International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Cousin

kuz'-'-n (anepsios): Only inCol 4:10, where Mark is said to be "cousin" (Revised Version) to Barnabas, and not as in the King James Version, "sister's son." The renderings "cous...

596

Coutha

kou'-tha, koo'-tha.SeeCUTHAH.

597

Covenant Of Salt

solt (berith melach; halas, classical Greek hals): As salt was regarded as a necessary ingredient of the daily food, and so of all sacrifices offered to Yahweh (Le 2:13), it bec...

598

Covenant, Ark Of The

kuv'-e-nant, kuv'-e-nant.SeeARK OF THE COVENANT.

599

Covenant, Book Of The

(cepher ha-berith):1. Historical Connection2. Analysis3. Critical Theories4. True, or Biblical Conception5. Nature of the LawsLITERATUREThe name given inEx 24:7to a code or coll...

600

Covenant, In The New Testament

Diatheke, was the word chosen by the Septuagint translators to render the Hebrew berith, and it appears thus nearly 300 times in the Greek Old Testament in the sense of covenant...

601

Covenant, In The Old Testament

kuv'-e-nant (berith):I. GENERAL MEANINGII. AMONG MEN1. Early Idea2. Principal Elements3. Different Varieties4. Phraseology UsedIII. BETWEEN GOD AND MEN1. Essential Idea2. Covena...

602

Covenant, The New

(berith chadhashah,Jer 31:31; he diatheke kaine,Heb 8:8,13, etc., or nea,Heb 12:24: the former Greek adjective has the sense of the "new" primari1y in reference to quality, the ...

603

Cover; Covering

kuv'-er, kuv'-er-ing: The translation of several Hebrew words. The covering of the ark (mikhceh,Ge 8:13) was possibly the lid of a hatchway (compare Mitchell, World before Abrah...

604

Covered Way

kuv'-erd wa (mecakh, "a covered walk"): Mentioned in2Ki 16:18(the King James Version "covert") as a gallery belonging to the temple, concerning the purpose of which opinions dif...

605

Covering, For The Head

kuv'-er-ing, (peribolaion): Mentioned in the New Testament only in1Co 11:15: "For her hair is given her for a covering," literally, "something cast round," probably equivalent t...

606

Covert

kuv'-ert: Now seldom used, except for game, and then generally spelt "cover." "A covered way" (2Ki 16:18the King James Version); also a shelter of any kind (Isa 4:6); "a hiding ...

607

Covet

kuv'-et ('awah; zeloo, "to desire earnestly," "to set the heart and mind upon anything"): Used in two senses: good, simply to desire earnestly but legitimately. e.g. the King Ja...

608

Covetousness

kuv'-et-us-nes: Has a variety of shades of meaning determined largely by the nature of the particular word used, or the context, or both. Following are some of the uses:(1) To g...

609

Cow; Kine

kou, kin (baqar (compare Arabic baqar, "cow"); `eghlath baqar (Isa 7:21); parah (compare Arabic furar, "young of a sheep, goat, or cow"); paroth `aloth (1Sa 6:7,10), "milch kine...

610

Coz

koz (kots, "thorn"): A man of Judah (1Ch 4:8). the American Standard Revised Version has added the article, making the name Hakkoz without sufficient reason. The name occurs wit...

611

Cozbi

koz'-bi (kozbi, "deceitful"): A Midianite woman, distinguished as the daughter of Zur, "head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian." She was slain by Phinehas at Shittim i...

612

Cozeba

ko-ze'-ba (1Ch 4:22).SeeACHZIB.

613

Cracknel

krak'nel: Occurs in1Ki 14:3, where Jeroboam bids his wife go to Abijah to inquire concerning their son: "And take with thee ten loaves and cracknels" (King James Version margins...

614

Craft; Craftiness; Crafty

kraft, kraf'-ti-nes, kraf'-ti, (panourgia), (panourgos): The original meaning is that of "ability to do anything," universally applied in a bad sense to unscrupulous wickedness,...

615

Crafts

I. SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRAFTS OF THE BIBLE1. Written Records and Discoveries of Craftsmanship(1) Jewish(2) Canaanitish and Phoenician(3) Assyrian and Babylonian(4) E...

616

Crag

krag (shen (1Sa 7:12;14:4;Job 39:28the King James Version and the English Revised Version)): In a mountainous country composed of sedimentary rocks, like the cretaceous rocks of...

617

Crane

kran (`aghur; geranos; Latin Grus cinerea): A bird of the family gruidae. The crane is mentioned twice in the Bible: once on account of its voice (Isa 38:14: "Like a swallow or ...

618

Crashing

krash'-ing (shebher): This word, meaning "a breach," figuratively "destruction," is translated "crashing" inZe 1:10: "a great crashing from the hills," representing the doom to ...

619

Crates

kra'-tez (Krates), governor of the Cyprians, left as deputy of Sostratus when the latter, who was governor of Jerusalem, was summoned to Antioch by Antiochus Epiphanes, in conse...

620

Creation

kre-a'-shun (bara' "to create"; ktisis, "that which is created," "creature"):1. Creation as Abiding2. Mistaken Ideas3. True Conception4. The Genesis Cosmogony5. Matter not Etern...

621

Creator

kre-a'-ter (ktistes,1Pe 4:19): The distinctive characteristic of Deity, as the Creator, is that He is the Cause of the existent universe--Cause of its being, not merely of its e...