Bible Names A-G

Cosam in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ko'-sam (Kosam): An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy in the 5th generation before Zerubbabel (Lk 3:28)....

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Crescens in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Paul's companion at Rome who had gone to Galatia when Paul wrote 2 Timothy 4:10. In Galatia he preached the gospel, according to the Apostolic Constitutions....

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Cleopas in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kle'-o-pas (Kleopas, "renowned father"): One of the two disciples whom Jesus met on the way to Emmaus (Lk 24:18). The name is a contraction of Cleopatros, not identical with Clopas of Jn 19:25...

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Cleophas in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(in the spelling of this word _h_ is inserted by mistake from Latin MSS.), rather Cleopas, which is the Greek form of the word, while Clopas is the Aramaic form. In John 19:25 the Authorized Version reads, "Mary, the wife of Clopas." The word "wife" is conjecturally inserted here. If "wife" is rightly inserted, then Mary was the mother of ...

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Cosam in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a diviner), son of Elmodam, in the line of Joseph the husband of Mary. Lu 3:28...

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Cleopas in Naves Topical Bible

A disciple to whom Jesus appeared after his resurrection Lu 24:18...

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Cornelius in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kor-ne'-li-us (Kornelios, "of a horn"): The story of Cornelius is given in Acts 10:1 through 11:18. 1. His Family and Station: The name is Roman and belonged to distinguished families in the imperial city, such as the Scipios and Sulla. Thus he was probably an Italian of Roman blood. Julian the Apostate reckons him as one of the few persons of ...

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