Camel
Camel (kam'el), Web. Labor, Burden Bearing); Hebrew And Syriac. 1. Names And Description. There Arc Three Principal Names In Eastern History Of The Gent]. Camelus, As Constituted By Modern Naturalists. In This Arrangement It Comprises Two Species Positively Distinct, But Still Possessing The Com Mon Characters Of Being Ruminants Without ...
Camon
Camon (ica'nu5n), (heb. Kaw-moni, Stand Ing Place, Fastness), The Place Where Jair, The Judge, Was Buried (judg. X:5). According To Joscphus It Was A City Of Gilead. Eusehius And Jerome Identify It With Cyamon, In The Plain Of Esdraclon. Camp (icamp). Sec Encanipments. Camphire (krim'fir). See Kopiier. Cana (ka'na), (gr. ...
Canaanites
Canaanites (kfenan-ites Or Ka'naan-ites) (fleb. Ken-alt-an-ee'), The Descendants Of Canaan, The Son Of Ham And Grandson Of Inhabitants Of The Land Of Canaan And Adjoining Districts. A General Account Of The Different Nations In Cluded In The Term Is Given In The Present Article, And A More Detailed Account Of ...
Candace
Candace (kan'tla-ci•), (gr. Kavbcfkon, Kirn-da• Ay), More Correctly Kandakt% Was The Name Of The Queen Of The Ethiopians, Whose High Treasurer Was C Averted To Christianity Tinder The Preaching Of Philip The Evangelist (acts Viii:27). (1) Her Country. The Country Over Which She Ruled Was Not, As Some Writers Allege, ...
Candlestick
Candlestick (ican'd'i-stil), (heb. Men-o-raw', Place Of Lights). (1) Name. The Candelabrum Which Moses Was Commanded To Make For The Tabernacle, After The Model Shown Him In The Mount, Is Chiefly Known To Us By The Passages In Exod. Xxv:31-4o; Xxxvii:17-24; On Which Some Additional Light Is Thrown By The Jewish ...
Canon
Canon (kin'iln). The Greek Word Kapito, Kw: Am', Denotes, Primarily, A Straight Rod, And From This Flow Numerous Derivative Uses Of It, In All Of Which The Idea Of Stratkhtness, As Opposed To Obi: Quilt% Is Apparent. (1) Meaning Of Term. Among The Rest It Is Employed To Denote A ...
Canticles
Canticles (kanii-lelz), Or Solomon's Song . Shir'hash-irim; Sept. Dcrt.ta Noµl Tapv; Vulg. Canticurn Canficorum ; All Signifying The Song Of Songs), Is Generally Believed To Have Been So Denominated In The Inscription, To Denote The Superior Beauty And Excellence Of This Poem. It Is One Of The Five Megilloth, Or ...
Capernaum
Capernaum (gr. Karepvao6,u, A City On The Side Of The Lake Of Gennesareth, And On The Border Of The Tribes Of Zebulun And Naphtali. (1) Prophecy. The Infidelity And Impenitence Of The Inhabitants Of This Place, After The Evidence Given To Them By Our Saviour Himself Of The Truth Of ...
Caphtor
Caphtor (ii5ph'tor), (hcb. Kaf-tore', Dent. Ii:23; Jer. Xlvii:4; Amos Ix:7), Was The Real And Proper Country Of The Philistines. There Has Been A Great Diversity Of Opinion With Regard To The Exact Situation Of That Country. The General Opinion That Caphtor Was Cappa Docia Is, Upon The Whole, Founded More ...
Captain
Captain (kap*iin). As A Purely Military Title. Captain In General Answers To The Lie Brew Sar In The Hebrew Army, And )(alamos, Tribunut, In The Roman. Kaw-treen', Which Is Occasionally Rendered Captain. Applies Some Times To A Military (josh X•24; Bldg. Xi 6. T 1; Is. Xxii:3; Dan. Xi 18), ...
Captivity
Captivity (ksp-tivl-ty), (ileb. Exile, Removal). (1) Expatriation. The Word Captivity, As Ap Plied To The People Of Israel, Has Been Appropriated, Contrary To The Analogy Of Our Language, To Mean Expatriation The Violent Removal Of The Entire Population Of A City, Or Sometimes Even Of A Dis Trict, Is Not ...
Caravan
Caravan (kar'a.-van) Is The Name Given To A Body Of Merchants Or Pilgrims As They Travel In The East. (1) Composition. The Company Composing A Caravan Is Often Very Numerous, Consisting, It May Be, Of Several Hundred Persons, And As Many Thousand Camels, And It May Be Supposed That The ...
Caravansary
Caravansary In The Days Of The Elder Patriarchs There Seem To Have Been No Places Specially Devoted To The Re Ception Of Travelers, At Least In The Pastoral Dis Tricts Frequented By Those Venerable Nomades; For We Find Abraham, Like The Oriental Shepherds Of The Present Day, Under A Strong ...
Carchemisfi
Carchemisfi (ktir'ke Mish), (i Kb. Formerly Charchemish (z Chron. Xx Xv :20). A Great Fortress. West Of The Euphrates, At A Ford Of The River And North Of Its Confluence With The Sajur. It Was Also The Eastern Capital Of The Hittites. The Assyrian King, Assur-natsti-pal (b. C. Ms To ...
Carmel
Carmel (kar'mei), (heb. Kartnef , A Planted Field, Park, Garden). 1. A Range Of Hills Extending Northwest From The Plain Of Esdraelon, And Ending In A Promon Tory Or Cape Which Forms The Bay Of Acre. The Extent Of This Range Of Hills Is About Six Miles, Not In A ...
Carshena
Carshena (kar'she-na Or (bleb. Kar-shen-aul, One Of The Seven Princes Who "saw The King's Face" (estli. Lt.)), B.c. 483. Cart (kart), (11 Eb. The Hebrew Word Rendered By Our Translators In Sonic Places By 'wagon,' And In Others By 'cart,' Denotes Any Vehicle Moving On Wheels, And Usually Drawn By ...
Castor
Castor And Pollux (kas'tifir And Piil'ins). (atocncoupot), The Dioscuri, Twin Sons : In Heathen Mythology The Twin Sons Of Jupiter By Leda. They Had The Special Province Of Assisting Persons In Danger Of Shipwreck (theocrit. Id. Xxn:1; Xenoph. S•nft. Viii:29. Comp. Horat. Ca Tm. I:3, 2; Iv:8, 31); And Hence ...
Caterpillar
Caterpillar See Chast L. Catholic Church, Roman (in The United States). The History Of The Catholic Church In The Ter Ritory Now Comprised By The States Of The Union Is The Subject Of This Sketch. This History Has Two Periods: The Mission Period, During Which The Church's Work Was Carried ...
Causey
Causey (ka'zy) Or Causeway (kaz'wa), (heb. Mes-il-law'; Fr. Chauss/e), A Raised Or Paved Way (1 Chron. Xxvi:t6, 18 And Prov. Xv:19, Margin, In The A. V. Ed. 1611), Hut Afterwards Changed To A Corruption For Rausey. "causeway," However, Is Found In The Margin Of Is. Vii:3 In A. V. Ed. ...
Censer
Censer (si:n'ser), A (trepan; Mik-leh'reth, From Tatur', Incense), The Vessel In Which Incense Was Presented In The Temple (2 Citron. Xxvi:19; Ezek. Ecclus. I:9). Censers Were Used In The Daily Offering Of In Cense And Yearly On The Day Of Atonement, When The High-priest Entered The Holy Of Holies. On ...
Cephas
Cephas (se'phas), (gr. Knoels, Kay-fas'). A Surname Which Christ Bestowed Upon Simon (john I :42), And Which The Greeks Rendered By Rlirpos And The Latins By Petrus, Both Words Meaning A 'rock,' Which Is The Signification Of The Original. (see Peter.) Ceratia (gr. Ker-ah-tee'ah), (ceratonia) Is The Name Of A ...
Chain
Chain (chan), (heb. Raw-beed, Literally, Collar), And The One Promised To Daniel (dan. V:7; Heb. Ham-oc-riayk', Necklace). Chains Of Gold Appear To Have Been As Much Used Among The Hebrews For Ornament Or Official Distinction As They Are Among Ourselves At The Present Day. The Earliest Mention Of Them Occurs ...
Chaldans
Chald..ans (kal-cle'ans), (heb. Kas Dim') Is The Name Which Is Found Appropriated In Parts Of The Old Testament To Inhabitants Of Babylon And Subjects Of The Babylonian King Dom. (1) Inhabitants As Subjects Of Babylonia. In 2 Kings Xxv, Where An Account Is Given Of The Siege Of Jerusalem In ...
Chambers Of Imagery
Chambers Of Imagery (chim'bers Ov Im'aj-ry). The Scenes Of Pictorial Representation Referred To By This Phrase Are Connected With An Inter Esting Passage In The History Of Ezekiel And The Jewish Exiles, Who Were Stationed In Assyria, On The Banks Of The Chebar (ezek. Viii). Ezekiel, In Presence Of His ...
Chaos
Chaos (ica'os). A Term Taken From The Greek Mythology, According To Which Chaos Was The First Existence And The Origin Of All Subsequent Forms Of Being (hesiod, Theogon. 116; Ovid, Llietamorfih. I:5). The Description Which Ovid Gives Of Chaos It Self, And Of The Formation Of The World From The ...
Chargol
Chargol (kar'01), (heb. Char'gol, Serpent-fighter, A. V. Beetle Found Only In Lev. Xi :22. R. V., Cricket). This Word Cannot Mean The Beetle. No Species Of Scarabzeus Was Ever Used As Food By The Jews. Or Perhaps Any Other Nation. Nor Does Any Known Species Answer To The Generic Description ...
Chariot Races
Chariot Races. See Games. Chariots (char (heb. Nter-kaw Baw' Mer-kawb'). The Scriptures Employ Different Words To De Note Carriages Of Different Sorts, But It Is Not In Every Case Easy To Distinguish The Kind Of Vehicle Which These Words Severally Denote. We Are Now, However, Through The Discovery Of Ancient ...
Chariots Of War
Chariots Of War (charl-ots 5v War). The Egyptians Used Horses In The Equipment Of An Armed Force Before Jacob And His Suns Had Settled In Goshen; They Had Chariots Of War, And Mounted Asses And Mules, And Therefore Could Not Be Igno Rant Of The Art Of Riding; But For ...
Charul
Charul (heb, Khar-rool'), Occurs In Three Places In Scripture, And In Them All Is Translated 'nettles' In The A. V. Thus In Prow. Xxiv :3o, 3t, It Is Written, 'i Went By The Field Of The Slothful, Etc., And, To ! It Was All Grown Over With Thorns, And Nettles ...
Chasil
Chasil (heb. Khaw-seel', De Vourer, Eng. Vers. Occurs In Hebrew. 1 Kings Viii:37; 2 Chron. Vi:28; Ps. Ixxviii:46; Is, Xxxiii :4; Joel I :4 ; :25. In The :lull:. Vers. T Kings Viii:37; 2 Chron. Vi :28; Ps. Lxxviii :46 ; Cv :34; Is. Xxxiii :4 ; Jer. Li 27; ...
Chedek
Chedek (kedek). See Thorns. Chedorlaomer (larl'or Ifi'o-mer Or Ki:d'or La-wmer), (itch. Ked•or-law-o'nter), King Of Elam, And Leader Of The Four Kings Who Invad Ed Canaan In The Tune Of Abraham (gen. Xiv.4). We Thus Know That Abraham Came 01 Ur Of The Chaldees, And By Way Of I Laran Finally ...
Cherubim Cherub
Cherub, Cherubim (cheeilb, Cher'fi-bim), (heb. Ker-oob' , One Grasped, Held Fast), In The Singular Only In Exod. Xxv:to; 2 Sam. Xxii:ii; Kings Vi:24, 25, 27; 2 Chron. 1, 12; Ps. Xviii:to; Ezek. X:2, 7, 9, 14; Xxviii:14, 16; Cherubim, Plural, Ker-oo-beent', The Name Of Certain Symbolical Figures Frequently Mentioned In ...
Children Child
Child, Children (child, Chil'dren), (ileb. The Word 'children' Is Sometimes Used In The Plural Number, When Meant To Designate Only One Male Issue (comp. I Chron. Ii :31 ; 2 Chron. Xxiv : 25; Xxxiii:6). In Such Places 'sons' Is Equivalent To Offspring, All Of Whom Had Probably Died Ex ...
Chittah
Chittah (kfetah). See 1.vtteat. Chittrhl Or Rittim (1delim Or ;cretin)), (heb. 7-77;, Kh:t-tcem', Kit-tee-ten:', An Is Lander). A Branch Of The Descendants Of Javan, The Son Of Japheth (gen. X:4). The Plural Termination Of Chittim, And Other Names In This Ethnograph Ical Survey (verses 13, 14), Renders It Probable That ...
Christian
Christian (kris'chan), (gr. Xptarlavas, Khris Lee-an-os' , Follower Of Christ). The Disciples Of Our Lord Jesus Were Thus First Denominated At Antioch, Shortly After The Time Of Paul's Conversion, Acts Xi :26. This Name Was Given Them Either By Divine Direction, Or Was A Term Of Contempt Applied By Their ...
Christian Church Of History
Christian Church Of History.. (1) The Apostolic Church (a. D. 30-101). The Visible Church Consists Of The Organized Be Lievers In Christ And The Followers Of His Life. In Secular History The Spiritual Forces Lie Largely In The Background, But In The Life Of The Church They Have Come Out ...
Christianity Compared With Other
Christianity Compared With Other Religions. \\re Believe That Christianity Is The Absolute Re Ligion, And That It Alone Can Become Universal ; But We Cannot Believe This Intelligently, Until Chris Tianity Is Compared With Other Religions Which Have Given Light And Life To Millions Of Men And Women, And From ...
Christianity The Universal Ligion
Christianity The Universal Ligion. Scholars Sometimes Claim That There Are Uni Versal Religions. Znil They Mention Christianity. Buddhism, And Mohammedanism. The Conscious Ness Of Christendom Eliminates Instantly And Em Phatically The Claims Of The Buddhist And The Mos Lem Faiths To Universal Acceptance, And Wise Ob Servation Eliminates Than Both ...
Christians
Christians (kris'chans Improperly Pro. Nounced Rist-iansl, A Denomination Usually Styled "the Christian Connection" Or Sometimes "the Christian Church." Among The Minor Denominations In The United States And Canada. There Is A People Rejecting All Names Hut Christian. (1) General Position. Their Real Attitude To Ward The Religious World Is Such ...
Chronicles
Chronicles (krhn-i-k'is'). This Name Seems To, Have Been First Given To Two Historical Books Of The Old Testament By Jerome (prolog. Galcat.). The Hebrews Call Them I.e., Words Of Days, Diaries, Or Journals, And Reckon Them But One Book. The Alexandrian Translators, Who Regarded Them As Two Books, Used The ...
Chronology
Chronology Meant Originally, As Appears From Its Greek Roots (xpovos, Time, Vryos, Reason, Science), The Scientific Measurement Of Time; As Such It Is A Branch Of Astronomy. More Commonly It Means The Ascertaining And Arrangement Of The Times Of The Occurrence Of Events; As Such It Is A Branch Of ...
Church
Church (ch6rch), (gr. 'ekanata, Ek-klay-see'a, Assembly). The Original Greek Word, In Its Larger Significa Tion, Denotes A Number Of Persons Called Together For Any Purpose, An Assembly Of Any Kind, Civil Or Religious. As. However, It Is Usually Applied In The New Testament To Religious Assemblages, It Is Very Properly ...
Ciccar
Ciccar (siecar), (heb. A Topographical Term Applied Especially To The Jordan. (see Jordan; Cities Of The Plain.) Cilicia (sl-lish'i-a), (gr. Kaucla, Cilicia), The Southeastern Part Of Asia Minor, Bounded On The West By Pamphylia; Separated On The North From Cappadocia By The Taurus Range, And On The East By Amanus ...
Circumcision
Circumcision (seek6m-stzli'on), (hob. Moo-law' Gr. Routroj.v), Per-it-cm-al, A Cutting Around). (1) History. The History Of Jewish Circum Cision Lies On The Surface Of The Old Testament. Abraham Received The Rite From Jehovah, Moses Established It As A National Ordinance, And Joshua Carried It Into Effect Before The Israelites Entered The ...
Cisai
Cisai (si'sai), (esth. Ii:5). See Kish, 2. Cistern (sys'tern), (heb. "t, Bore', Well, Pit). In A Country Which Has Scarcely More Than One Perennial Stream, Where Fountains Are Not Abun Dant, And Where The Months Of Summer Pass With Out Rain, The Preservation Of The Rain Water In Cisterns Must ...
Cities Of Refuge
,cities Of Refuge (sit'iz Ref'dj), (heb. .4, Aw-ray' Ham-mik-law!). Places Of Refuge Where, Under The Cover Of Religion, The Guilty And The Unfortunate Might Find Shelter And Protection Were Not Unknown Among The Ancient Heathen. (1) Early Abuse. The Jus Asyli, Or Right Of Shelter And Impunity, Was Enjoyed By ...
Cities Of The Plain
Cities Of The Plain (cit'tz 6v 01(2 Plan). This Subject Has Been Ably Treated In The Light Of Recent Discoveries By The Eminent Sir William Dawson In His Egypt And Syria, From Which The Following Epitome Is Made: (1) Name. The Name 'dead Sea' Is Modern And Unknown To Bible ...
Citizenship
Citizenship (sttl-z'n-ship), (gr. Roxirda, Dyads, Citizenship). Strict Isolation Did By No Means, As Some Sup Pose, Form The Leading Principle In The System Of Theocracy As Laid Down By Moses, Since Even Non Israelites, Under Various Names, Not Only Were Allowed To Reside In Palestine. But Had The Fullest Protection ...
City Of David
David, City Of (da'vld). 1. The Name Given By David To The Castle Of Zion, Which Lie Captured From The Lebusites, And In Which He Dwelt (1 Chron. Xi:7). It Was On The Southwest Side Of Jerusalem. 2. Bethlehem Was Called The City Of David (luke Hit, T 0, Being ...