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.
Coelesyria
Places & Geography - Inter-testament
Coelesyria, or Coele-Syria, was the valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges. Its exact extent varied according to the usage of different ancient writers.
Coffer
Objects & Symbols - Old Testament
The coffer was a small box placed beside the ark by the Philistines. It held their golden mice and other objects sent as a trespass offering when the ark was returned (1 Samuel 6:8–15).
Coffin
Objects & Symbols - Old Testament
The coffin mentioned in Genesis 50:26 was a chest used for Joseph’s body, likely a mummy-chest. The same word can also mean a chest or box.
COGITATION
Other - Old Testament
Cogitation means thought, reflection, or inward consideration. In Daniel 7:28 it describes the troubled thoughts of Daniel after his vision.
Cogitations
Christian Life - Old Testament
Cogitations means earnest thoughts or meditations. The term describes Daniel’s troubled reflections after receiving his vision (Daniel 7:28).
COHORT
Government & Society - New Testament
A cohort was a Roman military division, ordinarily about one-tenth of a legion, or roughly 600 soldiers. In the New Testament the term could also refer more generally to a smaller military detachment.
Coin
Measures & Money - Both
Before the Exile, Israelites commonly used weighed pieces of silver and other precious metals rather than regularly stamped coins. The shekel served as a standard of weight and value.
COINS
Measures & Money - Both
Coins were used in the biblical world especially from the Persian period onward. Jewish coinage developed under the Maccabees, while Persian, Greek, Roman, Herodian, and other coins circulated in Palestine during later biblical and inter-testamental periods.
COL-HOZEH
People & Groups - Old Testament
Col-hozeh was a man whose son Shallum helped rebuild the Fountain Gate of Jerusalem during Nehemiah’s time. Another person with the same name is mentioned among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
COLD
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Cold refers to low temperature, especially the chill experienced in Palestine’s mountains and winter nights. Scripture also uses it figuratively for cooling love and for spiritual indifference, as in being neither cold nor hot.
Colhozeh
People & Groups - Old Testament
Colhozeh was a man of Judah associated with the period of Nehemiah. He is mentioned in connection with Jerusalem’s repair and resettlement (Nehemiah 3:15; 11:5).
Collar
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Collar may refer to the neck opening or band of a garment. In other passages, the word refers to pendants or ornaments, and possibly to shackles.
Collection
Christian Life - New Testament
A collection was an organized contribution gathered by Paul among Gentile churches for poor believers in Jerusalem. It expressed practical fellowship and support among Christians (1 Corinthians 16:1–3; Romans 15:25–26).
College
Places & Geography - Old Testament
“College” in 2 Kings 22:14 and 2 Chronicles 34:22 probably refers to Jerusalem’s second quarter or lower city, not an institution of learning.
College, The
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The “college” mentioned in 2 Kings 22:14 was probably a district of Jerusalem called the second quarter or lower city, rather than a school.
COLLOP
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
A collop is a thick slice or fold of flesh, especially fat gathered around the body. The term occurs in Job’s description of the prosperous wicked man.
Colony
Government & Society - New Testament
A Roman colony was a settlement organized under Roman law, often populated by citizens or veterans. Philippi was such a colony, with privileges of municipal self-government (Acts 16:12).
Colors
Objects & Symbols - Both
Biblical colors include white, black, red, purple, blue, and scarlet. They describe natural objects and dyed materials, and may symbolize purity, mourning, bloodshed, royalty, or victory.
Colossae
Places & Geography - New Testament
Colossae was a city of Phrygia in the Lycus valley near Laodicea and Hierapolis. A Christian church existed there in the apostolic period and was associated with Epaphras and Philemon.
Colosse
Places & Geography - New Testament
Colosse, more properly Colossae, was a city in Phrygia on the Lycus River. Paul addressed a Christian church there, although he may not have personally visited the city.
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