Dictionary entry

Crescents

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kres'-ents (saharonim): Moon-shaped necklaces (Jud 8:21,26;Isa 3:18).f Paul, mentioned in2Ti 4:10as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in Vienna in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis.