Crescents

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.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CRESCENTS'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.