Easton’s dictionary

Nearly 4,000 clear, readable entries on the people, places, words and ideas of the Bible, by a Scottish minister. A good first place to look.

• CabHollow (R.V., “kab”), occurs only in 2 Kings 6:25; a dry measure, the sixth part of a...
• CabinsOnly in Jer. 37:16 (R.V., “cells”), arched vaults or recesses off a passage or room;...
• CabulHow little! as nothing. (1.) A town on the eastern border of Asher (Josh. 19:27),...
• CaesarThe title assumed by the Roman emperors after Julius Caesar. In the New Testament this...
• Caesara PhilippiA city on the northeast of the marshy plain of el-Huleh, 120 miles north of Jerusalem,...
• Caesarea(Palestinae), a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to...
• Cage(Heb. kelub’, Jer. 5:27, marg. “coop;” rendered “basket” in Amos 8:1), a basket of...
• CaiaphasThe Jewish high priest (A.D. 27-36) at the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry, in...
• CainA possession; a spear. (1.) The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4). He became a...
• CainanPossession; smith. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He...
• CakeCakes made of wheat or barley were offered in the temple. They were salted, but...
• CalahOne of the most ancient cities of Assyria. “Out of that land he [i.e., Nimrod] went...
• CalamusThe Latin for cane, Hebrew Kaneh, mentioned (Ex. 30:23) as one of the ingredients in...
• Calcol(1 Chr. 2:6), sustenance, the same probably as Chalcol (1 Kings 4:31), one of the four...
• CalebA dog. (1.) One of the three sons of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He is also called...
• CalfCalves were commonly made use of in sacrifices, and are therefore frequently mentioned...
• CalkersWorkmen skilled in stopping the seams of the deck or sides of vessels. The inhabitants...
• Call(1.) To cry for help, hence to pray (Gen. 4:26). Thus men are said to “call upon the...
• CallingA profession, or as we usually say, a vocation (1 Cor. 7:20). The “hope of your...
• CalnehFort, one of the four cities founded by Nimrod (Gen. 10:10). It is the modern Niffer,...
• CalvaryOnly in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used as a translation of the...
• CamelFrom the Hebrew gamal, “to repay” or “requite,” as the camel does the care of its...
• CamonFull of stalks, a place (Judg. 10:5) where Jair was buried. It has usually been...
• CampDuring their journeys across the wilderness, the twelve tribes formed encampments at...
• Camphire(Heb. copher), mentioned in Cant. 1:14 (R.V., “henna-flowers”); 4:13 (R.V., “henna”),...
• CanaReedy, a town of Galilee, near Capernaum. Here our Lord wrought his first miracle, the...
• Canaan(1.) The fourth son of Ham (Gen. 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in...
• Canaan, the Language ofMentioned in Isa. 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews resident in...
• CanaaniteA name given to the apostle Simon (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). The word here does not,...
• CanaanitesThe descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. Migrating from their original home, they...
• CandaceThe queen of the Ethiopians whose “eunuch” or chamberlain was converted to...
• CandleHeb. ner, Job 18:6; 29:3; Ps. 18:28; Prov. 24:20, in all which places the Revised...
• CandlestickThe lamp-stand, “candelabrum,” which Moses was commanded to make for the tabernacle,...
• CaneA tall sedgy plant with a hollow stem, growing in moist places. In Isa. 43:24; Jer....
• CankerA gangrene or mortification which gradually spreads over the whole body (2 Tim. 2:17)....
• Cankerworm(Heb. yelek), “the licking locust,” which licks up the grass of the field; probably...
• CannehMentioned only in Ezek. 27:23. (See CALNEH.)
• CanonThis word is derived from a Hebrew and Greek word denoting a reed or cane. Hence it...
• CapernaumNahum’s town, a Galilean city frequently mentioned in the history of our Lord. It is...
• CaphtorA chaplet, the original seat of the Philistines (Deut. 2:23; Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7). The...
• CappadociaThe easternmost and the largest province of Asia Minor. Christianity very early...
• Captain(1.) Heb. sar (1 Sam. 22:2; 2 Sam. 23:19). Rendered “chief,” Gen. 40:2; 41:9; rendered...
• CaptiveOne taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1...
• Captivity(1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several...
• Carbuncle(Ex. 28:17; 39:10; Ezek. 28:13). Heb. barkath; LXX. smaragdos; Vulgate, smaragdus;...
• CarcaseContact with a, made an Israelite ceremonially unclean, and made whatever he touched...
• CarchemishFortress of Chemosh, a city on the west bank of the Euphrates (Jer. 46:2; 2 Chr....
• CarmelA park; generally with the article, “the park.” (1.) A prominent headland of Central...
• CarmiVine-dresser. (1.) The last named of the four sons of Reuben (Gen. 46:9). (2.) A...
• CarnalUnconverted men are so called (1 Cor. 3:3). They are represented as of a “carnal mind,...
• CarpenterAn artificer in stone, iron, and copper, as well as in wood (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chr. 14:1;...
• CarriageIn the Authorized Version this word is found as the rendering of many different words....
• CartA vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam. 6:3). The Hebrew word...
• CarveThe arts of engraving and carving were much practised among the Jews. They were...
• CasementA barrier of open-work placed before windows (Prov. 7:6). In Judg. 5:28 the Hebrew...
• CasiphiaSilver, a place between Babylon and Jerusalem, where Iddo resided (Ezra 8:17);...
• CasluhimFortified, a people descended from Mizraim (Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12). Their original...
• Cassia(1.) Hebrew kiddah’, i.e., “split.” One of the principal spices of the holy anointing...
• CastawayGr. adokimos, (1 Cor. 9:27), one regarded as unworthy (R.V., “rejected”); elsewhere...
• CastleA military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests...
• Castor and PolluxThe “Dioscuri”, two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably...
• CaterpillarThe consumer. Used in the Old Testament (1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28; Ps. 78:46; Isa....
• Catholic EpistlesThe epistles of James, Peter, John, and Jude; so called because they are addressed to...
• CattleAbounded in the Holy Land. To the rearing and management of them the inhabitants...
• Caul(Heb. yothe’reth; i.e., “something redundant”), the membrane which covers the upper...
• CaulsIn Isa. 3:18 this word (Heb. shebisim), in the marg. “networks,” denotes network caps...
• CausewayA raised way, an ascent by steps, or a raised slope between Zion and the temple (1...
• CaveThere are numerous natural caves among the limestone rocks of Syria, many of which...
• Cedar(Heb. e’rez, Gr. kedros, Lat. cedrus), a tree very frequently mentioned in Scripture....
• CedronThe black torrent, the brook flowing through the ravine below the eastern wall of...
• CeilingThe covering (1 Kings 7:3,7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of...
• CellarA subterranean vault (1 Chr. 27:28), a storehouse. The word is also used to denote the...
• CenchreaMillet, the eastern harbour of Corinth, from which it was distant about 9 miles east,...
• CenserThe vessel in which incense was presented on “the golden altar” before the Lord in the...
• CensusThere are five instances of a census of the Jewish people having been taken. (1.) In...
• CenturionA Roman officer in command of a hundred men (Mark 15:39, 44, 45). Cornelius, the first...
• CephasA Syriac surname given by Christ to Simon (John 1:42), meaning “rock.” The Greeks...
• CesareaSee CAESAREA.
• ChaffThe refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12)....
• Chain(1.) A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph’s neck...
• ChalcedonyMentioned only in Rev. 21:19, as one of the precious stones in the foundation of the...
• ChaldeaThe southern portion of Babylonia, Lower Mesopotamia, lying chiefly on the right bank...
• Chaldee LanguageEmployed by the sacred writers in certain portions of the Old Testament, viz., Dan....
• ChaldeesOr Chaldeans, the inhabitants of the country of which Babylon was the capital. They...
• Chamber“on the wall,” which the Shunammite prepared for the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4:10),...
• Chambering(Rom. 13:13), wantonness, impurity.
• ChamberlainA confidential servant of the king (Gen. 37:36; 39:1). In Rom. 16:23 mention is made...
• ChameleonA species of lizard which has the faculty of changing the colour of its skin. It is...
• ChamoisOnly in Deut. 14:5 (Heb. zemer), an animal of the deer or gazelle species. It bears...
• Champion(1 Sam. 17:4, 23), properly “the man between the two,” denoting the position of...
• Chance(Luke 10:31). “It was not by chance that the priest came down by that road at that...
• ChancellorOne who has judicial authority, literally, a “lord of judgement;” a title given to the...
• Changes of RaimentWere reckoned among the treasures of rich men (Gen. 45:22; Judg. 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:22, 23).
• Channel(1.) The bed of the sea or of a river (Ps. 18:15; Isa. 8:7). (2.) The “chanelbone”...
• ChapelA holy place or sanctuary, occurs only in Amos 7:13, where one of the idol priests...
• ChapiterThe ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.)...
• ChapterThe several books of the Old and New Testaments were from an early time divided into...
• CharashimCraftsmen, a valley named in 1 Chr. 4:14. In Neh. 11:35 the Hebrew word is rendered...
• ChargerA bowl or deep dish. The silver vessels given by the heads of the tribes for the...
• ChariotA vehicle generally used for warlike purposes. Sometimes, though but rarely, it is...
• Charity(1 Cor. 13), the rendering in the Authorized Version of the word which properly...
• CharmerOne who practises serpent-charming (Ps. 58:5; Jer. 8:17; Eccl. 10:11). It was an early...
• CharranAnother form (Acts 7:2, 4) of Haran (q.v.).
• ChebarLength, a river in the “land of the Chaldeans” (Ezek. 1:3), on the banks of which were...
• Chedorlaomer(= Khudur-Lagamar of the inscriptions), king of Elam. Many centuries before the age of...
• CheekSmiting on the cheek was accounted a grievous injury and insult (Job 16:10; Lam. 3:30;...
• Cheese(A.S. cese). This word occurs three times in the Authorized Version as the translation...
• ChemarimBlack, (Zeph. 1:4; rendered “idolatrous priests” in 2 Kings 23:5, and “priests” in...
• ChemoshThe destroyer, subduer, or fish-god, the god of the Moabites (Num. 21:29; Jer. 48:7,...
• ChenaanahMerchant. (1.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 7:10). (2.) The father of Zedekiah (1 Kings 22:11, 24).
• ChenaiahWhom Jehovah hath made. “Chief of the Levites,” probably a Kohathite (1 Chr. 15:22),...
• ChephirahVillage, one of the four cities of the Gibeonitish Hivites with whom Joshua made a...
• Cherethim(Ezek. 25:16), more frequently Cherethites, the inhabitants of Southern Philistia, the...
• CherithA cutting; separation; a gorge, a torrent-bed or winter-stream, a “brook,” in whose...
• CherubPlural cherubim, the name of certain symbolical figures frequently mentioned in...
• ChesalonStrength; confidence, a place on the border of Judah, on the side of Mount Jearim...
• ChesedGain, the son of Nahor (Gen. 22:22).
• ChesilUngodly, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:30); probably the same as Bethul...
• Chest(Heb. ’aron, generally rendered “ark”), the coffer into which the contributions for...
• Chestnut Tree(Heb. ’armon; i.e., “naked”), mentioned in connection with Jacob’s artifice regarding...
• ChesullothFertile places; the loins, a town of Issachar, on the slopes of some mountain between...
• ChezibDeceitful, a town where Shelah, the son of Judah, was born (Gen. 38:5). Probably the...
• ChidonDart, the name of the threshing-floor at which the death of Uzzah took place (1 Chr....
• Chief of the ThreeA title given to Adino the Eznite, one of David’s greatest heroes (2 Sam. 23:8); also...
• Chief PriestSee PRIEST.
• Chiefs of Asia“Asiarchs,” the title given to certain wealthy persons annually appointed to preside...
• ChildThis word has considerable latitude of meaning in Scripture. Thus Joseph is called a...
• ChileabProtected by the father, David’s second son by Abigail (2 Sam. 3:3); called also...
• ChilionThe pining one, the younger son of Elimelech and Naomi, and husband of Orpah, Ruth’s...
• ChilmadA place or country unknown which, along with Sheba and Asshur, traded with Tyre (Ezek. 27:23).
• ChimhamPining, probably the youngest son of Barzillai the Gileadite (2 Sam. 19:37-40). The...
• ChinnerethLyre, the singular form of the word (Deut. 3:17; Josh. 19:35), which is also used in...
• ChiosMentioned in Acts 20:15, an island in the Aegean Sea, about 5 miles distant from the...
• ChisleuThe name adopted from the Babylonians by the Jews after the Captivity for the third...
• ChittimOr Kittim, a plural form (Gen. 10:4), the name of a branch of the descendants of...
• ChiunOccurs only in Amos 5:26 (R.V. marg., “shrine”). The LXX. translated the word by...
• ChloeVerdure, a female Christian (1 Cor. 1:11), some of whose household had informed Paul...
• Chor-AshanSmoking furnace, one of the places where “David himself and his men were wont to...
• ChorazinNamed along with Bethsaida and Capernaum as one of the cities in which our Lord’s...
• ChosenSpoken of warriors (Ex. 15:4; Judg. 20:16), of the Hebrew nation (Ps. 105:43; Deut....
• Chozeba(1 Chr. 4:22), the same as Chezib and Achzib, a place in the lowlands of Judah (Gen....
• ChristAnointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered “Messiah” (q.v.), the...
• ChristianThe name given by the Greeks or Romans, probably in reproach, to the followers of...
• Christs, FalseOur Lord warned his disciples that they would arise (Matt. 24:24). It is said that no...
• ChroniclesThe words of the days, (1 Kings 14:19; 1 Chr. 27:24), the daily or yearly records of...
• Chronicles of King David(1 Chr. 27:24) were statistical state records; one of the public sources from which...
• Chronicles, Books ofThe two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre...
• ChronologyIs the arrangement of facts and events in the order of time. The writers of the Bible...
• ChrysoprasusGolden leek, a precious stone of the colour of leek’s juice, a greenish-golden colour...
• ChubThe name of a people in alliance with Egypt in the time of Nebuchadnezzar. The word is...
• ChunOne of the cities of Hadarezer, king of Syria. David procured brass (i.e., bronze or...
• ChurchDerived probably from the Greek kuriakon (i.e., “the Lord’s house”), which was used by...
• ChurlIn Isa. 32:5 (R.V. marg., “crafty”), means a deceiver. In 1 Sam. 25:3, the word...
• Chushan-RishathaimCush of double wickedness, or governor of two presidencies, the king of Mesopotamia...
• CiliciaA maritime province in the south-east of Asia Minor. Tarsus, the birth-place of Paul,...
• CinnamonHeb. kinamon, the Cinnamomum zeylanicum of botanists, a tree of the Laurel family,...
• CinnerethA harp, one of the “fenced cities” of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35; comp. Deut. 3:17). It...
• CircuitThe apparent diurnal revolution of the sun round the earth (Ps. 19:6), and the changes...
• CircumcisionCutting around. This rite, practised before, as some think, by divers races, was...
• CisternThe rendering of a Hebrew word bor, which means a receptacle for water conveyed to it;...
• CitizenshipThe rights and privileges of a citizen in distinction from a foreigner (Luke 15:15;...
• CityThe earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain (Gen....
• ClaudaA small island off the southwest coast of Crete, passed by Paul on his voyage to Rome...
• ClaudiaA female Christian mentioned in 2 Tim. 4:21. It is a conjecture having some...
• ClaudiusLame. (1.) The fourth Roman emperor. He succeeded Caligula (A.D. 41). Though in...
• ClayThis word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (Isa. 57:20; Jer. 38:60), of...
• CleanThe various forms of uncleanness according to the Mosaic law are enumerated in Lev....
• ClementMild, a Christian of Philippi, Paul’s “fellow-labourer,” whose name he mentions as “in...
• Cleopas(abbreviation of Cleopatros), one of the two disciples with whom Jesus conversed on...
• Cleophas(in the spelling of this word h is inserted by mistake from Latin MSS.), rather...
• CloakAn upper garment, “an exterior tunic, wide and long, reaching to the ankles, but...
• ClosetAs used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12: 24), and hence...
• CloudThe Hebrew so rendered means “a covering,” because clouds cover the sky. The word is...
• CnidusA town and harbour on the extreme south-west of the peninsula of Doris in Asia Minor....
• CoalIt is by no means certain that the Hebrews were acquainted with mineral coal, although...
• CoatThe tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex....
• Coat of MailThe rendering of a Hebrew word meaning “glittering” (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word...
• Cock-CrowingIn our Lord’s time the Jews had adopted the Greek and Roman division of the night into...
• CockatriceThe mediaeval name (a corruption of “crocodile”) of a fabulous serpent supposed to be...
• CockleOccurs only in Job 31:40 (marg., “noisome weeds”), where it is the rendering of a...
• Coele-SyriaHollow Syria, the name (not found in Scripture) given by the Greeks to the extensive...
• CofferThe receptacle or small box placed beside the ark by the Philistines, in which they...
• CoffinUsed in Gen. 50:26 with reference to the burial of Joseph. Here, it means a...
• Cogitations(or “thoughts,” as the Chaldee word in Dan. 7:28 literally means), earnest meditation.
• CoinBefore the Exile the Jews had no regularly stamped money. They made use of uncoined...
• Collar(Heb. peh), means in Job 30:18 the mouth or opening of the garment that closes round...
• CollectionThe Christians in Palestine, from various causes, suffered from poverty. Paul awakened...
• CollegeHeb. mishneh (2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chr. 34:22), rendered in Revised Version “second...
• ColonyThe city of Philippi was a Roman colony (Acts 16:12), i.e., a military settlement of...
• ColossaeOr Colosse, a city of Phrygia, on the Lycus, which is a tributary of the Maeander. It...
• Colossians, Epistle to theWas written by Paul at Rome during his first imprisonment there (Acts 28:16, 30),...
• ColourThe subject of colours holds an important place in the Scriptures. White occurs as the...
• ComforterThe designation of the Holy Ghost (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7; R.V. marg., “or...
• Coming of Christ(1) with reference to his first advent “in the fulness of the time” (1 John 5:20; 2...
• Commandments, the Ten(Ex. 34:28; Deut. 10:4, marg. “ten words”) i.e., the Decalogue (q.v.), is a summary of...
• CommunionFellowship with God (Gen. 18:17-33; Ex. 33:9-11; Num. 12:7, 8), between Christ and his...
• ConaniahWhom Jehovah hath set, a Levite placed over the tithes brought into the temple (2 Chr. 35:9).
• Concision(Gr. katatome; i.e., “mutilation”), a term used by Paul contemptuously of those who...
• ConcubineIn the Bible denotes a female conjugally united to a man, but in a relation inferior...
• ConcupiscenceDesire, Rom. 7:8 (R.V., “coveting”); Col. 3:5 (R.V., “desire”). The “lust of...
• ConduitA water-course or channel (Job 38:25). The “conduit of the upper pool” (Isa. 7:3) was...
• Coney(Heb. shaphan; i.e., “the hider”), an animal which inhabits the mountain gorges and...
• Confection(Ex. 30:35, “ointment” in ver. 25; R.V., “perfume”). The Hebrew word so rendered is...
• ConfectionariesOnly in 1 Sam. 8:13, those who make confections, i.e., perfumers, who compound species...
• Confession(1) An open profession of faith (Luke 12:8). (2.) An acknowledment of sins to God...
• Congregation(Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community (Num. 15:15). Every...
• Congregation, Mount of the(Isa. 14:13), has been supposed to refer to the place where God promised to meet with...
• ConscienceThat faculty of the mind, or inborn sense of right and wrong, by which we judge of the...
• ConsecrationThe devoting or setting apart of anything to the worship or service of God. The race...
• Consolation of IsraelA name for the Messiah in common use among the Jews, probably suggested by Isa. 12:1;...
• ConstellationA cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens, and...
• ContentmentA state of mind in which one’s desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (1...
• ConversationGenerally the goings out and in of social intercourse (Eph. 2:3; 4:22; R.V., “manner...
• ConversionThe turning of a sinner to God (Acts 15:3). In a general sense the heathen are said to...
• ConvocationA meeting of a religious character as distinguished from congregation, which was more...
• CookA person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews...
• Coos(written Cos in the R.V.), a small island, one of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea, in...
• CopperDerived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called “Cyprian brass,” occurs...
• CorThis Hebrew word, untranslated, denotes a round vessel used as a measure both for...
• CoralHeb. ramoth, meaning “heights;” i.e., “high-priced” or valuable things, or, as some...
• CorbanA Hebrew word adopted into the Greek of the New Testament and left untranslated. It...
• CordFrequently used in its proper sense, for fastening a tent (Ex. 35:18; 39:40), yoking...
• CorianderHeb. gad, (Ex. 16:31; Num. 11:7), seed to which the manna is likened in its form and...
• CorinthA Grecian city, on the isthmus which joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece....
• Corinthians, First Epistle to theWas written from Ephesus (1 Cor. 16:8) about the time of the Passover in the third...
• Corinthians, Second Epistle to theShortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where...
• Cormorant(Lev. 11:17; Deut. 14:17), Heb. shalak, “plunging,” or “darting down,” (the...
• CornThe word so rendered (dagan) in Gen. 27:28, 37, Num. 18:27, Deut. 28:51, Lam. 2:12, is...
• CorneliusA centurion whose history is narrated in Acts 10. He was a “devout man,” and like the...
• CornerThe angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). “Corners” in Neh. 9:22...
• CornetHeb. shophar, “brightness,” with reference to the clearness of its sound (1 Chr....
• CotesPens or enclosures for flocks (2 Chr. 32:28, “cotes for flocks;” R.V., “flocks in folds”).
• Cottage(1.) A booth in a vineyard (Isa. 1:8); a temporary shed covered with leaves or straw...
• Couch(Gen. 49:4; 1 Chr. 5:1; Job 7:13; Ps. 6:6, etc.), a seat for repose or rest. (See BED.)
• Coulter(1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called “ploughshare” (Isa....
• CouncilSpoken of counsellors who sat in public trials with the governor of a province (Acts...
• CounsellorAn adviser (Prov. 11:14; 15:22), a king’s state counsellor (2 Sam. 15:12). Used once...
• CoursesWhen David was not permitted to build the temple, he proceeded, among the last acts of...
• CourtThe enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of...
• CovenantA contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word...
• Covering of the EyesOccurs only in Gen. 20:16. In the Revised Version the rendering is “it (i.e.,...
• CovetousnessA strong desire after the possession of worldly things (Col. 3:5; Eph. 5:5; Heb. 13:5;...
• CowA cow and her calf were not to be killed on the same day (Lev. 22:28; Ex. 23:19; Deut....
• Crane(Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7). In both of these passages the Authorized Version has reversed...
• Creation“In the beginning” God created, i.e., called into being, all things out of nothing....
• CreatureDenotes the whole creation in Rom. 8:39; Col. 1:15; Rev. 5:13; the whole human race in...
• CrescensIncreasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He was one of Paul’s...
• CreteNow called Candia, one of the largest islands in the Meditterranean, about 140 miles...
• CrimsonSee COLOUR.
• Crisping-Pin(Isa. 3:22; R.V., “satchel”), some kind of female ornament, probably like the modern...
• CrispusCurled, the chief of the synagogue at Corinth (Acts 18:8). He was converted and, with...
• CrossIn the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion...
• Crown(1.) Denotes the plate of gold in the front of the high priest’s mitre (Ex. 29:6;...
• Crown of ThornsOur Lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the Romans (Matt. 27:29). The object of...
• CrucifixionA common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain...
• CruseA utensil; a flask or cup for holding water (1 Sam. 26:11, 12, 16; 1 Kings 19:6) or...
• Crystal(Ezek. 1:22, with the epithet “terrible,” as dazzling the spectators with its...
• CubitHeb. ‘ammah; i.e., “mother of the arm,” the fore-arm, is a word derived from the Latin...
• Cuckoo(Heb. shahaph), from a root meaning “to be lean; slender.” This bird is mentioned only...
• Cucumbers(Heb. plur. kishshuim; i.e., “hard,” “difficult” of digestion, only in Num. 11:5)....
• Cummin(Heb. kammon; i.e., a “condiment”), the fruit or seed of an umbelliferous plant, the...
• CupA wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian...
• Cup-BearerAn officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The...
• Curious Arts(Acts 19:19), magical arts; jugglery practised by the Ephesian conjurers. Ephesus was...
• CurseDenounced by God against the serpent (Gen. 3:14), and against Cain (4:11). These...
• Curtain(1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen,...
• CushBlack. (1.) A son, probably the eldest, of Ham, and the father of Nimrod (Gen. 10:8; 1...
• CushanProbably a poetic or prolonged name of the land of Cush, the Arabian Cush (Hab. 3:7)....
• Cushite(1.) The messenger sent by Joab to David to announce his victory over Absalom (2 Sam....
• CustomA tax imposed by the Romans. The tax-gatherers were termed publicans (q.v.), who had...
• CuthahOne of the Babylonian cities or districts from which Shalmaneser transplanted certain...
• CuttingThe flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (Deut....
• Cymbals(Heb. tzeltzelim, from a root meaning to “tinkle”), musical instruments, consisting of...
• Cypress(Heb. tirzah, “hardness”), mentioned only in Isa. 44:14 (R.V., “holm tree”). The...
• CyprusOne of the largest islands of the Mediterranean, about 148 miles long and 40 broad. It...
• CyreneA city (now Tripoli) in Upper Libya, North Africa, founded by a colony of Greeks (B.C....
• CyreniusThe Grecized form of Quirinus. His full name was Publius Sulpicius Quirinus. Recent...
• Cyrus(Heb. Ko’resh), the celebrated “King of Persia” (Elam) who was conqueror of Babylon,...