CORNELIUS kor-ne'-li-us (Kornelios, "of a horn"): The story of Cornelius is given in Acts 10:1-11:18. 1. His Family and Station: The name is Roman and belonged to distinguished families in the imperial city, such as the Scipios and Sulla. Thus he was probably an Italian of Roman blood. Julian the Apostate reckons him as one of the few persons of

CORNER kor'-ner (miqtsoa`, pe'ah, pinnah; arche, gonia, akrogoniaios): In Exodus 26:24; Ezekiel 41:22; 46:21,22, miqtsoa`, "angle" is translated "corner"; pe'ah, "side," "quarter" and pinnah "corner," "front," "chief," are more frequently so translated, e.g. Exodus 25:26; Leviticus 19:9; Jeremiah 9:26; 25:23; and Exodus 27:2; 1 Kings 7:34; Psalms

CORMORANT kor'-mo-rant (shalakh; kataraktes; Latin Corvus marinus): A large sea-fowl belonging to the genus Phalacrocorax and well described by the Hebrew word used to designate it--which means a "plunging bird." The bird appears as large as a goose when in full feather, but plucked, the body is much smaller. The adult birds are glossy black with

CORN korn (daghan; sitos): A word used for cereals generally (Genesis 27:28,37, etc., the King James Version) much as our English word "corn." the American Standard Revised Version almost invariably substitutes "grain" for "corn." The latter may be taken to include (1) barley, (2) wheat, (3) fitches (vetches), (4) lentils, (5) beans, (6) mil

CORINTHIANS, SECOND EPISTLE TO THE $ I. TEXT, AUTHENTICITY AND DATE$ 1. Internal Evidence 2. External Evidence 3. Date $ II. RESUME OF EVENTS$ $ III. THE NEW SITUATION$ 1. The Offender 2. The False Teachers 3. The Painful Visit 4. The Severe Letter $ IV. HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION$ $ V. INTEGRITY OF THE EPISTLE$ 1. 2 Corintians 6:14-7:1

CORINTHUS ko-rin'-thus: Latin form for Greek Korinthos in the subscription to Ro (the King James Version). See CORINTH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CORINTHUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CORINTHIANS, FIRST EPISTLE TO THE ko-rin'-thi-anz: $ I. AUTHENTICITY OF THE TWO EPISTLES$ 1. External Evidence 2. Internal Evidence 3. Consent of Criticism 4. Ultra-Radical Attack (Dutch School) $ II. TEXT OF 1 AND 2 CORINTHIANS$ Integrity of 1 Corinthians $ III. PAUL'S PREVIOUS RELATIONS WITH CORINTH$ 1. Corinth in 55 AD 2. Founding of t

CORIANDER kor-i-an'-der (gadh; korion): The fruit of the Coriandrum Sativum (Natural Order Umbelliferae), a plant indigenous around the Mediterranean and extensively cultivated. The fruits are aromatic and stomatic-carminative. They are of a grayish-yellow color, ribbed, ovate-globular and in size about twice that of a hemp-seed. "The manna was li

CORINTH kor'-inth (Korinthos, "ornament"): A celebrated city of the Peloponnesus, capital of Corinthia, which lay North of Argolis, and with the isthmus joined the peninsula to the mainland. Corinth had three good harbors (Lechaeum, on the Corinthian, and Cenchrea and Schoenus on the Saronic Gulf), and thus commanded the traffic of both the easter

CORDS, SMALL kordz (schoinion, the diminutive of schoinos, "a rush," hence, "a rope of rushes"): Translated "small cords" (John 2:15 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "cords"). The same word is translated "ropes" in Acts 27:32. See also Job 41:2 margin. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliograph

CORE ko'-re (Kore): In the King James Version, Jude 1:11, used as a variant for Korah. See KORAH, 3. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CORE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CORD kord (chebhet, yether, methar, `abhoth; schoinion): (1) The Arabic chab'l corresponds to the Hebrew chebhel and is still the common name for cord or rope throughout the East. Such ropes or cords are made of goat's or camel's hair, first spun into threads and then twisted or plaited into the larger and stronger form. Chebhel is translated rath

CORBAN kor'-ban (qorban; doron; translated "a gift," "a sacrificial offering," literally, "that which is brought near," namely, to the altar): An expression frequently used in the original text of the Old Testament; in the English Bible it occurs in Mark 7:11; compare also Matthew 15:5. It is the most general term for a sacrifice of any kind. In t

CORBE kor'-be. See CHORBE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CORBE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

COR-ASHAN kor-ash'-an, ko-ra'-shan (English Revised Version, the King James Version Chor-ashan; kor `ashan, 1 Samuel 30:30): The original reading was probably Bor- ashan, "well of Ashan." See ASHAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'COR-ASHAN'". "Internat

CORAL kor'-al (ra'moth, peninim): The red coral or precious coral, Corallium rubrum, is confined to the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas. It is the calcareous axis of a branching colony of polyps. It does not form reefs, but occurs in small masses from 40 to 100 fathoms below the surface. It differs totally in structure from the white corals which

COR kor (kor): A liquid and dry measure, same as the homer, of about 90 gals. capacity (Ezekiel 45:14). See HOMER; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'COR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

COPTIC VERSIONS kop'-tik vur'-shunz: $ I. LANGUAGE AND ALPHABET$ 1. Alphabet 2. Dialects. $ II. VERSIONS$ $ III. CHIEF EDITIONS$ LITERATURE $ I. Language and Alphabet.$ 1. Alphabet: The Coptic alphabet consists of the Greek uncial letters, plus seven characters taken from the Egyptian demotic to express sounds not represented in the Greek

COPING ko'-ping. See HOUSE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'COPING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

COPPER kop'-er (nechosheth): The word is translated "copper" in only one passage (Ezra 8:27 the King James Version). In the American Standard Revised Version of this passage, "brass" has been substituted. Neither describes the actual alloy according to present definitions so well as the word "bronze." Copper was one of the earliest metals to be kn