Our Daily Devotional

MAIL Sending letters with fast means is of great antiquity. Job said, “My days have been lighter than a courier” (Jb. 9:25). When Hezekiah proclaimed a Passover for all Israel, he sent letters of invitation

CHOIR (Director of) The Hebrew indication “la-menasseah”, which appears in about fifty Psalms (the 4th, for example) and in Hab. 3:19, is generally translated with the expression “director of the choir”, or also with “the

CHOIR Measurement of aggregates equivalent to the “homer”, around 370 liters (1 Kings 4:22; 2 Chron. 2:10; Ezra 7:22; Ez. 45:14). It is also occasionally mentioned as a measure of liquids (1 Kings 5:11, for

CORNELIUS A devout centurion of Caesarea (Acts 10). He was “God-fearing,” that is, he was a proselyte of Judaism, zealous and charitable. However, he was not saved because of his good works (Acts 11:14). God

CARNELIAN OR CORNERINA Variety of chalcedony that the Greeks called sardium. Precious stone (Rev. 4:3) constituting the sixth foundation of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:20). The ancients called two types of stones sardiones, which they

CORINTH City on the canal that divides the isthmus of the same name, on the divide between the Peloponnese and Hellas. It was the capital of the province of Achaia. Paul visited the city founded

CORINTHIANS (1st Epistle) Paul’s 1st Epistle to the Corinthians was written during the apostle’s prolonged stay in Ephesus (Eph. 16:8, 9, 19; Acts 19), probably in the year 54 or 55 AD. (some say 57).

KORAH (a) Son of Esau (Gen. 36:5). (b) Grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:16). (c) Levite who led a rebellion against Moses (Num. 16). (d) Descendant of Caleb (1 Chron. 2:43). (e) Hezekiah’s official (2 Chr.

LAMB The lamb is a symbol of humble submission, and when selected for sacrifice it had to be without blemish: a very fitting type of the Lord Jesus, the Lamb of God. He, the Humble

CORBAN Greek transliteration of the Hebrew “gorban”, “an offering”, meaning anything consecrated or offered to God. The Jews allowed, and perhaps encouraged, children to consecrate their property to God, and then refuse to help their