Cheritii
Cheritii (nrin ; Sept. Xogdo), A River In Palestine, On The Banks Of Which The Prophet Elijah Found Refuge (i Kings Xvii. 3-7). Eusebius And Others Have Conceived Themselves Bound By The Words Ii-ort Rendered ' East Of The Jor Dan,' To Seek The River In The Trans-jordanic Coun Try ...
Cherubim
Cherubim (n+nnz Or Sing. Zrz ; Lxx. Xepov(3lg; A. V. Cherubims, Where The S Is A Superfluous Addition To The Hebrew Plural Form. The Singular Is Seldom Used When They Are Spoken Of Generically, Except In Ps. Xviii. R I, And As A Proper Name Ezr. Ii. 59). Cherubim' Is ...
Chesulloth
Chesulloth (1.-k= ; Sept. Xao-am0). In Josh. Xix. 18, The Border Of Zebulun Is Said To Lie ` Toward Jezreel, And Chesulloth, And Shunem.' From This It Might Be Inferred That Chesulloth Was Situated Between Jezreel And Shunem, Both Of Which Lie In The Valley Between Little Hermon And Gilboa ...
Chezib
Chezib (ye ; Sept. According To The Masoretic Text And The Lxx., Is The Name Of The Place Where Judah's Canaanite Wife Shuah (verse 2), Or Bathshuali (verse T2), Gave Birth To His Third Son Shelah. It Occurs In This Form But Once ; In Gen. Xxxviii. 5. In Josh. ...
Children
Children. The Word Children' Is Some Times Used In The Plural Number, When Meant To Designate Only One Male Issue (comp. T Chron. 31 ; 2 Chron. Xxiv. 25 Xxxiii. 6). In Such Places The Terms Sons,' Is Equivalent To Offspring, All Of Whom Had Probably Died Except The Last-mentioned ...
Chinnereth Cinnereth
Cinnereth, Chinnereth, And Cinne Roth (min, And Ni-uo ; Sept. Kevep10). The Name Of A Fortified Town In Naphtali (josh. Xix 35), Situated On The Shore Of The Sea Of Galilee, And Which Gave That Sea Its Ancient Name Bs P17]] (num. Xxxiv. S). It Was Also The Name Of ...
Chisloth Tabor
Chisloth-tabor (-nn ;-cnn ; Sept. Xa 0-exu8aa, Or [alex.] Xtzczex69 13a5c.,5p ; Vulg. Ceseleth Thabor) Is Mentioned In Josh. Xix. 12, As One Of The Towns On The Southern Border-line Of The Tribe Of Zebulon. It Has Been Sometimes Accounted The Same Place As Chesulloth By Masius And Rosenmtiller Among ...
Chittah
Chittah (l1717), Occurs In Various Passages Of Scripture, As Enumerated By Celsius : Gen. Xxx. 14 ; Exod. Ix. 32 ; Xxix. 2 ; Xxxiv. 22; Dent. Viii. 8 ; Xxxii. 14 ; Judg. Vi. I 1 ; Xv. I ; Ruth Ii. 23 ; I Sam. Vi. 13 ; ...
Chloe
Chloe Is Mentioned In T Cor. I. 11, In A Manner Which Has Left It Doubtful To Some, E. G.., St. Ambrose, Thomas Aq., Stunica And Calvin (see Erasmus, In Crit. Sacr., In Loc. ; Also Calvin, In Loc.),whether A Place Or A Person Be Meant. 'trb T Xx611s Is ...
Choler
Choler ; Arabic, Khulcl ; Lev.. Xi. 29, In Our Version, Weasel '). Although The Similarity Of Sound In Names Is An Unsafe Ground To Depend Upon When It Is Applied To Specific Animals, Still, The Hebrew And' Syriac Appearing Likewise To Imply Creeping Into, Creeping Under Neath By Burrowing—characteristics ...
Chorashan
Chorashan Sept. 3371paapcg ; Alex. Bcepaecip ; Vulg. Lams Asan). This Place Is Mentioned In 1 Sam. Xxx. 3o, As One Of The Towns Amongst Whose Elders David Made A Friendly Distribution Of The Spoils Of The Amalekites. It Is Generally Supposed To Be Identical With The Ashen Of Joshua. ...
Christ
Christ ; Gr. Xpiarbs ; Heb. Trvn. This Is Not, Strictly Speaking, A Proper Name, But An Official Title. Jesus Christ, Or Rather, As It Generally Ought To Be Rendered, Jesus The Christ, Is A Nlode Of Ex Pression Of The Same Kind As John The Baptist, Or Baptiser. In ...
Christ To His Ascension
Chap. Iv. From The Resurrection 01, Christ To His Ascension. —szenday, 17th Ty Nisan (april 9).--' Sometimes Be Curious To See The Preparation Which The Sun Makes, When Lie Is Coming Forth From His Chambers Of The East.' Never Was Early Rising, As Thus Recommended In The Quaint Eloquence Of ...
Christian
Christian (xplartap6s). This World-famous Name, 'quod Sicut Unguentum Diffusum Longe Late Que Redolet ' (gul. Tyr. Iv. 9), Occurs But Three Times In The N. T. (acts Xi. 26 ; Xxvi. 28 ; I Pet. Iv. 16). In Acts Xi. 26 We Are Informed That It Arose In The City ...
Christian Carl Josias Bunsen
Bunsen, Christian Carl Josias, Baron Von, Was Born 25th Aug. 1791, At Korbach. He Was Educated At Marburg And Gottingen, Where He Devoted His Attention Chiefly To Biblical And Lin Guistic Studies. He Spent Some Time Also In Berlin At The Feet Of Niebuhr, And At Paris Under The Tui ...
Christopher Matthew Pfaff
Pfaff, Christopher Matthew, Born At Stuttgard In 1686 ; Was In 1699 Admitted Bachelor In The University Of Tubingen, Where His Father Was Professor Of Theology. In 5702 He Pronounced A Discourse In Samaritan Before The Administrators Of The Theological School. At Eighteen He Began To Preach And Give Lessons ...
Chromatius
Chromatius, Bishop Of Aquileia During The Latter Part Of The 4th Century, And The Earlier Years Of The 5th ; The Friend And Correspondent Of Jerome, Rufinus, Ambrose, And Chrysostom; And Held By Them, And Others, In The Highest Esteem. He Is Styled By Jerome The Most Holy And The ...
Chronicles
Chronicles. Hebrew Name Of Chronicles Is Vivri E., Words Of The Days, Annals. In The Hebrew Canon They Formed A Single Book, Which The Greek Translators Divided Into Two With The Title Irapaxenr6/1eva, Things Omitted, Because Many Things Omitted In The Books Of Kings Are Contained In Them. The Common ...
Chrysostom
Chrysostom, John. Chrysostom, Or The Golden-mouthed, Was The Complimentary Title Be Stowed By A Later Generation On John, Archbishop Of Constantinople, The Most Eloquent, And Per Haps The Best, Of The Christian Fathers. After Shewing Brilliant Oratorical And Philosophical Pro Mise In The Schools Of Libanius And Andragathius, He Was ...
Church
Church ('eroancricz). The Original Greek Word, In Its Larger Signification, Denotes A Number Of Persons Called Together For Any Purpose, An Assembly Of Any Kind, Civil Or Religious. As, How Ever, It Is Usually Applied In The N. T. To Religions Assemblages, It Is Very Properly Translated By 'as Sembly,' ...
Ciiebar
Ciiebar On: ; Sept. Xopdp), A River Upon The Banks Of Which King Nebuchadnezzar Planted A Colony Of Jews, Among Whom Was The Prophet Ezekiel (2 Kings Xxiv. 15 ; Ezek. I. 1, 3 ; Iii. 15, 23 ; X. 15, 22). The Prevailing Opinion Is That This River Is ...
Ciierethites
Ciierethites And Pelethites Onnd 43-6d1, Crethi And Plethi Without The Final Ci In The Plural ; Sept. Xep€01. Kai Names Borne By The Royal Life-guards In The Time Of David (2 Sam. Viii. 18 ; R Chron. Xviii. 17). Prevailing Opinion Translates Their Names ' Headsmen And Foot-run Ners.' In ...
Ciiorazin
Ciiorazin (xopai'lv). This Place Is Only Mentioned In The Bible As One Of The Three Cities In Which Most Of Christ's Mighty Works Had Been Done, And On Which Woes Were Pronounced Because Of Their Unbelief (matt. Xi. 21 ; Luke X. 13). No Indication Is Given Of Its Situation ...
Ciiristianus Theophilus Kcjh Nol
.kuinoel, Ciiristianus Theophilus (kcjh Nol, Christian Gottlieb), Was Born At Leip Zig, Jan. 2, 176s. His Father Was Archdeacon Of The Church Of St. Thomas. His Education Was Commenced In The School Of St. Thomas, And From Thence Ile Proceeded To The University Of His Native City. After Taking The ...
Ciironology
Ciironology Is The Science Which Treats Of The Measurement, Denotation, And Recording Of Time. That Part Of It Which Deals With The Units Of Time, As Defined By The Revolutions Of The Heavens, Is Called Theoretical Or Mathematical Chronology. The Consideration Of The Methods, Adopted By Dif Ferent Nations, Of ...
Cilicia
Cilicia (k/noda), The South-eastern Part Of Asia Minor, Bounded On The W. By Pamphylia ; Separated On The N. From Cappadocia By The Taurus Range, And On The E. By Amanus From Syria ; And Having The Gulf Of Issus (iskenderoon) And The Cilician Sea (acts Xxvii. 5) On The ...
Circumcision
Circumcision (r6n, Reperot-4), A Rite Or Usage, Which Consisted In The Cutting Off Of The Fore Skin (thiy, Civofluorla, Praputiunz). We Shall :7 Consider— T. The History Of This Among The 7ews.—when God Announced To Abraham That He Would Esta Blish His Covenant With Him, He Said To Him, This ...
Cistern
Cistern. (ill, From 1t23, To Dig. Sept. Xthocor). In A Country Which Has Scarcely More Than One Perennial Stream, Where Fountains Are Not Abundant, And Where The Months Of Summer Pass Without Rain, The Preservation Of The Rain Water In Cisterns Must Always Have Been A Matter Of Vast Importance, ...
Cities Of Refuge
Cities Of Refuge. Among The Jews The `cities Of Refuge' Bore Some Resemblance To The Asylum Of The Classic Nations [asylusi], But Were Happily Exempt From The Evil Consequences To Which They Were Apt To Lead, And Afford, Even To The Present Day, No Mean Proof Of The Superior Wis ...
Citizenship
Citizenship. Strict Isolation Did By No Means, As Some Suppose, Form The Leading Prin Ciple In The System Of Theocracy As Laid Down By Moses, Since Even Non-israelites, Under The Various Names Of Or Zjin, Not Only Were Allowed To Reside In Palestine, But Had The Fullest Protection Of The ...
Clauda
Clauda Is The Name Of A Small Island Off The South Coast Of Crete (candia), About Zo Miles To The South-west Of Cape Matala, The Most South Ernly Point Of Crete, Where Its Coast Slopes Away In A North-west Direction And Forms A Bight, Which Has Clauda For Its Seaward ...
Claude Fleury
Fleury, Claude, Was Born At Paris, Dec. 6, 1640. He Was Educated In The Jesuit's College At Clermont. His Father, Who Was An Advocate, Wished Him To Follow The Same Profession, But His Preference For The Clerical Vocation Was So Strong, That After Nine Years' Practice In The Law, He ...
Claudia
Claudia (knatzta), A Christian Female Of Rome, The Wife Of Pudens (2 Tim. Iv. 21). The Attempt To Identify This Claudia With The British Lady Claudia, Whose Marriage To Pudens Is Cele Brated By Martial (•pig. Iv. 13), Rests On No Foun Dation Beyond The Identity Of The Names Of ...
Claudius
Claudius (nantos), Emperor Of Romc, Is Mentioned Twice In The N. T., In The Acts Xi. 28, And Xviii. 2. Bishop Pearson (annales Has Arranged The Events Of St. Paul's Public Life Ac Cording To The Years Of The Imperial Reigns : This Register The Beginning Of Claudius' Reign Syn ...
Cloud
Cloud. The Allusions To Clouds In Scripture, As Well As Their Use In Symbolical Language, Must Be Understood With Reference To The Nature Of The Climate, Where The Sky Scarcely Exhibits The Trace Of A Cloud From The Beginning Of May To The End Of September, During Which Period Clouds ...
Coal
Coal. The Hebrew Words Most Frequently And Properly Translated Coal Are Two, 1:g Or And Nmn. Though The Hebrews Seem To Have Frequently Used The Word In The Samegeneric Sense As We Do When We Say A Ton Of Coals, Meaning Coals Not Yet Burnt, A Pan Of Coals, Meaning ...
Cockcrowing
Cockcrowing. The Cock Usually Crows Several Times About Midnight, And Again About Break Of Day. The Latter Time, Because He Then Crows Loudest, And His Shrill Clarion' Is Most Use Ful By Summoning Man To His Labours, Obtained The Appellation Of The Cockcrowing Emphatically, And By Way Of Eminence ; ...
Coelesyria
Coelesyria (ro(an This Name Does Not Occur In Scripture, But There Can Be Little Doubt That A Part At Least Of Coelesyria Was In Cluded In That Valley Of Lebanon' (ii=r1 Rpm) Mentioned By Joshua (xi. 17 ; Xii. 7), The Extent Of Which Has Been Too Much Restricted By ...
Collection And
Collection And Arrangenient.—as The Psalms Are Productions Of Different Authors In Dif Ferent Ages, We Are Led To Inquire How And When They Were Collected. The Book Has Been Styled By Some Moderns The Ailthology Of Hebrew Lyric Toddy, As If It Consisted Of A Selection Of The Most Admired ...
Commentary
Commentary. In The Discussion Of This Subject We Propose To Pursue The Following Ar Rangement :— I. To Inquire What Is Meant By Commentary. 2. To Notice Different Kinds Of Commentary. 3. To Mention The Prominent Defects Of Existing Commentaries. 4. To Review The Leading And Best Known Corn M ...
Commerce
Commerce. The Idea Conveyed By This Word Is Represented In The Sacred Writings By The Word Trade ; The Hebrew Term 7» Rekel Signifying Literally Trade' Or Traffic.' Commerce, In Its Usual Acceptation, Means The Exchange Of One Thing For Another—the Exchange Of What We Have To Spare For What ...
Concordance
Concordance, The Name Assigned To A Book Which Gives The Words Contained In The Holy Scriptures In Alphabetical Order, With A Reference To The Place Where Each May Be Found. This Is The Essential Idea Of A Concordance. Other Ancil Lary Information May Be Presented In Concordances, Such As A ...
Concubine
Concubine, In A Scriptural Sense, Means A Wife Of Second Rank (clhm, Or Ti Raisin). The Position Thus Sustained Did Not Interfere With That Of The Wife, Nor Did It Entail Disgrace On Her Who Sustained It. The Concubine Had Her Own Place, Her Own Rights, And Her Own Duties. ...
Confusion Of Tongues
Tongues, Confusion Of. The Biblical Nar Rative Of The Dispersion Of Nations Has Been Already Examined [nations, Dispersion Of], With The Exception Of An Important Detail, The Confusion Of Tongues, Which Has Only Been Touched Upon, Its Full Discussion Having Been Reserved For The Present Article. This Subject Is One ...
Congregation
Congregation, The Supreme Political Body Of The Hebrew Nation, Duly Met In Congress, Is Designated In The Original By Two Words Of Nearly Equal Frequency In The Sacred Writings Rry, From Ly+ To Appoint, Also To Bring Together; And From Z. Q. Kavip, To Convoke (sept. Crupayurp J; Vulgate, Congregatio, ...
Conrad Pellican
Pellican, Conrad, In German Kiirschner, Born At Ruffach, In Alsace, In 1478, Began His Studies, Which Were Interrupted By An Attack Of The Plague, At Six Years Of Age ; At Thirteen En Tered The University Of Heidelberg, Of Which His Maternal Uncle Was Rector, But Left It For Want ...
Construction And
Construction And History.—the First Mention Made In Scripture Of The Tabernacle As A Holy Place Is In Exod. Xxv., Where Are Detailed The Instructions Which Moses Received Of The Lord Vvhen He Was With Hint On The Mount, Concerning The Construction And Furniture Of The Sanctuary. In These Moses Was ...
Copper
Copper. An Entire Copper Shekel Of The Fourth Year Has Been Published By The Rev. H. C. Reichardt (zeitschrz:ft Der Deutsch. Ilforg. Gesellschaft, 1857, P. 555), And It Has Been Suggested That It Was Struck In A Time Of Extreme Distress, Though History Makes No Mention Of This Fact, Unless ...