International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Code Of Hammurabi

SeeHAMMURABI, CODE OF.

Coele-Syria

se-le-sir'-i-a (the King James Version Celosyria; Koile Suria, "hollow Syria"): So the Greeks after the time of Alexander the Great named the valley lying between the two mounta...

Coffer

kof'-er ('argaz): A small box such as that in which the Philistines placed their golden mice and other offerings in returning the Ark (1Sa 6:8,11,15).

Coffin

kof'-in.SeeCHEST;BURIAL.

Cogitation

koj-i-ta'-shun, ra`yon, "the act of thinking or reflecting," as inDa 7:28, "my cogitations much troubled me" (the Revised Version (British and American) "my thoughts").

Cohort

ko'-hort: In the Revised Version, margin ofMt 27:27;Mr 15:16;Joh 18:3,12;Ac 10:1;21:31;27:1, the translation of speira (the King James Version and the Revised Version (British a...

Coins

koinz: There were no coins in use in Palestine until after the Captivity. It is not quite certain whether gold and silver were before that time divided into pieces of a certain ...

Col-Hozeh

kol-ho'-ze (kol-chozeh, "all seeing"; Septuagint omits): A man whose son Shallum rebuilt the fountain gate of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah (Ne 3:15). The Col-hozeh ofNe 11:...

Cola

ko'-la.SeeCHOLA.

Cold

kold (qor; psuchros (adj.), psuchos (noun)): Palestine is essentially a land of sunshine and warmth.1. Temperature in Palestine:The extreme cold of northern latitudes is unknown...

Colius

ko'-li-us (Kolios, 1 Esdras 9:23).SeeCALITAS.

Collar

kol'-ar, kol'-er:(1) (neTphah, plural neTphoth, literally, "drops," from naTaph, "to drop").Jud 8:26includes neTphoth among the spoils taken from the Midianites and Ishmaelites;...

Collection

ko-lek'-shun:(1) In the Old Testament (mas'eth, "something taken up"), used in2Ch 24:6,9the King James Version with reference to the tax prescribed inEx,30:12,16; the Revised Ve...

College

kol'-ej: This is the rendering of the King James Version for Hebrew Mishneh (mishneh,2Ki 22:14=2Ch 34:22; compareZe 1:10). It is found in the Targum of Jonathan on2Ki 22:14and r...

Collop

kol'-up (pimah): A slice of meat or "fat," the King James Version inJob 15:27, "maketh collops of fat (thick folds of flesh) on his flanks," said of the "wicked man." the Americ...

Colony

kol'-o-ni (kolonia, Greek transliteration of Latin colonia, from the root, col, "cultivate"): The word occurs but once (Ac 16:12) in reference to Philippi in Macedonia. Roman co...

Color; Colors

kul'-er, kul'-erz: The word translated "color" in the King James Version is `ayin, which literally means "eye" or "appearance," and has been so translated in the Revised Version...

Colossae

ko-los'-e (Kolossai, "punishment"; the King James Version Colosse): A city of Phrygia on the Lycus River, one of the branches of the Meander, and 3 miles from Mt. Cadmus, 8,013 ...

Colossians, Epistle To The

ko-losh'-ans, ko-los'-i-anz: This is one of the group of Paul's epistles known as the Captivity Epistles (seePHILEMON, EPISTLE TO, for a discussion of these as a group).I. Authe...

Colt; Foal

kolt (`ayir, ben; polos, huios, with some word such as hupozugiou, understood; huios alone = "son"): The English words "colt" and "foal" are used in the Bible of the ass everywh...

Come

kum: The translation of many Hebrew and Greek words. In the phrase "The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon him" (Jud 14:6,19;15:14;1Sa 10:10;11:6;16:13), the word is tsaleah;Ju...

Comeliness; Comely

kum'-li-nes, kum'-li: Cognate with "becoming," namely, what is suitable, graceful, handsome. The servant of Yahweh inIsa 53:2is without "comeliness" (hadhar, "honor"), i.e. ther...

Comfort

kum'-fert (nacham; parakaleo): The New Testament word is variously translated, as "comfort," "exhort," "beseech," the exact translation to be determined by the context. Etymolog...

Comfortably

kum'-fer-ta-bli (`al lebh, "to the heart"): "To speak to the heart," i.e. to speak kindly, to console, to comfort, is the ordinary Hebrew expression for wooing: e.g. Boaz spake ...

Comforter

kum'-fer-ter: This is translation of the word patakletos, in the Johannine writings. In the Gospel it occurs inJoh 14:16,26;15:26;16:7, and refers to the Holy Spirit. The word m...

Comfortless

kum'-fert-les (orphanous, "orphans"): The Greek original is found but twice in the New Testament; rendered "comfortless" inJoh 14:18, the Revised Version (British and American) ...

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