Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
Cozbi
People & Groups - Old Testament
Cozbi was a Midianite woman and the daughter of Zur, a chief of the Midianites. She was killed by Phinehas at Shittim during the events associated with Israel’s idolatry and sin.
CRACKNEL
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
A cracknel was probably a small, firm cake or biscuit with holes pricked into it. It was one of the foods Jeroboam’s wife was instructed to take when visiting the prophet Ahijah.
CRAFTS
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
The crafts of Bible times included brickmaking, carpentry, carving, pottery, dyeing, embroidery, glassmaking, grinding, masonry, metalworking, oilmaking, weaving, tanning, tentmaking, and winemaking. These skills served household, commercial, civic, and religious purposes.
CRAG
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A crag is a steep, projecting, or broken rocky cliff. In Scripture, crags could provide notable landmarks or secure resting places for birds and other creatures.
Crane
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
The crane was a migratory bird known for its loud, melancholy cry and its seasonal movements. Scripture mentions it in comparisons concerning human speech and the ordered migration of birds.
CRASHING
Sin & Judgment - Old Testament
Crashing describes a loud breach or destructive tumult. In Zephaniah it pictures the approaching judgment and destruction coming upon Jerusalem’s evildoers.
CRATES
People & Groups - Inter-testament
Crates was a governor associated with the Cyprians who served as a deputy under Sostratus during the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes. He is mentioned in the account of political conflict surrounding the Jerusalem priesthood.
Create
God - Both
To create is to cause something to exist that did not exist before. The term is distinct from making, which may involve reshaping or forming something already present.
Creation
God - Both
Creation is God’s free and purposeful act of bringing all finite things into existence and continually sustaining them. Scripture presents creation as revealing God’s wisdom and glory, and attributes it to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
CREATOR
God - Both
The Creator is God, the source and cause of the universe and everything that exists. Scripture also teaches that all things were created through and for Jesus Christ.
Creature
Other - Both
A creature is any created being or, collectively, the whole creation. In prophetic visions, “living creatures” may refer to symbolic heavenly beings representing divine attributes and operations.
CREATURE, LIVING
Angels & Spiritual Beings - Both
The living creatures are heavenly beings seen in Ezekiel’s visions and in Revelation. They are associated with the cherubim, God’s throne and presence, and continual praise and service before Him.
Creditor
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A creditor is one who lends money or seeks repayment of a debt. Biblical law protected poor debtors by restricting interest and requiring release of debts in the appointed year, though Scripture also records oppressive practices.
CREEPING THING
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A creeping thing is a small creature that crawls, creeps, or swarms upon the earth. The biblical term includes various insects and other small animals, some of which were classified as unclean under Israel’s law.
CREMATION
Death & Afterlife - Both
Cremation was not the ordinary method of disposing of the dead among the Hebrews and other ancient peoples of the East, who generally practiced burial. The Bible contains no clear example of Christian cremation, though the source does not treat cremation itself as inherently anti-Christian.
Crescens
People & Groups - New Testament
Crescens was an assistant of Paul who went to Galatia. Claims that he was one of the Seventy or founded a church in Gaul are later traditions without trustworthy support in the supplied sources.
CRESCENTS
Objects & Symbols - Old Testament
Crescents were moon-shaped ornaments or necklaces worn in ancient times. They are mentioned among the valuables taken by Gideon and in descriptions of women’s ornaments in Isaiah.
Crete
Places & Geography - New Testament
Crete was a large Mediterranean island visited by Paul and associated with the ministry of Titus. Cretans were present at Pentecost, and Paul left Titus there to appoint elders in the churches.
Cretes
People & Groups - New Testament
Cretes means Cretans, the inhabitants of the island of Crete. They were among the peoples present in Jerusalem at Pentecost.
CRIB
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
A crib was a barred container or feeding trough for animals, used in barns, folds, or fields. Scripture uses the term for the feeding place of cattle and even the wild ox.
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