "Nabatean" is spelled with a "T" (teth),
and the interchange of "T" (teth) and "t" (taw), although not unparalleled ...
/n/nebaioth.htm - 9k

Nabataeans
... xii, 4), asserts they were identical with the Ishmaelite tribe of Nebaioth, which
is possible, though Nebaioth is spelled with the Hebrew letter taw ("t") and ...
/n/nabataeans.htm - 11k

Bible Concordance

Taw (1 Occurrence)

Psalms 119:169 Taw.' My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Taw

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