Dictionaries :: CompassKing James DictionaryCompass: To Surround; Encircle.For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou COMPASS him as with a shield. (Psalm 5:12)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2944Greek: kukleuoCompass:denotes "to encircle, surround," and is found in the best texts in Jhn 10

Dictionaries :: ConcupiscenceEaston's Bible DictionaryConcupiscence: desire, Rom 7:8 (R.V., "coveting"); Col 3:5 (R.V., "desire"). The "lust of concupiscence" (1Th 4:5; R.V., "passion of lust") denotes evil desire, indwelling sin.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaConcupiscence: kon-ku'-pi-sens (epithumia): Not used in the Revised Vers

Dictionaries :: ConcubinageInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaConcubinage: kon-ku'-bi-naj. Nave's Topical BibleConcubinage: Laws Concerning Exd 21:7-11; Lev 19:20-22; Deu 21:10-14 Concubines might be dismissed, Gen 21:9-14. Called WIVES, Gen 37:2; Jdg 19:3-5. Children of, not heirs, Gen 15:4; 21:10.Concubinage: Practi

Dictionaries :: ChuzaHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryChuza:the seer or prophetNave's Topical BibleChuza: Herod's Steward Luk 8:3Smith's Bible DictionaryChuza: properly Chu'zas (the seer) the house‐steward of Herod Antipas (Luke 8:3).

Dictionaries :: CloutsKing James DictionaryClouts: Pieces of Cloth; Patches.Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence o

Dictionaries :: ContraryInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaContrary: kon'-tra-ri (qeri; enantios): In the Old Testament it has the sense of antagonistic, as one person opposed or hostile to the other, especially in Le 26:21,23,24,27,28,40,41, where Yahweh declares His attitude toward the people in such phrases as: "If ye will not for all

Dictionaries :: CommonwealthInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCommonwealth: kom'-un-welth (politeia): Spoken of theocracy (Eph 2:12). The same word is rendered "freedom," the King James Version; "citizenship" the Revised Version (British and American). Also in the sense of commonwealth in the Apocrypha (2 Macc 4:11; 8:17; 13:14); in the

Dictionaries :: CleftKing James DictionaryCleft: An Opening, Break or Split.The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the CLEFTS of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? (Obadiah 3)

Dictionaries :: Code of HammurabiInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCode of Hammurabi:

Dictionaries :: ConceitInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaConceit: kon-set':An idiomatic rendering of a phrase, phronimoi en heautois, in Ro 11:25; 12:16; meaning literally, "wise with one's self," i.e. "in one's own opinion," or, as in parallel Old Testament passages (Pr 26:5,12 the Revised Version, margin), "in his own eyes" (Hebrew

Dictionaries :: Christs, FalseEaston's Bible DictionaryChrists, False: Our Lord warned his disciples that they would arise (Mat 24:24). It is said that no fewer than twenty-four persons have at different times appeared (the last in 1682) pretending to be the Messiah of the prophets.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaChrists, False: fol

Dictionaries :: Confer, ConferenceVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4323Greek: prosanatithemiConfer, Conference:lit., "to put before" (pros, "towards," ana, "up," and tithemi, "to put"), i.e., "to lay a matter before others so as to obtain counsel or instruction," is used of Paul's refraining from consulting huma

Dictionaries :: ClaudiusEaston's Bible DictionaryClaudius: lame. (1.) The fourth Roman emperor. He succeeded Caligula (A.D. 41). Though in general he treated the Jews, especially those in Asia and Egypt, with great indulgence, yet about the middle of his reign (A.D. 49) he banished them all from Rome (Act 18:2). In this edict the Christians were

Dictionaries :: ConsecrateKing James DictionaryConsecrate: To Regard as Set Apart or Separate.And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to CONSECRATE him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. (Exodus 28:3)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New

Dictionaries :: ConceiveVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1080Greek: gennaoConceive:"to conceive, beget": see BEGET, A, No. 1.2Strong's Number: g4815Greek: sullambanoConceive:lit., "to take together" (sun, "with," lambano, "to take or receive"), is used (a) of a woman, to "conceive," Luk 1:24, 31, 36; in the

Dictionaries :: CleanlinessNave's Topical BibleCleanliness: Taught By frequent ablutionsCleanliness: References Concerning See ABLUTION; PURIFICATION.Cleanliness: Regulation Relating To, in Camp Deu 23:12-14Cleanliness: Figurative Psa 51:7, 10; 73:1; Pro 20:9; Isa 1:16; Eze 36:25; 1Jo 1:7, 9; Rev 1:5

Dictionaries :: Conquer, ConquerorVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3528Greek: nikaoConquer, Conqueror:"to overcome" (its usual meaning), is translated "conquering" and "to conquer" in Rev 6:2. See OVERCOME, PREVAIL, VICTORY.2Strong's Number: g5245Greek: hupernikaoConquer, Conqueror:"to be more than conqueror" (h

Dictionaries :: Convict; ConvictionInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaConvict; Conviction: kon-vikt', kon-vik'-shun (elegcho and compounds, "to prove guilty"): Usual translation of English Versions of the Bible, where the King James Version has "convince," as in Joh 8:46; Tit 1:9; Jas 2:9; once also replacing the King James Version "repro

Dictionaries :: Coming, SecondInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaComing, Second:  ← Coming of Christ

Dictionaries :: Cloak; ClokeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaCloak; Cloke: klok, (me‘il, simlah, etc.; himation, stole, etc.): "Cloke" is retained in the English Revised Version, as in the King James Version, instead of modern "cloak" (American Revised Version). In the Old Testament, me'il (compare New Testament himation) uniformly