Vine's Expository Dictionary

Controversy (without) "confessedly, by common consent," akin to homologeo, "to confess" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), is rendered in 1Ti 3:16 "without cont…

Convenient, Conveniently lit., "well-timed" (eu, "well," kairos, "a time, season"), hence signifies "timely, opportune, convenient;" it is said of a certain day…

Conversation * This word is not used in the RV, as it does not now express the meaning of the words so translated in the AV. These are as follows: see BEHAVIOR,…

Convert, Conversion "to turn," is translated "be converted" in Mat 18:3, AV. See TURN. "to turn about, turn towards" (epi, "towards" and No. 1), is used transit…

Convey primarily, "to bend to one side, to turn aside;" then "to take onself away, withdraw," is found in Joh 5:13, of Christ's "conveying" Himself away from on…

Convict (including the AV, Convince) signifies (a) "to convict, confute, refute," usually with the suggestion of putting the convicted person to shame; see Mat …

Cool Luk 16:24, denotes "to cool off, make cool" (kata, "down," psucho, "to cool"). In the Sept., Gen 18:4.

Copper Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5178Original Word: nehoshetUsage Notes: "copper; bronze; bronze chains." Cognates of this word appear in Phoenician, Ara…

Coppersmith * For COPPERSMITH see under BRASS

Copy from hupo, "under," deiknumi, "to show," properly denotes "what is shown below or privately;" it is translated "example," Heb 8:5, AV (RV, "copy"). It sign…

Corban signifies (a) "an offering," and was a Hebrew term for any sacrifice, whether by the shedding of blood or otherwise; (b) "a gift offered to God," Mar 7:1…

Cord Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2256Original Word: hebelUsage Notes: "cord; rope; tackle; measuring line; measurement; allotment; portion; region." Cognat…

Corn, Cornfield "wheat, corn;" in the plural, "grain," is translated "corn" in Mar 4:28; "wheat," Mat 3:12, Mat 13:25, Mat 1:13-30, Luk 3:17, Luk 12:18 (some ms…

Corner, Cornerstone "an angle" (Eng., "coign"), signifies (a) "an external angle," as of the "corner" of a street, Mat 6:5; or of a building, Mat 21:42, Mar 12:…

Corpse see BODY, No. 3.

Correct, Correction, Corrector, Correcting signifies "a reform, amendment, correction," lit., "a making straight" (dia, "through," orthoo, "to make straight"). …

Corrupt, Verb and Adjective. Corruption, Corruptible, Incorruption, Incorruptible primarily signifies "to be a retailer, to peddle, to hucksterize" (from kapelo…

Cost, Costliness, Costly "expense, cost" (from dapto, "to tear;" from a root dap, meaning "to divide"), is found in Luk 14:28, in the Lord's illustration of cou…

Couch "a small bed," a diminutive form of kline, "a bed" (from klino, "to incline, recline"), is used in Luk 5:19, Luk 5:24 of the "bed" (kline, in Luk 5:18) on…

Could "to have," is rendered "could" in Mar 14:8, "she hath done what she could," lit., "she hath done what she had." See HAVE. "to have strength," is translate…

Council, Councillor "a uniting in counsel" (sun, "together," boule, "counsel, advice"), denotes (a) "counsel" which is given, taken and acted upon, e.g., Mat 12…

Counsel see under ADVICE. "a councillor with," occurs in Rom 11:34. "to take counsel, to resolve," is used in the Middle Voice in the NT, "took counsel" in Act …

Counsel (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3289Original Word: ya‘asUsage Notes: "to advise, counsel consult." Used throughout the history…

Count Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5608Original Word: saparUsage Notes: "to number, count, proclaim, declare." The relationship of this …

Countenance only Rev 1:16 has "countenance." See APPEARANCE. is translated "countenance" in Luk 9:29, Act 2:28, and in the AV of 2Co 3:7 (RV, "face"). See APPEA…

Country denotes "a field, especially a cultivated field;" hence, "the country" in contrast to the town (Eng., "agrarian, agriculture"), e.g., Mar 5:14, Mar 6:36…

Countrymen properly denotes "an offspring;" then, "a family;" then, "a race, nation;" otherwise, "a kind or species;" it is translated "countrymen," in 2Co 11:2…

Coupled * Note: The word "coupled" is inserted in italics in 1Pe 3:2, the more adequately to express the original, which is, lit., "your chaste behavior in fear…

Courage akin to tharseo, "to be of good cheer," is found in Act 28:15. is translated by some form of the verb "to be of good courage," in the RV in five of the …

Course "an age" (see AGE), is sometimes wrongly spoken of as a "dispensation," which does not mean a period of time, but a mode of dealing. It is translated "co…

Court Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2691Original Word: haserUsage Notes: "court; enclosure." This word is related to a common Semitic verb that has two meani…

Courteous, Courteously "lowly-minded," is used in 1Pe 3:8, "be courteous," AV (RV, "humble-minded"). lit., "friendly," or, more fully, "with friendly thoughtful…

Cousin in Col 4:10 denotes a "cousin" rather than a nephew (AV, "sister's son"). "Cousin" is its meaning in various periods of Greek writers. In this sense it i…

Covenant Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1285Original Word: berîtUsage Notes: "covenant; league; confederacy." This word is most probably derived from an Akkad…

Covenant (Noun and Verb) primarily signifies "a disposition of property by will or otherwise." In its use in the Sept., it is the rendering of a Hebrew word mea…

Covenant-breakers from suntithemi (see above), with the negative prefix a, hence signifies "not covenant-keeping," i.e., refusing to abide by "covenants" made, …

Cover, Covering signifies "to cover," Mat 8:24, Mat 10:26, Luk 8:16, Luk 23:30, Jam 5:20 (RV); 1Pe 4:8; to veil, in 2Co 4:3 (RV; AV, "hid"). See HIDE. Note: Cp.…

Covet, Covetous, Covetousness "to fix the desire upon" (epi, "upon," used intensively, thumos, "passion"), whether things good or bad; hence, "to long for, lust…

Craft, Craftsman "craft," Rev 18:22; see ART. akin to No. 1, "an artificer, artisan, craftsman," is translated "craftsman" in Act 19:24, Act 19:38 and Rev 18:22…

Craftiness, Crafty lit., "all-working," i.e., doing everything (pan, "all," ergon, "work"), hence, "unscrupulous conduct, craftiness," is always used in a bad s…

Crave * Note: The word "crave," found in the AV of Mar 15:43, translates the verb aiteo, "to ask" (RV, "asked for"). See ASK.

Create (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1254Original Word: bara’Usage Notes: "to create, make." This verb is of profound theological significance, since it…

Create, Creation, Creator, Creature used among the Greeks to mean the founding of a place, a city or colony, signifies, in Scripture, "to create," always of the…

Creditor * For CREDITOR see LEND, LENDER

Creek * For CREEK see BAY

Creep, Creeping, Crept properly, "to envelop in" (en, "in," duno, "to enter"), "to put on," as of a garment, has the secondary and intransitive significance of …

Crime * For CRIME see CHARGE

Cripple * For CRIPPLE see HALT

Crooked "curved, crooked," was especially used (a) of a way, Luk 3:5, with spiritual import (see Pro 28:18, Sept.); it is set in contrast to orthos and euthus, …

Cross (Verb) "to pass over, to cross over" (dia, "through," perao, "to pass:" akin to this are peran, "across," peras, "a boundary," Latin, porta, "a gate," Eng…