Temples
The permanent place of Jewish worship through much of the Old Testament and New Testament periods. Between 950 BC and…
Places
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…
Upper Room
The place where Jesus had the Last Supper with the disciples. It may have been the same upper room where…
Ur
The city where Abraham was born and grew up. It was near the north end of the Persian Gulf in…
Vineyard
Grapes were grown in ancient Egypt and Canaan even before Abraham’s time. The hilly areas of Judea and Samaria were…
Wilderness
This is not a sandy wasteland like the Sahara. It usually refers to an area where grass grew but needed…
World
Has several meanings in the Bible: 1. The Earth. Genesis 1–2 tell about the creation of the world, or earth.…