Cord
Cord. This Word Occurs In The A. V. As The Translation Of-1. 53r (josh. Ii. 15; Esth. I. 6 ; Job Xxxvi. 8 ; Xli. 1. [xl. 25] ; Ps. Cxl. 6 ; Prov. V. 22 ; Eccl. Xii. 6 ; Is. V. I8,_• Xxxiii. 20 ; Jer. Xxxviii. 6, ...
Corinth
Corinth, A Grecian City, Placed On The Isthmus Which Joins Peloponnesus (now Called The Morea) To The Continent Of Greece. A Lofty Rock Rises Above It, On Which Was The Citadel, Or The Acrocorinthus (livy, Xlv. 28). It Had Two Har Bours : Cenchrex, On The Eastern Side, About 7o ...
Cornelius
Cornelius. The Centurion Of This Name, Whose History Occurs In Acts X., Most Probably Be Longed To The Cornelii, A Noble And Distinguished Family At Rome. He Is Reckoned By Julian The Apostate As One Of The Few Persons Of Distinction Who Embraced Christianity. He Held His Com Mand As ...
Cornelius A Lapide
Lapide, Cornelius A, Is The Latin Designa Tion Usually Given To Corneille De La Pierre, Whicii Is I Tself The Translation Of His Native Name, Van Der. Steen. This Eminent Commentator Was Born In The Year 1567, At Boehaff Or Bucold, In The Diocese Of Liege, In Belgium. In 1592 ...
Country Tv Descent
Tv. Descent, Country, And Age Of The Author.—opinions Differed In Ancient Times As To The Nation To Which The Author Belonged ; Some Considering Him To Have Been An Arab, Others An Israelite ; But The Latter Supposition Is Undoubtedly Preferable. For, 1st, We Find In Our Book Many Ideas ...
Covenant
Covenant (r1+14; Sept. And N. T. Aicti6j/07). This Term Is Applied In Scripture To—i. Contracts And Alliances Between Men. Thus It Is Used Of The Paction Existing Between Abraham And The Amor Ite Chiefs (gen. Xiv. 13), And That Made Between Him And Abimelech (gen. Xxi. 32) ; Of The ...
Cowper
Cowper) ; And Considering It To Refer Apparently To The Youth Ful Spouse Of The Prophet (see Is. Viii. 3, 4 ; Vii. 3, Io, 21), Holds That The Sense In Matt. I. 23 Would Then Be : Thus Was Fulfilled In A Strict And Literal Sense That Which The ...
Crates
Crates (lipcirns) Is Mentioned, 2 Maccab. Iv. 29, As The Governor Of The Cyprians (rdv 6r2 7/271 Kurptcov), And As Left By Sostrates Eparch Of The Acropolis In His Place, When Summoned Before Antiochus Epiphanes.—t. Creation—the Origin Of The Material World, And Of The Life With Which It Has Been ...
Creation
Creation. In The Ideas Implied By This Term A Subject Of Vast Extent And Most Profound Interest Is Sug Gested; 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 Adequate Satisfaction To That Curiosity ...
Crell
Crell, John, One Of The Most Distinguished Sociuiaus Of The 17th Century, Born At Helineb Sheun, In Franconia, 1590. In 1606 He Entered The University Of Altorf. After Making Great Pro Ficiency In Philological Studies, He Turned His At Tention To Philosophy, Especially To That Of Aris Totle, Of Which ...
Crescens
Crescens (kir/507ms), An Assistant Of St. Paul, And Generally Supposed To Have Been One Of The Seventy Disciples Of Christ. It Is Alleged In The Apostolical Constitutions (vii. 46), And By The Fathers Of The Church, That He Preached The Gospel In Galatia, A Fact Probably Deduced Conjecturally From The ...
Critici Sacri
Critici Sacri. ' The First Edition Of This Immense Work,' Says Orme (biblioth. Bibl. P. 128), ' Was Printed At London By Bee, In 1660, In 9 Vols. Folio. It Was Designed To Be A Companion To Walton's Polyglott, Published Shortly Before. The Editors Were Bishop Pearson, John Pearson, An ...
Crocodile
Crocodile. Of The Two Names In The Bible That Apply To The Greater Saurians, One Appears To Be General, And The Other Almost Always To Desig Nate A Particular Animal. The Former, 14m, Tanneen, May Be Best Rendered Reptile,' Although The Reptile Intended Is Sometimes The Crocodile. The Latter, Leviathan,' ...
Cross
Cross. This Word Is Derived From The Latin Crux. Respecting The Origin Of Its Greek Repre Sentative There Is Some Diversity Of Opinion. Ac Cording To Eustathius And Hesychius, The Greek Crraup6s Is So Called 7rapa, To Els B/pa Vrdqtv, I) Rap& Rd Cis From Its Standing Erect, Or From ...
Crown
Crown (n1c3,))• Crowns Are Often Mentioned In Scripture, And In Such A Manner As In Most Cases To Indicate The Circumstances Under Which, And The Persons By Whom, They Were Worn ; For Crowns Were Less Exclusively Worn By Sovereigns Than Among Modern Nations. Perhaps It Would Be Better To ...
Cup Bearer
Cup-bearer (; Ipuin, Properly The Iliphil Part. Of Ryc,j, Hab. U. 15 ; Sept. Olp6xoor ; Po Cillator, Pincerna). The Office Of Cup-bearer Is One Of Great Antiquity. We Find Several In The Court Of Pharaoh (c?p,b Ltv, Gen. Xl. 20), As Well As In The Courts Of Solomon (i ...
Cushi
Cushi Occurs, In A Variety Of Forms, No Less Than Twenty-seven Times In The Hebrew Bible ; In The Majority Of Instances As A Gentile Appellative Noun.-1. In Num. Xii. I It Occurs In The Feminine Form Roci.d (aiobtriocra, ./elhidissa) Twice To Designate Moses' Wife [concerning Her, See Porah], The ...
Cuttings In The Flesh
Cuttings In The Flesh. Amongst The Prohibitory Laws Which God Gave The Israelites There Was One That Expressly Forbad The Practice Embraced In Those Words, Viz., ' Ye Shall Not Make Any Cuttings In Your Flesh For The Dead' (lev. Xix. 28). It Is Evident From This Law That Such ...
Cyprus
Cyprus (ktirpos), The Modern One Of The Largest Islands In The Mediterranean, And Next To Sicily In Importance. It Is About 140 Miles In Length, And Varies In Breadth From 50 To 5 Miles. From Its Numerous Headlands And Promontories, It Was Called Kepacrris, Kerastis, Or The Horned; And From ...
Cyrene
Cyrene (kupon ; Ghrenna, In Modern Arabic), A City In Libya, Founded About The Year B.c. 632, By A Colony Of Greeks From Thera (san Torini), A Small Island In The Agean Sea (thirwall's History Of Greece, Vol. Ii. Ch. 12). Its Name Is Generally Supposed To Be Derived From ...
Cyrenius
Cyrenius (kopinos, Or, According To His Latin Appellation, P. Sulpitius Quirinius), Go Vernor Of Syria (luke Ii. R, 2). The Mention 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 Which, From The Want Of ...
Cyrus
Cyrus (filb Or Dl) , Kfipos), The Celebrated Persian Conqueror Of Babylon, Who Promulgated The First Edict For The Restoration Of The Jews To Their Own Land (ezra I. T, Etc.) We Are Informed By Strabo That His Original Name Was Agradates (xv. 3, P. 320, Ed. Tauchn.); But He ...
D Chajim B Isaac
Jacob, D. Chajim B. Isaac Ibn Adonia, The Celebrated Editor Of Bomberg's Rabbinic Bible, Was Born At Tunis About 147o. When About Forty Years Of Age, Circa 151o, He Was Driven From His Peaceful Home And Literary Labours. He Then Went To Italy, Lived For Some Time In Rome And ...
D Ritual Qtjestions
D. Ritual Qtjestions. As The First Important Distinction In This De Partment, Is To Be Mentioned The Great Stress Which The Sadducees Laid On The Ritual Purity Of The Person Of The Officiating Priest. He Had To Keep Aloof From The Very Appeamnce Of Unclean Ness. Hence They Required That ...
Dagon
Dagon ; Sept. Is The Name Of A National God Of The Philistines At Gaza And Ashdod (judg. Xvi. 2, 23 ; I Sam. V. 1, Sq. ; Chron. X. To). As To The Meaning Of The Name, The Expressions Of Philo Byblius, Aa-yw' V, Ss Dvti 2irrov, And Aceyeov ...
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (aanuaria). It Appears That During Paul's Second Imprisonment At Rome Several Of His Old Friends And Companions Left Him. Among These Was Titus, Who, The Apostle States In His Letter To Timothy, Went Into Dalmatia (2 Tim. Iv. To). The Object He Had In View In Going There Is ...
Dals 6
Dals.] 6. The Art Of Setting And Engraving Precious Stones Was Known To The Israelites From A Very Early Period (exod. Xxviii. 9, Ff.j [storms, Pre Cious.] Works In Alabaster Were Also Common Among Them (vpri .112, Smelling Boxes, Or Boxes Of Perfume ; Comp. Matt. Xxvi. 7, Etc. [ala ...
Damascus
Damascus Few Cities Possess Greater Interest For The Sacred Historian And Antiquary Than Damascus. It Is The Oldest City In The World. It Was Closely Connected During A Long Period With The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah. It Occupies A Place Of Considerable Prominence From The Time Of Abraham To ...
Dan
Dan. A Border Town Of Northern Palestine, Well Known From The Phrase So Often Used To Ex Press The Whole Extent Of The Country—' All Israel, From Dan Even To Beer-sheba' (judg. Xx. T ; I Sam. Iii. 20 ; 2 Sam. Iii. To). It Is Occasionally Em Ployed Alone ...
Dance
Dance. The Words In The Original, Rendered In Our Translation By This Term, Denote, Properly, To Jay; And This Radical Signification, Sug Gesting The Idea Of Abrupt And Boisterous Gesticu Lations Rather Than A Series Of Regular And Tasteful Movements, Seems Well To Comport With What We May Suppose To ...
Daniel
Daniel (}trin, I.e., God Is My A Celebrated Prophet In The Chaldman And Persian Period. There Are In The Bible Two Other Persons Of The Same Name : A Son Of David (z Chron. Iii. I), And A Levite Of The Race Of Ithamar (ezra Viii. 2 ; Neh. X. ...
Daniel Ernst Jablonski
Jablonski, Daniel Ernst, Born 1660, At Nassenhuben Near Danzig, Son Of The Preacher Figulus, Who, A Native Of Jablunka, A Small Place In Silesia, Had Adopted The Surname Of Jablonski. Having Acquired His First Instruction At The Gym Nasium Of Lissa (in Prussian Poland), The Subject Of Our Notice Went ...
Daphne
Daphne (acl
Darius
Darius (r,1+11, A Aplios, Darayawush, Persian Cuneiform Inscriptions) Appears To Be Originally An Appellative, Meaning `king,"ruler ' (herbelot, Biblioth. Orient., S. V. Dara. ; Herodot. Vi. 93, Renders It By E0eins, Coercer '). It Was Assumed As Throne-name By Ochus (= D. Nothus), Son And Successor Of Artaxerxes Longimanus (ctesias ...
Darkness
Darkness. In The Gospels Of Matt. (iocvii. 45)',- Mark (xv. 33), And Luke (xxiii. 44), We Read That While Jesus Hung Upon The Cross, From The Sixth Hour There Was Darkness Over All The Land Unto The Ninth Hour.' Most Of The Ancient Com Mentators Believed That This Darkness Extended ...
Darom
Darom Sept. And Aap6/4). This Word Is Generally Used In Scripture To Denote 'the South' (ezek. Xl. 24 ; Job Xxxvii. 17). Its Mean Ing In Dent. Xxxiii. 23 Is Doubtful. Moses In Blessing Naphtali Says, Possess Thou The Sea And Darom.' The A. V. Renders It The West And ...
Daughter
Daughter. In The Scriptures The Word For Daughter (m, %-tryarhp) Has More Extended Appli Cations Than Our Word Daughter. Besides Its Usual And Proper Sense Of—r. A Daughter Born Or Adopted, We Find It Used To Designate-2. A Uterine Sister, Niece, Or Any Female Descendant (gen. Xx. 12 ; Xxiv. ...
David 111
David (111, Chron. ; Sept. Accula ; New Test. Aagi5, Acit,615. The Word Is Connected With 1'11, A Friend, A Lover, And Means Either One Who Loves, Or One Who Is Beloved. The Latter Is The Meaning Commonly Preferred ; Comp. Al The Life Of David Naturally Divides Itself Into ...
David B Joseph Kinichi
Kinichi, David B. Joseph, Commonly Called By The Jews Redak, From The Initial Letters 2-1-1 = 'nil, R. David Kimchz; Was Born In Bonne In 1160, And Died About 1235. Very Little Is Known Of The Private Life Of This Celebrated Mentator, Grammarian, And Lexicographer, Who Is Justly Regarded As ...
David De Pomis
Pomis, David De, Was Born, 1525, In Spoleto, Of The Celebrated Family Called In Hebrew ;o Oviltro, Which, Like The Families In And Onvin P, Traced Their Origin To Those Jews Who Were Led Into Captivity After The Destruction Of Jerusalem By Titus And Vespasian. He Received His First Instruction ...
David Dickson
Dickson, David. This Scottish Expositor Was Born In 1583. Ordained In 16r 8, He Continued Minister Of Irvine For Twenty-three Years. He Preached The Gospel With Remarkable Power, So That Many From Distant Parts Of The Country Came To Reside In Irvine, Merely To Enjoy The Benefit Of His Ministry. ...
David Pareus
Pareus, David, Was The Son Of John Wang Ler, And Born At Francostein, A Silesian Town, In 1548. He Was Educated At Hirchberg And Heidel Berg, And Made Great Proficiency In Latin, Greek, And Hebrew. In Accordance With A Custom Not 'infrequent With Scholars Of That Age, And Of Which ...
Davids Lament Over Saul
David's Lament Over Saul And Jonathan. The Gazelle, 0 Israel, Has Been Cut Down On Thy Heights ! Chorus. How Are The Mighty Fallen I Tell It Not In Gath, Publish It Not In The Streets Of Ascalon, Lest The Daughters Of The Philistines Rejoice, Lest The Daughters Of The ...
Day Of Atonement Expiation
Expiation, Day Of. [atonement, Day Of.] Eye In Most Languages This Important Organ Is Used By Figurative Application, As The Sym Bol Of A Large Number Of Objects And Ideas. In The East Such Applications Of The Word Eye' Have Always Been Uncommonly Numerous ; And They Were So Among ...