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7.
(
!
, 5455), “to utter a loud sound or cry,” whether of animals, e.g.,
Matt. 26:34; or persons, Luke 8:8; 16:24; this is the word which Luke uses to describe the
“cry” of the Lord at the close of His sufferings on the cross, Luke 23:46 (see under
and
, above); also, e.g., Acts 16:28; Rev. 14:18. See
CALL
, A, No. 8,
CROW
.
8.
(
#
!
, 2019), No. 7, with , “upon,” or “against,” signifies “to
shout,” either against, Luke 23:21; Acts 21:34 (in the best mss., No. 1); 22:24, or in
acclamation, Acts 12:22. See
SHOUT
.¶
Note:
For
, Mark 15:37, See
UTTER
.
Comparing the various verbs,
, denotes “to call out for any purpose,”
, “to
cry out as an expression of feeling,”
, to cry out loudly.”
suggests
intelligence,
, sensibilities,
, instincts.
CRYSTAL
A. Noun.
$
(
$"
, 2930), from
$
, “ice,” and hence properly anything
congealed and transparent, denotes “crystal,” a kind of precious stone, Rev. 4:6; 22:1.
Rock crystal is pure quartz; it crystallizes in hexagonal prisms, each with a pyramidical
apex.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
$
&
, 2929), “to be of crystalline brightness and transparency, to
shine like crystal,” is found in Rev. 21:11, where it is said of Christ as the “Light-giver”
(
) of the heavenly city (not
, “light,”
RV
and
KJV
). Possibly there the verb has
a transitive force, “to transform into crystal splendor,” as of the effect of Christ upon His
saints.¶
CUBIT
$
(
, 4083) denotes the forearm, i.e., the part between the hand and the
elbowjoint; hence, “a measure of length,” not from the wrist to the elbow, but from the
tip of the middle finger to the elbow joint, i.e., about a foot and a half, or a little less than
two feet, Matt. 6:27; Luke 12:25; John 21:8; Rev. 21:17.¶
CUMBER
1.
(
$ !
, 2673), lit., “to reduce to idleness or inactivity” (
,
“down,” and
, “idle”), is once rendered “cumber,” Luke 13:7. See
ABOLISH
.
2.
(
$ 1
, 4049), lit., “to draw around” ( ), “draw away, distract,” is
used in the passive voice in the sense of being overoccupied about a thing, to be
“cumbered,” Luke 10:40.¶
CUMMIN
$
(
"
, 2951) is an umbelliferous plant with aromatic seeds, used as a
condiment, Matt. 23:23.
For the
KJV
CUNNING
see
CRAFTINESS
. For CUNNINGLY see
DEVISED