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Chenaniah in Naves Topical Bible

1. A Levite 1Ch 15:22,27 -2. An Izharite 1Ch 26:29...

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Castor and Pollux in Naves Topical Bible

Name of a ship Ac 28:11...

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Charran in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kar'-an (Charrhan): Greek form of HARAN (which see) (Acts 7:2,4)....

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Chedorlaomer in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(= Khudur-Lagamar of the inscriptions), king of Elam. Many centuries before the age of Abraham, Canaan and even the Sinaitic peninsula had been conquered by Babylonian kings, and in the time of Abraham himself Babylonia was ruled by a dynasty which claimed sovereignity over Syria and Israel. The kings of the dynasty bore names which were n...

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Chenaanah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ke-na'-a-na (kena`anah, feminine form of "Canaan," though others explain it as "toward Canaan"): The name of two men: (1) The fourth-named of the seven sons of Bilham, son of Jediael, of the tribe of Benjamin, a leading warrior in the time of David (1 Ch 7:10). (2) Father of the false prophet Zedekiah, who encouraged Ahab against Micaiah (1 Ki ...

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Chenaniah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(established by the Lord), chief of the Levites when David carried the ark to Jerusalem. 1Ch 15:22; 26:29...

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Cain in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a possession; a spear. (1.) The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4). He became a tiller of the ground, as his brother Abel followed the pursuits of pastoral life. He was "a sullen, self-willed, haughty, vindictive man; wanting the religious element in his character, and defiant even in his attitude towards God." It came to pass "in pr...

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Cainan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

possessor; purchaser...

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Canaan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(Ca'nan) (low, flat). 1. The fourth son of Ham, Ge 10:6; 1Ch 1:8 the progenitor of the Phoenicians [ZIDON], and of the various nations who before the Israelite conquest people the seacoast of Israel, and generally the while of the country westward of the Jordan. Ge 10:13; 1Ch 1:13 (B.C. 2347.) 2. The name "Canaan" is sometimes employed for t...

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Caleb in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ka'-leb (kalebh; in the light of the cognate Syriac and Arabic words, the meaning is not "dog," which is kelebh, in Hebrew, but "raging with canine madness"; Chaleb): As a person, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, occurs in the story of the spies (Nu 13 ff). He represents the tribe of Judah as its prince (Nu 13:6; compare 13:2). While the majority ...

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