1:13,14; 7:9,15,16) but there was still a faction who strenuously denied Paul’s claim to apostleship.
The contents of this epistle comprise, (1) the apostle’s account of the character of his spiritual
labors, chs. 1-7; (2) directions about the collections, chs. 8,9; (3) defence of his own apostolical
character, chs. 10-13:10. The words in (1 Corinthians 5:9) seem to point to further epistles to the
church by Paul, but we have no positive evidence of any.
Cormorant
the representative in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew words kaath and shalac. As to the
former, see Pelican. Shalac occurs only as the name of an unclean bird in (Leviticus 11:17; 14:17)
The word has been variously rendered. The etymology points to some plunging bird. The common
cormorant (phalacrocorax carbo), which some writers have identified with the shalac, is unknown
in the eastern Mediterranean; another species is found south of the Red Sea, but none on the west
coast of Palestine.
Corn
The most common kinds were wheat, barley, spelt, Authorized Version, (Exodus 9:32) and Isai
28:25 “Rye;” (Ezekiel 4:9) “fitches” and millet; oats are mentioned only by rabbinical writers. Our
Indian corn was unknown in Bible times. Corn-crops are still reckoned at twentyfold what was
sown, and were anciently much more. (Genesis 41:22) The Jewish law permitted any one in passing
through a filed of standing corn to pluck and eat. (23:25) see also Matt 12:1 From Solomon’s time,
(2 Chronicles 2:10,15) as agriculture became developed under a settled government, Palestine was
a corn-exporting country, and her grain was largely taken by her commercial neighbor Tyre. (Ezekiel
27:17) comp. Amos 8:5
Cornelius
(of a horn), a Roman centurion of the Italian cohort stationed in Caesarea, (Acts 10:1) etc., a
man full of good works and alms-deeds. With his household he was baptized by St. Peter, and thus
Cornelius became the firstfruits of the Gentile world to Christ.
Corner
The “corner” of the field was not allowed, (Leviticus 19:9) to be wholly reaped. It formed a
right of the poor to carry off what was so left, and this was a part of the maintenance from the soil
to which that class were entitled. Under the scribes, minute legislation fixed one-sixtieth as the
portion of a field which was to be left for the legal “corner.” The proportion being thus fixed, all
the grain might be reaped, and enough to satisfy the regulation subsequently separated from the
whole crop. This “corner” was, like the gleaning, tithe-free.
Cornerstone
a quoin or cornerstone, of great importance in binding together the sides of a building. The
phrase “corner-stone” is sometimes used to denote any principal person, as the princes of Egypt,
(Isaiah 19:13) and is thus applied to our Lord. (Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 21:42; 1 Peter 2:6,7)
Cornet
(Heb. shophar), a loud-sounding instrument, made of the horn of a ram or a chamois (sometimes
of an ox), and used by the ancient Hebrews for signals, (Leviticus 25:9) and much used by the
priests. (1 Chronicles 15:28)
Cos, Or Coos
(now Stanchio or Stanko). This small island of the Grecian Archipelago has several interesting
points of connection with the Jews. Herod the Great conferred many favors on the island. St. Paul,
frankie
(Frankie)
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