Cornelius
A Roman centurion, stationed at Caesarea in Palestine, supposed to have been of a distinguished family in Rome. He was "the first gentile convert;" and the story of his receptio...
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Cornet
A wind instrument of music, of a curved form, 1Ch 15:28Da 3:5,7. SeeMUSIC.
Cotes
Enclosures for the safe keeping of sheep, 2Ch 32:28. SeeSHEEP.
Cottage
A rustic tent or shelter, made perhaps of boughs, Isa 24:20.
Cotton
Was a native product of India, and perhaps of Egypt, and is supposed to be intended in some of the passages where the English version has "fine linen." It had been much disputed...
Couch
SeeBED.
Council
Is occasionally taken for any kind of assembly; sometimes for that of the Sanhedrin; at others, for a convention of pastors met to regulate ecclesiastical affairs. Thus the asse...
Courses
The order in which the priests were on duty at the temple. SeeABIA.
Court
An enclosed space or yard within the limits of an oriental house, 2Sa 17:18. For the courts of the temple, seeTEMPLE. The tabernacle also had a court. All oriental houses are bu...
Covenant
The word testamentum is often used in Latin to express the Hebrew word which signifies covenant; whence the titles, Old and New Testaments, are used to denote the old and new co...
Cracknels
A sort of hard brittle cakes, 1Ki 14:3.
Crane
In Isa 38:14Jer 8:7, two birds are mentioned, the sus and theAGUR, the first rendered in our version crane, the second swallow. Bochart says the sus, or sis, is the swallow; the...
Creation
(1.) the act by which God calls into existence things not previously in being-material or spiritual, visible or invisible, Ps 148:5Re 4:11;(2.) the molding or reconstituting thi...
Crescens
An assistant of the apostle Paul, and probably one of the seventy disciples; supposed to have exercised his ministry in Galatia, 2Ti 4:10.
Crete
A large island, now called Candia, in the Mediterranean, originally people probably by a branch of the Caphtorim. It is celebrated by Homer for its hundred cities. Being surroun...
Crimson
2Ch 2:7-14 3:14. SeePURPLE.
Crisping-Pins
Irons for curling the hair, Isa 3:22.
Crispus
President of the synagogue at Corinth, converted under the preaching of Paul, Ac 18:8, and baptized by him, 1Co 1:14.
Cross
A kind of gibbet made of pieces of wood placed transversely, whether crossing at right angles, one at the top of the other, T, or below the top, t, or diagonally, X. Death by th...
Crown
There are two distinct Hebrew terms rendered crown. The one represents such headdresses as we should designate coronet, band, miter, tiara, garland, etc. The other is generally ...
Cruse
A small vessel for holding water and other liquids, 1Sa 26:11. The above cut{see picture 1}represents various antique cups, travelling flasks, and cruses, like those still used ...
Crystal
The same Hebrew word is rendered by our translators, crystal, Eze 1:22; frost, Ge 31:40; and ice, Job 6:16. The word primarily denotes ice; and the name is given to a perfectly ...
Cubit
A measure used among the ancients. A cubit was originally the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger, which is the fourth part of a well-proportioned man’...
Cucumber
A vegetable very plentiful in the East, especially in Egypt, Nu 11:5, where they are esteemed delicacies, and form a great part of the food of the lower class of people, especia...
Cummin
A plant much like fennel, and which produces blossoms and branches in an umbellated form. Its seeds yield an aromatic oil, of a warm, stimulating nature, Isa 28:25-27. Our Lord ...
Cup
This word is taken in Scripture both in a proper and in a figurative sense. In a proper sense, it signifies a common cup, of horn, or some precious metal, Ge 40:13 44:2 1Ki 7:26...
Cush
1. The eldest son of Ham, and father of Nimrod, Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtecha, most of whom settled in Arabia Felix, Ge 10:6-8.2. The countries peopled by the desc...