CITIMS sit'-imz. See CHITTIM (1 Macc 8:5 the King James Version). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CITIMS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CITIZENSHIP sit'-i-zen-ship: All the words in use connected with this subject are derived from polis, "city." 1. Philological: These words, with the meanings which they have in the Bible, are the nouns, polites, "citizen"; politeia, "citizenship"; politeuma, "commonwealth"; sumpolites, "fellow-citizen"; and the verb, politeuo, "to behave as a ci

CITIES, STORE stor. See CITY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CITIES, STORE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CITIES, LEVITICAL See LEVITICAL CITIES; CITY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CITIES, LEVITICAL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CITIES OF REFUGE See REFUGE, CITIES OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CITIES OF REFUGE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CITADEL sit'-a-del (1 Macc 1:33; 3:45). See FORTIFICATION. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CITADEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CITHERN sith'-ern (kithara; 1 Macc 4:54 the King James Version, kitharais kai kinurais is translated "citherns and harps"; the Revised Version (British and American) "harps and lutes"; compare guitar, zither): As 1 Macc was originally written in Hebrew, it is natural to suppose that these two Greek words stand for Hebrew nebhalim and kinnoroth; bu

CISTERN; WELL; POOL; AQUEDUCT sis'-tern: Use of Terms 1. General 2. Wells or Cylindrical Cisterns 3. Private Cisterns 4. Public Cisterns 5. Pools and Aqueducts 6. Figurative Uses LITERATURE Several words are rendered by "cistern," "well," "pool," the relations of which in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American

CISAI si'-sa-i. See KISEUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CISAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CIS sis (Keis): The form given in Acts 13:21 the King James Version for Kish, the father of Saul the first king of Israel (1 Samuel 9:1). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CIS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CIRCUMCISION sur-kum-sizh'-un (mul, muloth; peritome): The removal of the foreskin is a custom that has prevailed, and prevails, among many races in different parts of the world--in America, Africa and Australia. It was in vogue among the western Semites--Hebrews, Arabians, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Egyptians, but was unknown among the Semite

CIRCUIT sur'-kit, "a going around": Used to represent several Hebrew words in several senses, e.g. the sun's orbit (tequphah), Psalms 19:6; the vault of the heavens (chugh), Job 22:14 the King James Version; the circuit of the winds (cabhibh), Ecclesiastes 1:6 (see ASTRONOMY); Samuel's visiting of communities (cabhabh), 1 Samuel 7:16. In the Revis

CIRCLE sur'-k'-l: Is used with reference to the vault of the heavens (hugh) in Isaiah 40:22, and in a similar sense in The Wisdom of Solomon 13:2 (Revised Version margin), "circle of stars" (kuklos astron). It is also used in the sense of surrounding territory, as in the expression "circle of Jordan" (Genesis 13:10 the Revised Version, margin). S

CIRAMA si-ra'-ma, sir'-a-ma. See KIRAMA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CIRAMA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CINNEROTH sin'-e-roth (kinneroth). See CHINNERETH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CINNEROTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CILICIA si-lish'-i-a (he Kilikia): An important province at the Southeast angle of Asia Minor, corresponding nearly with the modern Turkish vilayet of Adana; enfolded between the Taurus mountains and the Mediterranean Sea, with the Amanus range on the East and Pamphylia on the West; chief rivers, the Pyramus, Sarus, Cydnus and Calycadnus. The char

CINNAMON sin'-a-mun (qinnamon; kinnamomon): Mentioned, like cassia, as a perfume. In Exodus 30:23 it is one of the ingredients of the "holy anointing oil"; in Proverbs 7:17 it is, along with myrrh and aloes, a perfume for a bed; in Song of Solomon 4:14 it is a very precious spice. Cinnamon is (Revelation 18:13) part of the merchandise of "Babylon

CIELED; CIELING seld, sel'-ing. See CEILED; CEILING. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CIELED; CIELING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CICCAR sik'-ar (kikkar, "circle"): Used of the circle of the Jordan (Genesis 13:10, Hebrew). See PLAIN; CITIES OF THE PLAIN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CICCAR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CHUZAS ku'-zas, chu'-zas (Chouzas; the King James Version Chuza): The steward of Herod Antipas. In Luke 8:3 we read that his wife Joanna, "and Susanna, and many others," ministered to Christ and His disciples. See JOANNA (Luke 24:10). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor