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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(thorn), a man among the descendants of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:8)
Cozbi
(deceitful), daughter of Zur, a chief of the Midianites. (Numbers 25:15,18)
Crane
The crane (Grus cinerea) is a native of Europe and Asia. It stand about four feet high. Its color
is ashen gray, with face and neck nearly black. It feeds on seeds, roots, insects and small quadrupeds.
It retires in winter to the warmer climates. (Jeremiah 8:7)
Create
To create is to cause something to exist which did not exist before, as distinguished from make,
to re-form something already in existence.
Creation
(The creation of all things is ascribed in the Bible to God, and is the only reasonable account
of the origin of the world. The method of creation is not stated in Genesis, and as far as the account
there is concerned, each part of it may be, after the first acts of creation, by evolution, or by direct
act of God’s will. The word create (bara) is used but three times in the first chapter of Genesis—
(1) as to the origin of matter; (2) as to the origin of life; (3) as to the origin of man’s soul; and
science has always failed to do any of these acts thus ascribed to God. All other things are said to
be made . The order of creation as given in Genesis is in close harmony with the order as revealed
by geology, and the account there given, so long before the records of the rocks were read or the
truth discoverable by man, is one of the strongest proofs that the Bible was inspired by God.—Ed.)
Creditor
[Loan]
Crescens
(growing), (2 Timothy 4:10) an assistant of St. Paul, said to have been one of the seventy
disciples.
Crete
the modern Candia. This large island, which closes int he Greek Archipelago on the south,
extends through a distance of 140 miles between its extreme points. Though exceedingly bold and
mountainous, this island has very fruitful valleys, and in early times it was celebrated for its hundred
cities. It seems likely that a very early acquaintances existed between the Cretans and the Jews.
Cretans, (Acts 2:11) were among those who were at Jerusalem at the great Pentecost. In [Acts
27:7-12 We have an account of Paul’s shipwreck near this island; and it is evident from (Titus 1:5)
that the apostle himself was here at no long interval of time before he wrote the letter. The Cretans
were proverbial liars. (Titus 1:12)
Cretes
(Acts 2:11) Cretans, inhabitants of Crete.
Crisping Pins
(Isaiah 3:22) The original word means some kind of female ornament, probably a reticule or
richly ornamented purse, often made of silk inwrought with gold or silver.
Crispus
(curled), ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, (Acts 18:8) baptized with his family by St.
Paul. (1 Corinthians 1:14) (A.D. 50.)
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