Easton's Bible Dictionary

trade. It was finally taken and probably destroyed by one of the Assyrian kings (Amos 6:2). It is called Calno (Isaiah 10:9) and ...

caravan of camels when she came to see the wisdom of Solomon (1 Kings 10:2; 2 Chronicles 9:1). Benhadad of Damascus also sent a ...

CAMPHIRE (Hebrews copher), mentioned in Cant. 1:14 (R.V., “henna-flowers”); 4:13 (R.V., “henna”), is the al-henna of the Arabs, ...

CANAANITE a name given to the apostle Simon (Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18). The word here does not, however, mean a descendant of Ca ...

In the Tell-el-Amarna tablets Canaan is found under the forms of Kinakhna and Kinakhkhi. Under the name of Kanana the Canaanites ...

have “lamp,” by which the word is elsewhere frequently rendered. The Hebrew word denotes properly any kind of candle or lamp or ...

CANE a tall sedgy plant with a hollow stem, growing in moist places. In Isaiah 43:24; Jeremiah 6:20, the Hebrew word kaneh is t ...

Historical evidence shows that from about the middle of the second century this New Testament collection was substantially such ...

have been the one built by the centurion (Luke 7:5), in which our Lord frequently taught (John 6:59; Mark 1:21; Luke 4:33). Othe ...

and sometimes a civil command, a judge, magistrate, Arab. kady, (Isaiah 1:10; 3:6; Micah 3:1, 9). (3.) It is also the rendering ...

transported the great mass of the people into Assyria (B.C. 721), placing them in Halah and in Habor, and in the cities of the M ...

remaining treasures of the temple and the palace, and the golden vessels of the sanctuary. Mattaniah, the uncle of Jehoiachin, w ...

word is ’ekdah, used in the prophetic description of the glory and beauty of the mansions above. Next to the diamond it is the h ...

monks. These caves are referred to in Amos 9:3. To them Elijah and Elisha often resorted (1 Kings 18:19, 42; 2 Kings 2:25). On i ...

could only have held a very humble position, and secured a very moderate competence.” CARRIAGE In the Authorized Version this w ...

CARVE The arts of engraving and carving were much practised among the Jews. They were practised in connection with the construc ...

CASTAWAY Gr. adokimos, (1 Corinthians 9:27), one regarded as unworthy (R.V., “rejected”); elsewhere rendered “reprobate” (2 Tim ...

plains of Sharon. They were yoked to the plough (1 Kings 19:19), and were employed for carrying burdens (1 Chronicles 12:40). Th ...

Goats also formed a part of the pastoral wealth of Palestine (Genesis 15:9; 32:14; 37:31). They were used both for sacrifice and ...

The cave in which Obadiah hid the prophets (1 Kings 18:4) was probably in the north, but it cannot be identified. The cave of El ...