CRIMSON krim'-z'-n. See COLORS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CRIMSON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CRIME; CRIMES krim, krimz: This. term is used in English as the equivalent of the Hebrew mishpaT, "judgment," "verdict" (Ezekiel 7:23); zimmah, "a heinous crime" (Job 31:11); 'asham = "a fault," "sin" (Genesis 26:10, English Versions of the Bible "guiltiness"); and Greek aitia, "case," "cause" (Acts 25:27, the Revised Version (British and American

CRICKET krik'-et (chargol): This occurs in Leviticus 11:22 (the King James Version "beetle"), and doubtless refers to some kind of locust or grasshopper. See BEETLE; LOCUST; INSECTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CRICKET'". "International Standard Bib

CRIER kri'-er (qara'; compare boao): (1) Neither is this exact word found in English Versions of the Bible, nor a word exactly corresponding to it in the Hebrew Bible, but the character it stands for appears as "one who cries aloud," i.e., proclaims mandates or gives public messages. In Proverbs 1:21 it is said, "She (Wisdom) crieth in the chief p

CRIB ('ebhuc): "Crib" translates the Hebrew word [~'ebhuc] exactly, as it denotes "a barred receptacle for fodder used in cowsheds and foldyards; also in fields, for beasts lying out in the winter." The Hebrew is from a word meaning to feed ('abhac), and is used in the precise sense of the English word in Job 39:9 of the "crib" of the wild ox, in

CRETE kret (Krete, ethnic Kretes, Acts 2:11; Titus 1:12): An island bounding the Aegean Sea on the South. It stretches from 34 degrees 50' to 35 degrees 40' North latitude and from 23 degrees 30' to 26 degrees 20' East long. With Cythera on the North and Carpathos and Rhodos on the Northeast, it forms a continuous bridge between Greece and Asia Mi

CRESCENTS kres'-ents (saharonim): Moon-shaped necklaces (Judges 8:21,26; Isaiah 3:18).f Paul, mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:10 as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in Vienna in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Informat

CRESCENS kres'-enz (Kreskes, "increasing"): An assistant of Paul, mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:10 as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in Vienna in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. G

CREEPING THING krep'-ing (remes, sherets; herpeton): Remes and sherets, with the root verbs ramas and sharats, are used without any sharp distinction for insects and other small creatures. Ramas means clearly "to creep," and is used even of the beasts of the forest (Psalms 104:20), while sharats is rather "to swarm." But in at least one passage (L

CREMATION kre-ma'-shun (compare saraph, Joshua 7:15, etc., "shall be burnt with fire"; kaio, 1 Corinthians 13:3, "If I give my body to be burned," etc.): Cremation, while the customary practice of the ancient Greeks, and not unknown among the Romans, was certainly not the ordinary mode of disposing of the dead among the Hebrews or other oriental p

CREED; CREEDS kred: $ I. SCRIPTURAL BASIS$ 1. In the Old Testament 2. In the New Testament--Gospels 3. In the Epistles (1) Paul (2) Later Writings (3) Hebrews $ II. HISTORICAL FORMS$ 1. The Apostles' Creed 2. The Nicene Creed (1) Origin, Date, Character (2) "Filioque" Clause 3. The Athanasian Creed (1) Authorship (2) Question of Impo

CREEK krek, colloq. krik (kolpos (Acts 27:39), the Revised Version (British and American) "bay"): The spot has been identified as the traditional Bay of Paul about 8 miles Northwest of the town of Valetta in the island of Malta. See MELITA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General

CREDITOR kred'-i-ter: nosheh, participle of nashah: Exodus 22:24 (English translation: 25); 2 Kings 4:1; Isaiah 50:1; translated "extortioner," Psalms 109:11; "taker of usury," Isaiah 24:2 the King James Version; malweh, participle of lawah, Isaiah 24:2 the Revised Version (British and American), the King James Version "lender"; ba`al mashsheh ya

CREDIT kred'-it (pisteuein; 1 Macc 10:46 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "gave no credence"; The Wisdom of Solomon 18:6 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "trusted"; 1 Macc 1:30 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "credence"): In the modern commercial

CREATURE, LIVING (chayyah; zoon): "Living creature" (chayyah) is the designation of each of the composite figures in Ezekiel's visions (Ezekiel 1:5,13; 3:13; 10:15,17,20) and, the Revised Version (British and American), of the similar beings in the visions of the Apocalypse, instead of the extremely unfortunate translation of zoon in the King Jame

CREATOR kre-a'-ter (ktistes, 1 Peter 4:19): The distinctive characteristic of Deity, as the Creator, is that He is the Cause of the existent universe--Cause of its being, not merely of its evolution or present arrangements. 1. God as Creator: The doctrine of His being the Creator implies, that is to say, that He is the real and the exclusive Age

CREATURE kre'-tur: The word "creature," as it occurs in the New Testament, is the translation and also the exact English equivalent of the Greek ktisis, or ktisma, from ktizo, "to create." In the Old Testament, on the other hand, it stands for words which have in the original no reference to creation, but which come from other roots. Nephesh, "liv

CREATION kre-a'-shun (bara' "to create"; ktisis, "that which is created," "creature"): 1. Creation as Abiding 2. Mistaken Ideas 3. True Conception 4. The Genesis Cosmogony 5. Matter not Eternal 6. "Wisdom" in Creation 7. A Free, Personal Act 8. Creation and Evolution 9. Is Creation Eternal? 10. Creation ex nihilo 11. From God's Will 12.

CRASHING krash'-ing (shebher): This word, meaning "a breach," figuratively "destruction," is translated "crashing" in Zechariah 1:10: "a great crashing from the hills," representing the doom to fall on evil-doers in Jerusalem, as the enemy advanced against the city from the north. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Inf

CRATES kra'-tez (Krates), governor of the Cyprians, left as deputy of Sostratus when the latter, who was governor of Jerusalem, was summoned to Antioch by Antiochus Epiphanes, in consequence of a dispute with Menelaus (2 Macc 4:29). As Cyprus was not at the time in the possession of Antiochus, the words have been generally taken to mean Krates "who