Vine's Expository Dictionary

Cross, Crucify denotes, primarily, "an upright pale or stake." On such malefactors were nailed for execution. Both the noun and the verb stauroo, "to fasten to …

Crow (Crew) * For the verb CROW (CREW) see CALL, A, No. 8

Crowd "a confused throng," is usually translated "multitude." The RV translates it "crowd" (AV, "press" in some) in Mat 9:23, Mat 9:25, Mar 2:4, Mar 3:9, Mar 5:…

Crown (Noun and Verb) primarily, "that which surrounds, as a wall or crowd" (from stepho, "to encircle"), denotes (a) "the victor's crown," the symbol of triump…

Crucify * For CRUCIFY see CROSS

Crumb "a small morsel," a diminutive of psix, "a bit, or crumb;" of bread or meat, it is used in Mat 15:27, Mar 7:28; some mss. have it in Luk 16:21.

Cruse was a vessel for holding ointment or perfume; it derived its name from the alabaster stone, of which it was usually made. "Cruse," RV, is a more suitable …

Crush a strengthened form of thlibo, "to throng" (apo, intensive), is used in Luk 8:45, RV, "crush," for AV, "press," of the multitude who were pressing around …

Cry (Noun and Verb), Crying an onomatopoeic word, is used in Mat 25:6, Luk 1:42 (some mss. have phone); Act 23:9, RV, "clamor;" Eph 4:31, "clamor;" Heb 5:7, Rev…

Cry (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6817Original Word: sa‘aqUsage Notes: "to cry, cry out, call." Found in both biblical and modern Hebrew, this word has …

Crystal from kruos, "ice," and hence properly anything congealed and transparent, denotes "crystal," a kind of precious stone, Rev 4:6, Rev 22:1. Rock crystal i…

Cubit Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H520Original Word: ’ammâUsage Notes: "cubit." This word has cognates in Akkadian, Ugaritic, and Aramaic. It appears about …

Cumber lit., "to reduce to idleness or inactivity" (kata, "down," and argos, "idle"), is once rendered "cumber," Luk 13:7. See ABOLISH. lit., "to draw around" (…

Cummin is an umbelliferous plant with aromatic seeds, used as a condiment, Mat 23:23.

Cunning (AV) * For the AV CUNNING see CRAFTINESS. For CUNNINGLY see DEVISED

Cup a diminutive of poter, denotes, primarily, a "drinking vessel;" hence, "a cup" (a) literal, as, e.g., in Mat 10:42. The "cup" of blessing, 1Co 10:16, is so …

Cure (Noun and Verb) "a healing, a cure" (akin to iaomai, "to heal," and iatros, "a physician"), is used in the plural in Luk 13:32; in Act 4:22, "healing;" in …

Curious * Note: For the adjective periergos, "busy about trifles," see BUSYBODY: it is used of magic arts in Act 19:19 (lit., "things that are around work," and…

Curse (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7043Original Word: qalalUsage Notes: "to be trifling, light, swift; to curse." This wide-ranging…

Curse, Cursing (Noun and Verb), Cursed, Accursed in its most usual meaning, "a malediction, cursing" (its other meaning is "a prayer"), is used in Rom 3:14 (oft…

Cushion * For CUSHION see PILLOW

Custom (toll) "an end, termination," whether of time or purpose, denotes, in its secondary significance, "what is paid for public ends, a toll, tax, custom," Ma…

Custom (usage), Accustom (Verb) denotes (a) "a custom, usage, prescribed by law," Act 6:14, Act 15:1, Act 25:16; "a rite or ceremony," Luk 2:42; (b) a "custom, …

Cut denotes "to cut by a blow," e.g., branches, Mat 21:8, Mar 11:8. See BEWAIL, LAMENT, MOURN, WAIL. "to cut off, or cut away" (apo, "from," and No. 1), is used…

Cymbal "a cymbal," was so called from its shape (akin to kumbos, "a hollow basin," kumbe, "a cup"), and was made of bronze, two being struck together, 1Co 13:1.