CARCHEMISH kar'-ke-mish (karkemish; Charmeis, Karchameis) : An exceedingly ancient Hittite city on the banks of the Euphrates, identified with Jerablus (Hierapolis) about 23 hours from Aleppo, between Birejik and Membij. The Assyrian form of the name is Kargamis or Gargamis, but its meaning is doubtful, the interpretation "Fort of the god Chemosh"

CARCAS kar'-kas (karkac): One of seven chamberlains, ordered to summon Queen Vashti before King Ahasuerus (Esther 1:10). The Targum allegorizes the first five of the names. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CARCAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclope

CARBUNCLE kar'-bun-k'-l. See STONES, PRECIOUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CARBUNCLE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CARAVANSARY kar-a-van'-sa-ri. See INN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CARAVANSARY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CARABASION kar-a-ba'-zi-on (Rhabasion, Karabasion; Marimoth): One of the sons of Baani (1 Esdras 9:34) who had married foreign wives, during the captivity. The name is allowed to be corrupt; it seems to be represented by Meremoth in the list of Ezra 10:36. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A.

CARAVAN kar'-a-van, kar-a-van' ('orach): This word is not found in the King James Version, but the Revised Version (British and American) employs it three times, namely, in Job 6:18,19 ('orchoth), where the King James Version renders "paths" (Job 6:18) and "troops" (Job 6:19); in Isaiah 21:13 ('orechoth), where the King James Version and English V

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

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

CAPTIVITY kap-tiv'-i-ti (galah, galuth, shebhuth, shibhyah; metoikesia): $ I. OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM (THE WORK OF ASSYRIA)$ 1. Western Campaigns of Shalmaneser II, 860-825 BC 2. Of Rimmon-nirari III, 810-781 BC 3. Of Tiglath-pileser III, 745-727 BC 4. Of Shalmaneser IV, 727-722 BC--Siege of Samaria 5. Samaria Captured by Sargon, 722 BC 6. D

CAPTIVE kap'-tiv (shebhi, galah; aichmalotos and its derivatives): The frequent references in the Old Testament to captives as men forcibly deported (from the Hebrew root shabhah) or inhabiting a land foreign to them (from Hebrew galah) reflect the universal practice of the ancient world. The treatment of captives was sometimes barbarous (2 Samuel

CAPHTOR; CAPHTORIM kaf'-tor, kaf'-tor-im (kaphtor, kaphtorim; Kappadokia, Gaphtorieim, Kaphtoriem). 1. First Theory: Crete: The country and people whence came the Philistines (Genesis 10:14 = 1 Chronicles 1:12 (here the clause "whence went forth the Philistines" should, probably come after Caphtorim); Deuteronomy 2:23; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7).

CAPPADOCIA kap-a-do'-shi-a (he Kappadokia): An extensive province in eastern Asia Minor, bounded by the Taurus mountains on the South, the Anti-Taurus and the Euphrates on the East, and, less definitely, by Pontus and Galatia on the North and West. Highest mountain, Argaeus, over 13,000 ft. above sea-level; chief rivers, the Pyramus now Jihan, Sar

CAPTAIN kap'-tin: In the King James Version there are no fewer than 13 Hebrew words, and 4 different Greek words, which are rendered by this one English word. In the Revised Version (British and American) some of these are rendered by other English words, and so we find for "captain": "marshal" (Jeremiah 27; Nahum 3:17), "prince" (1 Samuel 9:16),

CAPHTHORIM kaf'-tho-rim (kaphtorim). See CAPHTORIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CAPHTHORIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CAPHIRA ka-fi'-ra (Codex Alexandrinus, Kaphira, Codex Vaticanus, Peira): A town whose inhabitants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:19). It corresponds to CHEPHIRAH (Ezra 2:25), which see. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CAPHIRA'". "Inter

CAPHARSALAMA kaf-ar-sal'-a-ma, kaf-ar-sala'-ma (Chapharsalama): The site of an indecisive skirmish between Judas Maccabeus and Nicanor, an officer of the king of Syria and governor of Judea. The situation cannot be precisely fixed but it must have been in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, for Nicanor, after losing 5,000 men, retired with the remainde

CAPHENATHA ka-fen'-a-tha. See CHAPHENATHA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CAPHENATHA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

CAPERNAUM ka-per'-na-um (Kapernaoum (Textus Receptus), Kapharnaoum (Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Bezae; etc.)): The woe spoken by the Master against this great city has been fulfilled to the uttermost (Matthew 11:23; Luke 10:15). So completely has it perished that the very site is a matter of dispute today. In Scripture Capernaum is no

CANTICLES kan'-ti-k'-lz. See SONG OF SONGS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CANTICLES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.