International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

433

Coming, Second

SeePAROUSIA.

434

Commandment, The New

nu (entole kaine): The word "commandment" is used in the English versions of the Old Testament to translate several Hebrew words, more especially those meaning "word" (dabhar) a...

435

Commandment; Commandments

ko-mand'-ment (mitswah; entole): The commandments are, first of all, prescriptions, or directions of God, concerning particular matters, which He wanted observed with reference ...

436

Commandments, The Ten

SeeCOMMANDMENT; TEN COMMANDMENTS.

437

Commend

ko-mend':(1) For paratithemi (Lu 23:46), translating the Hebrew paqadh (Ps 31:5), in the dying words of Jesus: "Into thy hands I commend my Spirit." the King James Version in Ps...

438

Commentaries

kom'-en-ta-riz:I. THE WORD--GENERAL SCOPEII. DIFFERENCES IN CHARACTER OF COMMENTARIESIII. RANGE OF COMMENTARIES1. Early Commentaries(1) Origen, etc.(2) Chrysostom, etc.2. Schola...

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Commentaries, Hebrew

he'-broo:1. Philo Judaeus2. Targum3. Midrash4. Talmud5. Karaites6. Middle Ages(1) Saadia ben Joseph(2) Rashi(3) Joseph Kara(4) Abraham ibn Ezra(5) Qimchis(6) Maimonides(7) Maimu...

440

Commentary

kom'-en-ta-ri (midhrash, "an investigation," from darash, "to search," "inquire," "explore"; the King James Version "story"): "The commentary of the prophet Iddo" (2Ch 13:22), "...

441

Commerce

kom'-ers (emporia):I. Old Testament Times.1. Early Overland Commerce:There were forces in early Hebrew life not favorable to the development of commerce. Intercourse with foreig...

442

Commit

ko-mit': Used in two senses:(1) "To give in charge" or "entrust": sim, "to put" (Job 5:8); galal, "to roll" (Ps 37:5;Pr 16:3); paqadh, "to give, in charge" (Ps 31:5the King Jame...

443

Commodious

ko-mo'-di-us (aneuthetos, "not well placed"): The word occurs only inAc 27:12. "As regards wintering, the place was certainly `not commodious,' but as regards shelter from some ...

444

Common

kom'-un: koinos, in the classics, and primarily in the New Testament, means what is public, general, universal, as contrasted with idios, what is peculiar, individual, not share...

445

Commonwealth

kom'-un-welth (politeia): Spoken of theocracy (Eph 2:12). The same word is rendered "freedom," the King James Version; "citizenship" the Revised Version (British and American). ...

446

Commune; Communicate; Communication

ko-mun', komun'-i-kat, ko-mu-ni-ka'-shun: To commune is to converse confidentially and sympathetically. It is represented in both Hebrew and Greek by several words literally sig...

447

Communion With Demons; Devils

de'-monz, (dev'-'-lz):I. Use of Term:The actual expression "communion with demons" (koinonoi ton daimonion) occurs but once in Scripture (1Co 10:20) where its figurative meaning...

448

Communion; (Fellowship)

ko-mun'-yun: The terms "communion" and "fellowship" of the English Bible are varying translations of the words koinonia, and koinoneo, or their cognates. They designate acts of ...

449

Community Of Goods

ko-mu'-ni-ti, (hapanta koina eichon, literally, "They had all things (in) common"): InAc 2:44, it is said that, in the infant church at Jerusalem, "all that believed were togeth...

450

Compact; Compacted

kom-pakt', kom-pakt'-ed (chabhar, "to be joined"; sumbibazo, "to raise up together"): "Compact" appears as translation of chabhar inPs 122:3, "Jerus.... a city that is compact t...

451

Company

kum'-pa-ni: The fertility of the original languages in synonyms and varied shades of meaning is seen by the fact that 20 Hebrew and 12 Greek words are represented by this single...

452

Comparative Religion

kom-par'-a-tiv:I. THE SUBJECT IN GENERAL1. Universality of Religion2. Theories of Its Origin and Growth of Religion3. EvolutionII. RELATION OF CHRISTIANITY TO ETHNIC FAITHS AND ...

453

Compare

kom-par' (damah, mashal, [`arakh]; paraballo, sugkrino): "Compare" is the translation of damah, "to be like" (So 1:9); of mashal, "to liken," "compare" (Isa 46:5); of `arakh, "t...

454

Compass; Compasses

kum'-pas, kum'-pas-iz: "Compass," noun, is the translation of chugh, "a circle," "vault" or "arch" ("when he set a compass upon the face of the depth"Pr 8:27the King James Versi...

455

Compassion

kom-pash'-un: Compassion is the translation of racham, "to love," "pity," "be merciful" (De 13:17;30:3); of rachamim, "mercies" (1Ki 8:50); of chamal, "to pity," "spare" (Ex 2:6...

456

Compel

kom-pel': Our English word always has in it now the flavor of force, not always, however, physical. It may be strong moral urgency, though "constrain" better expresses this.1. I...

457

Complaining

kom-plan'-ing (tsewachah, "cry," "outcry," siach, "meditation," "complaint"): tsewachah is translated "complaining" (Ps 144:14, the Revised Version (British and American)) "outc...

458

Complete

kom-plet': In the King James Version for pleroo, the verb ordinarily used for the coming to pass of what had been predicted. the King James Version translates this "complete" in...

459

Composition; Compound

kom-po-zish'-un, kom'-pound (mathkoneth, "measure"); (subst.) (raqach, "to make perfume," roqach, "perfume"): Used of the sacred anointing oil (Ex 30:25,32,33) and of the holy p...