Bible dictionaries

Tormah

What Bible dictionaries say about “Tormah”, one article after the other.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

tor'-ma (tormah, "fraud"; Codex Vaticanus en kruphe, "in secret," Codex Alexandrinus meta doron, "with gifts"): This name is given in EVm as an alternative to "privily" , or "craftily" the Revised Version (British and American) (Jud 9:31). There is no knowledge of such a place. The text is corrupt.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

occurs only in the margin of (Judges 9:31) By a few commentators it has been conjectured that the word was originally the same with ARUMAH in ver. 41.

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith