Dictionaries :: Descend; DescentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDescend; Descent: de-send', de-sent' (yaradh; katabaino, "go down"); (katabasis): Of Yahweh (Ex 34:5); of the Spirit (Mt 3:16); of angels (Ge 28:12; Mt 28:2; Joh 1:51); of Christ (1Th 4:16; Eph 4:9). "He also descended into the lower parts of the earth" is variously interp

Dictionaries :: Correct, Correction, Corrector, CorrectingVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g1357Greek: diorthomaCorrect, Correction, Corrector, Correcting:signifies "a reform, amendment, correction," lit., "a making straight" (dia, "through," orthoo, "to make straight"). In Act 24:2, lit., "reformations com

Dictionaries :: Delude, DelusionVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g3884Greek: paralogizomaiDelude, Delusion:See BEGUILE.B-1NounStrong's Number: g4106Greek: planeDelude, Delusion:lit., "a wandering," whereby those who are led astray roam hither and thither, is always used in the NT, of mental straying, wrong

Dictionaries :: CopperEaston's Bible DictionaryCopper: derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called "Cyprian brass," occurs only in the Authorized Version in Ezra 8:27. Elsewhere the Hebrew word (nehosheth) is improperly rendered "brass," and sometimes "steel" (2Sa 22:35; Jer 15:12). The "bow of steel" (Job 20:24; Psa 18:34) shou

Dictionaries :: DebtEaston's Bible DictionaryDebt: The Mosaic law encouraged the practice of lending (Deu 15:7; Psa 37:26; Mat 5:42); but it forbade the exaction of interest except from foreigners. Usury was strongly condemned (Pro 28:8; Eze 18:8,13,17; 22:12; Psa 15:5). On the Sabbatical year all pecuniary obligations were cancelled (Deu 15:1-1

Dictionaries :: DeaconessEaston's Bible DictionaryDeaconess: Rom 16:1, 3, 12; Phl 4:2, 3; 1Ti 3:11; 5:9, 10; Tts 2:3, 4). In these passages it is evident that females were then engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention of them also in his letter to Trajan (A.D. 110).Nave's Topical BibleDeaconess: Reference Concerning Rom

Dictionaries :: Creeping ThingsNave's Topical BibleCreeping Things: A General Term for Animals Gen 1:26; Lev 11:20-23, 29-31, 42; Psa 104:20, 25; Rom 1:23Creeping Things: Unclean Lev 5:2; 11:20, 29-44; Deu 14:19Creeping Things: Clean Lev 11:21, 22Creeping Things: Uses Of In idolatrous worship, Eze 8:10.

Dictionaries :: DespairInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDespair: de-spar':The substantive only in 2Co 4:8, "perplexed, but not in (the Revised Version (British and American) "yet not unto") despair," literally, "being at a loss, but not utterly at a loss." "Unto despair" here conveys the force of the Greek prefix ex ("utterly," "out and

Dictionaries :: CounsellorEaston's Bible DictionaryCounsellor: an adviser (Pro 11:14; 15:22), a king's state counsellor (2Sa 15:12). Used once of the Messiah (Isa 9:6). In Mar 15:43, Luk 23:50, the word probably means a member of the Jewish Sanhedrim.Nave's Topical BibleCounsellor: A Wise Man Versed in law and diplomacy, 1Ch 27:32, 33.Coun

Dictionaries :: Corinthians, Second Epistle to TheEaston's Bible DictionaryCorinthians, Second Epistle to The: Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense excitement had been aroused against him, the evidence of his great success, and proceeded to Macedonia. Pursuing the usual route, he reached Tro

Dictionaries :: Corner GateInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCorner Gate: kor'-ner gat. ← CornerCorner-Stone →

Dictionaries :: CoursesEaston's Bible DictionaryCourses: When David was not permitted to build the temple, he proceeded, among the last acts of his life, with the assistance of Zadok and Ahimelech, to organize the priestly and musical services to be conducted in the house of God. (1.) He divided the priests into twenty-four courses (1Ch 24:1-19)

Dictionaries :: Covenant, in the Old TestamentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCovenant, in the Old Testament: kuv'-e-nant (berith): I. GENERAL MEANING II. AMONG MEN 1. Early Idea 2. Principal Elements 3. Different Varieties 4. Phraseology Used III. BETWEEN GOD AND MEN 1. Essential Idea 2. Covenants Recorded i

Dictionaries :: Cruel; CrueltyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCruel; Cruelty: kroo'-el, kroo'-el-ti ‘akhzar, ("harsh," "fierce," chamac, "violence"): There are various uses of the word "cruel" in the Old Testament: (a) "the cruel (deadly) venom of asps" (De 32:33); (b) spoken of men of relentless hate: "They hate me with cru

Dictionaries :: CopyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g5262Greek: hupodeigmaCopy:from hupo, "under," deiknumi, "to show," properly denotes "what is shown below or privately;" it is translated "example," Hbr 8:5, AV (RV, "copy"). It signifies (a) a sign suggestive of anything, the delineation or representation

Dictionaries :: CoupleInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCouple: kup'-l: (1) Used as a noun, indicates two objects of the same kind that are considered together. Thus we read of a couple of cakes (2Sa 13:6, used loosely), and a couple of asses (2Sa 16:1, Hebrew tsemedh). (2) Used as a verb, it means to join or fasten one thing to an

Dictionaries :: DelivererNave's Topical BibleDeliverer: An Appellation of Jesus Rom 11:26

Dictionaries :: CunningInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCunning: kun'-ing (chakham, chashabh): In Bible-English "cunning" means always "wise" or "skilful"; the word does not occur in the bad sense, and it is found in the Old Testament only. The chief Hebrew words are chakham, "wise," "skilful" (2Ch 2:7 the King James Version "a man cunn

Dictionaries :: CornerEaston's Bible DictionaryCorner: The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Pro 7:8). "Corners" in Neh 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num 24:17, the "corners of Moab" denotes the whole land of Moab. The "corner of a field" (Lev 19:9; 23:22) is its extreme part, which

Dictionaries :: DeceitInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaDeceit: de-set' (mirmah; (dolos)): The intentional misleading or beguiling of another; in Scripture represented as a companion of many other forms of wickedness, as cursing (Ps 10:7), hatred (Pr 26:24), theft, covetousness, adultery, murder (Mr 7:22; Ro 1:29). The Revised Version (B