International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Cherubic, Forms In The Constellations

che-roo'-bik.SeeASTRONOMY.

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Cherubim (1)

cher'-u-bim, cher'-oo-bim (kerubhim, plural of cherub, kerubh): Through the influence of the Septuagint, "cherubim" was used in the earlier English versions, also as a singular,...

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Cherubim (2)

The cherubic forms in the constellation figures.SeeASTRONOMY, sec. II, 8.

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Chesalon

kes'-a-lon (kecalon; Chaslon, Chasalon): One of the cities on the Northern boundary of Judah (Jos 15:10). In the 4th century it was a "very large village." It is now Kesla, 2,08...

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Chesed

ke'-sed, kes'-ed (kasdim; Chaszad): One of the sons of Nahor and Milcah (Ge 22:22); was probably the father of the Casdim. The early Babylonian form Kasdu appears in Assyrian as...

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Chesil

ke'-sil, kes'-il (kecil; A, Chaseir): A town in the extreme South of Judah named with Eltolad, Hormah and Ziklag (Jos 15:30). The name does not occur again. InJos 19:4it is repl...

250

Chesnut

ches'-nut.SeeCHESTNUT.

251

Chest

chest ('aron, genazim; kibotos):(1) The ark of the covenant in Old Testament is invariably denoted by the word 'aron, elsewhere rendered the King James Version and the Revised V...

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Chestnut, Tree

ches'-nut.SeePLANE TREE.

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Chesulloth

ke-sul'-oth (ha-keculloth; B, Chasaloth, A, Achesaloth): A town on the border of Zebulun (Jos 19:18), the same as Chisloth-tabor (Jos 19:12). It is represented by the modern vil...

254

Cheth

SeeCHETH.

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Chettiim

ket'-i-im, ket-i'-im (kittim).SeeKITTIM.

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Chew; Cud

choo, chu, (ma`aleh gerah, literally "bringing up" (American Revised Versions margin), i.e. "chewing the cud," from garar, "to roll," "ruminate"): One of the marks of cleanlines...

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Chezib

ke'-zib.SeeACHZIB (1).

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Chicken

chik'-'-n, chik'-in (Anglo-Saxon, cicen or cycen; Latin, Gallus ferrugineus; alektruon, masculine and fem.): A barnyard fowl of any age. The record is to be found in the books o...

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Chide

chid: Only in the Old Testament, translating Hebrew ribh, a word which is more frequently rendered "strive." Since inGe 31:36;Jud 8:1;Ps 103:9, the strife is one of words, it me...

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Chidon, The Threshing-Floor Of

ki'-don, (goren kidhon; Septuagint B, omits; A has Cheilo): The place where Uzza perished because he touched the ark (1Ch 13:9). In2Sa 6:6it is called the threshing- floor of Na...

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Chief

chef: The English word is in the King James Version of Old Testament the translation of some 17 different Hebrew words, most frequently of ro'sh, "head," sar, "prince," and re's...

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Chief Friends; Good Men

SeeCHIEF FRIENDS;GOOD, CHIEF;CHIEF.

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Chief Musician

mu-zish'-an.SeeASAPH.

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Chief Seats

chef sets (protokathedria): It was one of the reproaches urged by our Lord against the scribes and Pharisees that they loved the chief seats in the synagogues (Mt 23:6;Mr 12:39;...

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Child-Bearing

child'-bar-ing: Only in1Ti 2:15: "She shall be saved through her (m "the") child-bearing" (dia tes teknogonias). The reference is to the calling of woman as wife and mother, as ...

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Child; Children

child, chil'-dren (ben, "son," yeledh, "child" na`ar, "lad"; teknon, paidion): The Hebrews regarded the presence of children in the family as a mark of Divine favor and greatly ...

267

Childhood, Gospels Of The

child'-hood.SeeAPOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.

268

Children Of Eden

e'-d'-n (bene `edhen): In2Ki 19:12;Isa 37:12"the children of Eden that were in Telassar" are mentioned in connection with "Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph" as having been destroyed...

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Children Of God

Introduction: Meaning of TermsI. OLD TESTAMENT TEACHING1. Mythological Survivals2. Created Sonship3. Israel's Collective Covenant Sonship4. Individual and Personal Relation5. Un...

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Children Of Israel

iz'-ra-el (bene yisra'el): A very common term in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, and it refers to the Israelites as the descendants of a common ancestor, Jacob, wh...