CRANE kran (`aghur; geranos; Latin Grus cinerea): A bird of the family gruidae. The crane is mentioned twice in the Bible: once on account of its voice (Isaiah 38:14: "Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter"); again because of the unforgettable picture these birds made in migration (Jeremiah 8:7): "Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her ap

CRAFTS $I. SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRAFTS OF THE BIBLE$ 1. Written Records and Discoveries of Craftsmanship (1) Jewish (2) Canaanitish and Phoenician (3) Assyrian and Babylonian (4) Egyptian 2. Post-Biblical Writings 3. Present Methods in Bible Lands $ II. CRAFTS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE$ 1. Brickmaking 2. Carpentering (Wood-Working

CRAG krag (shen (1 Samuel 7:12; 14:4; Job 39:28 the King James Version and the English Revised Version)): In a mountainous country composed of sedimentary rocks, like the cretaceous rocks of Palestine, cliffs are formed on a slope where hard strata are underlaid by softer strata. The soft strata wear away more rapidly, undermining the hard strata

CRAFT; CRAFTINESS; CRAFTY kraft, kraf'-ti-nes, kraf'-ti, (panourgia), (panourgos): The original meaning is that of "ability to do anything," universally applied in a bad sense to unscrupulous wickedness, that stops short of no measure, however reprehensible, in order to attain its purposes; then, in a modified form, to resourcefulness in wrong, cu

CRACKNEL krak'nel: Occurs in 1 Kings 14:3, where Jeroboam bids his wife go to Abijah to inquire concerning their son: "And take with thee ten loaves and cracknels" (King James Version margins "cakes," the English Revised Version "cracknels," the American Standard Revised Version "cakes"). The Hebrew word is niqquddim, from naqadh, "to prick" or "m

COZEBA ko-ze'-ba (1 Chronicles 4:22). See ACHZIB. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'COZEBA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

COZBI koz'-bi (kozbi, "deceitful"): A Midianite woman, distinguished as the daughter of Zur, "head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian." She was slain by Phinehas at Shittim in company with "Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites" (Numbers 25:6-18). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibli

COZ koz (kots, "thorn"): A man of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:8). the American Standard Revised Version has added the article, making the name Hakkoz without sufficient reason. The name occurs with the article (Ha-qots) in Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 3:4,21; 7:63, and 1 Chronicles 24:10, but not with reference to the same person. Coz was of the tribe of Judah,

COVETOUSNESS kuv'-et-us-nes: Has a variety of shades of meaning determined largely by the nature of the particular word used, or the context, or both. Following are some of the uses: (1) To gain dishonestly (batsa`), e.g. the King James Version Exodus 18:21; Ezekiel 33:31. (2) The wish to have more than one possesses, inordinately, of course (pl

COW; KINE kou, kin (baqar (compare Arabic baqar, "cow"); `eghlath baqar (Isaiah 7:21); parah (compare Arabic furar, "young of a sheep, goat, or cow"); paroth `aloth (1 Samuel 6:7,10), "milch kine," from `ul , "to suckle"; 'eleph): In Amos 4:1, the term, "kine of Bashan," is applied to the voluptuous women of Samaria. In Genesis 41:1-36 is the narr

COVERT kuv'-ert: Now seldom used, except for game, and then generally spelt "cover." "A covered way" (2 Kings 16:18 the King James Version); also a shelter of any kind (Isaiah 4:6); "a hiding place," "a lair," "a hut" (Job 38:40); "a place of secrecy," "a secret way" (1 Samuel 25:20; Job 40:21; Psalms 61:4; Isaiah 16:4; 32:2); "a den," "a lair" (J

COVERED WAY kuv'-erd wa (mecakh, "a covered walk"): Mentioned in 2 Kings 16:18 (the King James Version "covert") as a gallery belonging to the temple, concerning the purpose of which opinions differ. Some consider it to have been the place where the king stood or sat during the Sabbath services; others, a public place for teaching; others, the way

COVER; COVERING kuv'-er, kuv'-er-ing: The translation of several Hebrew words. The covering of the ark (mikhceh, Genesis 8:13) was possibly the lid of a hatchway (compare Mitchell, World before Abraham, 215). To the sons of Kohath was assigned the task of caring for the furniture of the Tabernacle whenever the camp was moved, a suitable covering

COVENANT, THE NEW (berith chadhashah, Jeremiah 31:31; he diatheke kaine, Hebrews 8:8,13, etc., or nea, Hebrews 12:24: the former Greek adjective has the sense of the "new" primari1y in reference to quality, the latter the sense of "young," the "new," primarily in reference to time): 1. Contrast of "New" and "Old"--The Term "Covenant" 2. Christ's

COVENANT, 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 in the Old Testament 3. Phraseology Used 4. History of Covenant Idea LITERATURE $ I. General Meani

COVENANT, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Diatheke, was the word chosen by the Septuagint translators to render the Hebrew berith, and it appears thus nearly 300 times in the Greek Old Testament in the sense of covenant, while suntheke and entolai are each used once only. The choice of this word seems to have been occasioned by a recognition that the covenant

COVENANT, ARK OF THE kuv'-e-nant, kuv'-e-nant. See ARK OF THE COVENANT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'COVENANT, ARK OF THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

COVENANT, BOOK OF THE (cepher ha-berith): 1. Historical Connection 2. Analysis 3. Critical Theories 4. True, or Biblical Conception 5. Nature of the Laws LITERATURE The name given in Exodus 24:7 to a code or collection of laws found in the preceding chapters, 20-23, as the terms of the covenant made with Yahweh, and given for Israel's guidan

COVENANT OF SALT solt (berith melach; halas, classical Greek hals): As salt was regarded as a necessary ingredient of the daily food, and so of all sacrifices offered to Yahweh (Leviticus 2:13), it became an easy step to the very close connection between salt and covenant-making. When men ate together they became friends. Compare the Arabic expres

COUSIN kuz'-'-n (anepsios): Only in Colossians 4:10, where Mark is said to be "cousin" (Revised Version) to Barnabas, and not as in the King James Version, "sister's son." The renderings "cousin" of the King James Version for suggenes, in Luke 1:36,58 were probably understood at the time of the translation, in the wider, and not in the more restri