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98601 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cuckow; Cuckoo.2
… ( Leviticus 11:16, and practically the same in Deuteronomy 14:15 the King James Version "cuckoo"), in the list of unclean birds. The Latin term by which we designate …
98602 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cucumber.2
… ( Numbers 11:5 ). Cucumbers are great favorites with all the people of Palestine. Two varieties occur, Cucumis sativus (Arabic, Khyar), originally a product of Northwest …
98603 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cup.3
… . ( Psalms 11:6; 75:8; Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 14:10 ). In a similar sense, used by Christ concerning the sufferings endured by Him ( Matthew 26:39 ), and the calamities attending …
98604 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cup.4
… Corinthians 11:25, the cup is called "the new covenant in my blood," i.e. it is a pledge and seal and means of imparting the blessings of the new covenant ( Hebrews …
98605 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cupbearer.2
… 1:11) was cupbearer to Artaxerxes Longimanus, and was held in high esteem by him, as the record shows. His financial ability ( Nehemiah 5:8, 10, 14, 17 ) would indicate …
98606 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Curse.2
… " ( Deuteronomy 11:29 ). When a curse is pronounced against any person, we are not to understand this as a mere wish, however violent, that disaster should overtake …
98607 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Curse.6
Jesus commands His disciples, "Bless them that curse you" ( Luke 6:28; compare Romans 12:14 ). He Himself cursed the fruitless fig tree ( Mark 11:21 )--a symbol of the doom of a fruitless people.
98608 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cush (1).7
… ( Isaiah 11:11; 18:1; Zephaniah 3:10; Ezekiel 29:10; Job 28:19; Esther 1:1; 8:9 ); sometimes the peopl ( Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 38:5 ); but is in many passages uncertain …
98609 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cushi.3
… - 23, 11 (twice), 2 Samuel 18:32 (twice).
98610 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cushite Woman; Ethiopian Woman.2
… Numbers 11:4 ) that accompanied the Hebrews on their wanderings (so Ewald and most). Dillmann suggests a compromise between the two classes of views, namely …
98611 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Custom (1).2
… Maccabees 11:35 (the Revised Version (British and American) "tolls"; compare 1 Maccabees 10:31 ). The tax designated by halakh in Ezra 4:13, etc., is usually taken to …
98612 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Custom (2).2
… Judges 11:39; Jeremiah 32:11, and especially Ezra 3:4 (the King James Version "custom," the Revised Version (British and American) "ordinance"), illustrate the difficulty …
98613 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Custom (2).3
… Corinthians 11:16 "custom" is the translation of Greek sunetheia, in the sense of "usage" rather than of "law."
98614 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cut; Cutting.2
… 9:11; Deuteronomy 12:29; 1 Kings 11:16; Psalms 101:8, etc.), also for cutting off transgressors from the community of Yahweh, which meant probably separation, or exclusion …
98615 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cut; Cutting.5
… " ( Job 11:10 ), "gone" ( Psalms 90:10 ); "rolled up" ( Isaiah 38:12 ); "cut off" for "destroy" ( Psalms 18:40; 69:4; Psalms 118:10 - 11, 12 ); for "cut them in the head" ( Amos 9:1 ), "break them in pieces on …
98616 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cyprus.10
… 11:19 ) preaching to the Jews only. Certain natives of Cyprus and Cyrene took a further momentous step in preaching at Antioch to the Greeks also ( Acts 11:20 ). Even …
98617 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cyrene.6
… " ( Acts 11:19 - 20 the King James Version), and one of them, Lucius, became a prophet in the early church there. In this case, as in so many others, the wise providence of …
98618 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cyrus.13
11. Cyrus' History from Greek Sources
98619 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cyrus.34
11. Cyrus' History from Greek Sources: It was probably between the defeat of Astyages and the capture of Babylon that Cyrus defeated Croesus and conquered …
98620 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cyrus.35
… for 11, and over Babylonia (and Assyria) for 9 years.) According to the Babylonian contract-tablets, Cambyses, his son, was associated with him on the throne during …