Cellar (Hastings' Dictionary)

In AV only (1 Ch 27"- =«) for wine or for oil. The Heb. (ijik) is common for any store or storehouse. IIV gives 'c.' for AV 'secret place' in Lk 11^, readin" /cpiJirn; 'a vault,' 'crypt,' for Kptnrrir ' hidden.' The Greek word is used by Jos. BJ V. vii. 4, 'They set the tower on lire, and leapt into the c. beneath.' See Hot;sE. J. Hastings. CENCHREiE.— Ccnchrese or Kenchreae (not, as AV, Cenchrea ; usually spelt Ke7x-> by T., WH Kfcx.), where St. Paul, before sailing for Sj'ria, had his hair shorn in compliance with a vow (Ac 18'"), and where Phoebe was a deaconess (Ko 16'). C. was the seaport of Corinth, on the eastern side of the isthmus (see Corinth). It doubtless had its share in the bustle, luxury, and licence of the mother -city; but, under the inilucnce of St. Paul, it early became the seat of a local church, whose deaconess had the honour of bearing the apostle's letter to the Roman Church. WiLMAM P. Dickson. CENDEB;EUS (KevSt^oros), a general of Anti- ochus VII. Sidetes, who was given the command of the sea, coast, and sent with an army into Palestine in order to enforce the claims of Anti- ochus against Simon Maccabaeus (comp. Atiiexo- BIUS). Cendebseus occupied Jamnia, fortified Kidron, a place not otherwise known, and then began to make raids upon Judsea. Owing to his advanced age Simon did not go out to battle himself, but placed his two sons, Judas and John, in command. The battle took place in a plain not far from Modin ; and the Jews, although obliged to cross a torrent-bed before commencing the attack, gained a complete victory over Cende- bsus, and pursued the Syrians as far as Kidron and the neighbourhood of Asbdod (1 Mao 15*" 16"; cf. Jos. Ant. XIII. vii. 3). H. A. WuiTE.