International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Cleophas

kle'-o-fas.SeeCLOPAS.

380

Clerk

SeeTOWN CLERK.

381

Cliff; Clift

SeeCLEFT.

382

Cloak; Cloke

klok, (me`il, simlah, etc.; himation, stole, etc.): "Cloke" is retained in the English Revised Version, as in the King James Version, instead of modern "cloak" (American Revised...

383

Clod

InJob 7:5(gish, gush, "a mass of earth"), "clods of dust," the crust of his sores, formed by the dry, swollen skin--a symptom of leprosy, though not peculiar to it. InJob 21:33;...

384

Clopas; Cleophas

klo'-pas (Klopas): The former in the Revised Version (British and American), the latter in the King James Version, ofJoh 19:25, for the name of the husband of one of the women w...

385

Close

kloz, klos verb, adjective and adverb, (kacah, caghar; kammuo): Other words are charah, "to burn"; "Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar?" (Jer 22:15the King ...

386

Closet

kloz'-et: Is the rendering in the King James Version of(1) chuppah, and(2) tameion, also tamieion.Chuppah, derived from chaphah, "to cover," was probably originally the name of ...

387

Cloth; Clothing

kloth, kloth'-ing.SeeDRESS.

388

Clothed Upon

klothd, (ependuo, "to put on over" another garment): Used only in2Co 5:2,4. In 5:4 in contrast with unclothed, compare1Co 15:53f, in which the idea of putting on, as a garment, ...

389

Clothes, Rending Of

klothz, (keri`ath beghadhim): This term is used to describe an ordinary tear made in a garment. Samuel's skirt was rent when Saul laid hold upon it (1Sa 15:27). Jesus spoke abou...

390

Cloud

kloud (`anan, `abh; nephele, nephos):I. Clouds in Palestine.In the Bible few references are found of particular clouds or of clouds in connection with the phenomena of the weath...

391

Cloud, Pillar Of

SeeCLOUD, II, 2;PILLAR OF CLOUD.

392

Clout

klout: As substantive (ha-cechabhoth) a patch or piece of cloth, leather, or the like, a rag, a shred, or fragment. Old "cast clouts and old rotten rags" (Jer 38:11,12the King J...

393

Cloven

klo'-v'-n: In the Old Testament, represented by a participle from shaca, "to split," and applied to beasts that divide the hoof (Le 11:3;De 14:7). Beasts with hoofs completely d...

394

Club

klub.SeeARMOR, III, 1;SHEPHERD;STAFF.

395

Cluster

klus'-ter:(1) 'eshkol; compare proper nameVALE OF ESHCOL. (which see), from root meaning "to bind together." A cluster or bunch of grapes (Ge 40:10;Nu 13:23;Isa 65:8;So 7:8;Mic ...

396

Cnidus

ni'-dus, kni'-dus (Knidos, "age"): A city of Caria in the Roman province of Asia, past which, according toAc 27:7, Paul sailed. At the Southwest corner of Asia Minor there proje...

397

Coal

kol (pecham, "charcoal"; compare Arabic fachm, "charcoal"; gacheleth, "burning coal" or "hot ember"; compare Arabic jacham, "to kindle"; shechor, "a black coal" (La 4:8); compar...

398

Coast

kost (gebhul, etc., "boundary"; compare gebhal, "mountain" and Arabic jebel, "mountain"; chebhel, literally, "a rope"; compare Arabic chabl (Jos 19:29the King James Version;Zec ...

399

Coat

kot.SeeCLOAK;DRESS, etc.

400

Coat Of Mail

mal.SeeARMOR, ARMS;BRIGANDINE.

401

Cock

kok (alektor; Latin gallus): There is no reference in the Old Testament to domesticated poultry, which was probably first introduced into Judea after the Roman conquest. SeeCHIC...

402

Cock-Crowing

kok'-kro-ing (alektorophonia): An indefinite hour of the night between midnight and morning (Mr 13:35), referred to by all the evangelists in their account of Peter's denial (Mt...

403

Cockatrice

Pliny (see Oxford Dictionary, under the word "Cockatrice") relates that the ichneumon darts down the open mouth of the crocodile, and destroys it by gnawing through its belly. I...

404

Cocker

kok'-er (titheneo, "to nurse," "coddle," "pamper"): Occurs only in Ecclesiasticus 30:9 with the meaning "to pamper": "Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraid"; so Shakes...

405

Cockle

kok'-'-l (King James Version margin "stinking weeds," the Revised Version, margin "noisome weeds"; bo'shah, from Hebrew root ba'ash, "to stink"; batos): "Let thistles grow inste...