Continency
kon'-ti-nen-si (egkrateuomai "to have self-control" or "continency" the Revised Version (British and American), "to contain" the King James Version): Paul, although he would tha...
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Continual; Continually
kon-tin'-u-al, kon-tin'-u-a-li: Without cessation, although there may be intervals between its presence; that which regularly recurs throughout a period, as hasLu 24:53: "(They)...
Continuance
kon-tin'-u-ans: Not in the Revised Version (British and American); inPs 139:16the King James Version, as an interpretation of Hebrew yamim, "days," treating of God's prevision, ...
Contradiction
kon-tra-dik'-shun: the King James Version for antilogia (Heb 7:7;12:3). In the former passage, the Revised Version (British and American) has "without any dispute," i.e. what ha...
Contrary
kon'-tra-ri (qeri; enantios): In the Old Testament it has the sense of antagonistic, as one person opposed or hostile to the other, especially inLe 26:21,23,14,27,28,40,41, wher...
Contribution
kon-tri-bu'-shun (koinonia, "communion" or "fellowship,"Ro 15:26;2Co 9:13): The meaning "contribution" is drawn from the context, rather than from the Greek word. The phrase in ...
Contrite; Contrition
kon'-trit, kontrish'-un (dakka', "bruise"): Only in Old Testament (Ps 34:18;Ps 51:17;Isa 57:15); nakheh, "smitten" (Isa 66:2). Contrite, "crushed," is only the superlative of "b...
Controversy
kon'-tro-ver-si (ribh, "strife," "contention"; homologoumenos, "confessedly," "without controversy"): Used frequently of disputes among men (asDe 17:8) and then transferred to t...
Convenient
kon-ven'-yent: In the Revised Version (British and American) limited to translation of kairos, "suitable time," "season," and its compounds: "that which is seasonable" or "oppor...
Convent
kon-vent': Found in the King James Version margin ofJer 49:19: "Who will convent me in judgment?" and inJer 50:44: "Who will convent me to plead?" The Hebrew term which is rende...
Conversant
kon-vur'-sant (halakh, "to go on," "to walk"): This word is translated "conversant" inJos 8:35the King James Version (margin "walked"), and1Sa 25:15the King James Version meanin...
Conversation
kon-ver-sa'-shun (anastrophe, homilia): This word is another illustration of the changes which time makes in a living language. The modern sense of the term is mutual talk, coll...
Conversion
kon-vur'-shun:I. The Words "Conversion," "Convert," in Biblical Usage.1. In the English Bible:The noun "conversion" (epistrophe) occurs in only one passage in the Bible, "They p...
Convict; Conviction
kon-vikt', kon-vik'-shun (elegcho and compounds, "to prove guilty"): Usual translation of English Versions of the Bible, where the King James Version has "convince," as inJoh 8:...
Convince
kon-vins' (elegcho): Another form etymologically of "convict," means to bring to a decision concerning the truth or the falsehood of a proposition (Job 32:12). As usually applie...
Convocation
kon-vo-ka'-shun: A rendering for miqra' chiefly in the frequent "Holy Convocation"; but the word is sometimes used alone, e.g.Nu 10:2;Isa 1:13;4:5. On a holy convocation no work...
Convulsing
kon-vuls'-ing (Mr 1:26margin (the King James Version torn)).SeeUNCLEAN SPIRIT.
Cooking
kook'-ing.SeeFOOD.
Cool
kool (ruach, "wind"; katapsucho, "to cool down"): "Cool of the day" (Ge 3:8, margin "wind"), when the evening breeze has tempered the heat of the day, enabling Orientals to walk...
Coos
ko'-os.SeeCOS.
Coping
ko'-ping.SeeHOUSE.
Copper
kop'-er (nechosheth): The word is translated "copper" in only one passage (Ezr 8:27the King James Version). In the American Standard Revised Version of this passage, "brass" has...
Coppersmith
kop'-er-smith (chalkeus): The word is found in New Testament once only, in2Ti 4:14: "Alexander the coppersmith did (margin "showed") me much evil." As the Bible word rendered "c...
Coptic Versions
kop'-tik vur'-shunz:I. LANGUAGE AND ALPHABET1. Alphabet2. Dialects.II. VERSIONSIII. CHIEF EDITIONSLITERATUREI. Language and Alphabet.1. Alphabet:The Coptic alphabet consists of ...
Cor
kor (kor): A liquid and dry measure, same as the homer, of about 90 gals. capacity (Eze 45:14).SeeHOMER;WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Cor-Ashan
kor-ash'-an, ko-ra'-shan (English Revised Version, the King James Version Chor-ashan; kor `ashan,1Sa 30:30): The original reading was probably Bor- ashan, "well of Ashan."SeeASHAN.
Coral
kor'-al (ra'moth, peninim): The red coral or precious coral, Corallium rubrum, is confined to the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas. It is the calcareous axis of a branching colon...