Dictionaries :: ConsecrationEaston's Bible DictionaryConsecration: the devoting or setting apart of anything to the worship or service of God. The race of Abraham and the tribe of Levi were thus consecrated (Exd 13:2,12,15; Num 3:12). The Hebrews devoted their fields and cattle, and sometimes the spoils of war, to the Lord (Lev 27:28,29). Accord

Dictionaries :: ChileabEaston's Bible DictionaryChileab: protected by the father, David's second son by Abigail (2Sa 3:3); called also Daniel (1Ch 3:1). He seems to have died when young.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChileab: kil'-e-ab (kil'abh; Dalouia, "restraint of father"): A son of David, born to him at Hebron. His mother was

Dictionaries :: Commit, CommissionVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Commit, Commission: (1) In the sense of "doing or practicing."A-1VerbStrong's Number: g2038Greek: ergazomaiCommit, Commission:to work, is translated by the verb "to commit" (of committing sin), in Jam 2:9. This is a stronger expression than poieo, "to do," or p

Dictionaries :: ConstellationEaston's Bible DictionaryConstellation: a cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens, and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as the "Great Bear," the "Bull," etc.) for the sake of classification and of memory. In Isa 13:10, where this word only occurs, it is the rende

Dictionaries :: Church GovernmentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChurch Government: guv'-ern-ment: I. APPROACH TO SUBJECT 1. The General Sense 2. The Local Sense II. INTERNAL ORDER 1. Subjects of Admission 2. Definite Organizations 3. Ministers (1) General (2) Local 4. Ecclesiastical Functions (1) Contr

Dictionaries :: CloutInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaClout: klout: As substantive (ha-cechabhoth) a patch or piece of cloth, leather, or the like, a rag, a shred, or fragment. Old "cast clouts and old rotten rags" (Jer 38:11,12 the King James Version). As verb (Tala')" to bandage," "patch," or mend with a clout. "Old shoes and clouted

Dictionaries :: ClemencyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaClemency: klem'-en-si (epietkeia, "fairness," "sweet reasonableness," Ac 24:4): The Greek word is rendered elsewhere "gentleness," 2Co 10:1; Tit 3:2, "meekhess"; Jas 3:17; 1Pe 2:18. Nave's Topical BibleClemency: Of David toward Disloyal Subjects Shimei, 2Sa 16:5-13; 19:16-23

Dictionaries :: CollopInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCollop: kol'-up (pimah): A slice of meat or "fat," the King James Version in Job 15:27, "maketh collops of fat (thick folds of flesh) on his flanks," said of the "wicked man." the American Standard Revised Version reads "(hath) gathered fat upon his loins." King James DictionaryColl

Dictionaries :: CollegeEaston's Bible DictionaryCollege: Heb. mishneh (2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 34:22), rendered in Revised Version "second quarter", the residence of the prophetess Huldah. The Authorized Version followed the Jewish commentators, who, following the Targum, gave the Hebrew word its post-Biblical sense, as if it meant a place of instruction

Dictionaries :: City of Palm TreesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCity of Palm Trees: pam'-trez (‘ir ha-temarim). See De 34:3; Jud 1:16; 3:13; 2Ch 28:15. ← City of DestructionCity of Salt →

Dictionaries :: Concerning God, His Works, CreationTorrey's New Topical TextbookConcerning God, His Works, Creation: The Scriptures represent God as the Creator of the universe. Gen 1:1; 2Ki 19:15; 1Ch 29:11; Neh 9:6; Job 38:4; Psa 33:6; 96:5; 102:25; 146:5,6; Pro 3:19; Isa 42:5; 51:13; Jer 10:12; 32:17; Amo 5:8; 9:6; Zec 12:1; Jhn 1:1-3; Ac

Dictionaries :: Composition; CompoundInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaComposition; Compound: kom-po-zish'-un, kom'-pound (mathkoneth, "measure"); (subst.) (raqach, "to make perfume," roqach, "perfume"): Used of the sacred anointing oil (Ex 30:25,32,33) and of the holy perfume (Ex 30:37,38), which were not to be used for any profane purp

Dictionaries :: Christ, Offices OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChrist, Offices Of: of'-is-is. General Titles of our Lord I. CHRIST'S MEDIATION EXPRESSED IN THE SPECIFIC OFFICES Historical Review of the Theory II. THE THREEFOLD OFFICE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT The Failure of the Offices to Secure Their Desired Ends III.

Dictionaries :: ClapInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaClap: An emphatic expression of joy, "They clapped their hands (nakhah), and said, Long live (the King James Version "God save") the king" (2Ki 11:12); "Oh clap your hands (taqa‘), all ye peoples" (Ps 47:1); or exultation (caphaq, La 2:15; macha',Eze 25:6; taqa‘, Na 3:19); o

Dictionaries :: Compassion, CompassionateVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g3627Greek: oikteiroCompassion, Compassionate:"to have pity, a feeling of distress through the ills of others," is used of God's compassion, Rom 9:15.A-2VerbStrong's Number: g4697Greek: splanchnizomaiCompassion, Compassionate:"to be m

Dictionaries :: Concerning God, His Works, ProvidenceTorrey's New Topical TextbookConcerning God, His Works, Providence: "This term, in its widest application, signifies the Divine Presence in the world as sustaining, controlling, and guiding to their destination all things that are made. The will of God determines the end for which His creatur

Dictionaries :: Clean, Cleanness, Cleanse, CleansingVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g2513Greek: katharosClean, Cleanness, Cleanse, Cleansing:"free from impure admixture, without blemish, spotless," is used (a) physically, e.g., Mat 23:26; 27:59; Jhn 13:10 (where the Lord, speaking figuratively, te

Dictionaries :: CommotionVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Commotion:For COMMOTION see CONFUSION, TUMULT

Dictionaries :: Coming (Noun)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1529Greek: eisodosComing (Noun):"an entrance" (eis, "in," hodos, "a way"), "an entering in," is once translated "coming," Act 13:24, of the coming of Christ into the nation of Israel. For its meaning "entrance" see 1Th 1:9; 2:1; Hbr 10:19; 2Pe 1:11. S

Dictionaries :: Cliff; CliftInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCliff; Clift: