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Caleb in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(capable). 1. According to 1Ch 2:9,18,19,42,50 the son of Hezron the son of Pharez the son of Judah, and the father of Hur, and consequently grandfather of Caleb the spy. (B.C. about 1600.) 2. Son of Jephunneh, one of the twelve spies sent by Moses to Canaan. Nu 13:6 (B.C. 1490.) He and Oshea or Joshua the son of Nun were the only two of the ...

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Canaan in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

From Ham came four main races; Cush (Ethiopia), Mizraim (Egypt), Phut (Nubia), and Canaan (originally before Abraham extending from Hamath in the N. to Gaza in the S.), comprising six chief tribes, the Hittites, Hivites, Amorites, Jebusites, Perizzites, and Girgashites; to which the Canaanites (in the narrow sense) being added make up the myst...

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Carmi in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(vine dresser). 1. The fourth son of Reuben, the progenitor of the family of the Carmites. Ge 46:9; Ex 6:14; Nu 26:6; 1Ch 5:3 2. A man of the tribe of Judah, father of Achan, the "troubler of Israel." Jos 7:1,18; 1Ch 2:7; 4:1...

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Cainan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ka'-nan, ka-i'-nan (Kainan): (1) Greek form of Kenan (Lk 3:37): also the King James Version form in Old Testament (except 1 Ch 1:2). (2) A son of Arphaxad (Lk 3:36), omitted in Gen 10:24; 11:12....

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Calcol in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(sustenance), a man of Judah, son or descendant of Zerah. 1Ch 2:6 Probably identical with CHALCOL....

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Caleb in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a dog. (1.) One of the three sons of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He is also called Chelubai (1 Chr. 2:9). His descendants are enumerated (18-20, 42-49). (2.) A "son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah" (1 Chr. 2:50). Some would read the whole passage thus: "These [i.e., the list in ver. 42-49] were the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the ...

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Canaan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues...

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Carmi in Easton's Bible Dictionary

vine-dresser. (1.) The last named of the four sons of Reuben (Gen. 46:9). (2.) A descendant of Judah (1 Chr. 4:1). He is elsewhere (2:18) called Caleb (q.v.). (3.) The son of Zimri, and the father of Achan (Josh. 7:1), "the troubler of Israel."...

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Boaz in Hitchcock's Bible Names

or Booz...

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Boanerges in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

"Sons of thunder." The Aramaic name given to James and John by Jesus. Hebrew beney regesh; Their fiery zeal appears in (Luke 9:54) their desiring the Lord's permission that they should command fire from heaven (like Elias) to consume the Samaritans who would not receive Him, "because His face was as though He would go to Jerusalem." Also in (M...

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