. A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy Scriptures . em, after thePentecost, and then went, itis said, to preach among theParthians, Medes, Hyrcani-ans, and Bactrians. He suf-fered martyrdom in Melia-poor, in the East Indies,where, three hundred yearsago, the Portuguese discov-ered Christians, who calledthemselves by his name. very good idea of this im-portant part of a Jewishfarm may be got from thepicture. It was prepared inthe open field, as it is at thisday in our southern States,by trampling and rolling asufficient spot of ground, gen-era
. A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy Scriptures . em, after thePentecost, and then went, itis said, to preach among theParthians, Medes, Hyrcani-ans, and Bactrians. He suf-fered martyrdom in Melia-poor, in the East Indies,where, three hundred yearsago, the Portuguese discov-ered Christians, who calledthemselves by his name. very good idea of this im-portant part of a Jewishfarm may be got from thepicture. It was prepared inthe open field, as it is at thisday in our southern States,by trampling and rolling asufficient spot of ground, gen-erally on some gentle emi-nence, for the sake of thewind. Here the smallerkinds were beaten out with along staff, or flail; the largerkinds with oxen or drew a set of rollers,over which was constructeda seat for the driver of theteam. Isa. xxviii. 27. Toseparate the chaff and grain,the fan was used. [See Fan.]The grain was cleared ofheavier substances, such aslumps of dirt, by means ofthe sieve. To depict the direruin of the wicked, it is said, They shall be as the chaff. www AN ANCIENT THRESHING FLOOR. A. View of the bottom and rollers. B. View of the side and drivers seat. P. 152. TIB 153 TIM that is driven with the whirl-wind out of the floor. 3. Job xxi. 8. THRONE, the seat of amonarch. Being alwayshigher than a chair, it need-ed a footstool^ where, in to-ken of reverence, applicantsbowed themselves. Solo-mons throne was raised sixsteps, and was of solid goldand ivory. Tho word isuspA to denote kingly au-thority, Gen. xli. 10; andhence angels are calledthrones. Col. i. 16. THYATIRA is situated be-tween Sardis and Pergamos,near a branch of the Caicus,in the centre of an extensiveplain. At the distance of fouror five miles, a belt of moun-tains surrounds it. It wasonce famous for its purpledye. Acts xvi. 14. Thereare now about one thousandhouses in the place, but streets are very narrowand dirty. It is now calledJlk Hisar. TIBERIAS, a city of Gal-
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