Dictionaries :: CreationCondensed Biblical CyclopediaCreation: Date. The date of creation cannot be determined. The first statement of the book of Genesis places the time in remote and impenetrable antiquity. Creator. The writer of Genesis offers no proof of the existence of Jehovah or of the fact that all things were made

Dictionaries :: DelayInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDelay: de-la':The noun "delay" (Ac 25:17, "I made no delay"; the King James Version "without any delay") means "procrastination." The verb "to delay" (Ex 22:29; ‘achar) involves the idea "to stop for a time," the people being admonished not to discontinue a custom. The Pil. perf

Dictionaries :: Craftiness, CraftyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g3834Greek: panourgiaCraftiness, Crafty:lit., "all-working," i.e., doing everything (pan, "all," ergon, "work"), hence, "unscrupulous conduct, craftiness," is always used in a bad sense in the NT, Luk 20:23; 1Cr 3:19; 2Cr 4:2; 11:3; Eph 4:14

Dictionaries :: CoreInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCore: ko'-re (Kore): In the King James Version, Jude 1:11, used as a variant for Korah. Smith's Bible DictionaryCore: (Jude 1:11). SEE [KORAH, 1.].

Dictionaries :: CrystalEaston's Bible DictionaryCrystal: (Eze 1:22, with the epithet "terrible," as dazzling the spectators with its brightness). The word occurs in Rev 4:6; 21:11; 22:1. It is a stone of the flint order, the most refined kind of quartz. The Greek word here used means also literally "ice." The ancients regarded the crystal as onl

Dictionaries :: CreditorsTorrey's New Topical TextbookCreditors: Defined Phm 1:18Creditors: Might Demand Pledges Deu 24:10,11; Pro 22:27 Security of others Pro 6:1; 22:26 Mortgages on property Neh 5:3 Bills or promissory notes Luk 16:6,7Creditors: To Return before Sunset, Garments Taken in Pledge Exd 22:26,27; Deu 24:1

Dictionaries :: DeliveranceNave's Topical BibleDeliverance: See AFFLICTION; GOD, PROVIDENCE OF; PRAYER, ANSWERED.

Dictionaries :: Delight InVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4913Greek: sunedomaiDelight In:lit., "to rejoice with (anyone), to delight in (a thing) with (others)," signifies "to delight with oneself inwardly in a thing," in Rom 7:22. Note: Cp. hedone, "desire, pleasure."

Dictionaries :: CreatorInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCreator: kre-a'-ter (ktistes, 1Pe 4:19): The distinctive characteristic of Deity, as the Creator, is that He is the Cause of the existent universe-Cause of its being, not merely of its evolution or present arrangements. 1. God as Creator: The doctrine of His being the Creator

Dictionaries :: Counsels and Purposes of God, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookCounsels and Purposes of God, The: Are Great Jer 32:19Counsels and Purposes of God, The: Are Wonderful Isa 28:29Counsels and Purposes of God, The: Are Immutable Psa 33:11; Pro 19:21; Jer 4:28; Rom 9:11; Hbr 6:17Counsels and Purposes of God, The: Are Sovereign

Dictionaries :: CriminalsNave's Topical BibleCriminals: Released at Feasts Mat 27:15, 21; Mar 15:6; Luk 23:17Criminals: Confined In prisons, Gen 39:20-23; Ezr 7:26; Act 4:3; 12:4, 5; 16:19-40; in dungeons, Gen 40:15; 41:14; Exd 12:29; Isa 24:22; Jer 37:16; 38:10; Lam 3:53, 55.Criminals: Cruelty To See SCOURGING; STONING; MOCKING.C

Dictionaries :: CorbeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCorbe: kor'-be.

Dictionaries :: CustomEaston's Bible DictionaryCustom: a tax imposed by the Romans. The tax-gatherers were termed publicans (q.v.), who had their stations at the gates of cities, and in the public highways, and at the place set apart for that purpose, called the "receipt of custom" (Mat 9:9; Mar 2:14), where they collected the money that was to

Dictionaries :: Cumber; CumberedInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCumber; Cumbered: kum'-ber, (katargeo, "to make idle," perispaomai, "to be drawn about," in mind "to be distracted"): Spoken of the barren fig tree in the parable: "Cut it down; why doth it also cumber (block up, make unproductive) the ground?" (Lu 13:7). Cumbered means to

Dictionaries :: Death, SpiritualTorrey's New Topical TextbookDeath, Spiritual: Alienation from God Is Eph 4:18Death, Spiritual: Carnal-Mindedness Is Rom 8:6Death, Spiritual: Walking in Trespasses and Sins Is Eph 2:1; Col 2:13Death, Spiritual: Spiritual Ignorance Is Isa 9:2; Mat 4:16; Luk 1:79; Eph 4:18Death, Spiritual: Unbelief Is Jh

Dictionaries :: CyreniusEaston's Bible DictionaryCyrenius: the Grecized form of Quirinus. His full name was Publius Sulpicius Quirinus. Recent historical investigation has proved that Quirinus was governor of Cilicia, which was annexed to Syria at the time of our Lord's birth. Cilicia, which he ruled, being a province of Syria, he is called the

Dictionaries :: DespondencyNave's Topical BibleDespondency: General Scriptures Concerning Num 17:12, 13; Deu 28:65-67; Job 3:1-26; 17:13-16; Psa 31:22; 77:7-9; Pro 13:12; Isa 2:19; Jer 2:25; 8:20; 18:12; Lam 3:1-21; 5:22; Hsa 10:8; Jon 2:2-4; Mic 7:1-7; Mat 24:30; Luk 13:27, 28; 23:29, 30; Rev 6:14-17; 9:5, 6Despondency: References Concerning

Dictionaries :: Deliver, Deliverance, DelivererVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g1325Greek: didomiDeliver, Deliverance, Deliverer:"to give," is translated "delivered" in Luk 7:15; RV, "gave;" so Luk 19:13. See GIVE.A-2VerbStrong's Number: g325Greek: anadidomiDeliver, Deliverance, Deliverer:ana, "up," and No

Dictionaries :: CraftsmanNave's Topical BibleCraftsman: See ART; MASTER WORKMAN.

Dictionaries :: Cuckow; CuckooInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCuckow; Cuckoo: kook'-oo, kuk'-oo (shachaph; laros; Latin Cuculus canorus): The Hebrew root from which the word shachaph is derived means "to be lean" and "slender," and in older versions of the Bible was translated cuckow (cuckoo). It was mentioned twice in the Bible (Le 11