Bible Dictionary: Crescents

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CRESCENTS

kres'-ents (saharonim): Moon-shaped necklaces (Judges 8:21, 26 Isaiah 3:18).f Paul, mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:10 as having gone to Galatia. That he was one of the Seventy, and that he founded the church in Vienna in Gaul, are traditions without any trustworthy basis.

Library

On Dress.
... and the Lord will expose their form in that day; and the Lord will take away the
glory of their raiment, the curls and the fringes, and the crescents, and the ...
/.../orr/food for the lambs or helps for young christians/on dress.htm

Gideon's Brave Band
... said, "Get up yourself and fall upon us; for a man has a man's strength!" So Gideon
rose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on ...
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The Coming of the Pharaoh
... There were nineteen barges approaching in the form of two crescents like a parenthesis,
the horns up and down the Nile, and in the center of the inclosed space ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xiii the coming of.htm

Thesaurus

Crescents (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CRESCENTS. kres'-ents (saharonim ... basis.
Multi-Version Concordance Crescents (3 Occurrences). Judges 8 ...
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Tires (3 Occurrences)
... In Isaiah 3:18 the word saharonim is rendered "round tires like the moon," and in
Judges 8:21, 26 "ornaments," but in both cases "crescents" in the Revised ...
/t/tires.htm - 8k

Crescent (2 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. 12. (vt) To
adorn with crescents. Multi-Version Concordance Crescent (2 Occurrences). ...
/c/crescent.htm - 8k

Round (664 Occurrences)
... TIRES, ROUND. tirz: Small ornaments in the shape of crescents (Isaiah 3:18 King
James Version, Revised Version "crescents"). ... I, 3; CRESCENTS. ...
/r/round.htm - 40k

Necks (28 Occurrences)
... and Zalmunna said, "Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength."
Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were ...
/n/necks.htm - 15k

Camels (52 Occurrences)
... and Zalmunna said, "Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength."
Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were ...
/c/camels.htm - 24k

Crest (2 Occurrences)

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Necklace (9 Occurrences)
... nek'-las (rabhidh, "chain"): A neck-chain ornament, worn either separately (Ezekiel
16:11), or with pendants (Isaiah 3:19), such as crescents (Isaiah 3:18) or ...
/n/necklace.htm - 10k

Neco (9 Occurrences)
... 22; 2 Chronicles 36:4))., "chain"): A neck-chain ornament, worn either separately
(Ezekiel 16:11), or with pendants (Isaiah 3:19), such as crescents (Isaiah 3 ...
/n/neco.htm - 11k

Worn (29 Occurrences)
... Judges 8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand
seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescents and the pendants and ...
/w/worn.htm - 14k

Bible Concordance

Crescents (3 Occurrences)

Judges 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength." Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Judges 8:26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Isaiah 3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents;
(ASV DBY JPS RSV)

Subtopics

Crescents

Related Terms

Tires (3 Occurrences)

Crescent (2 Occurrences)

Round (664 Occurrences)

Necks (28 Occurrences)

Camels (52 Occurrences)

Crest (2 Occurrences)

Necklace (9 Occurrences)

Neco (9 Occurrences)