International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Casement

kas'-ment.SeeHOUSE.

110

Casiphia

ka-sif'-i-a, ka-sif-e'-a (kaciphya'): An unidentified place in North Babylonia, near the river Ahava, to which Ezra sent for "ministers for the house of our God" (Ezr 8:17). Som...

111

Casluhim

kas'-lu-him, kas-lu-him (kacluchim; Chasmonieim): The name of a people mentioned inGe 10:14;1Ch 1:12as descended from Mizraim. The parenthesis should probably follow Caphtorim. ...

112

Casphon

kas'-fon.SeeCASPHOR.

113

Casphor

kas'-for (the King James Version Casphon; Kasphor, 1 Macc 5:26; Chasphon, Chasphoth, 5:36; Kaspein, 2 Macc 12:13): A city East of the Jordan captured by Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc ...

114

Caspin; Caspis

kas'-pin, kas'-pis.SeeCASPHOR.

115

Cassia

kash'-a: Two Hebrew words,(1) qiddah, which is mentioned, along with myrrh, cinnamon, calamus and olive oil, as one of the ingredients of the "holy anointing oil" (Ex 30:24); it...

116

Cast

In general "to throw," with various degrees of violence; usually, with force, but not so necessarily, as e.g. in "cast a net," "cast lots." When applied to molten metal, as in E...

117

Castanets

kas'-ta-nets, kas-ta-nets' (mena`an`im): Are mentioned in2Sa 6:5among the musical instruments upon which David and the house of Israel played at the time of the bringing up of t...

118

Castaway

kast'-a-wa (adokimos, from dokimazo, "I test," "I approve after testing," hence, approved after being tested): This word is rendered "castaway" only in the King James Version: "...

119

Castle

kas'-'-l.SeeFORTIFICATION.

120

Castor And Pollux

kas'-ter, pol'-uks.SeeDIOSCURI;ASTRONOMY.

121

Cat

(ailouros): The only mention of this animal is in Baruch 6:22. It is not mentioned in the canonical Scriptures, though Bochart (Hieroz., 862) gives "wild cats" as the equivalent...

122

Catechist; Catechumen

kat'-e-kist, kate-ku'-men (katechizein "to resound," "to teach," "to instruct"): A catechist is a teacher who instructs his pupils in the elements of his own religion. In the Ol...

123

Caterpillar

kat'-er-pil-er (chacil (Ps 78:46;Joe 1:4, etc.); yeleq (Ps 105:34the King James Version, the American Standard Revised Version "grasshopper";Jer 51:14,27the King James Version; ...

124

Catholic Epistles

kath'-o-lik (epistolai katholikai): In distinction from the apostolic or Pauline epistles which were addressed to individual churches or persons, the term "catholic," in the sen...

125

Cathua

ka-thu'-a (Kathoua; Codex Vaticanus, Koua): Head of a family of temple-servants who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:30); corresponds to Giddel inEzr 2:47.

126

Cattle

kat'-'-l (behemah, "a dumb beast"; miqneh, "a possession" from qanah, "to acquire" (compare Arabic qana', "to acquire," and Greek kienos, "beast," and plural ktenea, "flocks," f...

127

Cauda

ko'-da (Kauda; also called Klauda; the King James Version Clauda; the modern Greek name Gaudho supports the form Cauda): An island 23 miles West of Cape Matala. It is a small is...

128

Caul

kol:(1) yothereth (Ex 29:13), the large lobe or flap of the liver, which is usually mentioned together with the kidneys and the fat as the special portions set aside for the bur...

129

Cause

kos: In both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "for this cause" (the King James Version "cause") occurs inEx 9:16as the rendering of ba`abhur...

130

Causeway; Causey

koz'-wa, ko'-zi (more correctly): This word occurs in1Ch 26:16,18for the Hebrew mecillah; Septuagint pastophorion tes anabaseos. In2Ch 9:11the word is translated "terraces" (Sep...

131

Cave

kav ([me`arah] (compare Arabic magharah), chor (Job 30:6the King James Version), mechilloth (Isa 2:19); ope (Hebrews 11:38), spelaion (Joh 11:38); chor, more often rendered "hol...

132

Cease

ses: A remarkable array of 20 Hebrew and 6 Greek words is so translated. In the King James Version 15 of the former and 3 of the latter are used only once with this rendering. T...

133

Cedar

se'-dar, se'-der ('erez, from Hebrew root meaning "to be firm"; kedros): The 'erez was in almost all the Old Testament references the true cedar, Cedrus libani, but the name may...

134

Cedron

se'-dron.SeeKIDRON.

135

Ceilan

se'-lan.SeeKILAN.