Dictionaries :: Decrease (Verb)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1642Greek: elattooDecrease (Verb):signifies "to make less or inferior, in quality, position or dignity;" "madest... lower" and "hast made... lower," in Hbr 2:7, 9. In Jhn 3:30, it is used in the Middle Voice, in John the Baptist's "I must decrease,"

Dictionaries :: CuttingsSmith's Bible DictionaryCuttings: (IN THE FLESH). Cuttings in the flesh, or the laceration of one's body for the "propitiation of their gods," (1 Kings 18:28) constituted a prominent feature of idolatrous worship, especially among the Syrians. The Israelites were prohibited from indulging in such practices (Leviticus 19:2

Dictionaries :: CrescensEaston's Bible DictionaryCrescens: increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He was one of Paul's assistants (2Ti 4:10), probably a Christian of Rome.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryCrescens:growing; increasingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCrescens: kres'-enz (Kreskes, "increasing"): An

Dictionaries :: CrookedInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCrooked: krook'-ed (?awah, ?aqash, ?aqalqal, ?aqallathon, pethaltol; skolios): Primarily designates something that is bent, twisted or deformed (Isa 27:1; 45:2 the King James Version). Figurative: (1) It designates a course of action that deviates from rectitude, especially d

Dictionaries :: DeafnessNave's Topical BibleDeafness: Law Concerning Lev 19:14Deafness: Inflicted by God Exd 4:11Deafness: Miraculous Cure Of Mat 11:5; Mar 7:32; 9:25Deafness: Figurative Of moral insensibility, Isa 6:10; 29:18; 35:5; Eze 12:2; Mat 13:15; Jhn 12:40; Act 28:26, 27.Deafness: References Concerning See BLINDNESS, SPIRI

Dictionaries :: DegenerateInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDegenerate: de-jen'-er-at: Only in Jer 2:21, where Judah is compared to a "noble vine" which it "turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine." It represents Hebrew curim =" stray" or "degenerate (shoots)," from cur =" to turn aside," especially to turn aside from the r

Dictionaries :: DerideVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Deride:Note: For ekmukterizo, lit., "to turn up the nose at, to deride out and out," Luk 16:14; 23:35, see SCOFF.

Dictionaries :: Criticism and ArchaeologyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCriticism and Archaeology:  ← CriticismCriticism of the Bible →

Dictionaries :: DeceptionNave's Topical BibleDeception: Instances Of By Satan, Gen 3:4. Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister, Gen 12:13; 20:2. Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister, Gen 26:7. Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating Esau, Gen 27:6-23. Jacob's sons, in

Dictionaries :: Defile, DefilementVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g2840Greek: koinooDefile, Defilement:denotes (a) "to make common;" hence, in a ceremonial sense, "to render unholy, unclean, to defile," Mat 15:11, 18, 20; Mar 7:15, 18, 20, 23; Act 21:28 (RV, "defiled;" AV, "polluted"); Hbr 9:13 (RV, "t

Dictionaries :: CreateSmith's Bible DictionaryCreate: To create is to cause something to exist which did not exist before, as distinguished from make, to re‐form something already in existence.

Dictionaries :: CrowdVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g3793Greek: ochlosCrowd:"a confused throng," is usually translated "multitude." The RV translates it "crowd" (AV, "press" in some) in Mat 9:23, 25; Mar 2:4; 3:9; 5:27, 30; Luk 8:19; 19:3; Act 21:34, 35; 24:12, 18. See COMPANY, MULTITUDE, NUMBER, PEOPLE.B

Dictionaries :: Devil, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookDevil, The: Sinned against God 2Pe 2:4; 1Jo 3:8Devil, The: Cast Out of Heaven Luk 10:18Devil, The: Cast down to Hell 2Pe 2:4; Jud 1:6Devil, The: The Author of the Fall Gen 3:1,6,14,24Devil, The: Tempted Christ Mat 4:3-10Devil, The: Perverts the Scripture Mat 4:6; Psa 91:11,12D

Dictionaries :: Cuthean; CuthiteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCuthean; Cuthite: ku-the'-an, kuth'-it.

Dictionaries :: DenyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDeny: de-ni':This word is characteristic of the New Testament rather than the Old Testament, although it translates three different Hebrew originals, namely, kachash, "to lie," "disown" (Ge 18:15; Jos 24:27; Job 8:18; 31:28; Pr 30:9); mana‘, "to withhold," "keep back" (1Ki 20:7;

Dictionaries :: DelilahEaston's Bible DictionaryDelilah: languishing, a Philistine woman who dwelt in the valley of Sorek (Jdg 16:4-20). She was bribed by the "lords of the Philistines" to obtain from Samson the secret of his strength and the means of overcoming it (Jdg 16:4-18). She tried on three occasions to obtain from him this secret in vai

Dictionaries :: CumminEaston's Bible DictionaryCummin: (Heb. kammon; i.e., a "condiment"), the fruit or seed of an umbelliferous plant, the Cuminum sativum, still extensively cultivated in the East. Its fruit is mentioned in Isa 28:25, 27. In the New Testament it is mentioned in Mat 23:23, where our Lord pronounces a "woe" on the scribes and Pha

Dictionaries :: CypressEaston's Bible DictionaryCypress: (Heb. tirzah, "hardness"), mentioned only in Isa 44:14 (R.V., "holm tree"). The oldest Latin version translates this word by ilex, i.e., the evergreen oak, which may possibly have been the tree intended; but there is great probability that our Authorized Version is correct in rendering it

Dictionaries :: Creation of ManThematic Subject Guide Creation of Man:Gen 1:26-27; Gen 2:7; Gen 5:1-2; Gen 9:6Job 4:17; Job 10:2-3; Job 10:8-9; Job 31:15; Job 33:4; Job 34:19; Job 35:10Psa 8:5-8; Psa 100:3; Psa 119:73; Psa 138:8; Psa 139:14Pro 16:4Ecc 7:29Isa 17:7; Isa 42:5; Isa 43:7; Isa 45:12; Isa 64:8Jer 27:5Zec 12:1Mal 2:10Mar 10:61Cr 11:7; 1Cr

Dictionaries :: CreditorInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCreditor: kred'-i-ter: (a) nosheh, participle of nashah: Ex 22:24 (English translation: 25); 2Ki 4:1; Isa 50:1; translated "extortioner," Ps 109:11; "taker of usury," Isa 24:2 the King James Version; (b) malweh, participle of lawah, Isa 24:2 the Revised Version (British and