Dictionaries :: ComfortInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaComfort: kum'-fert (nacham; parakaleo): The New Testament word is variously translated, as "comfort," "exhort," "beseech," the exact translation to be determined by the context. Etymologically, it is "to call alongside of," i.e. to summon for assistance. To comfort is to cheer and

Dictionaries :: Conform; ConformableInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaConform; Conformable: kon-form', kon-form'-a-b'-l (summorphoo "to become or be like," or "of the same form"): Indicating an inner change of nature, working into the outward life (Ro 8:29; Php 3:10,21); while suschematizo, "fashioned according to" (Ro 12:21 the Revised

Dictionaries :: Consecrated ThingsNave's Topical BibleConsecrated Things: See FIRSTBORN; FIRSTFRUITS.

Dictionaries :: ConceptionNave's Topical BibleConception: Miraculous By Sarah, Gen 21:1, 2; Rebekah, Gen 25:21; Rachel, Gen 30:22; Manoah's wife, Jdg 13:3-24; Hannah, 1Sa 1:19, 20; Elisabeth, Luk 1:24, 25, 36, 37, 58; Mary, Mat 1:18, 20; Luk 1:31-35.

Dictionaries :: CityEaston's Bible DictionaryCity: The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain (Gen 4:17). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12). Next, we have a record of the cities of the Canaanites, Sidon, Gaza, Sodom, etc. (10:12,19; 11:3,9; 36:31-39).

Dictionaries :: City, Rulers OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCity, Rulers Of: rool'-erz: The English Versions of the Bible rendering of the politarchai, of Thessalonica, before whom Jason and the other Christians were dragged by the mob (Ac 17:6,8). The term distinguishes the magistrates of a free Greek city from the ordinary Roman o

Dictionaries :: Continual, Continually (See Also Continue)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1Adverbial Strong's Number: g1519 g5056Greek: eis telosContinual, Continually (See Also Continue):lit., "unto (the) end," signifies "continual," in Luk 18:5, of the importunate widow's applications to the unrighteous judge; see also Mat 10

Dictionaries :: ConfessionEaston's Bible DictionaryConfession: (1) An open profession of faith (Luk 12:8). (2.) An acknowledment of sins to God (Lev 16:21; Ezr 9:5-15; Dan 9:3-12), and to a neighbour whom we have wronged (Jam 5:16; Mat 18:15).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaConfession: kon-fesh'-un (yadhah; homologeo, and their deri

Dictionaries :: Convenient, ConvenientlyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g2121Greek: eukairosConvenient, Conveniently:lit., "well-timed" (eu, "well," kairos, "a time, season"), hence signifies "timely, opportune, convenient;" it is said of a certain day, Mar 6:21; elsewhere, Hbr 4:16, "in time of need.

Dictionaries :: CloudsTorrey's New Topical TextbookClouds: Formed from the Sea 1Ki 18:44; Amo 9:6Clouds: Are Garment of the Sea Job 38:9Clouds: God Established Pro 8:28 Balanced in the air Job 37:16 Disposed in order Job 37:15 Brings over the earth Gen 9:14 Binds up Job 26:8 Spreads out Job 26:9 Scatters

Dictionaries :: ClamourKing James DictionaryClamour: An Outcry or Protest.Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and CLAMOUR, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (Ephesians 4:31-32)

Dictionaries :: ContinencyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaContinency: kon'-ti-nen-si (egkrateuomai "to have self-control" or "continency" the Revised Version (British and American), "to contain" the King James Version): Paul, although he would that all men were like himself unmarried, yet advises that they should marry if they cannot c

Dictionaries :: ChokeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChoke: chok (pnigo, and its compounds): Is used in its primary sense of "to strangle," or "to suffocate," in describing the fate of the swine (Lu 8:33 the King James Version). The Revised Version (British and American) has "drowned," but "choked" is the correct rendering of the Greek

Dictionaries :: Confess, ConfessionVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g3670Greek: homologeoConfess, Confession:lit., "to speak the same thing" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), "to assent, accord, agree with," denotes, (a) "to confess, declare, admit," Jhn 1:20; e.g., Act 24:14; Hbr 11:13; (b) "to con

Dictionaries :: ChinnerethEaston's Bible DictionaryChinnereth: lyre, the singular form of the word (Deu 3:17; Jos 19:35), which is also used in the plural form, Chinneroth, the name of a fenced city which stood near the shore of the lake of Galilee, a little to the south of Tiberias. The town seems to have given its name to a district, as appear

Dictionaries :: Children of the EastInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChildren of the East: est (bene qedhem): A term which in a general way designated the inhabitants of the country East of Palestine The Hebrews thought of their own country as occupying the central place, and of the other parts of the world in relation to this. They spo

Dictionaries :: Conception; ConceiveInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaConception; Conceive: kon-sep'-shun, kon-sev' (harah, and derivatives; sullambano): Physically, the beginning of a new life in the womb of a mother, "to catch on," used thus some forty times, as in Ge 3:16; 4:1; Ps 51:5. Metaphorically, applied to the start and growth

Dictionaries :: Confer; ConferenceInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaConfer; Conference: kon'-fer, kon'-ferens: The equivalent of three Greek words of different shades of meaning. In Ga 1:16, prosanatithemi, had been used in classical writers for resorting to oracles (Lightfoot on Ga 2:6; Ellicott on Ga 1:16); hence, "to take counsel with

Dictionaries :: CockleEaston's Bible DictionaryCockle: occurs only in Job 31:40 (marg., "noisome weeds"), where it is the rendering of a Hebrew word (b'oshah) which means "offensive," "having a bad smell," referring to some weed perhaps which has an unpleasant odour. Or it may be regarded as simply any noisome weed, such as the "tares" or darnel

Dictionaries :: Cities, LeviticalInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCities, Levitical:  ← Cities of the Plain; CiccarCities, Store →