CHIOS
(snowy), an island of the Aegean Sea, 12 miles from Smyrna. It is separated from the mainland by a strait of only 5 miles. Its length is about 12 miles, and in breadth it varies...
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CHISLEU
[MONTH]
CHISLON
(confidence), father of Elidad, the prince of the tribe of Benjamin chosen to assist in the division of the land of Canaan among the tribes. (Numbers 34:21) (B.C. 1450.)
CHISLOTHTABOR
(loins of Tabor) a place to the border of which reached the border of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:12) It may be the village Iksal, which is now standing about 2 1/2 miles to the west of...
CHITTIM, KITTIM
(bruisers), a family or race descended from Javan. (Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7) Authorized Version KITTIM. Chittim is frequently noticed in Scripture. (Numbers 24:24; Isaiah...
CHIUN
(a statue, perhaps of Saturn), an idol made by the Israelites in the wilderness. [REMPHAN]
CHLOE
(green herb), a woman mentioned in (1 Corinthians 1:11)
CHORASHAN
(1 Samuel 30:30) It may perhaps, be identified with ASHAN of Simeon.
CHORAZIN
one of the cities in which our Lord’s mighty works were done, but named only in his denunciation. Matt. 11:21; Luke 10:13 St. Jerome describes it as on the shore of the lake, tw...
CHOZEBA
(1 Chronicles 4:22) Perhaps the same as ACHZIB.
CHRIST
[Jesus]
CHRISTIAN
The disciples, we are told, (Acts 11:26) were first called Christians at Antioch on the Orontes, somewhere about A.D. 43. They were known to each other as, and were among themse...
CHRONICLES, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. In the LXX. these books are called Paralipomena (i.e. things ...
CHRONOLOGY
By this term we understand the technical and historical chronology of the Jews and their ancestors from the earliest time to the close of the New Testament Canon.TECHNICAL CHRON...
CHRYOPRASE
occurs only in (Revelation 21:20) The true chrysoprase is sometimes found in antique Egyptian jewelry set alternately with bits of lapis-lazuli. It is problem therefore, that th...
CHRYSOLITE
one of the precious stones in the foundation of the heavenly Jerusalem. (Revelation 21:20) It has been already stated [BERYL] that the chrysolite of the ancients is identical wi...
CHRYSPRASUS
Latin form of CHRYSOPRAS.
CHUB
the name of a people in alliance with Egypt in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, (Ezekiel 30:5) and probably of northern Africa.
CHUN
(1 Chronicles 18:8) called Berothai in (2 Samuel 8:8)
CHURCH
The derivation of the word is generally said to be from the Greek kuriakon (kuriakon) "belonging to the Lord." But the derivation has been too hastily assumed. It is probably co...
CHUSHANRISHATHAIM
(chief of two governments), the king of Mesopotamia who oppressed Israel during eight years in the generation immediately following Joshua. (Judges 3:8) (B.C. after 1420.) His y...
CHUZA
properly Chu’zas (the seer), the house-steward of Herod Antipas. (Luke 8:3)
CICCAR
[JORDAN]
CILICIA
(the land of Celix), a maritime province int he southeast of Asia Minor, bordering on Pamphylia in the west, Lycaonia and Cappadocia in the north, and Syria in the east. (Acts 6...
CINNAMON
a well-known aromatic substance, the rind of the Laurus cinnamomum, called Korunda-gauhah in Ceylon. It is mentioned in (Exodus 30:23) as one of the component parts of the holy ...
CINNEROTH
(1 Kings 15:20) This was possibly the small enclosed district north of Tiberias, and by the side of the lake, afterwards known as "the plain of Gennesareth."
CIRCUMCISION
was peculiarly, though not exclusively, a Jewish rite. It was enjoined upon Abraham, the father of the nation, by God, at the institution and as the token of the covenant, which...