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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Consecration
[Priest]
Convocation
This term (with one exception)— (Isaiah 1:13) is applied invariably to meetings of a religious
character, in contradistinction to congregation.
Cooking
As meet did not form an article of ordinary diet among the Jews, the art of cooking was not
carried to any perfection. Few animals were slaughtered except for purposes of hospitality or
festivity. The proceedings on such occasions appear to have been as follows:—On the arrival of a
guest, the animal, either a kid, lamb or calf, was killed, (Genesis 18:7; Luke 15:23) its throat being
cut so that the blood might be poured out, (Leviticus 7:26) it was then flayed, and was ready for
either roasting or boiling. In the former case the animal was preserved entire, (Exodus 12:46) and
roasted either over a fire, (Exodus 12:8) of wood, (Isaiah 44:16) or perhaps in an oven, consisting
simply of a hole dug in the earth, well heated, and covered up. Boiling, however, was the more
usual method of cooking.
Coos
(Acts 21:1) [Cos, Or Coos]
Copper
Heb. nechosheth, in the Authorized Version always rendered “brass,” except in (Ezra 8:27) and
Jere 15:12 It was almost exclusively used by the ancients for common purposes, and for every kind
of instrument, as chains, pillars, lavers and the other temple vessels. We read also of copper mirrors,
(Exodus 38:8) and even of copper arms, as helmets, spears, etc. (1 Samuel 17:5,6,38; 2 Samuel
21:16)
Coral
(Ezekiel 27:16) A production of the sea, formed by minute animals called zoophytes. It is their
shell or house. It takes various forms, as of trees, shrubs, hemispheres. The principal colors are red
and white. It was used for beads and ornaments. With regard to the estimation in which coral was
held by the Jews and other Orientals, it must be remembered that coral varies in price with us. Pliny
says that the Indians valued coral as the Romans valued pearls. (Job 28:18)
Corban
an offering to God of any sort, bloody or bloodless, but particularly in fulfillment of a vow.
The law laid down rules for vows, (1) affirmative; (2) negative. (Leviticus 27:1; Numbers 30:1) ...
Upon these rules the traditionists enlarged, and laid down that a man might interdict himself by
vow, not only from using for himself, bur from giving to another or receiving from him, some
particular object, whether of food or any other kind whatsoever. The thing thus interdicted was
considered as corban . A person might thus exempt himself from any inconvenient obligation under
plea of corban. It was practices of this sort that our Lord reprehended, (Matthew 15:5; Mark 7:11)
as annulling the spirit of the law.
Cord
The materials of which cord was made varied according to the strength required; the strongest
rope was probably made of strips of camel hide, as still used by the Bedouins. The finer sorts were
made of flax, (Isaiah 19:9) and probably of reeds and rushes. In the New Testament the term is
applied to the whip which our Saviour made, (John 2:15) and to the ropes of a ship. (Acts 27:32)
Core
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William Smith