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Crescens in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kres'-enz (Kreskes, "increasing"): An assistant of Paul, mentioned in 2 Tim 4:10 as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in Vienna in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis....

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Clement in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(mild, merciful), Phm 4:3 a fellow laborer of St. Paul when he was at Philippi. (A.D. 57.) It was generally believed in the ancient Church that this Clement was identical with the bishop of Rome who afterwards became so celebrated....

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Cleopas in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of the two disciples who walked to Emmaus on the day of Christ's resurrection, and unconsciously spoke with Him (Luke 24:18). Identified by some with Alphaeus or Clopas or Cleophas (John 19:25). (See ALPHAEUS.) But Alphaeus or Clopas is an Aramaic name; whereas Cleopas is a Greek name, contracted from Cleopater, as Antipas from Antipater. ...

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Conaniah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kon-a-ni'-a (konanyahu, "Jah has rounded or sustained"; the King James Version Cononiah): (1) A Levite, appointed with his brother Shimei by Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God, to be overseer of the oblations and tithes and the dedicated things (2 Ch 31:12,13). (2) One of the chiefs of the Levites mentioned in connec...

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Cornelius in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a centurion whose history is narrated in Acts 10. He was a "devout man," and like the centurion of Capernaum, believed in the God of Israel. His residence at Caesrea probably brought him into contact with Jews who communicated to him their expectations regarding the Messiah; and thus he was prepared to welcome the message Peter brought him....

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Crescens in Naves Topical Bible

A disciple with Paul at Rome 2Ti 4:10...

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Clement in Easton's Bible Dictionary

mild, a Christian of Philippi, Paul's "fellow-labourer," whose name he mentions as "in the book of life" (Phil. 4:3). It was an opinion of ancient writers that he was the Clement of Rome whose name is well known in church history, and that he was the author of an Epistle to the Corinthians, the only known manuscript of which is appended t...

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Cleophas in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kle'-o-fas....

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Conaniah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(made by Jehovah), one of the chiefs of the Levites in the time of Josiah. 2Ch 35:9 (B.C. 628)....

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Cornelius in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Centurion of the Italian band or cohort at Caesarea (Acts 10); "devout and one that feared God with all his house": he ordered not merely himself but all his family in God's ways. Compare Genesis 18:19; Joshua 24:15. He had made the most of his spiritual opportunities; for coming to the Holy Land a heathen, when he knew of the true God there h...

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