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96801 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cistern; Well; Pool; Aqueduct.21
… and 12 ft. 10 inches wide. These proportions may seem unnecessarily large, but may be accounted for by the necessity for providing light at the water level …
96802 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cistern; Well; Pool; Aqueduct.25
… " ( Ecclesiastes 12:6 ). Idols, armies and material objects in which Israel trusted were "broken cisterns" ( Jeremiah 2:13, see above) "soon emptied of all the aid and …
96803 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cities of the Plain; Ciccar.2
… 13:12; 17, 29; Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Samuel 18:23 ) the word for "circle" is used alone with the article. Until recently the traditional view that this circle of the Jordan …
96804 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Citizenship.11
… :1 - 12, would easily lend itself to this idea, which appears in Hebrews 11:10, 16; Hebrews 12:22 - 24; 13:14; Galatians 4:26, and possibly in Revelation 21:1 - 27 .
96805 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. City.31
… 9:12 ff; 1 Kings 3:2; Amos 7:9 ). It was a sanctuary, where sacrifices were offered and feasts were held, and men did "eat before Yahweh" ( Deuteronomy 14:26 ). The priests …
96806 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. City.33
… 58:12 ) and were not an integral part of the plan.
96807 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. City.37
… Kings 12:11 ), was current in preexilic times, and continued in use after foreign coinage had been introduced. The first native coinage dates from the Maccabean …
96808 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. City.40
… 17:12 ). Twelve officers were appointed by Solomon to provision his household, each officer being responsible for the supply in one month in the year ( 1 Kings …
96809 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. City.41
… Gershon, 12 to Merari, 48 cities in all ( Joshua 21:13 ff), 6 of which were cities of Refuge ( Numbers 35:6 ); see REFUGE, CITIES OF. For further details see ARCHITECTURE …
96810 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Clap.2
… 11:12 ); "Oh clap your hands (taqa`), all ye peoples" ( Psalms 47:1 ); or exultation (caphaq, Lamentations 2:15; macha’, Ezekiel 25:6; taqa`, Nahum 3:19 ); or repudiation (caphaq, Job …
96811 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Clap.3
Figurative: To denote Nature’s "sympathy" with God’s people. "Let the floods clap (macha’) their hands" ( Psalms 98:8 ); "All the trees of the field shall clap their hands" ( Isaiah 55:12; compare Judges 5:20 ).
96812 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Claudius.2
… " ( Acts 12:1 ). He slew one apostle and "when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize" another ( Acts 12:3 ). His miserable death is recorded in Acts 12:20 - 23 …
96813 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Clean.4
… :13, 12, 23 : "the cleanness of the flesh," etc. "Clean" is applied to animals and birds: "of every clean beast" ( Genesis 7:2 ); "of all clean birds" ( Deuteronomy 14:11 ); (for list of …
96814 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cleanse.4
… " ( Leviticus 12:7 ); "Cleanse it, and hallow it (the altar) from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel" ( Leviticus 16:19 ), etc. This use is infrequent in the New Testament …
96815 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cleanse.5
… 19:12 ), while formally to be understood "hold innocent," really connotes forgiveness. In Ephesians 5:26, it is hard to determine whether pardon or God-given holiness …
96816 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cleave.5
"Cleave" is also used in this sense to describe one’s adherence to principles. Paul admonished the Romans to cleave to that which is good ( Romans 12:9 ).
96817 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cleopatra.2
… 11:12; Josephus, Ant, XIII, iv, 7). Alexander was killed in battle against the joint forces of Ptolemy and Demetrius while Demetrius was in captivity in Parthia …
96818 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cloak; Cloke.2
… 39:12; Exodus 22:26; Deuteronomy 24:13; "the robe" that Jonathan "stripped himself of" and gave to David ( 1 Samuel 18:4 ); "the robe" of Saul, "the robe" in which it is said the …
96819 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Close.2
… Chronicles 12:1 ); "close places," micgereth ( 2 Samuel 22:46; Psalms 18:45 = "castles or holds shut in with high walls").
96820 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Closet.2
… Luke 12:24, the King James Version "storehouse"; the Revised Version (British and American) "storechamber"), but since for safety it was the inner rooms of the Hebrew …