International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Kishon

ki'-shon, kish'on (qishon; Keison): The "watercourse" or "torrent stream" along the banks of which the great battle was fought between Israel, led by Deborah and Barak, and the ...

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Kislev

kis'-lef (kiclew; the King James Version Chisleu, the Revised Version (British and American) "Chislev"): The 9th month of the Jewish year, corresponding to December. The word is...

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Kiss

(nashaq; phileo, kataphilo, philema): The kiss is common in eastern lands in salutation, etc., on the cheek, the forehead, the beard, the hands, the feet, but not (in Pal) the l...

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Kite

kit ('ayyah; iktinos; Latin Milvus ictinus or regalis): A medium-sized member of the hawk tribe (see HAWK). This bird is 27 inches long, of bright reddish-brown color, has sharp...

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Kithlish

kith'-lish (kithlish).SeeCHITLISH.

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Kitron

kit-'ron (qiTron): An unidentified place in Zebulun, not possessed by the tribe (Jud 1:30). It may be identical with Kattath ofJos 19:15. In the Talmud it is identified with Sep...

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Kittim

kit'-im (kittim,Isa 23:12;Jer 2:10; kittiyim, apparently plural of kitti (not found, but compare (4) below); Ketioi, Kitioi, Ketieim,Jer 2:10; Chettieim, Chettein):ntified with ...

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Kneading

ned'ing.See BREAD, III, 2.

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Knee; Kneel

ne nel ("knee," berekh; Aramaic 'arekhubbah; gonu; "kneel"; barakh; Aramaic berakh; gonupeto): Most of the uses are obvious, and the figurative use of "knees" as the symbol of s...

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Knife

nif:(1) ma'akheleth, literally, an instrument for eating; but used of large knives for slaying animals, cutting up a carcass or a sacrificial victim (Ge 22:6,10;Jud 19:29;Pr 30:...

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Knock

nok (krouo): The oriental house was fitted with heavy doors which were bolted and locked with wooden keys too large to be carried about, so that even a member of the household c...

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Knop

nop: InEx 25:31ff; 37:17 ff (kaphtor), part of the ornaments of the golden candlestick; in1Ki 6:18;7:24(peqa`im), gourd-like ornaments of the lining of Solomon's temple, and of ...

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Know; Knowledge

no, nol'-ej (in Hebrew chiefly yadha`, noun da`ath; in Greek ginosko, oida' "to know fully," epiginosko, noun gnosis epignosis): Knowledge strictly is the apprehension by the mi...

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Koa

ko'-a (qoa`): A people named with Pekod and Shoa as enemies of Jerusalem (Eze 23:23). Their location was probably Northeast of Babylonia.

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Kohath; Kohathites

ko'-hath, ko'-hath-its (qehath, qohathi; Kaath): Second son of Levi, and ancestor of Moses and Aaron (Ge 46:11;Ex 6:16-20;Nu 3:17;1Ch 6:1, etc.). The Kohathites formed one of th...

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Koheleth

ko-hel'-eth (qoheleth).SeeECCLESIASTES.

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Kolaiah

ko-la'-ya, ko-li'-a (qolayah, "voice of Yah"):(1) A Benjamite, son of Maaseiah (Ne 11:7).(2) Father of Ahab, a false prophet and a lecherous man (Jer 29:21-23).

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Konae

ko'-ne (Kona): Some manuscripts have [@komas, from which we have in the King James Version "the villages." The name occurs in the account of the measures taken to secure the cou...

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Kor

kor.SeeCOR.

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Korah

ko'-ra, (~qorach], "baldness," possibly; Kore):(1) One of the 3 sons of Oholibamah, Esau's Hivite wife. The account says that the 3 were born in Canaan before Esau withdrew to t...

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Korahites; Sons Of Korah

ko'-ra-its (qorchi), (beno qorach; in the King James Version appears also as Korhite, Kohathite, Kore): This phrase is used to denote Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph, Korah's 3 i...

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Korathites

ko'-rath-its: In the King James Version for "Korabites,"Nu 26:58.See KORAH, 4.

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Kore

ko-'re (qore, "one who proclaims"):(1) A Levite of David's time, descended from Kohath and Korah. See KORAH, 4. Shallum, Chief doorkeeper in the latest Bible times, is described...

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Korhites

kor'-hits: In the King James Version for "Korahites" inEx 6:24;1Ch 12:6;26:1;2Ch 20:19.See KORAH, 3.

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Koz

koz.SeeHAKKOZ.

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Kushaiah

ku-sha'-ya, ku-shi'-a (qushayahu, "bow of Yah"): A Merarite Levite (1Ch 15:17), called in1Ch 6:44KISHI(which see).