Vine's Expository Dictionary

Changer (Money-changer) from kollubos (lit., "clipped"), "a small coin or rate of change" (koloboo signifies "to cut off, to clip, shorten," Mat 24:22), denotes…

Charge (Nouns, Adjective and Verbs), Chargeable "a cause, accusation," is rendered "charges" in Act 25:27 (AV, "crimes"); cp. Act 25:18. See ACCUSATION, CAUSE. …

Charger primarily "a board or plank," came to denote various articles of wood; hence, "a wooden trencher, charger," Mat 14:8, Mat 14:11, Mar 6:25, Mar 6:28, Luk…

Chariot akin to ararisko, "to join," denotes "a war chariot with two wheels," Act 1:8-29, Act 8:38, Rev 9:9. "a wagon with four wheels," was chiefly used for tr…

Chariotry Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H7393Original Word: rekebUsage Notes: "chariotry; chariot units; chariot horse; chariot; train; up…

Charity * For CHARITY see LOVE

Chaste signifies (a) "pure from every fault, immaculate," 2Co 7:11 (AV, "clear"); Phi 4:8, 1Ti 5:22, Jam 3:17, 1Jo 3:3 (in all which the RV rendering is "pure")…

Chasten, Chastening, Chastise, Chastisement primarily denotes "to train children," suggesting the broad idea of education (pais, "a child"), Act 7:22, Act 22:3;…

Cheek primarily denotes "the jaw, the jaw-bone;" hence "cheek," Mat 5:39, Luk 6:29.

Cheer, Cheerful, Cheerfully, Cheerfulness signifies, in the Active Voice, "to put in good spirits, to make cheerful" (eu, "well," thumos, "mind or passion"); or…

Cherish primarily means "to heat, to soften by heat;" then, "to keep warm," as of birds covering their young with their feathers, Deu 22:6, Sept.; metaphoricall…

Cherubim are regarded by some as the ideal representatives of redeemed animate creation. In the Tabernacle and Temple they were represented by the two golden fi…

Chicken * For CHICKEN see BROOD

Chief, Chiefest, Chiefly denotes "the first," whether in time or place. It is translated "chief" in Mar 6:21, RV, of men of Galilee; in Act 13:50, of men in a c…

Child, Children, Childbearing, Childish, Childless "a child" (akin to tikto, "to beget, bear"), is used in both the natural and the figurative senses. In contra…

Choice, Choose, Chosen "to pick out, select," means, in the Middle Voice, "to choose for oneself," not necessarily implying the rejection of what is not chosen,…

Choke is used, in the Passive Voice, of "perishing by drowning," Mar 5:13; in the Active, "to seize a person's throat, to throttle," Mat 18:28. See THROAT. a st…

Choose (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H977Original Word: baharUsage Notes: "to choose." This verb is found 170 times throughout the Ol…

Christ "anointed," translates, in the Sept., the word "Messiah," a term applied to the priests who were anointed with the holy oil, particularly the high priest…

Christian "Christian," a word formed after the Roman style, signifying an adherent of Jesus, was first applied to such by the Gentiles and is found in Act 11:26…

Christs (false) denotes "one who falsely lays claim to the name and office of the Messiah," Mat 24:24, Mar 13:22. See Note under ANTICHRIST.

Chrysolite lit., "a gold stone" (chrusos, "gold," lithos, "a stone"), is the name of a precious stone of a gold color, now called "a topaz," Rev 21:20 (see also…

Chrysoprasus from (chrusos, "gold," and prasos, "a leek"), is a precious stone like a leek in color, a translucent, golden green. Pliny reckons it among the ber…

Church * For CHURCH see ASSEMBLY and CONGREGATION

Cinnamon is derived from an Arabic word signifying "to emit a smell;" the substance was an ingredient in the holy oil for anointing, Exo 30:23. See also Pro 7:1…

Circuit "to go about" (peri, "about," erchomai, "to go"), is said of "navigating a ship under difficulty owing to contrary winds," Act 28:13, RV, "we made a cir…

Circumcise (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4135Original Word: mûlUsage Notes: "to circumcise, cut off." This verb occurs more than 30 times in the Old Tes…

Circumcision, Uncircumcision, Circumcise lit., "a cutting round, circumcision" (the verb is peritemno), was a rite enjoined by God upon Abraham and his male des…

Circumspectly * For CIRCUMSPECTLY see ACCURATELY

Citizen, Citizenship "a member of a city or state, or the inhabitant of a country or district," Luk 15:15, is used elsewhere in Luk 19:14, Act 21:39, and, in th…

City Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5892Original Word: ‘îrUsage Notes: "city; town; village; quarter [of a city]." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, P…

Clamor an onomatopoeic word, imitating the raven's cry, akin to krazo and kraugazo, "to cry," denotes "an outcry," "clamor," Act 23:9, RV; Eph 4:31, where it si…

Clanging an onomatopoeic word, from the battle-cry, alala, is used of "raising the shout of battle," Jos 6:20; hence, "to make a loud cry or shout," e.g., Psa 4…

Clay "clay," especially such as was used by a mason or potter, is used of moist "clay," in Joh 9:6, Joh 9:11, Joh 1:9-15, in connection with Christ's healing th…

Clean (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2891Original Word: taherUsage Notes: "to be clean, pure." The root of this word appears over …

Clean, Cleanness, Cleanse, Cleansing "free from impure admixture, without blemish, spotless," is used (a) physically, e.g., Mat 23:26, Mat 27:59, Joh 13:10 (whe…

Clear, Clearing, Clearly "to shine like crystal, to be of crystalline brightness, or transparency," is found in Rev 21:11, "clear as crystal." The verb may, how…

Cleave (To) 1 Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1234Original Word: baqa‘Usage Notes: "to cleave, split, break open, break through." This word occurs in all the p…

Cleave (To) 2 Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1692Original Word: dabaqUsage Notes: "to cling, cleave, keep close." Used in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to st…

Cleave, Clave "to join fast together, to glue, cement," is primarily said of metals and other materials (from kolla, "glue"). In the NT it is used only in the P…

Clemency "mildness, gentleness, kindness" (what Matthew Arnold has called "sweet reasonableness"), is translated "clemency" in Act 24:4; elsewhere, in 2Co 10:1,…

Clerk * For CLERK see under TOWNCLERK

Climb up "to ascend," is used of climbing up, in Luk 19:4, Joh 10:1. See ARISE.

Cling Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1692Original Word: dabaqUsage Notes: "to cling, cleave, keep close." Used in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to stick to, …

Cloke (garment) * For the various words for garments see CLOTHING.

Cloke (pretense) is "a covering, a means of hiding" (epi, "upon," kalupto, "to cover"); hence, "a pretext, a cloke, for wickedness," 1Pe 2:16. In the Sept. it i…

Close (Adverb) the comparative degree of anchi, "near," is found in Act 27:13 of sailing "close" by a place.

Close (Verb) derived by syncope (i.e., shortening and assimilation of t to m) from katamuo, i.e., kata, "down," and muo, from a root mu--, pronounced by closing…

Closet * For CLOSET see CHAMBER

Cloth denotes "a ragged garment, or a piece of cloth torn off, a rag," hence, a piece of "undressed cloth," Mat 9:16, Mar 2:21. Note: For other words, othonion,…