Bible Dictionary: Tributary

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.

2. (a.) Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.

3. (a.) Paid in tribute.

4. (a.) Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

5. (n.) A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.

6. (n.) A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.

Strong's Hebrew

4522. mas -- body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers ...
... forced labor (1), taskmasters* (1), tribute (1). discomfited, levy, taskmaster,
tributary. Or mic {mees}; from macac; properly, a ...
/hebrew/4522.htm - 6k

Library

Reign of Abgar
... I. Reign of Abgar. Reign of Abgar; Armenia becomes completely tributary to the Romans;
war with Herod's troops; his brother's son, Joseph, is killed. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/i reign of abgar.htm

The Nations of the South-East
... At one time, in the days of the Judges, the Ammonites had made the Israelitish tribes
on the eastern side of the Jordan tributary to them, and had even crossed ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iii the nations of.htm

Cestius Sends Neopolitanus the Tribune to See in what Condition ...
... Lycians, and Cilicians, put in for liberty! But they are made tributary without
an army. What are the circumstances of the Thracians ...
/.../chapter 16 cestius sends neopolitanus.htm

Costly and Fatal Help
... frantic appeals to false gods and faithless men may still be read on the cuneiform
inscriptions, where, amidst a long list of unknown tributary kings, stands ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/costly and fatal help.htm

His Unconscious Preparation for his Work
... by the mysterious arrangement of Providence, these two lives, like streams flowing
from opposite watersheds, were one day, as river and tributary, to mingle ...
/.../stalker/the life of st paul/chapter ii his unconscious preparation.htm

The Crowned Christ Reigning
... It will be the joy of the whole earth. Israel will be the first nation
of the earth, to which all others will be tributary. But ...
/.../vii the crowned christ reigning.htm

The First Delegated General Conference of 1812
... among the circuits and stations from Maine to Louisiana, and thence along the waters
of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio, and their tributary streams; the ...
/.../chapter 1 the first delegated.htm

Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Gospel Transcends Law.
... foretold, pervert God's Word, in that they greatly extol the Law of God, yet at
best do not teach its right use, but, instead of making it tributary to faith ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/twelfth sunday after trinity gospel.htm

Twenty-Third Day. Benevolence.
... They are "loans" to Himself"tributary streams to "the river of His pleasure;"
they will be acknowledged at last as such""Ye did it unto Me.". ...
/.../macduff/the mind of jesus/twenty-third day benevolence.htm

The Captivity.
... Josiah, being a tributary of Babylon, thought it his duty to endeavour to stop him,
and going out to battle with him at Megiddo, was there mortally wounded ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson x the captivity.htm

Thesaurus

Tributary (9 Occurrences)
... of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a
part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and ...
/t/tributary.htm - 10k

Ammonites (97 Occurrences)
... They paid tribute to Jotham (2 Chronicles 27:5). After submitting to Tiglath-pileser
they were generally tributary to Assyria, but we have mention of their ...
/a/ammonites.htm - 43k

Arvad (2 Occurrences)
... Asshur-nazir-pal (circa 876) made it tributary, but it revolted and we find 200
men of Arvad mentioned among the allies of Benhadad, of Damascus, at the great ...
/a/arvad.htm - 11k

Arvadites (1 Occurrence)
... Asshur-nazir-pal (circa 876) made it tributary, but it revolted and we find 200
men of Arvad mentioned among the allies of Benhadad, of Damascus, at the great ...
/a/arvadites.htm - 10k

Ammon (100 Occurrences)
... They paid tribute to Jotham (2 Chronicles 27:5). After submitting to Tiglath-pileser
they were generally tributary to Assyria, but we have mention of their ...
/a/ammon.htm - 47k

Jordan (188 Occurrences)
... of the accumulation of the decaying vegetation of the surrounding morass, and of
the sediment brought in by the river and three tributary mountain torrents. ...
/j/jordan.htm - 70k

Dispossessed (42 Occurrences)
... 1:30 Zebulun hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants
of Nahalol, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, and they become tributary...
/d/dispossessed.htm - 19k

Valley (187 Occurrences)
... thick, consisting of material which was brought down into the valley by the tributary
mountain streams descending from each side, while the water stood at this ...
/v/valley.htm - 75k

Benhadad (24 Occurrences)
... He comes first upon the scene of the Biblical history invading the land of Israel
with a large host, in which were 32 tributary kings, and horses and chariots. ...
/b/benhadad.htm - 28k

Ethiopia (26 Occurrences)
... Cambyses (525-521) made Ethiopia tributary clear to the Third Cataract(compare Ezekiel
30:4), while King Ergamenes, near the close of the 3rd century BC, broke ...
/e/ethiopia.htm - 45k

Bible Concordance

Tributary (9 Occurrences)

Genesis 49:15 And he saw the rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And was a tributary servant.
(DBY)

Deuteronomy 20:11 It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Joshua 17:13 And it came to pass when the children of Israel were become strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them.
(DBY)

Judges 1:30 Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 1:33 Naphtali drove not out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to taskwork.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 1:35 but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to taskwork.
(See JPS YLT)

Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.
(YLT)

Isaiah 31:8 And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

Lamentations 1:1 How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Tributary

Related Terms

Ammonites (97 Occurrences)

Arvad (2 Occurrences)

Arvadites (1 Occurrence)

Ammon (100 Occurrences)

Jordan (188 Occurrences)

Dispossessed (42 Occurrences)

Valley (187 Occurrences)

Benhadad (24 Occurrences)

Ethiopia (26 Occurrences)