Bryant
Bryant, Jacon, A.m., An English Gentle Man Who Devoted Himself To Letters. Lie Was Born At Plymouth 1715, Educated At Eton And At King's College, Cambridge, And Died In 1804. His First Published Writings, Bearing, However, Only Indi Rectly On The Literature Of The Bible, Are Vindi Cier Navimr, A ...
Burial And Tombs
Burial And Tombs. The Information In The Bible Respecting The Rites Of Burial And Places Of Sepulture Of The Hebrews Is Scanty But Curious. In Considering It We Shall Not Attempt To Systema Tize Into A Single Account The Various Indications Of The Practices Of 2000 Years, For The Compactness ...
Burnt Offering
Burnt-offering (heb. R6j/ Or N9i3), Lxx. Oxofccuircokta, Aoteiprtoo-ts, 6xotcdprwl.ca), The Most Common And General Kind Of Sacrifice Among The Hebrews. Of Its Two Designations, The One (-19v), Which Is The More Usual In Prose, Comes From ;61/, To Ascend, Which Is Used In The Hiphil In Reference To Sacrifices, In ...
Butter
Butter Is Not Often Mentioned In Scripture, And Even Less Frequently Than Our Version Would Sug For, As Already Intimated, The Word Rnvzrl, Chemah, Must Sometimes Be Understood Of Curdled Milk. Indeed, It May Be Doubted Whether It De. Notes Butter In Any Place Besides Dem. X.xxii. Butter Of Kine,' ...
Byssus
Byssus. The Greek Word Pooaos Occurs In Luke Xvi. 19, Where The Rich Man Is Described As Being Clothed In Purple And Fine Linen; And Also In Rev. Xviii. 12, 16, And Xix. S, 14, Among The Merchandise, The Loss Of Which Would Be Mourned For By The Merchants Trading ...
C Legal Matters
C. Legal Matters. The Sadducees Restricted The Levirate Law To Cases Of Betrothal (riorn) But Denied Its Obligation When The Marriage Was Consummated (rivon). Thus, For Instance, Though They Regarded Abetrothed Woman (r1011n) As A Wife, And Treated Her As A Mar Ried Woman In Accordance With The Mosaic Legisla ...
C Olo Ss F
C Olo Ss F, Properly Colossie (k Onoo-aaf), A City Of Phrygia, On The River Lycus (now Gorduk), Not Far From Its Confluence With The Iviander, And Near The Towns Of Laodicea, Apamea, And Hierapolis (col. Ii. I ; Iv. 13, 15 ; Comp. Plin. Hist. Nat. V. 41 ; ...
C From Tiie Dispersion
C. From Tiie Dispersion Of The Jews To Fiie Present Time.—excepting The Ordinances Which Were Local And Belonged To The Temple And Its Sacrifilial Service, And Bating The Exposition And More Rigid Explanation Of Some Of The Rites So As To Adapt Them To The Altered Condition Of The Nation, ...
C The Manner In
C. The Manner In Which The Passover Is Celebrated In The Present Day.-with The Exception Of Those Ordinances Which Were Legal, And Belonged To The Temple, And The Extension And More Rigid Explanation Of Some Of The Rites, The Jews To The Present Day Continue To Celebrate The Feast Of ...
Cahana B Tachlifa
Cahana B. Tachlifa, The Celebrated Hagadist, Was Born At Pum-nahara About 33o A. D. He Prosecuted His Early Studies Under Raba, Whom He Always Regarded As The Highest Authority In Mat Ters Affecting The Law, And When His Revered Teacher Died (351), Cabana Returned To His Native Place, Where He ...
Cahen
Cahen, Samuel—this Celebrated Jewish Ex Positor Of The Old Testament Was Born In Metz, August 4, 1796, Of Very Poor Parents. He Began His Studies By Becoming A Bachor (nnz), Diligent Student Of The Talmud, But Was Obliged To Quit His Parental Roof In Consequence Of Poverty, And Went To ...
Caiaphas
Caiaphas (kaaoas), Called By Josephus (a N Tiq. Xviii. 2, § 2) Joseph Caiaphas, Was High-priest Of The Jews In The Reign Of Tiberias Cxsar (luke Iii. 2). We Learn From Josephus That He Succeeded Simon The Son Of Camith (about A.d. 27 Or 28), And Held The Office Nine ...
Cainan
Cainan Possessor; Sept. ; N. T. Karyciy). I. Son Of Enos, And Father Of Mahalaleel (gen. V. 9 ; I Chron. I. 2). 2. Son Of Arphaxad, The Son Of Shem, And Father Of Salah. His Name Is Wanting In The Present Copies Of The Hebrew Scrip Tures ; But ...
Calah 63
Calah (63 ; Sept. Xamx). In Gen. X. 11, 12, We Read That Asshur Went Out Of The Land Of Shinar, Or, As The Margin Renders It, He (nimrod) Went Out Of The Land Of Shinar To Asshur, And Blinded Nineveh And Calah, And Resen Between Nineveh And Calah.' The ...
Caleb
Caleb (n ; Sept. Xci.neli. Gesenius (thes. P. 684) Says, Perhaps It Means Dog, I.e. ; Arab. Fiirst (in His New Lex. I. 593) Explains By ' Der .i.ciihne, Tapfere, D. H. Held.' Meier Controverts Gesenius, And Gives The Sense As Fiirst Renders It, 'der Tapfere Held,' The Valiant Hero). ...
Camel
Camel. Three Names For The Camel Occur In The O. T., And A Fourth Is Perhaps To Be Added. They Are As Follows :— .y?, Arab. Anc. And Mod. Kap- Jemel Or Gene!, And The Like In The Other Semitic Languages ; Sansk. Krandla, Gr. Raffipios ; Copt. Xd..tilo'cx Rz,,jutz.-a ...
Cameron
Cameron, John, Born In Glasgow In 1579, Laureated In Its University 1598, And Admitted As A Regent 1599. In 1600 He Taught The Classical Lan Guages In The French College Of Bergerac, And Afterwards Became Professor Of Philosophy At Sedan. He Was Chosen One Of The Students Sup Ported For ...
Campegius Vitringa
Vitringa, Campegius, D.d., Successively Professor Of Oriental Languages And Of Theology At Leyden, And Professor Of Theology At Franeker, Was Born At Leuwarden T6th May 1659, And Died At Franeker 3rst March 1722. His Great Work Is His Commentarius In Librum Pro,het. Yesaix, 2 Vols. Fol., Of Which The First ...
Cana Of Galilee
Cana Of Galilee (kava Rcis Petatitas), A Village Only Mentioned By The Evangelist John. It Was The Native Place Of Nathanael ; But It Was Chiefly Celebrated As The Scene Of Jesus' First Miracle, In Turning The Water Into Wine (john Xxi. 2 ; Ii. 1-11). It Appears From The ...
Canaanites
Canaanites The Canaanite Collec Tively ; Sometimes Also As A Gentile Adjective (gen. Xxxviii. 2, Etc.) ; Sept. Ravavalot), The Descendants Of Canaan, The Son Of Ham And Grandson Of Noah, Inhabitants Of The Land Of Canaan And The Adjoin Ing Districts. A General Account Of The Different Nations Included ...
Candace
Candace, Or, More Correctly, Kandake (both The C's Being Hard), Was The Name Of That Queen Of The Ethiopians (kapbarm I7 Ai8i6rcov) Whose High Treasurer Was Converted To Christianity Under The Preaching Of Philip The Evan Gelist (acts Viii. 27). The Country Over Which She Ruled Was Not, As Some ...
Candlestick
Candlestick (rmizsr; ; Sept. 77 Xvxvia), The Candelabrum Which Moses Was Commanded To Make For The Tabernacle, After The Model Shewn Him In The Mount, Is Chiefly Known To Us By The Passages In Exod. Xxv. 31-40 ; Xxxvii. 17-24 ; On Which Some Additional Light Is Thrown By The ...
Canne
Canne, Jonn. The Place And Date Of His Birth Are Unknown, Though The Latter Is Supposed To Be About 159o. He Is Said To Have Been Originally A Minister Of The Established Church, But For The Greater Part Of His Life He Was One Of Its Most De Cided Opponents. ...
Canon 1
Canon. 1. The Greek Word Denotes, Primarily, A Straight Rod ; And From This Flow Nu Merous Derivative Uses Of It, In All Of Which The Idea Of Straightness, As Opposed To Obliquity, Is Manifest. Among The Rest, As A Rod Was Employed To Keep Other Things Straight, Or As ...
Canonicity And
Canonicity And Use.—the Inspiration And Canonical Authority Of The Psalms Are Established By The Most Abundant And Convincing Evidence. They Never Were, And Never Can Be, Rejected, Except By Impious Impugners Of All Divine Revela Tion. Not To Mention Other Ancient Testimonies [canon], We Find Complete Evidence In The N. ...
Capernaum
Capernaum (karepvaaa), A City On The North-western Side Of The Lake Of Gennesaret, And On The Border Of The Tribes Of Zebulun And Naph Tali. The Infidelity And Impenitence Of The Inhabi Tants Of This Place, After The Evidence Given To Them By Our Saviour Himself Of The Truth Of ...
Caphthor
Caphthor (-intn), A District Or Country Respecting The Position Of Which Great Diversity Of Opinion Prevails. All That We Learn From The Notices Of It In Scripture Is—i. That It Was The Mother Country Of The Philistines, Or Rather A Portion Of Them Called The Caphtorim, For There Were Philis ...
Cappadocia
Cappadocia (kari-raw/la). Among Those Who Were Present On The Day Of Pentecost, When The Apostles Received The Miraculous Gift Of Tongues, Were Dwellers In Cappadocia.' They With Others Exclaimed, How Hear We Every Man In Our Own Tongue, Wherein We Were Horn?' (acts Ii. 8, 9.) Peter Also Addressed His ...
Cappel Or Cappellus
Cappel Or Cappellus, Louts (ltmovi Cus), Was Born At St. Helier, 1585. He Was The Son Of Jacques Cappel Ii. He Lived For The Most Part In Sedan From His Eighth Till His Twentieth Year. At The Age Of 24 The Church In Bourdeaux Furnished Him With The Means Of ...
Captain
. Captain. This Is The Rendering In The A. V. Of Different Hebrew And Greek Words, And Denotes Sometimes A Military, Sometimes A Civil Chief. It Represents, [t], Tv, Which Means Chief Or Ruler, And Is Used Generally To Designate A Military Com Mander (gen. Xxi. 22 ; Xxxvii. 36 ...
Captivities
- Captivities. The Word Captivity, As Ap Plied To The People Of Israel, Has Been Appro Priated, 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 District, Is Not An Uncommon Event In Ancient ...
Caravan
Caravan ( Is The Name Given To A Body Of Merchants Or Pilgrims As They Travel In The East. A Multitude Of People, Of All Ages And Con Ditions, Assembling To Undertake A Journey, And Prosecuting It En Masse For Days And Weeks Toge Ther, Is A Thing Unknown In ...
Caravanserais
. Caravanserais. In The Days Of The Elder Patriarchs, There Seem To Have Been No Places Spe Cially Devoted To The Reception Of Travellers, At Least In The Pastoral Districts Frequented By Those Venerable Nomades ; For We Find Abraham, Like The Oriental Shepherds Of The Present Day, Under A ...
Carchemish
Carchemish Is Mentioned In Is. X. 9 Among Other Places In Syria Which Had Been Subdued By An Assyrian King, Probably Tiglath-pileser. That Carchemish Was A Strong Hold On The Euphrates Appears From The Title Of A Prophecy Of Jeremiah Against Egypt (xlvi. 2) : Against The Army Of Pharoah-necho, ...
Carmel
Carmel (n-in, A Garden Or Fruitful Field; Sept. Kdpusixos), A Name Given To A Mountain Range On The Coast Of Palestine, And Also To A Town In The South Of Judah. 1. Mount Carmel.—the Word Carmel Is Of Fre Quent Occurrence In Scripture As A Common Noun, And Signifies 'a ...
Carshena
Carshena (ndtra)• The First Of The Seven Princes Of Persia And Media Who Formed The Inner Council Of King Ahasuerus. Flint Derives The Word From Zend Beggs, Slim, And No, A Man= Slim-man. T Cart (i*v; Sept. "apa4a). The Hebrew Word Rendered By Our Translators In Some Places By `waggon,' ...
Carved Work
Carved Work, Properly Speaking, Differs From Sculpture And Chasing; It Embraces Simply Works In Ivory And Wood ' • While Sculpture Operates On Marble Or Stone, And Chasing On Metals. This Distinction, However, Does Not Exist In The Bibli Cal Terms, Which Refer To Carved Work ; These Are (t) ...
Casluhim
Casluhim Sept. Xcuri.tomti.e), A Mizraite People From Whom Went Forth A Portion Of The Philistines (gen. X 14 ; 1 Chron. I. 12). Bochart, On The Ground Of The Similarity Of The Names, And The Assertion That The Colchians Were An Egyptian Colony (herod. Ii. 104 ; Diod. Sic. I. ...
Casphor
Casphor (sept. Xarrepuip [al. Kacrothp] ; Vulg. Casphor, And Josephus, Ant. Xii. 8, 3, Xdacbcoika), Which Was One Of The Cities In The Land Of Galaad ' Taken By Judas Maccabmus In His Brilliant Campaign Against The Syrian General, The Younger Timotheus. See T Maccab. V. 24-54. The Site Of ...
Castellio
Castellio, Or, As He Called Himself, Cas Talio, (chateillon) Sebastian, Was Born In Savoy Or Dauphine, In 1515. He First Studied At Lyons, Then At Strasburg, Where He Lived In The Same House With Calvin. When The Latter Re Turned To Geneva, Castalio Got The Situation Of Teacher In A ...
Catenie
Catenie, A Name Given To Collections Of Ex Positions Culled From The Writings Of The Fathers, And Linked Together So As To Form One Continuous Series. The Application Of This Name To Works Of This Sort Has Been Attributed To Thomas Aquinas, Whose Collection On The Four Gospels Bears The ...
Caves
Caves. The Geological Formation Of Syria Is Highly Favourable To The Production Of Caves. It Consists Chiefly Of Limestone, In Different Degrees Of Density, And Abounds With Subterranean Rivulets. The Springs Issuing From Limestone Generally Con Tain Carbonate Of Lime, And Most Of Them Yield A Large Quantity Of Free ...
Ceratonia Ceratia
Ceratia, Ceratonia, Is The Name Of A Tree Of The Family Of Leguminous Plants, Of Which The Fruit Used To Be Called Siliqua Edzilis And Sill'. Qua Daleis. By The Greeks, As Galen And Paulus ./egineta, The Tree Is Called Iceparia, Keparwvia, From The Resemblance Of Its Fruit To Tcepas, ...
Cha1neh
Cha1.neh, The Fourth Of Nimrod's Cities (gen. X. To), And Probably Not Different From The Calno Of Is. X. 9, Or The Canneh Of Ezek. Xxvii. 23. Accord Ing To The Chaldee Translation, With Which Eusebius And Jerome Agree, This Is The Same Place That Was Subsequently Called Ctesiphon. It ...
Chagab
Chagab (=n) A Winged Edible Locust (lev. Xi. 22 ; Num. Xiii. 33 ; Is. Xl. 22 ; Eccles. Xii. 5 ; And 2 Chron. Vii. 13). In All These Passages The Sept. Reads Impis, Vulgate /ocusta, And English Crasshopper, Except The Last, Where The English Has Locusts. The Manifest ...
Chain
Chain. Chains Of Gold Appear To Have Been Much Used Among The Hebrews—i. As Badges Of Official Distinction, As They Are Among Ourselves At The Present Day. The Earliest Mention Of Them Occurs In Gen. Xli. 42, Where We Are Told That A Chain Of Gold Formed A Part Of ...
Chajug
Chajug, Jelluda B. David, Commonly Called Ching, And In Arabia Abukaria, Jachja B. Daild El-fasi El-kartubi, And Jachja, Who Is Justly Re Garded By All Jewish Critics And Expositors As The Prince Of Hebrew Grammarians, P+ripinri Was Born In Fez About 1020-1040, A.d., And Hence Is Sometimes Also Called Jehuda ...
Chaldzeans
Chaldzeans (a+it,m). The Origin And Con Dition Of The People To Whom This Name Is Assigned In Scripture Have Been Subjects Of Dispute Among The Learned. Probably, However, They Were The Same People That Are Described In Greek Writers As Having Originally Been An Uncultivated Tribe Of Mountaineers, Placed On ...
Chalmea
Chalmea, Or Cihialdea. The Hebrew Word Is Rendered In The A. V. Both • : Chaldea ( Jer. 1. To ; Ezek. Xi. 24) And Chaldeans ( Job I. 17 ; Is. Xxiii. 13). It Is A Plural Noun, And Signifies Primarily Chaldcans.' But As The Country Was Called Jer. ...
Chananiah Hananiaii
Hananiaii, Chananiah (rrnri, Or With The Parag. ;r1:.pri; Lxx. 'avavfa, 'avavfas ; Vulg. Hanania, Han'anias, Ananias : Both In Etymology And Signification Identical With ?min`, Jehohanan, 7 7 Whence The Greek Juxivvils). R. One Of The Sons Of Shashak, Of The Tribe Of Benjamin R Chron. Ira 24. 2. A ...
Chap Iii Occurrences Of
Chap. Iii. Occurrences Of Passion Week. Introciticioy Events : Friday And Satztra'ay. —with Wieseler (chronol. Synops. 386-392), Ave Asstune Friday, Sth Of Nisan (march 31 Of A.d. 3o, Or A. C.c. 783) To Have Been The Day Refet-red To By St. John (xii. I) As That Of Our Lord's Arrival ...
Chapiter
Chapiter, Not The Same Word, Though Syno Nymous, With The Architectural Term Capital, The Head Or Uppermost Part Of A Column Or Pilaster. In The O. T. There Occur Three Different Hebrew Words To Express The English Noun Chapiter.' 1. The First And Most Frequent Is Iinnb, Which Occurs (i ...
Chapter I Our Lords
Chapter I. Our Lord's Life Previous To The Ministry.— The Birth Of Yaw Christ And Its Circumstances, Both Previous And Concomitant.— Instead Of A Formal Register Of The Date Of Christ's Birth After The Manner Of Biography, The N. T. Uses A General Phrase Only (` In The Days Of ...
Chapter Ii The Lords
Chapter Ii. The Lord's Ministry Until The Week Of His Suffering—how Long- Was It ?— The Chronological Emphasis Of Luke Iii. 1, 2, Marks A Great Event In The History Of The Gospels. One, Whom None Of Woman Born, Through The Long Ages Of God's Revelation Under The 0.t. Ever ...
Chargol
Chargol (9nri ; Sept. '00ioaciv7s ; Vulg. Ophioynachus; A.v. Beetle; Found Only In Lev. Xi. 22). This Word Cannot Mean The Beetle. No Species Of Scarabseus Was Ever Used As Food By The Jews, Or Perhaps Any Other Nation. Nor Does Any Known Species Answer To The Generic Descrip Tion ...
Chariots
Chariots. The Scriptures Employ Different Words To Denote 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 Sculptures And Paintings, In Possession Of Such In Formation Respecting ...
Chariots Of War
Chariots Of War. The Egyptians Used Horses In The Equipment Of An Armed Force Before Jacob And His Sons Had Settled In Goshen ; They Had Chariots Of War, And Mounted Asses And Mules, And Therefore Could Not He Ignorant Of The Art Of Riding ; But For Ages After ...
Charles Butler
Butler, Charles, A Distinguished Roman Catholic Lawyer And Author, Was Born In London In 1750, And Died In 1832. He Was Educated At The English College At Douay, And Was The First Roman Catholic Called To The Bar Subsequent To The Period Of The Revolution. *immediately On The Passing Of ...
Charles Daubuz
Daubuz, Charles, Was A French Protestant, Born About The Year 1670. Like Many Other Re Fugees Of His Nation, His Family Experienced The Hospitality Of England On Occasion Of The Revoca Tion Of The Edict Of Nantes. In Due Time, Daubuz Entered The Ministry Of The English Church, And Ultimately ...
Charles Ferme
Ferme, Charles, Or Fairholme. Born At Edinburgh, And Educated At Its University, He Rose To The Position Of Principal Of The College Of Fraser Burgh. For His Share In The Proceedings Of The Assembly At Aberdeen In 1605, He Was Imprisoned In The Castle Of Doune For Some Years. He ...
Charles Hayes
Hayes, Charles, An English Gentleman Of Extensive Scientific And Literary Attainments, Was Born In The Year 1678. In His Early Life He Devoted Himself Principally To Scientific Studies, And Was The Author Of The First Treatise On Fluxions Published In The English Language. Subsequently, He Gave Himself To The Study ...
Charles Marie De Veil
Veil, Charles Marie De, Also Called Duveil, Was Born At Metz, In Lorrain, Circa 1625. Being Of A Highly Respectable Jewish Family, He Received From His Youth An Excellent Hebrew Education, And He Soon Distinguished Himself In The Learning Of His Fathers. Through Contact With Learned Roman Catholics, And An ...
Chartummim
Chartummim ; Sept. Bracaot, Ckappaeol). This Is The Title Rendered ' Magicians' In Our Version, Applied To The ` Wise Men' Of Egypt (gen. Xli. 8, 24exod. Vii. ; Viii. 7, 58, 59 ; Ix. 1), And Of Babylon (dan. I. Zo ; Ii. 2). The Word ` Magicians' Is ...
Chasidim
Chasidim (n+-rorr ; I Maccab. Vii. 13), One Of The Three Chief Jewish Sects, Of Which The Other Two Were The Hellenists And The Maccabeans, And From Which Were Developed After Wards Other Sects, Such As The Pharisees, The Es Sores, Etc. The Appellation In+ton Or The Singular Tort, The ...
Chatzir
Chatzir (-ovn), Or Chazir, Also Chajir. This Word Occurs In Several Places In The 0. T., Where It Is Variously Translated, As Grass, In I Kings Xviii. 5 ; 2 Kings Xix. 26 ; Job Xl. 15 ; Ps. Xxxvii. 2, Etc. ; Herb, In Job Viii. 12 ; Hay, ...
Chavila El Balchi
El-balchi, Chavila, So Called After His Native Town Balchi (4:9z In Bactria, A Cele Brated Rationalistic Philosopher, Commentator, And Grammarian, Who Flourished About S80 A.d. He Published A Translation Of The Pentateuch Into Ara Bic, With An Elaborate Commentary, Which Created As Much Excitement In The East As Voltaire's Attacks ...
Chazir
Chazir In Arabic Chizron ; Sept. 5s). Occurs In Lev. Xi. 7 ; Dent. Xiv. 8 ; Ps. Lxxx. 13 ; Prov. Xi. 22 ; Is. Lxv. ˘ ; Lxvi. 3, 17. The Hebrew, Egyptian, Arabian, Phoenician, And Other Neighbouring Nations Abstained From Hog's Flesh, And Consequently, Excepting In Egypt, ...
Cheese
Cheese. The Most Important Passage In Which This Preparation From Milk Is Mentioned In Scripture Is That Where Job, Figuratively Describing The Formation Of The Fetus In The Womb, Says ' Hast Thou Not Poured Me Out Like Milk, And Curdled (condensed, Solidified) Me Like Cheese?' (x. Io). We Know ...
Chelbenah
Chelbenah (nzpr) Is Mentioned In Exod. Xxx. 34, As One Of The Substances From Which The Incense For The Sanctuary Was To Be Prepared. The Hebrew Word Is Very Similar To The Greek Xax Pdvn, Which Occurs As Early As The Time Of Hippo Crates. The Substance Is More Particularly ...
Chenaanaii
Chenaanaii (r)m, Sept. Xavavciv ; Vulg. Clianana. Fiirst, In Hebr. Wortb. S. V., Says It Is The Original Form Of The Noun Pin, Canaan ; And Suggests That The Prevalence Of Such Names As This, And Tharsish And Cush Among The Benjamites, Indicates Special Connection By Intermarriage With The Earlier ...