CONTENT; CONTENTMENT kon-tent', kon-tent'-ment (ya`al; arkeo): To be free from care because of satisfaction with what is already one's own. The Hebrew means simply "to be pleased." The Greek brings out the full force of the word in 1 Timothy 6:8; Hebrews 13:5. Contentment (1 Timothy 6:6) is more inward than satisfaction; the former is a habit or p

CONTAIN kon-tan'. See CONTINENCY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CONTAIN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CONTEND; CONTENTION kon-tend', kon-ten'-shun: The meeting of effort by effort, striving against opposition; sometimes physically, as in battle (Deuteronomy 2:9), or with horses (Jeremiah 12:5), sometimes orally (Nehemiah 13:11), sometimes spiritually (Isaiah 57:16). In the New Testament diakrinein, for the hostile separation of one from another, d

CONSUMPTION kon-sump'-shun (shachepheth, "wasting away"): One of the punishments which was to follow neglect or breach of the law. It may mean pulmonary consumption, which occurs frequently in Palestine; but from its association with fever in the texts, Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22, it is more likely to be the much more common condition of w

CONSUME kon-sum' (akhal, kalah, tamam; analisko): In Old Testament 'akhal ("to eat," "devour") occurs very frequently, and is translated "consumed" (Genesis 31:40; Exodus 15:7; Psalms 78:63, etc.); kalah ("to finish") is also frequently translated "consume," "consumed" (Genesis 41:30; Exodus 32:10; Psalms 59:13, etc.); tamam, "to be perfect," "fin

CONSUMMATION kon-su-ma'-shun (killayon from kalah): The word, meaning destruction, completion, or failing (Isaiah 10:23; 28:22; Daniel 9:27) is translated interchangeably in the King James Version for another Hebrew word referring to a physical disease, and best translated "consumption"; compare Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22. Not used in the

CONSTRAIN kon-stran': Generally in the sense of pressing urgently (2 Kings 4:8; Luke 24:29; Acts 16:15), to impel or carry away (2 Corinthians 5:14); sometimes to be compelled of necessity (Job 32:18; Acts 28:19; compare Galatians 6:12). See COMPEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D.

CONSULT kon-sult' (sha'al, malakh, ya`ats (Aramaic) ye`aT; sumbouleuomai): (1) "To ask," "inquire," "seek advice." Ezekiel speaks of the king of Babylonian consulting the teraphim (Ezekiel 21:21) and the Israelites were admonished to have noting to do with "a consulter with a familiar spirit" (Deuteronomy 18:11). See ASTROLOGY; COMMUNION WITH DEM

CONSTELLATIONS kon-ste-la'-shuns (kecilim, literally, "Orions"). See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 11. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CONSTELLATIONS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CONSPIRACY kon-spir'-a-si. See CONFEDERACY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CONSPIRACY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CONSTANT; CONSTANTLY kon'-stant, kon'-stant-li: In 1 Chronicles 28 (chazaq) meaning "firm," "strong." In Proverbs 21:28 the adverb ("constantly") of the King James Version is replaced in the American Standard Revised Version by "shall speak so as to endure," the English Revised Version "unchallenged." the Revised Version (British and American) giv

CONSORT kon-sort' (proskleroo, "to allot," Acts 17:4). The verb may be either in the middle or passive voice. the Revised Version (British and American), the King James Version, and Luther's German translation regard it as middle, and render it: "cast their lots with," "associated," "united with." In advocacy of the passive, see Alford's Greek Tes

CONSOLATION kon-so-la'-shun (paraklesis): "Consolation of Israel" (Luke 2:25), refers to the fulfillment of the promises in Isaiah 40:1. See COMFORT. "Son of consolation" (Acts 4:36 the King James Version and the American Revised Version, margin). See BARNABAS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James

CONSIDER kon-sid'-er: In the New Testament the force of the word is brought out most vividly in Matthew 6:26 (katamanthano), where it means to "examine closely," as though the observer had to bend down for this purpose, and in Luke 12:27; Hebrews 10:24 (katanoeo, to "observe well"), while in Hebrews 13:7 the anatheoreo, "look up toward" or "look a

CONSIST kon-sist' (sunistemi): To stand together, exist, subsist (Colossians 1:17, "in him all things consist," i.e. the continuance of the universe is dependent upon His support and administration). In Luke 12:15, it translates the verb eimi, "to be," to express the thought that wealth is only an accident, not an essential to the highest ideal of

CONSECRATE; CONSECRATION kon'-se-krat, kon-se-kra'-shun. 1. In the Old Testament: In the Old Testament for several Hebrew words of different meanings: (1) charam: "I will consecrate (the Revised Version (British and American) "devote") their gain unto the Lord," i.e. the spoil of the nations shall be dedicated to the service of Yahweh (Micah 4:

CONSENT kon-sent': The verb implies compliance with the guidance and direction of another, and, therefore, a secondary and subordinate relation of approval, sympathy and concurrence on the part of the one who consents. He does not take the initiative, but yields to what the principal proposes. The phrase ek sumphonou, "by consent," means "by mutua

CONQUEROR kon'-ker-er: Known only in the compound verb (hupernikomen, Romans 8:37): A usual meaning of the preposition in composition is "above all measure"; hence, "more than conquerors," the Revised Version (British and American), the King James Version. The comparison is to the completeness of the victory. Others may place their enemies in sub

CONSCIENCE kon'-shens (he suneidesis): $ I. SEQUENT CONSCIENCE$ 1. Judicial 2. Punitive 3. Predictive 4. Social $ II. ANTECEDENT CONSCIENCE$ $ III. INTUITIONAL AND ASSOCIATIONAL THEORIES$ $ IV. THE EDUCATION OF CONSCIENCE$ $ V. HISTORY AND LITERATURE$ 1. Earlier Views 2. Reformation and After $ I. Sequent Conscience.$ The aspect of co

CONIAH ko-ni'-a (konyahu, "Jah is creating"): A form of the name Jehoiachin, found in Jeremiah 22:24,28; 37:1. See JEHOIACHIN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CONIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.