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Smith's Bible Dictionary
on the return from his third missionary journey, passed the night here, after sailing from Miletus.
Probably referred to in (Acts 21:1)
Cosam
(a diviner), son of Elmodam, in the line of Joseph the husband of Mary. (Luke 3:28)
Cotton
Cotton is now both grown and manufactured in various parts of Syria and Palestine; but there
is no proof that, till they came in contact with Persia, the Hebrews generally knew of it as a distinct
fabric from linen. [Linen]
Couch
[Bed]
Council
•The
great council of the Sanhedrin, which sat at Jerusalem. [Sanhedrin]
•The lesser courts, (Matthew 10:17; Mark 13:9) of which there were two at Jerusalem and one in
each town of Palestine. The constitution of these courts is a doubtful point. The existence of local
courts, however constituted, is clearly implied in the passages quoted from the New Testament;
and perhaps the “judgment,” (Matthew 5:21) applies to them.
•A kind of jury or privy council, (Acts 25:12) consisting of a certain number of assessors, who
assisted Roman governors in the administration of justice and in other public matters.
Court
(Heb. chatser), an open enclosure surrounded by buildings, applied in the Authorized Version
most commonly to the enclosures of the tabernacle and the temple. (Exodus 27:9; 40:33; Leviticus
6:16; 1 Kings 6:36; 7:8; 2 Kings 23:12; 2 Chronicles 33:5) etc.
Covenant
The Heb. berith means primarily “a cutting,” with reference to the custom of cutting or dividing
animals in two and passing between the parts in ratifying a covenant. (Genesis 15; Jeremiah 34:18,19)
In the New Testament the corresponding word is diathece (diatheke), which is frequently translated
testament in the Authorized Version. In its biblical meaning two parties the word is used—
•Of a covenant between God and man; e.g. God covenanted with Noah, after the flood, that a like
judgment should not be repeated. It is not precisely like a covenant between men, but was a promise
or agreement by God. The principal covenants are the covenant of works—God promising to save
and bless men on condition of perfect obedience—and the covenant of grace, or God’s promise
to save men on condition of their believing in Christ and receiving him as their Master and Saviour.
The first is called the Old Covenant, from which we name the first part of the bible the Old
Testament, the Latin rendering of the word covenant. The second is called the New Covenant, or
New Testament.
•Covenant between man and man, i.e. a solemn compact or agreement, either between tribes or
nations, (Joshua 9:6,15; 1 Samuel 11:1) or between individuals, (Genesis 31:44) by which each
party bound himself to fulfill certain conditions and was assured of receiving certain advantages.
In making such a covenant God was solemnly invoked as witness, (Genesis 31:50) and an oath
was sworn. (Genesis 21:31) A sign or witness of the covenant was sometimes framed, such a gift,
(Genesis 21:30) or a pillar or heap of stones erected. (Genesis 31:52)
Cow
[Bull, Bullock]
Coz
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