CARSHENA
(illustrious), one of the seven princes of Persia and Media. (Esther 1:14)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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CART
(Genesis 45:19,27; Numbers 7:3,7,8) a vehicle drawn by cattle, (2 Samuel 6:6) to be distinguished from the chariot drawn by horses. Carts and wagons were either open or covered,...
CARVING
The arts of carving and engraving were much in request in the construction of both the tabernacle and the temple. (Exodus 31:5; 35:33; 1 Kings 6:18,35; Psalms 74:6) as well as i...
CASIPHIA
(silvery, white), a place of uncertain site on the road between Babylon and Jerusalem. (Ezra 8:17)
CASLUHIM
(fortified), a Mizraite people or tribe. (Genesis 10:14; 1 Chronicles 1:12)
CASSIA
(Exodus 30;24; Ezekiel 27:19) The cassia bark of commerce is yielded by various kinds of Cinnamomum, which grow in different parts of India. The Hebrew word in (Psalms 45:8) is ...
CASTLE
[FENCED CITIES CITIES]
CASTOR AND POLLUX
(Acts 28:11) the twin sons of Jupiter and Leda, were regarded as the tutelary divinities of sailors; hence their image was often used as a figure-head for ships. They appeared i...
CATERPILLAR
The representative in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word chasil and yelek.Chasil occurs in (1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Psalms 78:46; Isaiah 33:4; Joel 1:4) and seem...
CATTLE
[BULL, BULLOCK].
CAUDA
(Acts 27:16) The form given in the Revised Version to Clauda, an island south of Crete. It bears a closer relation to the modern name Gaudonesi of the Greek, the Gauda of P. Mel...
CAUL
a sort of ornamental head-dress, (Isaiah 3:18) with a net for its base. The name is derived from the caul, the membranous bag which encloses the heart--the pericardium. --ED.
CAVE
The most remarkable caves noticed in Scripture are, that in which Lot dwelt after the destruction of Sodom, (Genesis 19:30) the cave of Machpelah, (Genesis 23:17) cave of Makked...
CEDAR
The Hebrew word erez, invariably rendered "cedar" by the Authorized Version, stands for that tree in most of the passages where the word occurs. While the word is sometimes used...
CEDRON
(John 18:1) [SEE KIDRON, OR KEDRON]
CEILING
The descriptions of Scripture, (1 Kings 6:9,15; 7:3; 2 Chronicles 3:5,9; Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4) and of Josephus, show that the ceilings of the temple and the palaces of the...
CELOSYRIA
[COELESYRIA]
CENCHREA, OR CENCHREA
(accurately Cenchre’ae) (millet), the eastern harbor of Corinth (i.e. its harbor on the Saronic Gulf) and the emporium of its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean,...
CENSER
A small portable vessel of metal fitted to receive burning coals from the altar, and on which the incense for burning was sprinkled. (2 Chronicles 26:19; Luke 1:9) The only dist...
CENSUS
[TAXING]
CENTURION
[ARMY]
CEPHAS
[PETER]
CHAFF
the husk of corn or wheat which was separated from the grain by being thrown into the air, the wind blowing away the chaff, while the grain was saved. The carrying away of chaff...
CHAIN
Chains were used,As badges of office;For ornament;For confining prisoners.the gold chain placed about Joseph’s neck, (Genesis 41:42) and that promised to Daniel, (Daniel 5:7) ar...
CHALCEDONY
only in (Revelation 21:19) The name is applied in modern mineralogy to one of the varieties of agate. It is generally translucent and exhibits a great variety of colors. So name...
CHALCOL
(1 Kings 4:31) [CALCOL]
CHALDEA
more correctly Chaldae’a, the ancient name of a country of Asia bordering on the Persian Gulf. Chaldea proper was the southern part of Babylonia, and is used in Scripture to sig...