Dictionaries :: CoolInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCool: kool (ruach, "wind"; katapsucho, "to cool down"): "Cool of the day" (Ge 3:8, margin "wind"), when the evening breeze has tempered the heat of the day, enabling Orientals to walk abroad. "Cool my tongue" (Lu 16:24), a phrase reflecting the Jewish notion that Abraham had power to

Dictionaries :: Court of the GentilesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCourt of the Gentiles:  ← CourtCourt of the Sabbath →

Dictionaries :: CovenantEaston's Bible DictionaryCovenant: a contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means "to cut," and hence a covenant is a "cutting," with reference to the cutting or dividing of animals into two parts, and the contra

Dictionaries :: CrispusEaston's Bible DictionaryCrispus: curled, the chief of the synagogue at Corinth (Act 18:8). He was converted and, with his family, baptized by Paul (1Cr 1:14).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryCrispus:curledInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCrispus: kris'-pus (Krispos, "curled"): One of the small number baptized

Dictionaries :: Decree (Noun and Verb)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1378Greek: dogmaDecree (Noun and Verb):transliterated in English, primarily denoted "an opinion or judgment" (from dokeo, "to be of opinion"), hence, an "opinion expressed with authority, a doctrine, ordinance, decree;" "decree," Luk 2:1; Act

Dictionaries :: CowEaston's Bible DictionaryCow: A cow and her calf were not to be killed on the same day (Lev 22:28; Exd 23:19; Deu 22:6,7). The reason for this enactment is not given. A state of great poverty is described in the words of Isa 7:21-25, where, instead of possessing great resources, a man shall depend for the subsistence of himsel

Dictionaries :: CuthHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryCuth:Cuthah, burningNave's Topical BibleCuth: Called also Cuthah A district of Asia, from which colonists were transported to Samaria, 2Ki 17:24-30; Ezr 4:10.

Dictionaries :: DecentlyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDecently: de'-sent-li (euschemonos): Only once is this word found in our English Bible (1Co 14:40). It is in the last verse of that remarkable chapter on the proper use of spiritual gifts in the church and the proper conduct of public worship. It does not refer here to absence of

Dictionaries :: DevotionNave's Topical BibleDevotion: To God See RELIGION For conspicuous instances of, study: ENOCH, NOAH, ABRAHAM, MOSES, DAVID'S later history, SOLOMON'S earlier life, JOSIAH, ASA, ISAIAH, ELIJAH, JEREMIAH, DANIEL, SHADRACH, MESHACH, and ABED-NEGO.Devotion: To Jesus See PETER; JOHN; PAUL; MARY MAGDALENE For

Dictionaries :: Debt; DebtorInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDebt; Debtor: det, det'-er: It is difficult nowadays to think of debt without associating with it the idea of interest, and even usury. Certain it is that this idea is associated with the Old Testament idea of the word, at least in the later period of Old Testament history. Th

Dictionaries :: Decease, in New TestamentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDecease, in New Testament: de-ses' (teleutao, "to come to an end," "married and deceased" (Mt 22:25)): With thanato, "death," "die the death" (Mt 15:4; Mr 7:10, the Revised Version, margin "surely die"). Elsewhere the word is translated "die" (Mt 2:19; 9:18; Mr 9:

Dictionaries :: Copper SmithInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCopper Smith: kop'-er-smith (chalkeus): The word is found in New Testament once only, in 2Ti 4:14: "Alexander the coppersmith did (margin "showed") me much evil." As the Bible word rendered "copper" (see Ezr 8:27 the King James Version) is translated "brass" by the Revised Ver

Dictionaries :: CurdleInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCurdle: kur'-dl (qapha'," to congeal," "harden," "curdle"): Occurs in Job 10:10, "Hast thou not.... curdled me like cheese?" i.e. made him take solid form. "The formation of the embryo is a mystery on which the Hebrew dwells with a deep and reverential awe: compare Ps 139:13-16." Th

Dictionaries :: Cross-QuestioningNave's Topical BibleCross-Questioning: General Scripture Concerning Pro 20:5Cross-Questioning: Reference Concerning See WITNESS

Dictionaries :: Death of the Wicked, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookDeath of the Wicked, The: Is in Their Sins Eze 3:19; Jhn 8:21Death of the Wicked, The: Is without Hope Pro 11:7Death of the Wicked, The: Sometimes without Fear Jer 34:5; 2Ch 36:11-13Death of the Wicked, The: Frequently Sudden and Unexpected Job 21:13,23; 27:21; Pro 29:

Dictionaries :: Cure; CuresInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCure; Cures: kur: Represents the words gahah, marpe', raphdh; therapeuo, iasis. Gahah in Pr 17:22translated "medicine" means properly the removal of a bandage from a healed wound, and, is used figuratively in Ho 5:13; marpe'," healing," is used in the sense of deliverance of th

Dictionaries :: CrueltyNave's Topical BibleCruelty: Instances Of Of Sarah to Hagar, Gen 16:6; 21:9-14. Egyptians to the Israelites, Exd 5:6-18. Peninnah to Hannah, 1Sa 1:4-7; 2:3. Of Jews to Jesus, Mat 26:67; 27:28-31; soldiers to Jesus, Luk 22:64; Jhn 19:3. In war, Isa 13:16, 18. See ANIMALS, CRUELTY TO; KIND

Dictionaries :: CosmologyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCosmology: koz-mol'-o-ji.

Dictionaries :: Custom (2)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCustom (2): kus'-tum (usage): In the Old Testament, except, Ge 31:35 where the Revised Version (British and American) renders, better, "manner" (derekh, "way"), the words translated "custom" are choq, chuqqah, "statute," and mishpaT, "judgment." Such passages as Jud 11:39; Jer 3

Dictionaries :: CousinInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCousin: kuz'-'-n (anepsios): Only in Col 4:10, where Mark is said to be "cousin" (Revised Version) to Barnabas, and not as in the King James Version, "sister's son." The renderings "cousin" of the King James Version for suggenes, in Lu 1:36,58 were probably understood at the time of