Clean
Clean (klen). Several Hebrew And Greek Words Are Translated "clean" And "cleanness." They Mean Primarily Freedom From Dirt, Purity, But They Also Often Indicate Ceremonial Cleanness. Ethical And Figurative. Closely Related To This Ceremonial Use Is The Ethical, And Quite As Old. In Passages Like Ezek. Xxxvi :25; Luke Xi ...
Clothing
Clothing Ochithqng), (hcb. Ta_bo. Shed, ). (see Dress.) Man Originally Went Naked (gen. Ii :25). Skins Of Beasts Were The First Real Clothing (gen. Iii: 21). The Art Of Manufacturing Cloths By Spinning And Weaving Is Of Very Great Antiquity (gen. Xiv:23; Xli,12; Job Vii:6). The Materials Woven And Used ...
Cloud
Cloud (kloud), (heb. Principally Awb, And (gr. Vectonuj, Neteray, Covering Of The Sky). The Allusions To Clouds In Scripture, As Well As Their Use In Symbolical Language, Must Be Under Stood With Reference To The Nature Of The Climate, Where The Sky Scarcely Exhibits The Trace Of A Cloud From ...
Coal
Coal The Hebrew Words Most Fre Quently And Properly Translated Coal Are Two. 1. Burning Coal, Lev. Xvi:12; 2 Sam. Xiv:7; Xxii:9, T3; Job Xli:2t; Ps. Xviii:8, T2; Cxx:4; Cxl:to; Prov. Vt:28; Is. Xliv:19; Ezek. I:t3; Xxiv:tt. Teh-khaunn', Charcoal, Coal, Prov. Xxvi:21; Is. Xliv:t2; Liv:16. In The New Testament We ...
Coat Of Mail
Coat Of Mail (kat Ov Mal). Sec Arms, Armor. Cock (ion). The Hebrew Word Bar-boor', Which Is Mentioned Only In Connection With Solo Mon's Table, Has Been Rendered Swans, Geese, Guinea Fowls, And Fish, As Well As The Fiztted Fowl Of The A. V. And The R. V.; Gr. Lixer-rwp, ...
Colony
Colony (k1'6-n5'), (gr. I:ox(lpfa). • This Distinction Is Applied To Philippi In Mace Donia (acts Xvi :12), Augustus C:rsar Had De Ported To Macedonia Most Of The Italian Communi Ties Which Had Espoused The Cause Of Antony; By Which Means The Towns Of Philippi, Dyrrachium, Etc., Acquired The Rank Of ...
Coloss2e
Coloss2e (gr. Ko),occra(, Sah-ee'), Improperly Spelled Colosse (col. I:2), A City Of Phrygia, On The River Lyclis (now Gorduk), Not Far From Its Confluence With The Mmander, And Near The Towns Of Laodicea, Apamea, And Hier °polls (col. I; ; ..:1; .v:13, 15; Comp. Plin. Hist. Nat. V:41; Strabo Xii, ...
Commentary 1
Commentary. (1) Meaning. By Commentary, In Its Theologi Cal Application, Is Usually Meant An Exhibition Of The Meaning Which The Sacred Writers Intended To Convey ; Or A Development Of The Truths Which The Holy Spirit Willed To Communicate To Men For Their Saving Enlightenment. This Is Usually Ef Fected ...
Commerce
Commerce (k8m'ale'rs),(hcb. Saw-khar', A Primitive Root; To Travel Round, Specifically As A Toddler). The Idea Conveyed By This Word Is Represented In The Sacred Writings By The Word Trade. (1) Origin. The Origin Of Commerce Must Have Been Nearly Coeval With The World. As Pas Turage And Agriculture Were The ...
Communion Of Saints
Communion Of Saints (lcom-mon'yiln By Stints), A Part Of Article Tit Of The Apostles' Creed: "i Believe In The Holy Catholic Church, The Communion Of Saints." The Phrase Is Not Found In The Creeds Of The Greek Church; And In The West We Find It First In Faustus, Bishop Of ...
Conclusions
Conclusions. It Is Now Time To Conclude Our Investigation Of This Poem; But We Must Pre Viously Observe How Perfectly Free It Is From The Least Idea Of Indelicacy; That Allusions To Matri Monial Privacics Which Have Been Fancied In It, Are Absolutely Groundless Fancies; And That, Not Till The ...
Concubinage
Concubinage (kon-lcirbl-naj), (i Leb. Tee-leh'ghesh, A Half Wife), In A Scriptural Sense, Means The State Of Cohabiting Lawfully With .1 Wife Of Second Rank, Who Enjoyed No Other Conjugal Right But That Of Cohabitation, And Whom The Hus Band Could Repudiate And Send Away With A Small Present (gen. Xxi.14). ...
Congregation
Congregation (k6n -gre-ga'shisn), (het), Ay-daw', Or Gr, Soon-ag-o-gay'). 1. In The Old Testament It Denotes The He Brew People In Its Collective Capacity. Under Its Peculiar Aspect As A Holy Community. Hel I Together By' Religious Rather Than Political Bonds. Deut. Xxxi :30 ; Josh. Viii :35 ; T Chron. ...
Congregational Church
Congregational Church (k3n-gre-gai% Shon-al Chilrch). What Are Known As The Congregational Churches Of America And Of Great Britain Are Not The Only Churches Which Are Congregational By Organization. The Baptists, The Christians, The Unitarians, And Several Other Religious Bodies Have Substantially The Same Polity, So That Nearly Thirty-eight Per Cent ...
Conscience
Conscience (kon'shens), (lat. Conscientia, Consciousness; Gr. Cruvelb7jois, Soon-:"day-sis). (1) Views Regarding Conscience. T. J. Stuart Mill. Strictly, The Name Is Applicable To The Power By Which We Know Moral Law. Popularly, The Name Is Given Indiscriminately To The Knowing Power, And To The Dipositions And Sentiments Con Cerned With Morals. ...
Consecration
Consecration (icon'si:s.-kra'sliiin), The Render Ing Of Several Words In The Original. Among Them Are Heb. Khah'ram , To Devote; Neh'zer, Separation. It Is The Act Of Solemnly Setting Apart A Person Or Thing To The Service Of God. By Various Trans Actions (such As The Circumcision Of Abraham, Isaac, And ...
Conversion
Conversion (kon-ver'shun), (gr. Lirtarpoot Ejt-is-trof-ay', Acts Xv:3, Rendered "conversion," Literally, Turning Toward). Conversion, A Change From One State To Another. Conversion May Be (t) Merely External, Or That Which Consists Only In An Outward Reformation. (2) Doctrinal, Or A Change Of Sentiments.—(3 Saving, Which Consists In The Renovation Of The ...
Coral
Coral (kor'al), (heb. Raw-maw', Rcd Coral.) It Is Usually Understood To Be Denoted By The Word As Above, In Job Xxviii :18; Ezek. Xxvn: 16; And This Interpretation Is Not Unsuitable, Al Though The Etymology Is Not Well Made Out, And The Dialects Afford Little Support. The Ancient Translators Were ...
Corban
Corban (kcieban), (gr. Kopftiv, Kor-han' , An Offering), A Hebrew Word Employed In The Hellen Istic Greek, Just As The Corresponding Greek Word (boron Was Employed In The Rabbinical Hebrew (iluxtorf, Le.r. Rah. Col. 570) To Designate An Obla Tion Of Any Kind To God. It Occurs Only Once In ...
Corbe
Corbe (k6r'be), (gr. Xopfil, Kor-be', I Esdr. V: Iv, A Name Apparently Answering To Zaccai In The Lists Of Ezra And Nehemiah. It Should Have Been Spelled Chorbe To Correspond With The Greek. Cord (lcord), (heb. Kheh'bel, Rope, Cord). (1) The Material Of Which Cord Was Made Varied According To ...
Corinth
Corinth (kor'inth), (gr. K6ptvoos, Kor'in-lhos, Ornament, Beauty), A Grecian City, Placed On The Isthmus Which Joins Peloponnesus (now Called The Morea) To The Continent Of Greece. (1) Topography. A Lofty Rock Rises Above It, On Which Was The Citadel, Or The Acrocorinthus. It Had Two Harbors: Cenchrew, On The Eastern ...
Cormorant
Cormorant (ktirrmo-rant). In The List Of Un Clean Birds (lev. Xi:17, Deut. Xiv:17) The Word Cormorant Is Probably The Correct Rendering Of The Heb. Shaw-lawk', Bird Of Prey. It Is A Large Black Bird, Living By Fishing. Its Scientific Name Is Pholacrocorax Carbo. In All Other Places In The A. ...
Cornelius
Cornelius (cr. Yopfrixws, (1) Family And Station. The Centurion Of This Name, Whose History Occurs In Acts X, Most Probably Belonged To The Cornelii, A Noble And Distinguished Family At Rome. Ile Is Reckoned By Julian, The Apostate, As One Of The Few Persons Of Distinction Who Embraced Christianity. His ...
Corner Stone
Corner Stone (lcor'ne'r Ston), (heb. Eh'ben Pin'now, Job Xxxviii.6; Is. Xxviii:16; Gr. K€00) Yowlas, Go-nee'as). The Chief Corner Stone Was A Large And Massive Stone So Formed As When Placed At A Corner, To Bind Together Two Outer Walls Of An Edifice. This Properly Makes No Part Of The Foundation, ...
Cosmogony
Cosmogony (kaz-mog'ts-ny), (gr. Kocuoyoria, From The Greek Words Cosmos, Universe, And Ktknesthai, To Be Burn, Signifies The Creation Of The Universe. I. Cosmogony Of Genesis. The Book Of Genesis Opens With A Cosmogony, I. E., An Account Of The Origin Of The Universe. It Has Been Alleged That There Are ...
Covenant
Covenant (kiiv'6-nant), (heb. Ber-eeth', Cutting,. Among Other Instances Of Anthropomor Phic Forms Of Speech Employed In Scripture Is The Use Of The Term Covenant To Designate The Divine Dealings With Mankind, Or With Individuals Of The Race. (1) Mutual Contract. In All Such Cases, The Proper Idea Of A Covenant ...
Creation
Creation (kr8-a'shiln). (1) Ohl Testament View. In The Ideas Implied By This Term A Subject Of Vast Extent And Most Pro Found Interest Is Suggested; At The Same Time One In Reference To Which But Little Can Be Said To Be So Certainly Known Or Distinctly Understood As To Afford ...
Crete
Crete (kret), (gr. Kp4r,j, Kray' Tay, Carnal, Fleshly), One Of The Largest Islands In The Mediter Ranean, Now Called Candia, And By The Turks, Kidd. It Is 16o Miles Long, But Of Very Unequal Width —varying From Thirty-five To Six Miles. It Is Sit Uated At The Entrance Of The ...
Criticism And Archeology
Criticism And Archeology (krit'l Siz'm And (1) No Real Antagonism. There Is No Real Antagonism Between Archaeology And Literary Criticism; On The Contrary The Archreologist Is Hound To Welcome All Literary Criticism Which Is Based Upon Sufficient Evidence And Is Conducted In Accordance With A Sound Method. It Prepares The ...
Crocodile
Crocodile (krok'6-dil). Although The Term Kitok6&lx0s, Lizard, Crocodile, Occurs In The Greek Version, There Is No Specific Word In The Hebrew Of Which It Is The Acknowledged Representative. (see Dragon; Leviatiian; Whale.) The Crocodiles Which We Have To Notice At Pres Ent Consist Of Three Varieties, Or Perhaps Species, All ...
Cross
Cross (kros), (gr. Erravp6s. Stow-ros). (1) Origin And Form. This Word Is Derived From The Latin Crux. Respecting The Origin Of Its Greek Representative There Is Some Diversity Of Opinion. According To Eustathius And Hesychius, The Greek .,tanros, Cross, Is So Called From Its Standing Erect, Or From Its Standing ...
Crown
Crown (kronn), (ileb. Nek'zer, Literally, Something Set Apart, Consecration; Hence, Con Secrated Or Dedicated Hair, As Of In:az:trite), Is Supposed To Mean A Diddem. (i Kb. Raw', Crown.) Crowns Are Often Mentioned In Scripture And In Such A Manner As In Most Cases To Indicate The Circumstances Under Which, And ...
Crucifixion
Crucifixion (kru'si•fik'shim), In Greek D Vaor Arpo All-as-tou-roon'; In I .a T In, Crwri Offig• Ere, In Crucem (z.krere Or In//ere; In Later Times Crud Ere, Whence Our Crucitixion. To Describe This Punishment The Jews Used The General Term R.:7, Taw-4,w% For Crucifixion Is A Kind Of Hanging; Whence Christ ...
Cruelties
Cruelties The Law Given Through Moses Has Been De Nounced As Being Unnecessarily Severe, But Law Is Always Stern And Uncompromising, And A Way Ward People Numbering More Than Six Hundred Thousand Men Besides Women And Children, Were Not To Be Trained In Everything Pertaining To Their Own Welfare Without ...
Crystal
Crystal (kris' Tal), (heb. N7, Keh'rakh, Kerach, And Gaw'beesh, Both Rendered In The Sept. By Kptlaraxxos, Kroos'tal-los, Ice, Which Also Occurs In Rev. Xxi:11). There Seems To Lie No Doubt That Crystal Is In Tenrled By The Greek Word In Rev. Xxi :tr, As In Deed The Phrase Of Comparison ...
Cubit
Cubit (ku'bit), (heb. Am-maw'; Gr. R'lxvs, Tay'khoos, The Forearm), A Word Derived Imme Diately From The Latin Cubitus, The Lower Arm. The Length Of The Cubit Has Varied In Different Nations, And At Different Times. Derived As The Measure Is From A Part Of The Human Body, And As The ...
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church (kfirn'ber-land Preeby-te'ri-an (1) Origin. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church Originated In The Remarkable Revival Of Religion Which Began In 1797 To Develop Itself In Kentucky, Under The Labors Of James Mcgready, A Minister Of The Presbyterian Church. It Has Long Been Known As "the Revival Of 180o." It ...
Cummin
Cummin (kfina'nain), (heb. Irk, Kam-mone', Preserving; Gr. /2 (pop, Koo'mht-on). This Is An Umbelliferous Plant, Mentioned Both In The Old And New Testaments, And Which, Like The Dill And The Coriander, Continues To Be Culti Vated In Modern, As It Was In Ancient Times, In Eastern Countries. These Are Similar ...
Cunning
Cunning (kiin'ning), (heb. Khaw-shab', Ps. Cxxxvii:5, Ability, Skill, Dexterity). It Means (1) Skillful, Artful (gen. Xxv:27; Exod. Xxxi.4, And Xxxv:35); (2) Crafty, Deceitful (eph. Iv:14). In Kings Vii:14 (heb. Dah'ath) It Means Knowledge, Skillfulness. Cup (klip), The Translation Mostly In The Old Testament Of The Heb. Koce, A Receptacle; In ...
Curse
Curse (iciars). Several Hebrew And Greek Words Are Thus Translated. To Curse, Signifies To Imprecate, To Call For Mis Chief Upon, Or Wish Evil To, Any One. Noah Cursed His Grandson Canaan (gen. Ix :25) : Jacob Cursed The Fury Of His Two Sons (gen. Xlix :7) ; Moses En ...
Curtains
Curtains (kilt-tins). Three Hebrew Words Arc Thus Rendered. 1. ;if77 (yer-ee-aw% Tremulous), The Ten Cur Tains Which Covered The Tabernacle Of Moses (exod. Xxvi:1-13; Xxxvi:8-t7). The Word Afterwards Be Came A Synonym For The Tabernacle. 2. 77'7 (maw-sawk', Veil), The Hanging For The Door Of The Temple (exod. Xxvi:36, 37; ...
Cuthites
Cuthites (kinh'its). See Saniaritans. Cuttings (kt T-tings). In The Flesh, Expressed By Seh'ret (heb. Lev. Xix:28), Saw-reh'telh (1 Kb. Incision, Lev. Xxi:5) And Gnd-go'daw (heb. A Cut, Jer, Amongst The Prohibitory Laws Which God Gave The Israelites There Was One That Expressly Forbade The Practice Embraced In Those Words, Viz.: ...
Cyprus
Cyprus (srprus), (gr. Ktirpos, Koo"prosi, The Modern Kebris, One Of The Largest Islands In The Mediterranean, And Next To Sicily In Importance. It Is About 14o Miles In Length, And Varies In Breadth From 5o To 5 Miles. From Its Numerous Headlands And Promontories, It Was Called Kepacr Rts, Kerastis, ...
Cyrene
Cyrene (ss•-re'ne), (gr. Kvphim, Koo-ray'nay Ghrenna, In Modern Arabic), A City In Upper Libya, Founded About The Year B. C. 632, By A Colony Of Greeks From Thera (santorini), A Small Island In The Iegeau Sea. Its Name Is Generally Supposed To Be Derived From A Fountain (but According To ...
Cyrentiis
Cyrentiis (sy'-re'n't-us), (gr. Livphvtos, Or, According To His Latin Appellation, P. Sulpitius Quirinius), Governor Of Syria (luke Ii:1, 2). (1) Difficulties Regarding Census. The Men Tion Of His Name In Connection With The Census Which Was In Progress At The Time Of Our Lord's Birth, Presents Very Serious Difficulties, Of ...
Cyrus
Cyrus (s5orusi, (deb. Ko' Rech Babyl. Kura ; Old Persian Kurush, Gr. Pot, Koo' Ror ; Lat. Cyrus). The Celebrated Persian Conqueror Of Babylon ( It C. 550, Who Promulgated The First Edict For The Restoration Of The Jews To Their Own Land (ezra I:t, Etc.). We Are Informed By ...
Dagon
Dagon Ida'ron), Daw-gohn'),is The Name Of A National God Of The Philistines At Gaza And Ashdod (judg. Xvi.23; T Sam. V:2-7 Sq.; T Chron. X:10. As To The Meaning Of The Name, Philo Byblius Assumed The Word To Be Derived From Dagan, Corn. This Derivation Is Admitted By Bochart, Who ...
Damaris
Damaris (dam'a-rts), (gr. Ligapts, A Woman Of Athens, Who Was Led To Embrace Christianity By The Preaching Of St. Paul (acts Xvii:34). Some Suppose She Was The Wife Of Dionysius The Areopagite, Who Is Mentioned Before Her ; But Damascus' Are Found In Is. Vii :8. It Is Expressly Said ...
Damascus
Damascus (da-mas'kus), (heb. Dam Ineh'sek (gr.aai.lacrtc6s, Dam-as-kos), Called By The Natives Es-sham. (1) The Metropolis And Capital Of Syria, Also Capital Of An Important Pashalic Of The Same Name, Lies In A Plain At The Eastern Foot Of Anti Libanus. It Was Sometimes Spoken Of By The An Cients As ...
Damnation
Damnation (dam-na'shim), (gr. Cilra'aega, Ap Oh' Lei-ah, Destruction, Losing Away), A Word Gener Ally Used, In A Theological Sense, To Express A Total Loss Of The Soul; But This Is Not Its Proper Import In All Places Where It Occurs In Scripture; And The Use Of It Is In Some ...
Dance
Dance (dams), ( I I Ch. Run, Khool, To Twist, Dance, Dancing. Chorus). 1. The Words In The Original, Rendered In Our Translation By This Term, Denote, Properly, To Leap For Joy (1) Ancient Dance. The Character Of The Ancient Dance Was Very Different From That Of Ours, As Appears ...
Daniel
Daniel (dan'i-el Or Yel), (heb. Daw Nee-yale', God Is My Judge). 1. A Celebrated Prophet In The Chaldean And Persian Period. There Are In The Bible Two Other Persons Of The Same Name—a Son Of David (t Chron. Iii:i), And A Levite Of The Race Of Ithamar (ezra Viii :2; ...
Darius
Darius (da-ri'us) Or Rather Darjavesh (gr. Aapeioc, Hence The Roman And Modern Form Of The Name; Old Persian Darayava'ush; Daw-reh-yaw-vaysh'),the Name Under Which Three Medo-persian Kings Are Mentioned In The Old Testament. The Original Form Of The Name, To Which The Hebrew And Greek Words Are Only Approxima Tions, Has ...
Darkness
Darkness (clark'nes), (heb, 70, Kho-shek', The Dark; Gr. Cfk6tos, Skates), In The Physical Sense, Is Specially Noticed, On Three Occasions, In The Scriptures. 1. At The Period Of Creation Darkness, It Is Said, "was On The Face Of The Deep" (gen. I :2-4). (see Cos N1ogony.) 2. The Plague Of ...
Daughter
Daughter (da'ter), (heb. Bath, Feminine Of 1;:. Bane, Son; Gr. Otrydrnp, Thaa-gat Air). It Has In Scripture A More Extended Applica Tion Than Our Word Daughter. Besides Its Usual And Proper Sense Of 1. A Daughter Real Or Adopted, We Find It Used To Designate: 2. A Uterine Sister, Niece ...
Daughter In Law
Daughter-in-law ( I Leb. Kal-law' Gr. Veliov, Unenn'jtv), Denotes, Lit Erally, A Bride, And Has Reference To :1 Son's Wife. David (dvvid), Web. Chron. (law-veer!' ; New Test. Tia111/5, Dah-teeett. The Word Probably Means Beloved (gesenius). The Reign Of David Is The Great Critical Era In The History Of The ...
Day Of Atonement
Atonement, Day Of (a.-tun-ment), (heb• Yome Hak-ki,h-loor-eem', Day Of Pardon, Lev. Xxiii:27; Xxv:9). In The Talmud This Day Is Called Great Fisting, Or Merely The Day; A Circum Stance Which Has Suggested To Some Commentators The Notion That By Hemeran (heb. Vii:27) The Apostle Intended This Atonement Day. (1) Time. ...
Days Journey
Day's Journey (cia'z Jtir-nd, A Standard Often Used In The Bible For Reckoning Distance (gen. Xxxi:23; Ex. Iii:18; Num. Xi:31; Deut. I:2; 1 Kings Xix:4; 2 Kings Iii:9; Jonah Iii:3, 4; Luke Ii:44; Acts But The Term Usually Meant The Actual Time Covered In A Journey Rather Than Any Definite ...
Deacon
Deacon (di:len), (gr. At6kopos, Dee-ak'on-os, Ministrant). This Word In Its More Extended Sense Is Used, Both In Scripture And In Ecclesiastical Writers, To Designate Any Person Who Ministers In God's Semi Re'. I. Officers In The Church. In 2 Cur. Vi!.1, The Apostle Says, 'but In All Things Approving Our ...
Deaconess
Deaconess (gr. Atadwuraa, Dee Ak-on'is-sa). 1. Deaconesses Of The Early Church. That The Order Of Deaconess Existed In The Christian Church, Even In Apostolic Days, Is Evident From Rom. Xviii : 'i Commend Unto You Phebe, Our Sister, Which Is A Servant (acrav Sekkopop, A Deacon Ess) Of The Church ...
Death
Death (dab), Trzaw'veth, Death). Since Death Can Be Regarded In Various Points Of View, The Descriptions Of It Must Necessarily Vary. If We Consider The State Of A Dead Man, As It Strikes The Senses, Death Is The Cessation Of Natural Life. If We Consider The Cause Of Death, We ...
Death By Crucifixion
Crucifixion, Death By (kru'srific'shiln, Deth Bi). (1) Causes. Physically Considered It Is To Be Attributed To The Sympathetic Fever Which Is Ex Cited By The Wounds, And Aggravated By Exposure To The Weather, Privation Of Water, And The Pain Fully Constrained Position Of The Body. Traumatic Fever Corresponds, In Intensity ...
Debate
Debate (a-bat% (heb. Mats-es-awl. Among Evils Of The Gentiles Given In The Epistle To The Romans (i:29) Paul Includes De Bate,- The Rendering Of Gr. Epic, Er'is, Wrang Ling, Strife (a.v.). In Early English To Debate Was To Tight And Wrangle. Debitt (whir), (heb. Deb-7-er% Sanctuary, Place Of The Oracle). ...
Deborah
Deborah (deb'o-rah), (heb. ;7:7, Deb-o-raw', A Bee). 1. The Nurse Of Rebekah (gen. Xxxv :8), Whom She Accompanied From The House Of Bethuel (xxiv 2. A Prophetess, Wife Of Lapidoth. She Dwelt, Probably, In A Tent, Under A Well-known Palm-tree Between Ramah And Bethel, Where She Judged Israel (judg. Iv ...
Decalogue
Decalogue (gr. Afkdxoyos, Dek A' Og-on. 1. The Nora' Law. Decalogue Is The Name By Which The Greek Fathers Designated "the Ten Commandments," Which Were Written By God On Tables Of Stone And Given To Moses On Mount Sinai. (1) Name. In Hebrew The Name Is "ten Words" As-eh'reth, Exod. ...