International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

136

Ceiled; Ceiling

seld, sel'-ing (the King James Version and the English Revised Version Cieled, Cieling; the Hebrew words for "ceiled" are chippah, caphan, sachiph; for "ceiling," cippun): Ceili...

137

Celebrate

sel'-e-brat: Of the three Hebrew words so rendered halal, "to praise" is preeminently significant. It is an onomatopoetic word meaning "to give a clear sharp sound," as word in ...

138

Celestial

se-les'-chal (epouranios, "above the sky," "heavenly"): Peculiar to Paul's majestic argument on the resurrection: celestial verses terrestrial bodies (1Co 15:40) with reference ...

139

Cellar

sel'-er, sel'-ar (krupte; 'otsar): Krupte is found only inLu 11:33, and is rendered "cellar" in the Revised Version (British and American); the King James Version has "secret pl...

140

Celosyria

se-lo-sir'-i-a.SeeCOELE-SYRIA.

141

Cenchreae

sen'-kre-e (Kegchreai, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Kenchreai; the King James Version incorrectly Cenchrea): A seaport of Corinth on the eastern side of the ist...

142

Cendebaeus

sen-de-be'-us (Kendebaios; the King James Version Cendebeus): A general of Antiochus VII who was appointed "captain of the seacoast" of Palestine (1 Macc 15:38 ff) after the def...

143

Censer

sen'-ser: In the King James Version censer is used as a translation of two Hebrew words, namely, machtah, and miqTereth. The former word is generally rendered "censer," sometime...

144

Census

sen'-sus.SeeDAVID;QUIRINIUS.

145

Centurion

sen-tu'-ri-un: As the name implies, hekatontarches or hekatontarchos, kenturion, Latin centurio, was the commander of a hundred men, more or less, in a Roman legion. Matthew and...

146

Cephas

se'-fas.SeePETER (SIMON).

147

Ceras

se'-ras (Keras; the Revised Version (British and American)KERAS(which see)).

148

Certain; Certainly; Certainty

ser'-tin, ser'-tin-li, ser'tin-ti: The rendering of some Hebrew words and forms expressive of what is definitely settled or determined.(1) Translation of the Hebrew nakhon, "to ...

149

Certify

ser'-ti-fi: Occurs in(1)2Sa 15:28(haggidh, "to show," "announce," from naghadh);(2)Ezr 4:14,16;5:10;7:24(hodha`, "to make known," from yedha'; Aramaic for yadha`);(3)Es 2:22the ...

150

Cetab

se'-tab.SeeKETAB.

151

Chabris

ka'-bris (Abris, Chabreis): Son of Gothoniel, one of the three rulers of Bethulia in the time of Judith (Judith 6:15; 8:10; 10:6).

152

Chadias, They Of; Chadiasai

ka'-di-as, ka'-di-a-si; (the Revised Version (British and American) Codex Alexandrinus, Chadasai; Codex Vaticanus, hoi Chadiasai): The inhabitants of the city here referred to r...

153

Chaereas

ke'-re-as (Chaireas; the King James Version Chereas): Brother of Timotheus, the Ammonite leader against Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:6). He held the fortress of Gazara (the "Jazer"...

154

Chafe

chaf (mar, "bitter"; hence, bitter of soul, deadly, destructive, ferocious, "as a bear robbed of her whelps"): Occurs only in2Sa 17:8; used by Hushai to characterize David's sup...

155

Chaff

chaf: Four different words have been translated "chaff" in the Old Testament:(1) mots, is found inJob 21:18;Ps 1:4;35:5;Isa 17:13;29:5;41:15;Ho 13:3;Ze 2:2.(2) chashash, occurs ...

156

Chain; Chains

chan, chanz: Chains were used by the Hebrews:(1) As ornaments: 'ets`adhah, neTiphah, `anaq, rabhidh, sharsherah, rattoq. As ornaments for the person they were worn about the ank...

157

Chair

char.SeeSEAT;SEATS, CHIEF.

158

Chalcedony

kal-sed'-o-ni, kal'-se-do-ni.SeeSTONES, PRECIOUS.

159

Chalcol

kal'-kol.SeeCALCOL.

160

Chaldea; Chaldeans

kal-de'-a, kal-de'-anz (kasdim, 'erets kasdim; Chaldaia, Chaldaioi):1. Geographical PositionSeats of the Chaldeans2. Originally Sumero-Akkadian3. History of the Chaldean Tribes4...

161

Chalkstone

chok'-ston ('abhneghir (compare Eben-ezer, 'ebhen ha-`ezer, "stone of the help,"1Sa 7:12)): InIsa 27:9we have: "Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and th...

162

Challenge

chal'-enj: Only inEx 22:9, where the King James Version has taken Hebrew 'amar, "say," in the sense of "claim." the Revised Version (British and American) "whereof one saith, Th...