CAB #929
1 A dry measure containing about one quart
CABBON #930
1 A place in the territory of the tribe of Judah
CABINET #931
1 Heads of departments in government
2 David's
2Sa 8:15-18; 15:12; 20:23-26; 1Ch 27:32-34
3 Solomon's
4 Hezekiah's
5 Artaxerxes
6 See COUNSELLOR
CABUL #932
1 A city in the north of Palestine
2 Name given by Hiram to certain cities in Galilee
CAESAR #933
1 AUGUSTUS
2 TIBERIUS
3 CLAUDIUS
4 NERO
CAESAREA #934
2 The home of
2.1 Philip
2.2 Cornelius, the centurion
2.3 Herod
2.4 Felix
3 Paul conveyed to, by the disciples to save him from his enemies
4 By Roman soldiers to be tried by Felix
CAESAREA PHILIPPI #935
1 A city in the north of Palestine; visited by Jesus
CAGE #936
1 For birds, unclean
CAIAPHAS #937
1 High priest
4 Jesus tried before
Mt 26:2,3,57,63-65; Joh 18:24,28
5 Peter and other disciples accused before
CAIN #938
1.1 Jealousy and crime of
Ge 4:3-15; Heb 11:4; 1Jo 3:12; Jude 1:11
1.2 Sojourns in the land of Nod
1.3 Children and descendants of
CAINAN #939
CALAH #940
CALAMUS #941
2 An ingredient of the holy ointment
3 Commerce in
CALCOL #942
CALDRON #943
1 In the tabernacle
2 In the temple
3 FIGURATIVE
CALEB #944
1 One of the two survivors of the Israelites permitted to enter the land of promise
Nu 14:30,38; 26:63-65; 32:11-13; De 1:34-36; Jos 14:6-15
3 Brings favorable report
5 Life of, miraculously saved
6 Leader of the Israelites after Joshua's death
7 Age of
8 Inheritance of
9 Descendants of
CALEB-EPHRATAH #945
CALF #946
1 Offered in sacrifice
Ex 32; De 9:16; Ne 9:18; Ps 106:19; Ac 7:41
3 Images of, set up in Beth-el and Dan by Jeroboam
5 Prophecies against the golden calves at Beth-el
1Ki 13:1-5,32; Jer 48:13; Ho 8:5,6; 10:5,6
6 Altars of, destroyed
7 "Calves of the lips," a metaphor signifying worship
CALKERS (CAULKERS) #947
1 General scriptures concerning
CALL #948
1 PERSONAL
2 TO SPECIAL RELIGIOUS DUTY
2.1 OF ABRAHAM
2.2 MOSES
Ex 3:2,4,10; 4:1-16; Ps 105:26; Ac 7:34,35
2.3 AARON AND HIS SONS
2.4 See above, and
2.5 JOSHUA
Nu 27:18,19,22,23; De 31:14,23; Jos 1:1-9
2.6 GIDEON
2.7 SAMUEL
2.8 SOLOMON
2.9 JEHU
2.10 CYRUS
2.11 AMOS
2.12 APOSTLES
Mt 4:18-22; 9:9; Mr 1:16,17; 2:14; 3:13-19; Lu 5:27; 6:13-15; Joh 15:16
2.13 THE RICH YOUNG MAN
2.14 PAUL
Ac 9:4-6,15,16; 13:2,3; Ro 1:1; 1Co 1:1; 2Co 1:1; Ga 1:1; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1; 1Ti 1:1; 2Ti 1:1
2.15 ALL WHO ARE CALLED OF GOD
Ro 8:30; 1Co 1:2,9,24; 1Th 2:11,12; 2Th 2:13,14; 2Ti 1:9; Heb 3:1,2,7,8; 1Pe 5:10; 2Pe 1:3,10; Jude 1:1; Re 17:14
2.17 See BACKSLIDERS
CALNEH #949
1 Also called CANNEH and CALNO , a city of Assyria
Ge 10:10; Isa 10:9; Eze 27:23; Am 6:2
CALVARY #950
1 Also called GOLGOTHA , place where Jesus was crucified
Mt 27:33; Mr 15:22; Lu 23:33; Joh 19:17
CAMEL #951
1 Herds of
Ge 12:16; 24:35; 30:43; 1Sa 30:17; 1Ch 27:30; Job 1:3,17; Isa 60:6
2 Docility of
3 Uses of
3.1 For riding
3.2 Posts
3.3 Drawing chariots
3.4 For carrying burdens
Ge 24:10; 37:25; 1Ki 10:2; 2Ki 8:9; 1Ch 12:40; Isa 30:6
3.5 For cavalry
3.6 For milk
4 Forbidden as food
5 Hair of, made into cloth
6 Ornaments of
7 Stables for
CAMON #952
CAMP #953
1 Of the Israelites around the tabernacle
Nu 2; 3
CAMPHIRE #954
1 (Henna, R. V.))
1.1 A shrub bearing fragrant flowers (not related to camphor)
CANA #955
1 Marriage at
2 Nobleman's son healed at
3 Nathanael's home at
CANAAN #956
1.1 Descendants of
2 Land of
2.1 Called THE SANCTUARY
2.3 Called THE LAND OF ISRAEL
2.4 Called THE LAND OF THE HEBREWS
2.5 Called THE LAND OF THE JEWS
2.6 Called THE LAND OF PROMISE
2.7 Called THE HOLY LAND
2.8 Called THE LORD'S LAND
2.9 Called IMMANUEL'S LAND
2.11 Promised to Abraham and his seed
Ge 12:1-7; 13:14-17; 15:18-21; 17:8; De 12:9,10; Ps 105:11
2.13 Extent of
2.13.1 According to the promise
Ge 15:18; Ex 23:31; De 11:24; Jos 1:4; 15:1
2.13.2 After the conquest by Joshua
2.14 Prophecy concerning, after the restoration of Israel
2.15 Fertility of
2.16 Fruitfulness of
Nu 13:27; 14:7,8; Jer 2:7; 32:22
2.17 Products of
2.17.1 Fruits
2.17.2 Mineral
2.18 Exports of
2.19 Famines in
Ge 12:10; 26:1; 47:13; Ru 1:1; 2Sa 21:1; 1Ki 17
2.21 Spies sent into, by Moses
2.22 Conquest of, by the Israelites
Nu 21:21; 35; De 3:3-6; Jos 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; Ps 44:1-3
2.23 Divided by lot among the twelve tribes, and families
2.24 By Joshua, Eleazar and a prince from each tribe
Nu 34:16-29; 35:1-8; Jos 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19
2.25 Divided into twelve provinces by Solomon
2.26 Into two kingdoms, Judah and Israel
2.27 Roman provinces of
CANAANITES #957
1 Eleven nations, descended from Canaan
Ge 10:15-19; De 7:1; 1Ch 1:13-16
2 Territory of
Ge 10:19; 12:6; 15:18; Ex 23:31; Nu 13:29; 34:2-12; Jos 1:4; 5:1
3 Given to the Israelites
Ge 12:6,7; 15:18; 17:8; Ex 23:23; De 7:1-3; 32:49; Ps 135:11,12
4 Wickedness of
Ge 13:13; Le 18:25,27,28; 20:23
5 To be expelled from the land
6 To be destroyed
7 Not expelled
Jos 17:12-18; Jud 1:1-33; 3:1-3
8 Defeat the Israelites
9 Defeated by the Israelites
Nu 21:1-3; Jos 11:1-16; Jud 4:4-24
11 Chariots of
12 Isaac forbidden by Abraham to take a wife from
13 Judah marries a woman of
14 The exile Jews take wives from
15 Prophecy concerning
CANDACE #958
CANDIDATE #959
1 Refuses to make promises
2 Electioneering by, instance of, Absalom
CANDLE #960
1 (Revised version and most commentators substitute "lamp" for "candle" throughout the Scriptures)
CANDLESTICK #961
1 OF THE TABERNACLE
1.1 Made after divine pattern
1.2 Place of
1.3 Furniture of
1.4 Burned every night
1.5 Trimmed every morning
1.6 Carried by Kohathites
1.7 Called THE LAMP OF GOD
2 OF THE TEMPLE
2.1 Ten branches of
2.2 Of gold
2.3 Taken with other spoils to Babylon
3 SYMBOLICAL
Zec 4:2,11; Re 1:12,13,20; 2:5; 11:4
CANE #962
CANKER #963
1 FIGURATIVE
CANKERWORM #964
1 Sent as a judgment
CANNEH #965
CANNIBALISM #966
1 General scriptures concerning
Le 26:29; De 28:53-57; 2Ki 6:28,29; Jer 19:9; La 2:20; 4:10; Eze 5:10
CAPERNAUM #967
1 (A city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee)
2 Jesus chose, as the place of his abode
3 Miracles of Jesus performed at
Mt 9:1-26; 17:24; 27; Mr 1:21-45; 2; 3:1-6; Lu 7:1-10; Joh 4:46-53; 6:17-25,59
4 His prophecy against
CAPHTOR #968
1 A country, now unknown
CAPHTORIM #969
Ge 10:14; 1Ch 1:12; De 2:23; Jer 47:4; Am 9:7
CAPITAL AND LABOR #970
1 Strife between
Mt 21:33-41; Mr 12:1-9; Lu 20:9-16
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT #971
1 See PUNISHMENT
CAPPADOCIA #972
1 The easternmost province of Asia Minor
CAPTAIN #973
1 Commander-in-chief of an army
De 20:9; Jud 4:2; 1Sa 14:50; 1Ki 2:35; 16:16; 1Ch 27:34
2 Of the tribes
3 Of thousands
4 Of hundreds
6 Of fifties
7 Of the guard
8 Of the ward
9 Signifying any commander, as
10 Leader
1Ch 11:21; 12:34; 2Ch 17:14-19; Joh 18:12
11 David's captains, or chief heroes
12 King appoints
14 Christ called
CAPTIVE #974
1 Prisoner of war
2 Cruelty to
2.1 Putting to death
Nu 31:9-20; De 20:13; 21:10; Jos 8:29; 10:15-40; 11:11; Jud 7:25; 8:21; 21:11; 1Sa 15:32,33; 2Sa 8:2; 2Ki 8:12; Jer 39:6
2.2 Twenty thousand, by Amaziah
2.3 Ripping women with child
2.4 Tortured under saws and harrows
2.5 Blinded
2.6 Maimed
2.7 Ravished
2.8 Enslaved
De 20:14; 2Ki 5:2; Ps 44:12; Joe 3:6
2.9 Robbed
2.10 Confined in pits
3 Other indignities to
4 Kindness to
5 Advanced to positions in state
CAPTIVITY #975
1 Of the Israelites foretold
2 Of the ten tribes
3 Of Judah in Babylon, prophecy of
Isa 39:6; Jer 13:19; 20:4; 25:2-11; 32:28
4 Fulfilled
2Ki 24:11-16; 25; 2Ch 36; Jer 52:28-30
5 Jews return from
6 Israelites in, promises to
7 As a judgment
Ezr 5:12; 9:7; Isa 5:13; Jer 29:17-19; La 1:3-5; Eze 39:23,24
8 FIGURATIVE
Isa 61:1; Ro 7:23; 1Co 9:27; 2Co 10:5; 2Ti 2:26; 3:6
8.1 "Captivity led captive,"
CARBUNCLE #976
1 A precious stone
2 One of the precious stones set in breastplate
CARCAS #977
1 A Persian chamberlain
CARCHEMISH #978
1 A Babylonian city on the Euphrates, against which the king of Egypt made war
CARE #979
1 WORLDLY
Ps 39:6; 127:2; Ec 4:8; Mt 6:25-34; 13:22; Mr 4:19; Lu 8:14; 12:27; 14:18-20; 21:34; 1Co 7:32,33; Php 4:6; 2Ti 2:4
1.1 See CARNAL MINDEDNESS
1.3 See WORLDLINESS
2 REMEDY FOR
Ps 37:5; 55:22; Pr 16:3; Jer 17:7,8; Mt 6:26-34; Lu 12:22-32; Php 4:6,7; Heb 13:5; 1Pe 5:6,7
3 INSTANCES OF
3.1 Martha
3.2 Certain persons who desired to follow Jesus
CAREAH #980
CARMEL #981
1 A fertile and picturesque mountain in Palestine
So 7:5; Isa 33:9; 35:2; Jer 46:18; 50:19; Am 1:2
1.1 Forests of
1.2 Caves of
1.3 An idolatrous high place upon; Elijah builds an altar upon, and confounds the worshipers of Baal, putting to death four hundred and fifty of its prophets
1.4 Elisha's abode in
2.1 Saul erects a memorial at
2.2 Nabal's possessions at
2.3 King Uzziah, who delighted in agriculture, had vineyards at
CARMI #982
2.2 And CALEB
CARNAL MINDEDNESS #983
1 General scriptures concerning
5 See WORLDLINESS
CARPENTRY #984
2 Tabernacle, and furniture of
3 See TABERNACLE
4 David's palace
5 Temple
7 Making idols
8 Carpenters
9 Joseph
10 Jesus
12 See MASTER WORKMAN
CARPET #985
1 General scriptures concerning
CARPUS #986
CARSHENA #987
1 A Persian prince
CART #988
1 General scriptures concerning
1Sa 6:7-14; 2Sa 6:3; Isa 28:27,28
CARVING #989
1 Woodwork of the temple was decorated with carvings of flowers, cherubim, and palm trees
2 Beds decorated with
3 Idols manufactured by
De 7:5; Isa 44:9-17; 45:20; Hab 2:18,19
4 Persons skilled in
5 Bezaleel
6 Hiram
CASIPHIA #990
1 A place in the Persian empire
CASLUHIM #991
1 A people whose progenitor was a son of Mizraim
CASSIA #992
1 An aromatic plant, probably cinnamon
CASTING #993
CASTLE #994
1 A tower
Ge 25:16; Nu 31:10; 1Ch 11:5,7; 2Ch 17:12; 27:4; Ac 21:34,37; 23:10,16,32
2 Bars of
3 For the doctrine, "The house is my castle," see
CASTOR AND POLLUX #995
1 Name of a ship
CATERPILLAR #996
1 Sent as a judgment
1Ki 8:37; Ps 78:46; 105:34; Jer 51:27; Joe 1:4; 2:25
CATHOLICITY #997
1 (Liberality of religious sentiment)
2 INCULCATED
Mr 9:38-41; Lu 9:49,50; Ac 10:1-48; 11:17,18; 15:1-31; Ro 1:1-7,14-16; 3:20-31; 4:1-25; 5:1,2; Ga 3:27,28; Eph 2:14-17; Col 3:11-15
3 INSTANCES OF
3.1 Solomon, in his prayer
3.2 Paul, in recognizing devout heathen
3.3 Peter
3.4 Rulers of the synagogue at Antioch, permitting the Apostles to preach
CATTLE #998
1 (Of the bovine species)
2 Used for sacrifice
5 Sheltered
6 Stall-fed
7 Gilead adapted to the raising of
8 Bashan suitable to the raising of
CAUL #999
1 Probably the upper lobe of the liver
1.1 Burnt with sacrifice
Ex 29:13,22; Le 3:4,10,15; 4:9; 7:4; 8:16,25; 9:10,19
2 Netted caps
CAUSE #1000
1 See ACTIONS AT LAW
CAUTION #1001
1 See EXPEDIENCY
CAVALRY #1002
1 Mounted
1.1 On horses
Ex 14:23; 1Sa 13:5; 2Sa 8:4; 1Ki 4:26; 2Ch 8:6; 9:25; 12:3; Isa 30:16; 31:1; Jer 4:29; Zec 10:5; Re 9:16-18
1.2 On camels
CAVE #1003
1 (Used as a dwelling)
1.2 Elijah
1.3 Israelites
1.4 Saints
2 Place of refuge
Jos 10:16-27; Jud 6:2; 1Sa 13:6; 1Ki 18:4,13; 19:9,13
3 Burial place
Ge 23:9-20; 25:9; 49:29-32; 50:13; Joh 11:38
1Sa 22:1; 2Sa 23:13; 1Ch 11:15
5 En-gedi