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timothy


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Timothy  \Tim"o*thy\,  n.,  or  Timothy  grass  \Tim"o*thy  grass`\ 
  [From  Timothy  Hanson,  who  carried  the  seed  from  New  England 
  to  Maryland  about  1720.]  (Bot.) 
  A  kind  of  grass  ({Phleum  pratense})  with  long  cylindrical 
  spikes;  --  called  also  {herd's  grass},  in  England, 
  {cat's-tail  grass},  and  {meadow  cat's-tail  grass}.  It  is  much 
  prized  for  fodder.  See  Illustration  in  Appendix. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  timothy 
  n  1:  grass  with  long  cylindrical  spikes  frown  in  northern  United 
  States  and  Europe  for  hay  [syn:  {herd's  grass},  {Phleum 
  pratense}] 
  2:  a  grass  grown  for  hay 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Timothy 
  honouring  God,  a  young  disciple  who  was  Paul's  companion  in  many 
  of  his  journeyings.  His  mother,  Eunice,  and  his  grandmother, 
  Lois,  are  mentioned  as  eminent  for  their  piety  (2  Tim.  1:5).  We 
  know  nothing  of  his  father  but  that  he  was  a  Greek  (Acts  16:1). 
  He  is  first  brought  into  notice  at  the  time  of  Paul's  second 
  visit  to  Lystra  (16:2),  where  he  probably  resided,  and  where  it 
  seems  he  was  converted  during  Paul's  first  visit  to  that  place 
  (1  Tim.  1:2;  2  Tim.  3:11).  The  apostle  having  formed  a  high 
  opinion  of  his  "own  son  in  the  faith,"  arranged  that  he  should 
  become  his  companion  (Acts  16:3),  and  took  and  circumcised  him 
  so  that  he  might  conciliate  the  Jews.  He  was  designated  to  the 
  office  of  an  evangelist  (1  Tim.  4:14),  and  went  with  Paul  in  his 
  journey  through  Phrygia,  Galatia,  and  Mysia;  also  to  Troas  and 
  Philippi  and  Berea  (Acts  17:14).  Thence  he  followed  Paul  to 
  Athens,  and  was  sent  by  him  with  Silas  on  a  mission  to 
  Thessalonica  (17:15;  1  Thess.  3:2).  We  next  find  him  at  Corinth 
  (1  Thess.  1:1;  2  Thess.  1:1)  with  Paul.  He  passes  now  out  of 
  sight  for  a  few  years,  and  is  again  noticed  as  with  the  apostle 
  at  Ephesus  (Acts  19:22),  whence  he  is  sent  on  a  mission  into 
  Macedonia.  He  accompanied  Paul  afterwards  into  Asia  (20:4), 
  where  he  was  with  him  for  some  time.  When  the  apostle  was  a 
  prisoner  at  Rome,  Timothy  joined  him  (Phil.  1:1),  where  it 
  appears  he  also  suffered  imprisonment  (Heb.  13:23).  During  the 
  apostle's  second  imprisonment  he  wrote  to  Timothy,  asking  him  to 
  rejoin  him  as  soon  as  possible,  and  to  bring  with  him  certain 
  things  which  he  had  left  at  Troas,  his  cloak  and  parchments  (2 
  Tim.  4:13).  According  to  tradition,  after  the  apostle's  death  he 
  settled  in  Ephesus  as  his  sphere  of  labour,  and  there  found  a 
  martyr's  grave. 
 




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