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$
(
?
, 254) denotes “a chain or bond for binding the body, or any part of it
(the hands or feet).” Some derive the word from , negative, and
$
, “to loose,” i.e., “not
to be loosed”; others from a root connected with a word signifying “to restrain.” It is used
in Mark 5:3-4; Luke 8:29; Acts 12:6-7; 21:33; 28:20; Eph. 6:20; 2 Tim. 1:16; Rev. 20:1.
See
BOND
.¶
Notes:
(1) Some ancient authorities have
, “a cord, rope, band, chain,” in 2 Pet.
2:4, instead of
, “a cavern,”
RV
, “pits.”
(2) In Jude 6 the
RV
renders
by “bonds” (for the
KJV
“chains”). See
BOND
.¶
CHALCEDONY
(
0
, 5472), the name of a gem, including several varieties, one of
which resembles a cornelian, is “supposed to denote a green silicate of copper found in
the mines near Chalcedon” (
-(
*
), Rev. 21:19.¶
CHAMBER (Store-chamber)
1.
(
, 5009) denotes, firstly, “a store-chamber,” then, “any private
room, secret chamber,” Matt. 6:6;
RV
, “inner chamber” (
KJV
, “closet”); 24:26, “inner
(
KJV
, secret) chambers”; Luke 12:3,
RV
, ditto, for
KJV
, “closets”; it is used in Luke 12:24
(“store-chamber”) of birds.¶
2.
$
(
% $H
, 5253), the neuter of
$
, “above,” denotes “an upper
room, upper chamber” (
$
, “above”), Acts 1:13; 9:37, 39; 20:8. See
ROOM
.¶
CHAMBERING
(
&
, 2845), primarily a place in which to lie down, hence, “a bed, especially
the marriage bed,” denotes, in Rom. 13:13, “illicit intercourse.” See
BED
,
CONCEIVE
.
CHAMBERLAIN
$
, lit., “the (one) over the bedchamber” ( , “over,”
, “a
bedchamber”), denotes “a chamberlain,” an officer who had various duties in the houses
of kings and nobles. The importance of the position is indicated by the fact that the
people of Tyre and Sidon sought the favor of Herod Agrippa through the mediation of
Blastus, Acts 12:20.
Note:
In Rom. 16:23,
, “a person who manages the domestic affairs of a
family, in general a manager, a steward,” is translated “chamberlain” in the
KJV
, which
the
RV
corrects to “treasurer.”
CHANCE
1.
$ $
(
$&
, 4795), lit., “a meeting together with, a coincidence of
circumstances, a happening,” is translated “chance” in Luke 10:31. But concurrence of
events is what the word signifies, rather than chance.¶
Note:
Some texts have
$
here (from
$
, “to happen”).
2.
$
(
1
, 5177), lit., “if it may happen” ( , “if,”
$
, “to
happen”), signifies “it may chance,” 1 Cor. 15:37.¶
CHANGE (Noun and Verb)