Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Chief chef: The English word is in the King James Version of Old Testament the translation of some 17 different Hebrew words, most frequently of ro’sh, head, sar, prince, and re’shth, beginning. The principal changes made by the Revised Version (British and American) are: (1) Hebrew beth’abh, house of a father, being recognized as a … Continue reading “Chief”

Chidr in the mythology of the Orient was, according to Arabian sagas, the commander-in-chief of an ancient Persian sovereign, Kheikhobad, and a prophet who, having drank from, the spring of life, now lives until the judgment-day. Alexander the Great sought. this, spring of eternal youth, which was said to lie in Caucasus, but without success. … Continue reading “Chidr”

Chidon, The Threshing-Floor of kdon, ( , goren kdhon; Septuagint B, omits; A has , Cheilo): The place where Uzza perished because he touched the ark (1Ch 13:9). In 2Sa 6:6 it is called the threshing-floor of Nachon. No name resembling either of these has been discovered. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Chidon (Hebrews Kidon, a dart; Sept. , but some omit), the name which in 1Ch 13:9 is given to the threshing-floor at which the accident to the ark, on its transport from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem, took place, and the death of Uzzah; on this account it was afterwards known as PEREZ-UZZAH. In the parallel account … Continue reading “Chidon”

Chiding Cain chides God Gen 4:13-14 Pharaoh chides Abraham, for calling his wife his sister Gen 12:18-19 Abimelech chides Abraham for a like offense Gen 20:9-10 Abimelech chides Isaac for similar conduct Gen 26:9-10 Isaac and Laban chide each other Gen 31:26-42 Jacob chides Simeon and Levi for slaying Hamor and Shechem Gen 34:30 Reuben … Continue reading “Chiding”

Chidester, David a Methodist Episcopal minister, was. born about 1806. He was converted in his youth, and in 1838 entered the Black River Conference; but after laboring seventeen years, failing health obliged him to become a superannuate. Seven years later he again entered the effective ranks, but was only able to endure four years, and … Continue reading “Chidester, David”

Chide chd: Only in the Old Testament, translating Hebrew , rbh, a word which is more frequently rendered strive. Since in Gen 31:36; Jdg 8:1; Psa 103:9, the strife is one of words, it means in these passages, scold, or sharply censure, and is applied either to mutinous protests and reproaches of inferiors to a … Continue reading “Chide”

Chidakohi-Altahn (the golden one, the wealthy) in Mongolian, mythology, is the name of Buddha among those tribes who accept his teaching. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Chicoutimi, Quebec, diocese of Comprises the counties of Chicoutimi, Charlevoix, and Lac Saint Jean, and part of Saguenay west of River Portneuf in the Province of Quebec. Founded on 28 May 1878 . Suffragan of the archdiocese of Quebec . Catholic-Hierarch.Org diocese of Chicoutimi New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Chicoutimi Diocese created, 28 May, 1878, a part of the civil and ecclesiastical Province of Quebec, which embraces the counties of Charlevoix, Chicoutimi, and Lac St.-Jean, and is situated in the north-eastern section of the Province of Quebec, north of the St. Lawrence River. Charlevoix county was settled by the French in the seventeenth and … Continue reading “Chicoutimi”