Difference between revisions of "Tharra"
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75202" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75202" /> == | ||
<p> '''Thar'ra.''' Esther 12:1. | <p> '''Thar'ra.''' Esther 12:1. A corrupt form of Teresh. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54457" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54457" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8838" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8838" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' thar´a ''''' ( Θαρρά , <i> ''''' Tharrá ''''' </i> ): One of the two eunuchs, "keepers of the court," who with his companion [[Gabatha]] (Bigthan) formed a conspiracy against King [[Artaxerxes]] which was detected by [[Mordecai]] (Additions to Esther 12:1 = "Teresh" of Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2 ). Tharra and his companion were hanged. [[Josephus]] ( <i> | <p> ''''' thar´a ''''' ( Θαρρά , <i> ''''' Tharrá ''''' </i> ): One of the two eunuchs, "keepers of the court," who with his companion [[Gabatha]] (Bigthan) formed a conspiracy against King [[Artaxerxes]] which was detected by [[Mordecai]] (Additions to Esther 12:1 = "Teresh" of Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2 ). Tharra and his companion were hanged. [[Josephus]] ( <i> BJ </i> , II, vi, 4) calls him "Theodestes." </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63312" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63312" /> == | ||
<p> (Vulg. Thara, for the Greek fails here), a corrupt form found in the Apocryphal addition to the book of Esther (12, 1) for | <p> (Vulg. Thara, for the Greek fails here), a corrupt form found in the Apocryphal addition to the book of Esther (12, 1) for TERESH (See [[Teresh]]) (q.v.). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:16, 13 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Thar'ra. Esther 12:1. A corrupt form of Teresh.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Tharra . See Teresh.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
thar´a ( Θαρρά , Tharrá ): One of the two eunuchs, "keepers of the court," who with his companion Gabatha (Bigthan) formed a conspiracy against King Artaxerxes which was detected by Mordecai (Additions to Esther 12:1 = "Teresh" of Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2 ). Tharra and his companion were hanged. Josephus ( BJ , II, vi, 4) calls him "Theodestes."
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(Vulg. Thara, for the Greek fails here), a corrupt form found in the Apocryphal addition to the book of Esther (12, 1) for TERESH (See Teresh) (q.v.).
