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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_101938" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_101938" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp. in the West Indies and Brazil. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) L. pl. of Colon. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) Same as [[Cola]] nut, below. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33266" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33266" /> == | ||
<p> (Χωλά, v. r. Κωλά and Κειλά ), a place named only in the [[Apocrypha]] ( Judith 15:4) in connection with [[Chobai]] (q.v.), as one of the cities to which [[Ozias]] sent orders to expel the enemies of the [[Jews]] after the death of Holofernes. Simonis (Onom. | <p> ( '''''Χωλά''''' , v. r. '''''Κωλά''''' and '''''Κειλά''''' ), a place named only in the [[Apocrypha]] ( Judith 15:4) in connection with [[Chobai]] (q.v.), as one of the cities to which [[Ozias]] sent orders to expel the enemies of the [[Jews]] after the death of Holofernes. Simonis (Onom. N.T. p. 170) suggests Abel-mecholah. Reland, however (Paloest. p. 729), thinks it may be the CULON (See [[Culon]]) (q.v.) inserted by the Sept. among the cities of Judah ( Joshua 15:60). </p> | ||
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