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CHOIR (Director of) The Hebrew indication “la-menasseah”, which appears in about fifty Psalms (the 4th, for example) and in Hab. 3:19, is generally translated with the...
CHOIR Measurement of aggregates equivalent to the “homer”, around 370 liters (1 Kings 4:22; 2 Chron. 2:10; Ezra 7:22; Ez. 45:14). It is also occasionally mentioned...
CORNELIUS A devout centurion of Caesarea (Acts 10). He was “God-fearing,” that is, he was a proselyte of Judaism, zealous and charitable. However, he was not...
CARNELIAN OR CORNERINA Variety of chalcedony that the Greeks called sardium. Precious stone (Rev. 4:3) constituting the sixth foundation of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:20). The...
CORINTH City on the canal that divides the isthmus of the same name, on the divide between the Peloponnese and Hellas. It was the capital of...
CORINTHIANS (1st Epistle) Paul’s 1st Epistle to the Corinthians was written during the apostle’s prolonged stay in Ephesus (Eph. 16:8, 9, 19; Acts 19), probably in...
KORAH (a) Son of Esau (Gen. 36:5). (b) Grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:16). (c) Levite who led a rebellion against Moses (Num. 16). (d) Descendant of...
LAMB The lamb is a symbol of humble submission, and when selected for sacrifice it had to be without blemish: a very fitting type of the...
CORBAN Greek transliteration of the Hebrew “gorban”, “an offering”, meaning anything consecrated or offered to God. The Jews allowed, and perhaps encouraged, children to consecrate their...
HEART The heart is often mentioned in the Scriptures as the seat of the affections and passions, and also of wisdom and understanding. Hence it is...
