78 names
KABALA, see Cabala.
KABZEEL, a City, Josh. xv. 21. Congregation of God; from cabatz, to assemble, and el, God.
KADESH, a City, Numb. xx. 22. Holy, or Holiness.
KADESH-BARNEA, a Wilderness, Deut. i. 2. Holiness of the inconstant Son; from cadesh, bar, a Son, and nuah, who moves about: otherwise, Holiness of the Corn, or of Purity, and bar, or barar, pure, Corn.
KADMIEL, a Man’s Name, Ezr. iii. 9. The Antiquity of God; from cedem, Antiquity, and el, God: or the God of the East, or God is my Rising, or East.
KADMONITES, a People, Gen. xv. 19. Ancients, first Men, Orientals; from cedem.
ἐκέν, KAIN, the Name of a City, Josh. xv. 57. Possession; from the Word canab, whence micnah, Purchase, Enjoyment: otherwise, a Nest; from kinen.
KALENDS, see Calends.
καλλαι, KALLAI, a Man’s Name, Nehem. xii. 20. To be nimble; from calal: otherwise, roasted; from calah: otherwise, my Voice; from col, a Voice, and the Pronoun i, my.
KANNA, a Measure.
Καφαρσαραμά, KAPHARSALAMA, a City, 1 Macc. vii. 31. Field, or City of Peace; from caphar, and shalom, Peace.
Καφενατθά, KAPHELETHA, the Name of a Wall. The Hand of the Gift; from caphaph, the Hand, and nathan, a Gift. This Name is not Hebrew.
KARAITES, see Caraites.
KARKAA, a City, Josh. xv. 3. To cover, or Covering against the Cold; from caram, Covering, and karac, Cold: otherwise, a Beam; and from the Word jakah, to suspend.
Καρνίον, KARNION, 2 Macc. xii. 21. The Horn; from keren: perhaps, the same as Carnaim.
KARTAH, a City, Josh. xxi. 34. City; from the Word kereth: or Occasion, Lecture, Lesson, Meeting; from the Word kara, to call, to read.
KARTAN, a City, Josh. xxi. 32. City, Vocation, &c. see Kartah: otherwise, which causes Cold; from carar, cold.
Κασφών, KASBON, a City, 1 Macc. v. 36. The same as Heshbon.
KASIB, see Chesib.
KEDAR, Son of Ishmael, Gen. xxv. 13. Or a Country, Isai. xvi. 7: Blackness; or Sorrow.
KEDEM, East, Antiquity:
KEDEMAH, or Kedem, Son of Ishmael, Gen. xxv. 15. Jerem. xlix. 28. Oriental; from the Word kedem, the East.
KEDEMOTH, the Name of a Wilderness, and of a City, Deut. ii. 26. Josh. xiii. 18. Antiquity, Old-age; from kiddem: otherwise, Orientals; from kadmim.
KEDESH, a City, Josh. xix. 37. Holiness. There were several Cities of this Name. See Kadesh.
KEDESH-NAPHTALI, a City.
μακελλάθ, KEHELATHAH, the Name of a Place, Numb. xxxiii. 22: Assembly; from the Word kahal, to assemble.
KEILAH, a City, Josh. xv. 44. She that divides or cuts.
κωλίας, KELAIAH, a Man’s Name, Ezr. x. 23. The Voice of the Lord; from col, a Voice, and jah, the Lord: otherwise, Lightness of the Lord; from kalal.
Κέλευσμα, KELEUSMA, the Cry of Sailors, encouraging each other to work; from κελεύω, I command.
κωλίτας, KELITAH, a Man’s Name, Ezr. x. 23, Refuge, or retired; from calat: otherwise, Voice that declines; from col, a Voice, and natah, to incline.
KEMUEL, Son of Nabor and Milcah, Gen. xxii. 21. Otherwise, Son of Shiphtan, Numb. xxxiv. 24. God is risen; from cum, to arise, and el, God: otherwise, God has raised him.
KENATH, a City, firnamed Nobah, Numb. xxxii. 42. Purchase, Possession; from kanah: or Lamentation; from cun.
KENAZ, Son of Elipbaz, Gen. xxxvi. 42. This Nest; from kinan, to make a Nest, and the Pronoun ze, this: otherwise, this Lamentation, this Possession, this Purchase.
KENAZITES, of the Family of Kenaz, Gen. xv. 19. See Kenaz.
KENITES, the Country of the Philistines, 1 Sam. xxvii. 10. Possession, or Purchase, or Lamentation, or Nest; from kanah, or ken, or kun.
KENIZZITES. See Kenazites.
KEPHAH, a Town.
KEREM, Anathema. See Cherem.
χορρί, KERETHI. See Cheretbi. πόλεις, KERIOTH, a City, Josh. xv. 25. The Cities, the Callings. See Kiriath.
κορές, KEROS, the Name of a Family of Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 44. Who is bent, or made low; from karas: otherwise, Buckle, or Hook, Keres; from the same Word, differently read.
KESITAH, a Coin.
KETURAH, Abraham’s second Wife, Gen. xv. 1. He that burns, or makes the Incence to fume; from kathar: otherwise, perfumed, or odoriferous: otherwise, to bind; from the same Word.
KEY.
KEZIA, Job’s Daughter, Job. xlii. 14. Superficies, or Angle; from catsab: otherwise, Cassia, an aromatick Plant, or kind of Perfume, different from what is call’d כדהkidda, or kadda, Exod. xxx. 24.
,קציץKEZIZ, a Valley, Josh. xviii. 21. End, Extremity: otherwise, to cant off; from קץcutz, or קצהkatzah, or קצץcatzatz, to cut off the Extremities.
הארץ- ,כברתKIBERATH-HAARETZ. See the Dictionary. התאוה- ,קברותKIBEROTH-HATAAVAH, the Graves of Lust; Numb. xi. 34.
,קבציםKIBZAIM, a City, Josh. xxi. 22. The Assemblies; from קבץcabatz.
,קדרוןKIDRON, a Brook, 2 Sam. xv. 23. Obscurity, obscure; from the Word קדרkedar.
,קיקיוןKIKAJON, a Shrub. Ivy; Jonah vi. 6.
,קיןκωνία, KIN or KAIN, the Father of the Kenites, Numb. xxiv. 22. Possession, Purchase; from קנהcanah: otherwise, Nest; from קנןkinen: otherwise, Lamentation; from קוןcun.
,קינהKINAH, a City, Josh. xv. 22. From the same Root.
KINGDOM.
KINGS. ,קיניKINITES. See Kenites, Gen. xv. 19.
KINNERETH, or Cinnereth, a Lake. See Tiberias.
,קינותθρῆνοι, KINOTH, Lamentation, 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. The Septuagint translate it θρῆνοι, threnoi. ,כפורKIPPUR, a Feast. See Expiation.
קיר־חרשתor ,קיר־חרשKIR-HARESETH, a City, Isai. xvi. 7. The Vulgate has put the Signification for the Name, Urbs cocti lateris. The Word kir signifies a City, and חרשharesh, or charesh, or keresh, signifies Brick, baked, made, or built.
,קריתπόλις, KIRIATH, the Name of a City, Josh. xviii. 28. City; from the Word קרתkereth: otherwise, Vocation; from קראkara, to call: otherwise, Lesson, Reading, or Meeting; taken from the same Verb, which signifies to read, &c.
,קריתיםκαριαθιαἰμ, KIRIATHAIM, a City of the Moabites, Numb. xxxii. 37. The two Cities, the Callings, &c. See Kiriath. Kiriathaim is of the Dual Number.
,קרית־ארבעπόλις ἀρβόκ, KIRIATH-ARBA, a City, Josh. xv. 13. The City of Four; from Kiriath, and ארבעarbah, four. ,קרית־עריםκαριαθιαρείμ, KIRIATH-ARIM, the Name of a City, Ezr. ii. 24. City of Cities, or of Villages; from Kiriath, and עירhir, a City: otherwise, the City of those that watch; from עור hur, to watch.
,קרית־בעלKIRIATH-BAAL, a City, Josh. xv. 60. The City of Baal, or of those that command, or that possess; from Kiriath, a City, and baal, a Master, or Husband. ,קרית־יעריםπόλις ἰαρίμ, KIRIATH-JEARIM, a City, Josh. xv. 9. The City of Woods, or Forests; from Kiriath, a City, and יערjabar, a Forest.
,קרית־סנהKIRIATH-SANNAH, a City, Josh. xv. 49. The City of the Bush; from סנה senah, a Bush: or, according to the Hebrew and the Syriack, the City of Enmity. ,קרית־ספרπόλις γραμμάτων, KIRIATH- SEPHER, a City, Josh. xv. 15. The City of Letters, or of the Book; from קריתkiriath, a City, and ספרsepher, a Letter, or a Book.
,קישKISH, Son of Abiel, 1 Sam. xi. 1. Hard, difficult; from the Word קשהcashab: otherwise, Straw, or Forage; from קששcashash: otherwise, Cucumber; from קשאcasha.
,קשיוןKISHION, a City, Josh. xix. 20. Hardness; from קשהcashab. See Kish before.
,קישוןKISHON, a Brook; Judith iv. 7. From the same Root as Kish.
KISS.
KITE, a Bird.
,כתלושκαθαλὶν, KITHLISH, the Name of a City, Josh. xv. 40. Wall; from the Word כתל cathal: or, according to the Syriack and the Hebrew, a Troop of Lions: or, according to the Syriack, squeezing to the Lion.
,קטרוןκετρών, KITRON, a City, Judg. i. 30. Vulgate, Cetron, Bonds: otherwise, he that perfumes, that makes to smoke; from קטרcatar, to burn Incense: otherwise, the Song of him that is weary; from קוטcut, to be weary, and רנהranah, a Song.
,כתיםκίτοι, KITTIM, Son of Javan, Gen. x. 4. Otherwise, the Macedonians, Dan. xi. 30. They that bruise; from כתתcathath: otherwise, Gold; from כתםkethem: otherwise, Colouring.
,קהתKOHATH, Son of Levi, Gen. xlvi. 11. Congregation; from קוהkavah: otherwise, Wrinkle, Plait; from קמטcamat: otherwise, to make blunt; from קההcahah: otherwise, Obedience; from יקהjakah, to obey. ,קהלתKOHELETH, Vulg. Ecclesiastes; Eccles. i. 1. Preacher: otherwise, he that assembles.
,קוליהκωλέια, KOLAIAH, a Man’s Name, Nehem. xi. 6. The Voice of the Lord; from קולcol, a Voice, and יהjah, the Lord. Also the Father of Ahab, Jerem. xxix. 21.
,קרחKORAH, Son of Izhar, Exod. vi. 21. Bald, frozen, icy; from קרחcarak, or kerec.
,קוראKORE, Father of Shellum, 1 Chron. ix. 19. He that binds, or calls: or Partridge; from קראcorah, or core.
,קרחיםκορίται, KORITES, or Korishites, 1 Chron. ix. 19. The Children of Kore; from the same Root as קרחcorac before.
KOZEBAH, a City, 1 Chron. iv. 22.
,קושיהוκασαίας, KUSHAIAH, Father of Ethan, 2 Chron. xv. 17. His Hardness, his Importunity; from קשהcashab, and the Pronoun וo, his: otherwise, the Chaining of the Lord; from יקש jakash, Chaining, and the Word יהjah, the Lord.
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