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Carmi in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Descendant (as "son" must mean in 1 Chronicles 4:1) of Judah: father of Achan. the "troubler of Israel" (Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:18; 1 Chronicles 2:7); son of Zabdi or Zimri. 2. Reuben's fourth son; forefather of "the Carmites" (Genesis 46:9; Numbers 26:6)....

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Cainan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(possessor) 1. Son of Enos, aged 70 years when he begat Mahalaleel his son. He lived 840 years afterwards, and died aged 910. Ge 6:9-14 2. Son of Arphaxad, and father of Sala, according to Lu 3:36,37 and usually called the second Cainan. The is nowhere named in the Hebrew MSS. It seems certain that his name was introduced into the genealogie...

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Calcol in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A man of Judah, descended from Zerah (1 Chronicles 2:6). Probably identical with Chalcol or Calcol, the same in the Hebrew, one of the four wise men whom Solomon exceeded (1 Kings 4:31). He and Darda or Dara are called "the sons of Mahol," i.e. of the choir; they were the famous musicians, two of whom are named in the titles of Psalm 88 and Ps...

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Caleb in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a dog; a crow; a basket...

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Canaanites in Naves Topical Bible

Eleven nations, descended from Canaan Ge 10:15-19; De 7:1; 1Ch 1:13-16 -Territory of Ge 10:19; 12:6; 15:18; Ex 23:31; Nu 13:29; 34:2-12; Jos 1:4; 5:1 -Given to the Israelites Ge 12:6,7; 15:18; 17:8; Ex 23:23; De 7:1-3; 32:49; Ps 135:11,12 -Wickedness of Ge 13:13; Le 18:25,27,28; 20:23 -To be expelled from the land Ex 33:2; 34:11 -To b...

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Carmi in Hitchcock's Bible Names

my vineyard; lamb of the waters...

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Cainan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

possession; smith. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen. 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2). (2.) The son of Arphaxad (Luke 3:36). He is nowhere named in the Old Testa...

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Calcol in Hitchcock's Bible Names

nourishing...

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Canaan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ka'-nan, ka'-nan-its (kena`an; Chanaan): 1. Geography 2. Meaning of the Name 3. The Results of Recent Excavations 4. History (1) Stone Age (2) Bronze Age (3) A Babylonian Province (4) Jerusalem Founded (5) The Hyksos (6) Egyptian Conquest (7) Tell el-Amarna Tablets 5. The Israelitsh Invasion 6. Culture 7. Art 8. Commerce 9. Art of W...

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Canaanites in Smiths Bible Dictionary

a word used in two senses: 1. A tribe which inhabited a particular locality of the land west of the Jordan before the conquest; and 2. The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country. 1. In Ge 10:18-20 the seats of the Canaanite tribe are given as on the seashore and in the Jordan valley; comp. Jos 11:3 2. Applied as a general ...

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