Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cherokee Version Of The Scriptures The Cherokee is vernacular to the Cherokee Indians. The first portion of the Scriptures printed in this language was the Gospel. of Matthew (without date), a second edition of which appeared in 1832, and a third in 1840. All three editions were published at the Arkansas mission press, Park Hill, … Continue reading “Cherokee Version Of The Scriptures”

Cherokee Indians The largest and most important tribe of Iroquoian stock of the southern section of the United States, and formerly holding the whole southern Alleghany mountain region of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, with considerable portions of Alabama, Virginia and Kentucky. They now reside in Oklahoma, with the exception of some 1300 … Continue reading “Cherokee Indians”

Chernebog SEE CZERNEBOG. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cherith, The Brook kerith ( , nahal kerth; , Cheimarrhous Chorrhath): The place where Elijah hid and was miraculously fed, after announcing the drought to Ahab (1Ki 17:3). It is described as being before, that is east, of Jordan. It cannot therefore be identified with Wady el-Kelt, to the West of Jericho. The retreat must … Continue reading “Cherith, The Brook”

Cherith, Brook Of No better modern locality for this :has yet been found than Wady Kelt, a ravine which empties-into the Jordan plain opposite Jericho. It is thus described by Lieutenant Conder (Tent-Work, ii, 21) “Wady Kelt has been thought to be the Brook Cherith, and -the scene seems well fitted for the retreat of … Continue reading “Cherith, Brook Of”

CHERITH A small brook flowing into the Jordan, to which Elijah once withdrew, and where ravens brought him supplies of bread and flesh, 1Ki 17:3-5 . Robinson suggests that it may be the present Wady Kelt, which drains the hills west of Jericho, and flows near that town on its way to the Jordan. This … Continue reading “Cherith”

Cherish cherish (, sakhan; , thalpo): Sakhan, to act the friend, to be useful, is translated cherish (1Ki 1:2, 1Ki 1:4); thalpo, to warm, to make warm, to foster (Eph 5:29), said of the regard the husband should have for his wife, even as his own flesh which he nourisheth and cherisheth, even as Christ … Continue reading “Cherish”

Cheriet, Hubert a French martyr, was a native of Dijon, whom neither the terrors of death nor the entreaties of his parents could persuade to renounce the truth of the Gospel. He was burned at Dijon in 1549. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, iv, 405. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cherethites, The Cher’ethites, The. (executioners). And a royal guardsman of King David. 2Sa 8:18; 2Sa 15:18; 2Sa 20:7; 2Sa 20:23; 1Ki 1:38; 1Ki 1:44; 1Ch 18:17. It is plain that these royal guards were employed as executioners, 2Ki 11:4, and as couriers, 1Ki 14:27. But, it has been conjectured that, they may have been foreign … Continue reading “Cherethites, The”

CHERETHITES OR CHERETHIM 1. A portion of the Philistines, supposed by many to have originated in Crete, 1Sa 30:14 Eze 25:16 Zep 2:5 2. A portion of David’s bodyguard, always mentioned with the Pelethites, 2Sa 8:18 15:18 20:7 1Ch 18:17 . Some suppose that they were foreigners, whom David took into his service while among … Continue reading “CHERETHITES OR CHERETHIM”