Bible Names A-G

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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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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Cosam in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Luke 3:28. frontGENEALOGIES.)...

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Crispus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kris'-pus (Krispos, "curled"): One of the small number baptized by Paul among the Corinthian Christians (1 Cor 1:14). He had been ruler of the Jewish synagogue, but he "believed in the Lord with all his house"; and, following Paul, withdrew from the synagogue (Acts 18:7,8). He seems to have been succeeded by Sosthenes (Acts 18:17). According t...

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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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Chesed in Easton's Bible Dictionary

gain, the son of Nahor (Gen. 22:22)....

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Chiliab in Hitchcock's Bible Names

totality; or the perfection of the father...

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Chimham in Naves Topical Bible

A Gileadite 2Sa 19:37,38,40; Jer 41:17...

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Chushan-rishathaim in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Cush of double wickedness, or governor of two presidencies, the king of Mesopotamia who oppressed Israel in the generation immediately following Joshua (Judg. 3:8). We learn from the Tell-el-Amarna tablets that Israel had been invaded by the forces of Aram-naharaim (A.V., "Mesopotamia") more than once, long before the Exodus, and that at ...

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