International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Canneh

kan'-e (kanneh; Chanaa): Mentioned inEze 27:23in connection with Haran and Eden as one of the places with which Tyre had commercial relations. This is the only reference to the ...

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Canon Of The New Testament

kan'-unI. TWO PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS1. Early Christians Had the Old Testament2. No Intention of Writing the New TestamentII. THREE STAGES OF THE PROCESS1. From the Apostles ...

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Canon Of The Old Testament

kan'-un:I. INTRODUCTORY1. The Christian Term "Canon"2. The Corresponding Hebrew Expression3. The "Hidden Books" of the Jews4. The Determining Principle in the Formation of the C...

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Canopy

kan'-o-pi (chuppah, from a root meaning "to enclose" or "cover"):Isa 4:5the King James Version has "defence," the English Revised Version "canopy," the American Standard Revised...

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Canticles

kan'-ti-k'-lz.SeeSONG OF SONGS.

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Caperberry

ka'-per-ber-i ('abhiyonah; kapparis;Ec 12:5the Revised Version, margin): The translation "the caperberry shall fail" (the Revised Version (British and American) "burst") instead...

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Capernaum

ka-per'-na-um (Kapernaoum (Textus Receptus), Kapharnaoum (Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Bezae; etc.)): The woe spoken by the Master against this great city has been f...

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Caph

SeeKAPH.

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Capharsalama

kaf-ar-sal'-a-ma, kaf-ar-sala'-ma (Chapharsalama): The site of an indecisive skirmish between Judas Maccabeus and Nicanor, an officer of the king of Syria and governor of Judea....

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Caphenatha

ka-fen'-a-tha.SeeCHAPHENATHA.

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Caphira

ka-fi'-ra (Codex Alexandrinus, Kaphira, Codex Vaticanus, Peira): A town whose inhabitants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:19). It corresponds toCHEPHIRAH(Ezr 2...

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Caphthorim

kaf'-tho-rim (kaphtorim).SeeCAPHTORIM.

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Caphtor; Caphtorim

kaf'-tor, kaf'-tor-im (kaphtor, kaphtorim; Kappadokia, Gaphtorieim, Kaphtoriem).1. First Theory: Crete:The country and people whence came the Philistines (Ge 10:14=1Ch 1:12(here...

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Cappadocia

kap-a-do'-shi-a (he Kappadokia): An extensive province in eastern Asia Minor, bounded by the Taurus mountains on the South, the Anti-Taurus and the Euphrates on the East, and, l...

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Captain

kap'-tin: In the King James Version there are no fewer than 13 Hebrew words, and 4 different Greek words, which are rendered by this one English word. In the Revised Version (Br...

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Captive

kap'-tiv (shebhi, galah; aichmalotos and its derivatives): The frequent references in the Old Testament to captives as men forcibly deported (from the Hebrew root shabhah) or in...

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Captivity

kap-tiv'-i-ti (galah, galuth, shebhuth, shibhyah; metoikesia):I. OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM (THE WORK OF ASSYRIA)1. Western Campaigns of Shalmaneser II, 860-825 BC2. Of Rimmon-nira...

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Captivity Epistles

SeePHILEMON.

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Car

SeePALANQUIN.

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Carabasion

kar-a-ba'-zi-on (Rhabasion, Karabasion; Marimoth): One of the sons of Baani (1 Esdras 9:34) who had married foreign wives, during the captivity. The name is allowed to be corrup...

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Caravan

kar'-a-van, kar-a-van' ('orach): This word is not found in the King James Version, but the Revised Version (British and American) employs it three times, namely, inJob 6:18,19('...

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Caravansary

kar-a-van'-sa-ri.SeeINN.

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Carbuncle

kar'-bun-k'-l.SeeSTONES, PRECIOUS.

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Carcas

kar'-kas (karkac): One of seven chamberlains, ordered to summon Queen Vashti before King Ahasuerus (Es 1:10). The Targum allegorizes the first five of the names.

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Carcass; Carcase

kar'-kas: The dead body of a beast; used sometimes in a contemptuous way of the dead body of a human being. The use of the word as applied to a living body is not found in eithe...

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Carchemish

kar'-ke-mish (karkemish; Charmeis, Karchameis): An exceedingly ancient Hittite city on the banks of the Euphrates, identified with Jerablus (Hierapolis) about 23 hours from Alep...

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Care; Carefulness; Careful

kar, kar'-fool-ness, kar'-fool: The English word "care" has such a variety of meanings, and so many Hebrew and Greek words in the Bible are translated by this English expression...