International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Calitas

kal'-i-tas (Kalitas, or Kaleitais): One of the Levites who put away their foreign wives at the request of Esdras (Ezra), 1 Esdras 9:23, "Colius, who was called Calitas." It is t...

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Calker

kok'-er.SeeSHIPS AND BOATS.

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Calling

kol'-ing (klesis, from kaleo, "I call"): Is a New Testament expression. The word is used chiefly by Paul, though the idea and term are found also elsewhere. It has a definite, t...

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Callisthenes

ka-lis'-the-nez (Kallisthenes): An officer of Nicanor who was charged with the burning of the sacred portals of the temple at the time of the desecration under Antiochus Epiphan...

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Calneh

kal'-ne (kalneh; Chalanne): The name of the fourth city of Nimrod's kingdom (Ge 10:10), the three preceding it being Babel, Erech, and Accad, i.e. the capital of the realm of Ba...

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Calneh; Calno

kal'-ne, kal'-no (kalneh (Am 6:2), kalno (Isa 10:9)): "Probably the Kulnia (Kullani) associated with Arpad and Hadrach, Syrian cities, in the Assyrian `tribute' list (Western As...

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Calphi

kal'-fiSeeCHALPHI.

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Calvary

kal'-va-ri.SeeGOLGOTHA.

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Calves, Of The Lips

kavz, (Septuagint: karpon cheileon): This is the King James Version rendering of a dubious Hebrew text inHo 14:2(parim sephathenu). The Revised Version (British and American) ru...

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Cambyses

kam-bi'-sez (Aram., c-n-b-n-z-y; Persian, Kambujiya; Assyrian, Kambuzia; Egyptian, Kambythet; Susian, Kanpuziya): The older son of Cyrus, king of Persia. Some have thought that ...

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Camel

kam'-el (gamal; kamelos; bekher, and bikhrah (Isa 60:6;Jer 2:23"dromedary," the American Revised Version, margin "young camel"), rekhesh (1Ki 4:28; seeHORSE), kirkaroth (Isa 66:...

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Camel's Hair

(triches kamelou): InMt 3:4andMr 1:6the description of John's raiment is explicit to the extent of telling the kind of hair of which his raiment was made. It is probable that hi...

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Camon

ka'-mon (qamon, "standing-place,"Jud 10:5the King James Version).SeeKAMON.

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Camp

SeeWAR.

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Camphire

kam'-fir.SeeHENNA.

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Cana, Of Galilee

ka'-na, (Kana tes Galilaias): This was the scene of Christ's earliest miracle, when, at the marriage feast, He turned water into wine (Joh 2:1ff). It was the home of Nathaniel (...

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Canaan; Canaanites

ka'-nan, ka'-nan-its (kena`an; Chanaan):1. Geography2. Meaning of the Name3. The Results of Recent Excavations4. History(1) Stone Age(2) Bronze Age(3) A Babylonian Province(4) J...

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Canaanitess

ka'-nan-it-es.SeeSHUA;BATHSHUA.

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Canals

ka-nalz' (ye'orim): The word "canals" occurs in several places in the Revised Version, margin (Ex 7:19;8:5;Isa 19:6;Na 3:8). ye'or is an Egyptian word, the designation of the Ni...

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Cananaean; Canaanite

ka-na-ne'-an, ka'-nan-it.SeeSIMON;CANANAEAN.

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Candace

kan'-da-se (Kandake): Queen of the Ethiopians (Ac 8:27). Pliny states that the name Candace had already been borne for many years by the queens of Ethiopia (vi,29). SeeETHIOPIA....

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Candle; Candlestick

kan'-d'-l, kan'-d'-l-stik (ner; luchnos; menorah; luchnia):(1) "Candle" is found in the Old Testament, the King James Version, as the rendering of ner, and in the New Testament ...

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Candlestick, The Golden

kan'-d'-l-stik, gold'-'-n (menorah, literally "lamp-stand"): An important part of the furniture of the tabernacle and temples.SeeTABERNACLE;TEMPLE;LAMP.1. The Tabernacle:The can...

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Cane

kan.SeeREED.

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Canker

kan'-ker.SeeGANGRENE.

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Canker-Worm

kan'-ker-wurm (yeleq, (Joe 1:4;2:25;Na 3:15,16)): The name given to a larval stage of theLOCUST(which see).See alsoCATERPILLAR.

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Cankered

kan'-kerd (Jas 5:3the Revised Version (British and American), "rusted").