Places

Tabernacle/Tent of Meeting

The Israelites’ sacred tent for worship. The tabernacle was a symbol to the people of God’s presence with them. They…

Tarsus

A city ten miles from the northeast coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Tarsus was the birthplace and early home of…

Tel-Abib

The place in Babylon where Ezekiel and other people from Israel lived after being exiled there by King Nebuchadnezzar of…

Temples

The permanent place of Jewish worship through much of the Old Testament and New Testament periods. Between 950 BC and…

Thessalonica

The chief seaport of Macedonia. Sometimes called Salonika, it is now the second-largest city in modern Greece. In New Testament…

Tomb

A burial place, usually a natural or artificial cave. Early tombs were often natural caves in the rocky hills. Old…

Tower of Babel

A place where people began speaking different languages after God was displeased with them. At the time of the building…

Treasury

A place where valuable things are kept or placed. When King Hezekiah showed a group of Babylonian ambassadors his treasury,…

Troas

A Roman colony in the northwestern part of Asia Minor. Paul traveled here on two of his missionary journeys.

Tyre

An island city along the coast of what is now Lebanon. It is usually mentioned in connection with Sidon, another…