Trachonitis

TRACHONITIS

trak-o-ni'-tis: Appears in Scripture only in the phrase tes Itouraias kai Trachbnitidos choras, literally, "of the Iturean and...
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Troas

TROAS

tro'-as (Troas): The chief city in the Northwest of Asia Minor, on the coast of Mysia in the Roman province of Asia. From here, acco...
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Tubal (Pontus)

TUBAL

tu'-bal (tubhal, tubhal; Septuagint Thobel, Codex Alexandrinus in Ezekiel 39:1, Thober): As the text stands, Tubal and Meshech are a...
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Tyre

TYRE

tir (tsowr. tsor, "rock" Turos, "Tyrus"; modern Sur):1. Physical Features:The most noted of the Phoenician cities situated on the coa...
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Ulai (Ulai River)

ULAI

u'-li, u'-lai ('ubhal 'ulay, "river Ulai"; Theodotion Daniel 8:2, Oubal, the Septuagint and Theodotion in 8:16, Oulai Latin, Eulaeus)...
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Ummah

UMMAH

um'-a (`ummah; Archob, Amma): One of the cities allotted to the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:30). By a slight emendation of the text it...
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Uphaz (India)

UPHAZ

u'-faz ('uphaz): A gold-bearing region, mentioned in Jeremiah 10:9 Daniel 10:5, otherwise unknown. Perhaps in both passages Ophir, w...
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Upper Beth-horon

BETH-HORON

beth-ho'-ron (beth-choron (other Hebrew forms occur); Bethoron, probably the "place of the hollow"; compare Hauran, "the hollow...
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Ur

UR OF THE CHALDEES

kal'-dez ('ur kasdim; he chora (ton) Chaldaion): For more than 2,000 years efforts have been made to identify the site...
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Uz

UZ (2)

('uts; Septuagint Ausitis; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Ausitis): The home of the patriarch Job (Job 1:1 Jeremiah 2...
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