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CONVENIENT - CORNET

Anger, Brawler, Clamour, Contend, Debate, Dispute, fault” (Mt. 18:15), “reproved” (Lk. 3:19; Jn. 16:8; Ep.
Dissension, Dispute, Flesh, Malice, Strife, Striker, 5:11, 13), and “rebuke” (1 Ti. 5:20; Tit. 1:13; 2:15).
Variance.] The conviction of sin comes chiefly through two
CONVENIENT. (1) Becoming; fitting; proper (Ro. channels: (1) The work of the Holy Spirit (Jn. 16:8). (2)
1:28; Ep. 5:4). (2) Right (Je. 40:4-5). (3) Well-timed The preaching of the Word of God (Tit. 2:15). [See
(Mk. 6:21). (4) To have time (1 Co. 16:12). (5) Without Admonish, Chasten, Conscience, Correction, Counsel,
trouble or difficulty (Mk. 14:11; Ac. 24:25; 1 Co. Exhort, Guidance, Instruct, Light, Rebuke, Reproof.]
16:12). CONVOCATION. A religious festival during which no
CONVERSANT. To dwell or abide with; to associate work was done (Le. 23:1-3, 16-21; 23:24-28). [See
with (Jos. 8:35; 1 Sa. 25:15). Feasts, Offerings.]
CONVERSATION. (1) Manner of life; deportment; COR. [See Weights and Measures.]
behavior (Ps. 37:14; 50:21; Ga. 1:13; Ep. 4:22; 1 Ti. CORAL. A shade of red; used ornamentally, such as
4:12; He. 13:7; Ja. 3:13; 1 Pe. 1:15, 18; 2:12; 3:1-2, 16; beads and necklaces (Job 28:18; Eze. 27:16) (Boyd).
2 Pe. 2:7; 3:11). (2) Citizenship (Ph. 3:20). CORBAN. A gift or offering made to God (Mk.
CONVERSION. [See Convert.] 7:10-11). “The Jews allowed, and perhaps encouraged,
CONVERT. To turn; to change. “In a theological or sons to devote their property to God, and then refuse to
moral sense, a change of heart, or dispositions, in which assist their parents under the plea that their substance
the enmity of the heart to God and his law and the was ‘corban,’ or devoted. The Lord blames the rulers for
obstinacy of the will are subdued, and are succeeded by this as one of their traditions by which they had made
supreme love to God and his moral government, and a the Word of God of none effect” (Concise).
reformation of life. Conversion is used in Scripture in a CORE. The Greek form of Korah (Jude 11). [See
way similar to repentance” (Webster) (Is. 6:10; Ps. Korah.]
51:13; Mt. 1315; 18:3; Lk. 22:32; Ac. 3:19; 28:27; Ja. CORIANDER. A round aromatic seed (Ex. 16:31; Nu.
5:19-20). [See Born Again, Eternal Security, Gospel, 11:7).
Justification, Repentance.] CORMORANT. A large bird that lives upon fish. It
CONVICT. To convince of a crime; to find guilty; to dashes down upon its prey and can follow it in the
be aware of guilt (Jn. 8:9). “The meaning of conviction water or dive after it if it descends (Le. 11:17; De.
as a law term is being found guilty. In common language 14:17) (Concise).
it means being persuaded or convinced. In theology it CORNELIUS. The first Gentile to be saved through
means being condemned at the bar of one’s own the ministry of the Apostles (Ac. 10).
conscience as a sinner in view of the law of God. It is
the antecedent to repentance, and is often accompanied CORNERSTONE. The stone that binds together the
by a painful sense of exposure to God’s wrath. It is the sides of a building. It refers to the Lord Jesus Christ. “In
work of the Holy Spirit, showing the heinousness of sin Is. 28:16, the Lord God lays in Zion ‘for a foundation a
and the soul’s exposure to divine wrath. The means of stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure
conviction are various: Gospel truth, the law read or foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.’ This
heard, reflection, calamity, etc. It often comes suddenly is quoted in 1 Pe. 2:6. In 1 Co. 3:11 we are told ‘other
and may be stifled, as it surely is, if not heeded” (The foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is
People’s Bible Encyclopedia). The Greek word translated Jesus Christ;’ and in Ep. 2:20 we read, ‘Jesus Christ
“convict” in Jn. 8:9 (elegcho) is also translated himself being the chief corner stone.’ Thus the Lord
“reprove” (Jn. 16:8; Ep. 5:11), “rebuke” (1 Ti. 5:20), Jesus Christ is the chief corner stone that binds all
“convince” (Tit. 1:9), and “tell fault” (Mt. 18:15). These together, and is the foundation upon which all rests. In
various usages of the Greek word for convict remind us addition to this, as the stone which the Jewish builders
of the fact that conviction is for the saved as well as for rejected, Christ has become ‘the head stone of the
the unsaved. The child of God needs the continual corner’ (Ps. 118:22; Ze. 4:7; Mt. 21:42; Mk. 12:10; Lk.
reproof of the Word of God and conviction of the Holy 20:17; Ro. 9:33; 1 Pe. 2:7)” (Concise) [See Jesus Christ,
Spirit to keep him walking in the light. [See Convince.] Rock.]
CONVINCE. To make manifest; to convict; to CORNET. There are three Hebrew words translated
persuade or satisfy the mind by evidence; to subdue the “cornet” in the O.T. (1) keren is translated “cornet” in
opposition of the mind to truth (Webster) (Job 32:12; Da. 3:5, 7, 10, 15, and is translated “horns” in Da. 7:7-8,
Jn. 8:46; Ac. 18:28; 1 Co. 14:24; Tit. 1:9; Jude 15). The 11, 20, 21, 24. It refers to a wind instrument, a horn.
G r e e k w o r d m o s t c o m m o n l y t r a n s l a t e d (2) shophar, the common Bible word for “trumpet” is
“convince” (elenko) is also translated “tell him his translated “cornet” in 1 Ch. 15:28; 2 Ch. 15:14 and Ps.
150:3. (3) menana, translated “cornet” in 2 Sa. 6:5,

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