Colors
The terms relative to color, occurring in the Bible, may be arranged in two classes, the first including those applied to the description of natural objects, the second those artificial mixtures whic…
Colossae
Or Colosse, a city of Phrygia, on the Lycus, which is a tributary of the Maeander. It was about 12 miles above Laodicea, and near the great road from Ephesus to the Euphrates, and was consequently of…
Colosse
more properly Colos’sae, was a city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, in the upper part of the basin of the Maeander, on the Lycus. Hierapolis and Laodicea were in its immediate neighborhood. (Colossians 1:2…
Colosse, Or Colosse
COLOS'SE, OR COLOS'SE, a city of Phrygia, on the Lycus, a branch of the Maeander, and 12 miles above Laodicea. Paul wrote to the church there, Col 1:2, and possibly visited it on his third missionary…
Colossians
COLOSSIANS, EPIS'TLE TO THE, was written by Paul while he was a prisoner at Rome, a.d. 62. It is probable that Epaphras, who is spoken of as the minister of Christ in that place. Col 1:7, came to Rom…
Colossians, Epistle To The,
COLOSSIANS, EPIS'TLE TO THE, was written by Paul while he was a prisoner at Rome, a.d. 62. It is probable that Epaphras, who is spoken of as the minister of Christ in that place. Col 1:7, came to Rom…
Colossians, The Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul during his first captivity at Rome. (Acts 28:16) (A.D. 62.) The epistle was addressed to Christians of the city of Colosse, and was delivered to them by Tychicus, …
Colour
The subject of colours holds an important place in the Scriptures. White occurs as the translation of various Hebrew words. It is applied to milk (Gen. 49:12), manna (Ex. 16:31), snow (Isa. 1:18), ho…
Colt
COLT . The young of camels and asses are so called. Gen 32:15; Gen 49:11; Jud 10:4; Job 11:12; Matt 21:2, 1 Chr 6:5, 1 Kgs 15:7, and elsewhere.
Come By
COME BY . In Acts 27:16 this phrase means "to secure the boat, so as to hoist it into the ship."
Comforter
The designation of the Holy Ghost (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7; R.V. marg., “or Advocate, or Helper; Gr. paracletos”). The same Greek word thus rendered is translated “Advocate” in 1 John 2:1 as appl…
Coming Of Christ
(1) with reference to his first advent “in the fulness of the time” (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2) with reference to his coming again the second time at the last day (Acts 1:11; 3:20, 21; 1 Thess.…
Commandments
COMMANDMENTS. See Law.
Commandments, The Ten
(Ex. 34:28; Deut. 10:4, marg. “ten words”) i.e., the Decalogue (q.v.), is a summary of the immutable moral law. These commandments were first given in their written form to the people of Israel when …
Commerce
From the time that men began to live in cities, trade, in some shape, must have been carried on to supply the town-dwellers with necessaries from foreign as well as native sources, for we find that A…
Communion
Fellowship with God (Gen. 18:17-33; Ex. 33:9-11; Num. 12:7, 8), between Christ and his people (John 14:23), by the Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 2:1), of believers with one another (Eph. 4:1-6). The Lo…
Compass
COMPASS, TO FETCH A, means "to go around." 2 Sam 5:23; 2 Kgs 3:9; Acts 28:13.
Compass, To Fetch A,
COMPASS, TO FETCH A, means "to go around." 2 Sam 5:23; 2 Kgs 3:9; Acts 28:13.
Conaniah
Whom Jehovah hath set, a Levite placed over the tithes brought into the temple (2 Chr. 35:9).
Concision,
CONCIS'ION, a term used sarcastically to denominate the Judaizers who insisted on circumcision as necessary for Gentile converts. Phil 3:2. They thus perverted the rite, and therefore, instead of cal…
Concubine,
CON'CUBINE, by the Jewish law, a lawful wife of a secondary or inferior rank, and consequently neither regarded nor treated as the matron or mistress of the house. Concubines were either Hebrew girls…
Concupiscence
Desire, Rom. 7:8 (R.V., “coveting”); Col. 3:5 (R.V., “desire”). The “lust of concupiscence” (1 Thess. 4:5; R.V., “passion of lust”) denotes evil desire, indwelling sin.
Condemation
CONDEMA'TION. The term refers to the sentence pronounced upon an adjudged criminal. In the sight of God the race lies under condemnation because of Adam's inherited sin and their actual transgression…
Conduit
A water-course or channel (Job 38:25). The “conduit of the upper pool” (Isa. 7:3) was formed by Hezekiah for the purpose of conveying the waters from the upper pool in the valley of Gihon to the west…
Coney
(Heb. shaphan; i.e., “the hider”), an animal which inhabits the mountain gorges and the rocky districts of Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land. “The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their hou…
Confection
(Ex. 30:35, “ointment” in ver. 25; R.V., “perfume”). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root meaning to compound oil and perfume.
Confectionaries
Only in 1 Sam. 8:13, those who make confections, i.e., perfumers, who compound species and perfumes.
Confession
(1) An open profession of faith (Luke 12:8). (2.) An acknowledment of sins to God (Lev. 16:21; Ezra 9:5-15; Dan. 9:3-12), and to a neighbour whom we have wronged (James 5:16; Matt. 18:15).
Congregation,
CONGREGA'TION, an assembly; a gathering of people for either political or religious purposes. In the O.T. (kabal) it denotes the Hebrew people in its collective capacity, under its peculiar aspect as…
Congregation, Mount Of The
(Isa. 14:13), has been supposed to refer to the place where God promised to meet with his people (Ex. 25:22; 29:42, 43) i.e., the mount of the Divine presence, Mount Zion. But here the king of Babylo…