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Χαλκηδόνιοι
Chalkedonians, Chalcedonians
[Those] from the city of Chalkedon/Chalcedon.
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52
Χαλκολίβανον
Lebanese bronze, incense-bronze
A kind of electrum, more costly than gold. Electrum is a kind of gold combined with glass and stone. The holy table of the Great Church was also made of such a combination.
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54
Χαλκοτύπους
bronze-forged [ones]
[Meaning] the blows resulting from an iron [tool]. "Your body [struck] with violent bronze-blows".
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Χαλκοῦς
copper
[Equivalent to] 7 lepta ['lights, mites']. See under 'talent'.
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62
Χὰμ σκηνώματα
Ham's quarters
[Meaning] Egypt. Since Mesrem was the son of Ham, Egypt [is] "Mesrem." That which today is called "Meser".
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78
Χαμώς
Chamos, Chemosh
He was a god of [the] Tyrians or the Ammonites, just as Astarte [was] a goddess of [the] Sidonians, [sc. both of] whom Solomon served.
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79
Χαναάν
Canaan
A proper name. And out of it [comes] Canaanites. "Moses spent 40 years until his death with the chosen people, and he left behind Joshua the son of Nun as his successor, who took …
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156
Χαίρειν
let him say goodbye to talking rubbish
[Meaning] let him blush at talking nonsense. Also [sc. attested is] "to rejoice", [meaning] to moan, to groan.
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184
Χεθέντος
spread
[Meaning] widened.
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216
Χερουβείμ
cherubeim, cherubim, cherub, cherubs
Applied to singular entities with the diphthong, but to plural things with iota. It is interpreted as "propagated knowledge".
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238
Χεῖρα
hand, handwriting
[Meaning] a manuscript. Hyperides [uses the word in this sense]. David says God's foresight [is] "the hands of God". "I commit my spirit into your hands." Interpretation of a dream: to cleanse the hands …
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239
Χειραγωγία
hand-leading, leading by the hand
Also [sc. attested is the related verb] "I lead by the hand"; [used] with an accusative.
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261
Χειροτονήσαντες
having elected
[Meaning they] having picked out.
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323
Χθές
yesterday
Plato [uses this word] taking off the epsilon at the beginning. The [word] xqe/s [is derived] from to run out [e)kqei=n], which is to pass by. Note that Plato has "I went down" first …
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351
Χλωθάριος
Chlotharius, Chlothar, Clotaire, Lothair, Lothar
A proper name.
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376
Χοϊκός
mud, made of mud
[Meaning] clay/made of clay.
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384
Χολοδαγομόρ
Cholodagomor
Name of a people.
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406
Χοροβατῶ
I dance in the chorus
[Meaning] I step into a chorus.
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409
Χορός
chorus, choir
[Meaning] the body of singers in the churches. In the time of Constantius the son of Constantine the Great and Flavianus the bishop of Antioch, the choirs of the churches were divided into two …
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419
Χοῦς θανάτου
dust of death
[Meaning] the tomb, inasmuch as those being buried are indeed covered by a mound. David [says]: 'and you led me down into the dust of death.'
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421
Χωβάλ
Chobal, Choba
A city.
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436
Χωραζίν
Chorazin
Name of a place. And the prophet [says]: "woe to you, Chorazin!"
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441
Χωρήσατε
make room, give way
[Meaning] accept.
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454
Χρεμέτης
Chremetes
Name of a river.
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Χρεωφειλέτης
debtor
[Meaning] one who owes a debt.
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475
Χρῆμα
thing, work, reality
[Meaning] use. Thucydides [sc. uses the word]. Josephus [writes]: "the sabbath was a day of leisure from all work, highly honored among the Jews." And elsewhere: "the reality of truth risks being quenched." And …
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515
Χρηστός
useful
[Meaning] he who/that which is good. And [one is] good out of love, but not out of necessity. But *xristo/s ["Christ, Messiah"] [is] he who has been anointed with oil. And *xristo/s [is] our …
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Χρῖσις
anointing
[Referring to] the anointing-oil of the royal olive, which the prophets used to bring forward by means of a horn and rub on the kings. "And David was deemed worthy of the anointing because …
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522
Χρῖσμα
anointing-oil
The [anointing-oil] of the kingship. [It is said] that David was anointed into kingship three times. It also signifies the one who has been anointed with olive-oil, and the prophet. But xristh/ria ["unguents"] [are …
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523
Χριστιανοί
Christians
During the rule of Claudius as the Romans' emperor, when Peter the Apostle had selected, with the laying on of hands, Euodius in Antioch, the ones formerly called Nazarenes and Galileans had their name …
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