Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Chamberlain, Charles a Congregational minister, was born at Holliston, Mass., Oct. 4,1813. For a time he was a student in Leicester Academy. In 1836 he graduated from Brown University, and in 1839 from Union Theological Seminary, having spent one year at the Andover Seminary. Meanwhile, in 1837 and 1838, he was tutor in Brown University. … Continue reading “Chamberlain, Charles”

CHAMBERLAIN 2Ki 23:11, An officer who had charge of a king’s lodgings and wardrobe. In eastern courts eunuchs were generally employed in this office, Gen 1:1-22,10,12,15 . This title in 1Ch 16:23 probably denotes the steward or treasurer of the city. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Chamberlain The only person clearly designated as such … Continue reading “Chamberlain”

Chambering (Rom. 13:13), wantonness, impurity. Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Chambering chamber-ing: Illicit intercourse; the rendering in English Versions of the Bible since Tyndale of , kotais (literally beds, Rom 13:13). The Greek usage is paralleled in classic authors and the Septuagint; like the English participle, it denotes repeated or habitual acts. The word is not … Continue reading “Chambering”

Chamber, Roof See CHAMBER. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Chamber (Store-chamber) denotes, firstly, “a store-chamber,” then, “any private room, secret chamber,” Mat 6:6; RV, “inner chamber” (AV, “closet”); Mat 24:26, “inner (AV, secret) chambers;” Luk 12:3, RV, ditto, for AV, “closets;” it is used in Luk 12:24 (“store-chamber”) of birds. the neuter of huperoos, “above,” denotes “an upper room, upper chamber” (huper, “above”), Act … Continue reading “Chamber (Store-chamber)”

Chamber (the translation of various Hebrews words). Oriental houses have in general a court in the center, with cloisters and a gallery, into which the chambers open, the apartments of the women being at the back, and only to be approached by passing through the others. Toward the street is a dead wall, with a … Continue reading “Chamber”

Chama in the mythology of the Burmese, is one of the three classes into which they divide all living things. The Chama are divided into eleven grades, seven happy and four unhappy. In one of the seven happy grades manly lives; in the remaining six, higher beings; the four unhappy are the grades of fallen … Continue reading “Chama”

Cham, Chamites I. CHAM (A.V. Ham). Son of Noe and progenitor of one of the three great races of men whose ethnographical table is given by Genesis 10. Wherever the three sons of Noe are enumerated in the Bible, Cham is placed between Sem and Japhet. We may gather, however, from Genesis 9:24 that this … Continue reading “Cham, Chamites”

Cham One of the sons of Noe, probably the second. He is mentioned in the Old Testament as having been irreverent towards his father when the latter was intoxicated. On this occasion, Noe blessed Sem and Japhet for their filial piety; pronounced a curse upon Chanaan, the son of Cham; and foretold the characteristics of … Continue reading “Cham”

Chalybaeus, Heinrich Moritz a German philosophical writer; was born July 3, 1796, at Pfaffroda, in Saxony. He studied philosophy, theology, and philology at Leipsic, and was, in 1839, called as professor to Kiel, but was deposed on account of his anti-Danish sentiments. He died at Dresden, Sept. 22, 1862, leaving Historische Entwickelung des Speculatives Philosophie … Continue reading “Chalybaeus, Heinrich Moritz”