Dictionaries :: CyprusEaston's Bible DictionaryCyprus: one of the largest islands of the Mediterranean, about 148 miles long and 40 broad. It is distant about 60 miles from the Syrian coast. It was the "Chittim" of the Old Testament (Num 24:24). The Greek colonists gave it the name of Kypros, from the cyprus, i.e., the henna (See CAMPHIRE), whic

Dictionaries :: Curse, Cursing (Noun and Verb), Cursed, AccursedVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g687Greek: araCurse, Cursing (Noun and Verb), Cursed, Accursed:in its most usual meaning, "a malediction, cursing" (its other meaning is "a prayer"), is used in Rom 3:14 (often in the Sept.).A-2NounStrong's Numb

Dictionaries :: CorpseInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCorpse: korps: This word in the King James Version is the translations of two Hebrew words, pegher, and gewiyah, while nebhelah, and guphah, which mean the same, are translated "body," with which the English word "corpse" (Latin, corpus) was originally synonymical. Therefore we find

Dictionaries :: Deep (Noun and Adjective), Deepness, Deeply, DepthVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g899Greek: bathosDeep (Noun and Adjective), Deepness, Deeply, Depth:is used (a) naturally, in Mat 13:5, "deepness;" Mar 4:5, AV, "depth," RV, "deepness;" Luk 5:4, of "deep" water; Rom 8:39 (contrasted with

Dictionaries :: CyrusEaston's Bible DictionaryCyrus: (Heb. Ko'resh), the celebrated "King of Persia" (Elam) who was conqueror of Babylon, and issued the decree of liberation to the Jews (Ezr 1:1,2). He was the son of Cambyses, the prince of Persia, and was born about B.C. 599. In the year B.C. 559 he became king of Persia, the kingdom of Media b

Dictionaries :: Descent, of JesusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDescent, of Jesus: de-sent'. ← Descend; Descent

Dictionaries :: CuriousInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCurious: ku'-ri-us (machashebheth; periergos): The above Hebrew word, meaning "thought," "device," "design," is translated "curious," Ex 35:32 the King James Version "curious works"; the English Revised Version "cunning"; the American Standard Revised Version "skilful"; cheshebh ("

Dictionaries :: DenEaston's Bible DictionaryDen: a lair of wild beasts (Psa 10:9; 104:22; Job 37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile (Isa 11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" (Hbr 11:38); a resort of thieves (Mat 21:13; Mar 11:17). Daniel was cast into "the den of lions" (Dan 6:16,17). Some recent discoveries among the rui

Dictionaries :: DelusionInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDelusion: de-lu'-zhun: (1) Isa 66:4, "I also will choose their delusions" (the Revised Version, margin "mockings"), Hebrew ta‘alulim, which occurs only here and Isa 3:4 (where it is translated "babes," the Revised Version, margin "childishness"). Its meaning is somewhat am

Dictionaries :: Covenant, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookCovenant, The: Christ, the Substance Of Isa 42:6; 49:8Covenant, The: Christ, the Mediator Of Hbr 8:6; 9:15; 12:24Covenant, The: Christ, the Messenger Of Mal 3:1Covenant, The: Made With Abraham Gen 15:7-18; 17:2-14; Luk 1:72-75; Act 3:25; Gal 3:16 Isaac Gen 17:19,21; 26:3

Dictionaries :: CricketInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCricket: krik'-et (chargol): This occurs in Le 11:22 (the King James Version "beetle"), and doubtless refers to some kind of locust or grasshopper.

Dictionaries :: CosamHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryCosam:diviningInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCosam: ko'-sam (Kosam): An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy in the 5th generation before Zerubbabel (Lu 3:28). Smith's Bible DictionaryCosam: (a diviner) son of Elmodam, in the line of Joseph the husband of Mary (Luke 3:28).

Dictionaries :: CucumbersEaston's Bible DictionaryCucumbers: (Heb. plur. kishshuim; only in Num 11:5). This vegetable is extensively cultivated in the East at the present day, as it appears to have been in earlier times among the Hebrews. It belongs to the gourd family of plants. In the East its cooling pulp and juice are most refreshing. "We ne

Dictionaries :: DemandInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDemand: de-mand':The peremptory, imperative sense is absent from this word in its occurrences in the King James Version, where it means no more than "ask," "inquire" (compare French, demander) one or the other of which the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes in 2Sa 11

Dictionaries :: Devotion; DevotionsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDevotion; Devotions: de-vo'-shun, (sebasmata): For the King James Version "your devotions" (Ac 17:23), the Revised Version (British and American) has "the objects of your worship," which is probably the intended meaning of the King James Version. the Revised Version (Br

Dictionaries :: CovetInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCovet: kuv'-et ('awah; zeloo, "to desire earnestly," "to set the heart and mind upon anything"): Used in two senses: good, simply to desire earnestly but legitimately. e.g. the King James Version 1Co 12:31; 14:39; bad, to desire unlawfully, or to secure illegitimately (batsa‘; epithu

Dictionaries :: Destruction, City OfEaston's Bible DictionaryDestruction, City Of: (Isa 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the overthrow of heathenism), the ideal title of On or Heliopolis (q.v.).

Dictionaries :: Craft; Craftiness; CraftyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCraft; Craftiness; Crafty: kraft, kraf'-ti-nes, kraf'-ti, (panourgia), (panourgos): The original meaning is that of "ability to do anything," universally applied in a bad sense to unscrupulous wickedness, that stops short of no measure, however reprehensible, in o

Dictionaries :: Crooked SerpentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCrooked Serpent: krook'-ed sur'-pent. ← Crooked

Dictionaries :: DearlyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Dearly:For DEARLY see BELOVED