Smith's Bible Dictionary

Canaan (Ca’nan) (low, flat). •The fourth son of Ham, (Genesis 10:6; 1 Chronicles 1:8) the progenitor of the Phoenicians [Zidon, ...

of shewbread, (Exodus 25:37) and was lighted every evening and dressed every morning. (Exodus 27:20,21; 30:8) comp. 1Sam 3:2 Eac ...

•The allegorical. According to the Talmud the beloved is taken to be God; the loved one, or bride, is the congregation of Israel ...

•Katsin, occasionally rendered captain, applies Sometimes to a military, (Joshua 10:24; Judges 11:6,11; Isaiah 22:3; Daniel 11:1 ...

Carcas (severe), the seventh of the seven “chamberlains,” i.e. eunuchs, of King Ahasuerus. (Esther 1:10) (B.C. 483.). Carchemish ...

(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 hors ...

The Hebrew word erez, invariably rendered “cedar” by the Authorized Version, stands for that tree in most of the passages where ...

the husk of corn or wheat which was separated from the grain by being thrown into the air, the wind blowing away the chaff, whil ...

Their special seat was probably that southern portion of the country which is found to have so late retained the name of Chaldea ...

Charger a shallow vessel for receiving water or blood, also for presenting offerings of fine flour with oil. (Numbers 7:79) The ...

is mentioned only three times in the Bible, and on each occasion under a different name in the Hebrew. (1 Samuel 17:18; 2 Samuel ...

couriers, (1 Kings 14:27) But it has been conjectured that they may have been foreign mercenaries, and therefore probably Philis ...

•Genazim, “chests.” (Ezekiel 27:24) only. Chestnut Tree (Heb. ’armon .) (Genesis 30:37; Ezekiel 31:8) Probably the “palm tree” ( ...

Chinnereth (circuit), accurately Cinnareth, a fortified city in the tribe of Naphtali, (Joshua 19:35) only, of which no trace is ...

The disciples, we are told, (Acts 11:26) were first called Christians at Antioch on the Orontes, somewhere about A.D. 43. They w ...

most able advocate The Rabbinical chronology accept the biblical numbers, but makes the most arbitrary corrections. For the date ...

(chief of two governments), the king of Mesopotamia who oppressed Israel during eight years in the generation immediately follow ...

at the top, sometimes built up with stonework above and furnished with a curb and a wheel for a bucket. (Ecclesiastes 12:6) Empt ...

several famines, arising from unfavorable harvests, and one such occurred in Palestine and Syria. (Acts 11:28-30) Claudius was i ...

Clouted patched. (Joshua 9:5) Cnidus (nidus), a city of great consequence, situated at the extreme south west of the peninsula o ...