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to be kept holy. Ex. 16:23; 20:8; 23:12; 31:1323And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. (Exodus 16:23)
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. (Exodus 20:8)
12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. (Exodus 23:12)
13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. (Exodus 31:13)
; Ex. 21:1313And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. (Exodus 21:13); Ex. 35:22Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. (Exodus 35:2); Lev. 25:33Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; (Leviticus 25:3); Num. 15:3232And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. (Numbers 15:32); Deut. 5:1212Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. (Deuteronomy 5:12); Neh. 10:31; 13:1531And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. (Nehemiah 10:31)
15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. (Nehemiah 13:15)
; Isa. 57:33But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. (Isaiah 57:3); Isa. 58:1313If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: (Isaiah 58:13); Jer. 17:2121Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; (Jeremiah 17:21); Ezek. 20:1212Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. (Ezekiel 20:12).
Sacrifices, types of Christ. Heb. 9-10.
Sadducees, săd′-dū-c̣eeṡ; A religious party of the Jews, in opposition to the Pharisees. The name is derived either from Zadok (Gk. often Saddouk), a Rabbi who lived about 300 B.C., or from Sadoc, “just,” “righteous,” as a retort against the arrogant title of “pious” adopted by the Pharisees. They were very conservative in theology, and refused to admit any doctrine which could not be traced to Moses. (Hence their address to our Lord: “Master, Moses said  ... ”) Thus they retained the vague ideas of a future life held by the earlier Hebrews, denying the doctrine of resurrection; and in consequence their creed was rationalistic in tone; they held that there was “neither angel nor spirit.” In our Lord’s time the high-priestly aristocracy was largely Sadducæan (Acts 4:1717But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. (Acts 4:17)). Their controversies with Christ, Matt. 16:1; 22:231The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. (Matthew 16:1)
23The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, (Matthew 22:23)
; Mark 12:1818Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, (Mark 12:18); Luke 20:2727Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, (Luke 20:27).
Saffron. Song of Sol. 4:1414Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: (Song of Solomon 4:14). Heb. Karkôm; Gk. κρόκος; Bot. N. Crocus sativus. The saffron crocus, esteemed for its fragrance, and used in the East for coloring and seasoning.
obligations of. 2 Chron. 6:4141Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. (2 Chronicles 6:41); Psa. 30:4; 31:23; 34:9; 132:94Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. (Psalm 30:4)
23O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. (Psalm 31:23)
9O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. (Psalm 34:9)
9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. (Psalm 132:9)
; Rom. 16:2,152That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succorer of many, and of myself also. (Romans 16:2)
15Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. (Romans 16:15)
; 1 Cor. 6; 2 Cor. 8; 9; Eph. 4; Eph. 6:1818Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (Ephesians 6:18); Philem.; Heb. 6:10; 13:2410For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. (Hebrews 6:10)
24Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. (Hebrews 13:24)
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Salathiel, să-lā′-thĭ-ĕl; Greek form of SHEALTIEL. 1 Chron. 3:1717And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, (1 Chronicles 3:17).
Salmon, săl′-mŏn.
(1) “shady.”
Salt sea, (SIDDIM), the same as the Dead Sea. Gen. 14:33All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. (Genesis 14:3); Num. 34:3,123Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: (Numbers 34:3)
12And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. (Numbers 34:12)
; Deut. 3:1717The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward. (Deuteronomy 3:17); Josh. 3:16; 12:3; 15:1-216That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. (Joshua 3:16)
3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah: (Joshua 12:3)
1This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: (Joshua 15:1‑2)
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Salvation. Ex. 14:13; 15:1313And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. (Exodus 14:13)
13Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. (Exodus 15:13)
; 1 Sam. 11:1313And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel. (1 Samuel 11:13); Psa. 3:8; 37:39; 62:1; 68:198Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. (Psalm 3:8)
39But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble. (Psalm 37:39)
1<<To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.>> Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. (Psalm 62:1)
19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. (Psalm 68:19)
; Isa. 33:2; 46:13; 59:12O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. (Isaiah 33:2)
13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. (Isaiah 46:13)
1Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: (Isaiah 59:1)
; Isa. 63:55And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. (Isaiah 63:5); Lam. 3:2626It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. (Lamentations 3:26); Mic. 7:77Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. (Micah 7:7); Hab. 3:1818Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Habakkuk 3:18); Luke 1:6969And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; (Luke 1:69); Phil. 1:19,2819For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, (Philippians 1:19)
28And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. (Philippians 1:28)
; Rev. 7:10; 12:10; 19:110And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. (Revelation 7:10)
10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. (Revelation 12:10)
1And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: (Revelation 19:1)
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Samaria, să-mâ′-rĭ-ă.
Samaritans, să-măr′-ĭ-tănṡ; inhabitants of Samaria. They were by origin a mixed heathen people, derived from the colonists whom the king of Assyria sent to inhabit the land of Samaria alter he had carried the Israelites captive (2 Kings 17:24-4124And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 26Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 28Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord. 29Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32So they feared the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. 34Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 35With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 36But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. 39But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. (2 Kings 17:24‑41)). Having been refused an alliance with the Jews after the Return from Exile, they built a temple on Mt. Gerizim. They accepted the Pentateuch and the books of Joshua and Judges. The Samaritans now number about 150. For the hostility between Jews and Samaritans, comp. John 4:99Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. (John 4:9). St. Luke lays special stress on our Lord’s tolerance to these people (parable of the good Samaritan; incident of the grateful Samaritan leper).
Samson, săm′-so̲n, “like the sun”; Judg. 13-16.
ministers to the Lord. 1 Sam. 3.
[For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.]
Sanhedrin, The; (Gk. σννέδριον, lit., “a sitting together”; in A.V. and R.V. “council”), was the great “Council” of the Jewish Church and people, which, after Alexander’s conquest, if not before, held chief authority “in all causes and over all persons, ecclesiastical and civil.” It was suggested by the old institution of 72 elders (six from each tribe), appointed by MOSES (Ex. 18:1414And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? (Exodus 18:14); Num. 11:1616And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. (Numbers 11:16)). It consisted of an equal number (24) of priests, scribes and elders, all of whom were required to be married, above 30 years of age, well instructed in the Law, and of good report among the people. This constituted the Supreme Court of Judicature and Administrative Council, taking cognizance of false doctrine and teaching, as well as of breaches of the Mosaic Law, and regulating both civil and ecclesiastical observances peculiar to the Jewish nation.
Sansannah, săn-săn′-năh, “palm branch”; Josh. 15:3131And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, (Joshua 15:31).
Sarah, sâr′-ăh.
Satan, sā′-tăn, “adversary.”
Saul, saul, “asked for.”
(1) king of Israel, his parentage, anointing by Samuel, prophesying, and acknowledgment as king. 1 Sam. 9-10. His disobedience, and rejection by God. 1 Sam. 14:3131And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. (1 Samuel 14:31); 1 Sam. 15:3131So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord. (1 Samuel 15:31).
pursues him, 1 Sam. 20; 23-24; 26.
(2) of Tarsus.
See PAUL.
Psa. 80:33Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Psalm 80:3); Prov. 28:1818Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. (Proverbs 28:18); Jer. 17:1414Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. (Jeremiah 17:14); Matt. 10:22; 24:1322And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. (Matthew 10:22)
13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Matthew 24:13)
; Mark 13:13; 16:1613And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Mark 13:13)
16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. (Mark 16:16)
; John 10:99I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (John 10:9); Acts 2:21; 16:3121And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Acts 2:21)
31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31)
; Rom. 5:9; 9:27; 10:9; 11:269Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Romans 5:9)
27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: (Romans 9:27)
9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9)
26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: (Romans 11:26)
: shall be s.
Scarceness; scarcity.
Scoffers, their sin. Psa. 1-2; Psa. 123:44Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. (Psalm 123:4); Prov. 1:22; 3:34; 9:7,12; 13:1; 14:6; 15:12; 19:25,29; 21:24; 24:922How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? (Proverbs 1:22)
34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. (Proverbs 3:34)
7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. (Proverbs 9:7)
12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. (Proverbs 9:12)
1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. (Proverbs 13:1)
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. (Proverbs 14:6)
12A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. (Proverbs 15:12)
25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. (Proverbs 19:25)
29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. (Proverbs 19:29)
24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. (Proverbs 21:24)
9The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. (Proverbs 24:9)
; Isa. 28:14; 29:2014Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. (Isaiah 28:14)
20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: (Isaiah 29:20)
; 2 Peter 3:33Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, (2 Peter 3:3).
Scorpion; Heb. Akrâb; Gk. σκορπίος; Zool. S. numerous. Ten distinct species are found in Palestine, where they swarm in many parts.
Scribes; Gk. γραμματεύς, a term which mean more than “writer,” and implies learning, the Latin litteratus; the Hebrew equivalent is Sōpherim. Their functions were to guard, transcribe and interpret the Scriptures.
Scribes. 2 Sam. 8:17; 20:2517And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; (2 Samuel 8:17)
25And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: (2 Samuel 20:25)
; 1 Kings 4:33Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. (1 Kings 4:3); 2 Kings 19:2; 8:22And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. (2 Kings 19:2)
2And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. (2 Kings 8:2)
; 1 Chron. 27:3232Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: (1 Chronicles 27:32); Ezra 4:8; 7:68Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: (Ezra 4:8)
6This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. (Ezra 7:6)
; Neh. 8:44And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. (Nehemiah 8:4); Jer. 36:2626But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them. (Jeremiah 36:26); Matt. 8:19; 17:1019And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (Matthew 8:19)
10And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? (Matthew 17:10)
; Mark 12:3535And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? (Mark 12:35).
Sea, God’s power over. Ex. 14:66And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: (Exodus 14:6); Ex. 15:66Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. (Exodus 15:6); Neh. 9:1111And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. (Nehemiah 9:11); Job 38:1111And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? (Job 38:11); Psa. 65:7; 66:6; 89:9; 93:4; 107:237Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. (Psalm 65:7)
6He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. (Psalm 66:6)
9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. (Psalm 89:9)
4The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. (Psalm 93:4)
23They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; (Psalm 107:23)
; Psa. 115:1515Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth. (Psalm 115:15); Prov. 8:2929When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: (Proverbs 8:29); Isa. 51:10; 50:210Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? (Isaiah 51:10)
2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. (Isaiah 50:2)
; Nah. 1:44He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. (Nahum 1:4).
Seah; a dry measure = 1/3 of an ephah = 12.96 litres = 1 Peck 3½ quarts.
in heaven, number of, Rev. 7.
(2) a period of time, awhile.
See BULRUSH (4) Sûph.
Seba, sē′-bă, “man” (?)
Sebat, sē′-băt, “rest” (?)
Prov. 27:55Open rebuke is better than secret love. (Proverbs 27:5): open rebuke better than s. love. R.V. hidden.
Seir, sē′-ĭr, “rough.”
Selah, sē′-läh; a musical direction, meaning probably an “interlude.”
Seleucia, sĕ-leu′-c̣ĭ-ă; the port of Antioch; named after Seleucus, a king of Syria. Apostles at, Acts 13:44So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. (Acts 13:4).
Self-denial. Prov. 23:22And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. (Proverbs 23:2); Jer. 35:22Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. (Jeremiah 35:2); Luke 3:11; 14:3311He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. (Luke 3:11)
33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:33)
; Acts 2:45; 20:2445And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. (Acts 2:45)
24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. (Acts 20:24)
; Rom. 6:12; 8:13; 14:20; 15:112Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. (Romans 6:12)
13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. (Romans 8:13)
20For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. (Romans 14:20)
1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. (Romans 15:1)
; Gal. 5:2424And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. (Galatians 5:24); Phil. 2:44Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. (Philippians 2:4); Titus 2:1212Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:12); Heb. 11:2424By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; (Hebrews 11:24); 1 Peter 2:1111Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11).
Separation, of women. Lev. 12.
Seraiah, sĕ-rai′-ăh, “soldier of Jehovah” (?)
(3) (Psa. 58:44Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; (Psalm 58:4)). Heb. Péthen; Gk ἀσπίς; Zool. S. Cobra Ægyptiacs. The asp of the Romans, of the same species as the cobra of India.
(4) (Gen. 49:1717Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. (Genesis 49:17)). Heb. Shĕphîphôn; Gk. ὄφις; Zool. S. Cerastes Hasselquistii. Poisonous adder of sandy deserts, the horned sand-snake, 3 to 6 ft. long.
(5) (Job 20:1616He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. (Job 20:16)). Viper. Heb. Eph’eh; Gk. ἀσπίς; Zool. S. Echis arenicola. A venomous serpent of uncertain species.
(6) (Psa. 140:33They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psalm 140:3)). Heb. Akshûb; Gk. βασιλίσκος; Zool. S. Vipera Euphratica or Vipera ammodytes. The common adder.
(7) (Prov. 23:3232At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Proverbs 23:32); Isa. 11:88And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. (Isaiah 11:8)). Heb. Tzeph’a; Gk. ἀσπίς; Zool. S. Daboia xanthine (?). T.: R.V. “adder” or “basilisk”; A.V. “adder” or “cockatrice.” It may be the large, yellow-streaked serpent, not uncommon in Palestine.
(9) Fiery Flying (Isa. 14:2929Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. (Isaiah 14:29)). Gk. ἀσπίς, ὄφις πετάμενος; Zool. S. Daboia xanthine (?). “Flying” is poetic imagery, perhaps from the swiftness of its stroke.
Deut. 6:13; 10:12,20; 11:13; 13:413Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. (Deuteronomy 6:13)
12And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, (Deuteronomy 10:12)
20Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. (Deuteronomy 10:20)
13And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, (Deuteronomy 11:13)
4Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. (Deuteronomy 13:4)
; Josh. 22:5; 24:145But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. (Joshua 22:5)
14Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. (Joshua 24:14)
; 1 Sam. 7:3; 12:143And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. (1 Samuel 7:3)
14If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God: (1 Samuel 12:14)
: thou shalt fear the Lord and s. him.
Servitor, a servant or attendant.
Set on, to attack.
disciples, Christ’s charge to. Luke 10.
Shaalabbin, shā-ă-lăb′-bĭn, “earths of foxes” (?); Josh. 19:4242And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, (Joshua 19:42).
Shaalbonite, shā-ăl-bō′-nīte, “inhabitant of Shaslbim”; 2 Sam. 23:3232Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, (2 Samuel 23:32).
Shadow. Judg. 9:15,3615And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. (Judges 9:15)
36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. (Judges 9:36)
; 1 Chron. 29:1515For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. (1 Chronicles 29:15); Job 8:99(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) (Job 8:9); Psa. 17:8; 36:7; 63:78Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, (Psalm 17:8)
7How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. (Psalm 36:7)
7Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. (Psalm 63:7)
; Isa. 38:88Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. (Isaiah 38:8); Jonah 4:55So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. (Jonah 4:5).
Shadrach, shā′-drăch; Meshach, and Abed-nego, their faith and suffering and deliverance. Dan. 1; 3.
Shallum, shăl′-lŭm, “retribution.”
(1) King of Judah.
Shammah, shăm′-măh; same as SHAMMA.
(1) Gen. 36.
Shammua, shăm′-mū-ă, “famous.”
Shaphat, shā′-phăt, “judge.”
Sharai, shâr-ā′-ī, “free”; Ezra 10:4040Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, (Ezra 10:40).
Shashai, shā′-shai, “pale”; Ezra 10:4040Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, (Ezra 10:40).
Shaving, the head. Lev. 13:33; 14:833He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: (Leviticus 13:33)
8And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. (Leviticus 14:8)
; Num. 6:9; 8:79And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. (Numbers 6:9)
7And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. (Numbers 8:7)
. See Job 1:2020Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, (Job 1:20); Ezek. 44:2020Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. (Ezekiel 44:20); Acts 21:2424Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. (Acts 21:24); 1 Cor. 11:55But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. (1 Corinthians 11:5) (Lev. 21:55They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. (Leviticus 21:5)).
Sheba, shē′-bă, “an oath” or “seven.”
Shebah, shē′-bäh, “an oath.”
Shebam, shē′-băm, “fragrance.”
Shechem, shē′-chĕm, “back”; “shoulder.”
charge of Joshua at. Josh. 24.
(2) the Hivite. Gen. 34.
Sheep; Heb. Tsôn; Gk. πρόβατα. Shepherding is used as a symbol of God’s pastoral care for man, both in the Old and the New Testament (Psa. 23).
the church compared to. Psa. 74:1; 79:13; 95:7; 100:31<<Maschil of Asaph.>> O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? (Psalm 74:1)
13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations. (Psalm 79:13)
7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, (Psalm 95:7)
3Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. (Psalm 100:3)
; Ezek. 34; Ezek. 36:3838As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 36:38); Mic. 2:1212I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. (Micah 2:12); Matt. 15:24; 25:3224But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Matthew 15:24)
32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: (Matthew 25:32)
; John 10:22But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. (John 10:2); Heb. 13:2020Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, (Hebrews 13:20); 1 Peter 2:2525For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25).
Shehariah, shē-hă-rī′-ăh, “Jehovah seeks”; 1 Chron. 8:2626And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, (1 Chronicles 8:26).
Shekel, shē′-kĕl.
(1) a weight = 224 ½ grs.
See WEIGHTS.
(2) a silver coin = stater = 4 denarii = 65 cts.
See MONEY. See Gen. 23:1515My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. (Genesis 23:15); Ex. 30:1313This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. (Exodus 30:13); Josh. 7:2121When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. (Joshua 7:21); 2 Sam. 14:2626And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. (2 Samuel 14:26); 1 Kings 10:1616And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. (1 Kings 10:16); Neh. 5:1515But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. (Nehemiah 5:15); Jer. 32:99And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. (Jeremiah 32:9); Ezek. 4:1010And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. (Ezekiel 4:10).
Shelah, shē′-läh.
(2) “a shoot” or “sprout” a different name from (1). 1 Chron. 1:1818And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. (1 Chronicles 1:18).
Shelumiel, shĕ-lû′-mĭ-ĕl, “friend of God”; Num. 1:66Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. (Numbers 1:6).
Shema, shē′-mă.
Sheminith, Upon, shĕm′-ĭ-nĭth; Heb. Shĕm-î'nîth. “Upon the octave below,” that is, “for base singers.”
Psa. 6; 12: title.
Shephatiah, shĕph-ă-tī′-ăh, “Jehovah has judged.”
Shephuphan, shĕ-phū′-phăn, “serpent” (?); 1 Chron. 8:55And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. (1 Chronicles 8:5).
Sheth, shĕth.
Sheva, shē′-vă, “vanity.”
Shield; Shields were:
(1) large, translated “buckler” “target” worn by heavy armed soldiers ;
(2) light, translated “shield” “buckler” used by archers. They were made of leather or metal.
Shiggaion, shĭg-gai′-ŏn, “An irregular or Dithyrambic Ode” or, as Ewald, “To dithyrambic measure.”
Psa. 7: title.
Shiloh, shī′-lōh, ““tranquility” ‘rest.”
(1) a sacred place 10 miles north of Bethel, the modern Sellan. Josh. 18:11And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. (Joshua 18:1); Judg. 21:1919Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. (Judges 21:19); 1 Sam. 1:3; 2:14; 3:213And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there. (1 Samuel 1:3)
14And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. (1 Samuel 2:14)
21And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh: for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord. (1 Samuel 3:21)
; Psa. 78:6060So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; (Psalm 78:60); Jer. 7:12; 26:612But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. (Jeremiah 7:12)
6Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. (Jeremiah 26:6)
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(a) a proper name for the Messiah, referring to the peacefulness of his kingdom; or
(b) the town of Shiloh, a type of the rest and peace of the Messiah’s reign.
Shimea, shĭm′-ĕ-ă, “famous.”
Shimeah, shĭm′-ĕ-ăh; same as SHIMEA.
Shimei, shĭm′-ĕ-ī, “my fame.”
Shobek, shō′-bĕk, “forsaker”; Neh. 10:2424Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, (Nehemiah 10:24).
Shoshannim, Upon, shō-shăn′-nĭm, after the popular song, “The Lilies.”
Psa. 45; 69: title.
Shoshannim-Eduth, Upon, shō-shăn′-nĭm̲_ē′-dûth, after the song, “The Lilies of the Testimony.”
Psa. 80: title.
Lam. 3:88Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. (Lamentations 3:8): when I s. he shutteth out my prayer. R.V. call for help.
Shuah, shû′-äh, “depression”; Three different names in Hebrew:
Shuhite, shû′-hīte; a descendant of Shua. Job 8:11Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (Job 8:1).
Shushan-Eduth, Upon, shū′-shăn–ē′-dûth, “After the Lily of the Testimony.” Probably a popular song.
Psa. 60: title.
Sibbechai, sĭb′-bĕ-chai; same as SIBBECAI. 2 Sam. 21.
Sidon, ṡī′-dŏn, “fishing”; R.V. Zidon.
Sight, of God, in. Acts 4:19; 8:21; 10:3119But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. (Acts 4:19)
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. (Acts 8:21)
31And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. (Acts 10:31)
; 2 Cor. 2:17; 4:2; 7:1217For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. (2 Corinthians 2:17)
2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. (2 Corinthians 4:2)
12Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. (2 Corinthians 7:12)
; Gal. 3:1111But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. (Galatians 3:11); 1 Thess. 1:33Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; (1 Thessalonians 1:3); 1 Tim. 2:3; 6:133For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; (1 Timothy 2:3)
13I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; (1 Timothy 6:13)
; 1 Peter 3:44But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. (1 Peter 3:4).
Siloam, sī-lō′-ăm, “sent”; especially of water sent through an aqueduct.
Siloam Inscription; discovered in 1880 by Mr. C. Schick, consists of six lines, dating from the time of Ahaz or Hezekiah. It is a description of the making of the tunnel, recording how the workmen began at both ends and met in the middle.
Silver. Gen. 23:1515My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. (Genesis 23:15). Heb. Késeph; Gk. ἀργύριον. Largely imported into Egypt, and afterwards into Palestine, from Spain and Arabia.
Simeon, sĭm′-ĕ-o̲n; same as SHIMEON.
(1) son of Jacob. Gen. 29:33; 34:7,25; 42:2433And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. (Genesis 29:33)
7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. (Genesis 34:7)
25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. (Genesis 34:25)
24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. (Genesis 42:24)
. His descendants. Gen. 46:1010And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. (Genesis 46:10); Ex. 6:1515And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. (Exodus 6:15); Num. 1:22; 26:1222Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (Numbers 1:22)
12The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: (Numbers 26:12)
; 1 Chron. 4:24; 12:2524The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: (1 Chronicles 4:24)
25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. (1 Chronicles 12:25)
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Simon, sī′-mo̲n; same as SIMEON.
(8) Peter.
See PETER.
Simple; innocent, guileless, or foolish.
Ex. 9:27; 10:1627And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. (Exodus 9:27)
16Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. (Exodus 10:16)
; Num. 22:3434And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. (Numbers 22:34); Josh. 7:2020And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: (Joshua 7:20); 1 Sam. 15:24; 26:2124And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. (1 Samuel 15:24)
21Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. (1 Samuel 26:21)
; 2 Sam. 12:1313And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. (2 Samuel 12:13); Job 7:2020I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? (Job 7:20); Psa. 41:44I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. (Psalm 41:4); Matt. 27:44Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. (Matthew 27:4); Luke 15:1818I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, (Luke 15:18): I have s.
characteristics of. Prov. 14:34; 15:9; 30:1234Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. (Proverbs 14:34)
9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. (Proverbs 15:9)
12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. (Proverbs 30:12)
; Isa. 1:18; 59:318Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18)
3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. (Isaiah 59:3)
; Jer. 44:44Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. (Jeremiah 44:4); Eph. 5:1111And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. (Ephesians 5:11); Heb. 3:13,15; 6:1; 9:1413But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. (Hebrews 3:13)
15While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. (Hebrews 3:15)
1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, (Hebrews 6:1)
14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:14)
; James 1:1515Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (James 1:15).
Sion, ṡī′-o̲n.
Sisera, sĭs′-ĕ-ră.
Slander. Ex. 23:11Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. (Exodus 23:1); Psa. 15:3; 31:13; 34:133He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. (Psalm 15:3)
13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. (Psalm 31:13)
13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. (Psalm 34:13)
(1 Peter 3:1010For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: (1 Peter 3:10)); Psa. 50:20; 64:3; 101:520Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. (Psalm 50:20)
3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: (Psalm 64:3)
5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. (Psalm 101:5)
; Prov. 10:1818He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. (Proverbs 10:18); Jer. 6:28; 9:428They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. (Jeremiah 6:28)
4Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. (Jeremiah 9:4)
; Eph. 4:3131Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: (Ephesians 4:31); 1 Tim. 3:1111Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (1 Timothy 3:11); Titus 3:22To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men. (Titus 3:2).
effects of, and conduct under. Prov. 16:28; 17:9; 18:8; 26:20,2228A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. (Proverbs 16:28)
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. (Proverbs 17:9)
8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (Proverbs 18:8)
20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. (Proverbs 26:20)
22The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (Proverbs 26:22)
; Jer. 38:44Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. (Jeremiah 38:4); Ezek. 22:99In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. (Ezekiel 22:9); Matt. 5:11; 26:5911Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (Matthew 5:11)
59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; (Matthew 26:59)
; Acts 6:11; 17:7; 24:511Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. (Acts 6:11)
7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. (Acts 17:7)
5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: (Acts 24:5)
; 1 Cor. 4:1212And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: (1 Corinthians 4:12).
Slavery; The Mosaic Law made various humane provisions as to the status and treatment of slaves. The N.T. nowhere forbids slavery. But it inculcates principles which must prove fatal to an institution based on a supposed inferiority in individual and social rights. And the modern disappearance of slavery in Christianized societies testifies to the sure working of the N.T. principles. See especially, 1 Cor. 7:21-2421Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 22For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. (1 Corinthians 7:21‑24); Eph. 6:5-95Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. (Ephesians 6:5‑9); Col. 3:22-4:122Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 25But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. 1Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. (Colossians 3:22‑4:1), and the Epistle to Philemon.
Sleep. Gen. 2:21; 15:12; 28:1121And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; (Genesis 2:21)
12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. (Genesis 15:12)
11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. (Genesis 28:11)
; 1 Sam. 26:1212So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them. (1 Samuel 26:12); 1 Kings 18:2727And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. (1 Kings 18:27); Job 4:1313In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, (Job 4:13); Prov. 6:4-11; 19:15; 20:134Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. (Proverbs 6:4‑11)
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Proverbs 19:15)
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. (Proverbs 20:13)
; Acts 12:66And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. (Acts 12:6).
Sleight; artifice, trick, deceitfulness.
Slothfulness. Prov. 12:24,27; 15:19; 18:9; 19:15,24; 21:25; 22:13; 24:30; 26:13-1624The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. (Proverbs 12:24)
27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. (Proverbs 12:27)
19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. (Proverbs 15:19)
9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. (Proverbs 18:9)
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Proverbs 19:15)
24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. (Proverbs 19:24)
25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor. (Proverbs 21:25)
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. (Proverbs 22:13)
30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; (Proverbs 24:30)
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. 14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. (Proverbs 26:13‑16)
; Eccl. 10:1818By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. (Ecclesiastes 10:18); Matt. 25:2626His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: (Matthew 25:26); Rom. 11:88(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. (Romans 11:8).
Snail. (1) (Lev. 11:3030And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:30)). Heb. Ḥômet, “one prostrate on the ground”; Gk. σαύρα; Zool. S. generic. Probably same as R.V. “sand lizard.”
(2) (Psa. 58:88As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. (Psalm 58:8)). Heb. Shablûl, “moist,” “slimy one”; Gk. κηρός; Zool. S. generic. The genuine snail.
Snake. See SERPENT.
Soap. Jer. 2:2222For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God. (Jeremiah 2:22); Mal. 3:22But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: (Malachi 3:2). Heb. Bôrîth; Gk. πόα, “grass,” translated “soap” in the A.V. It was some cleansing preparation of a vegetable alkali (the Kali of the desert). The alkali was used for washing the person. (Job 9:3030If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; (Job 9:30). R.V. marg. lye.) It was not the composition in modern domestic use.
its iniquity and destruction. Gen. 13:13; 18:20; 19:4-2413But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly. (Genesis 13:13)
20And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; (Genesis 18:20)
4But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: 13For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. 14And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 15And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: 19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 20Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; (Genesis 19:4‑24)
; Deut. 23:1717There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. (Deuteronomy 23:17); 1 Kings 14:2424And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. (1 Kings 14:24).
Lot’s deliverance from. Gen. 19.
a warning. Deut. 29:23; 32:3223And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: (Deuteronomy 29:23)
32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: (Deuteronomy 32:32)
; Isa. 1:9; 13:199Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. (Isaiah 1:9)
19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. (Isaiah 13:19)
; Lam. 4:66For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. (Lamentations 4:6); Matt. 10:1515Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. (Matthew 10:15); Luke 17:2929But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. (Luke 17:29); Jude 77Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. (Jude 7); Rev. 11:88And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. (Revelation 11:8).
Sodom, vine of. Deut. 32:3232For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: (Deuteronomy 32:32). Heb. Géphen, Sĕdom; Gk. ἄμπελος Σοδόμων; Bot. N. Citrullus colocynthis. The Colocynth grows near the Dead Sea; it has long straggling tendrils like a vine, and a fruit of tempting appearance, like a beautiful orange, and its bitter nauseous taste—bitter as gall—agrees with the description of the grapes of the vine of Sodom.
Sojourn; to dwell for a time.
his league with Hiram for building the temple. 1 Kings 5; 2 Chron. 2.
David’s prayer for. Psa. 72.
Sometime; Sometimes; once, formerly.
Son of God. See CHRIST.
Song of Degrees, “Song of the Ascents” or “Pilgrim Songs” or “Song of the Going Up”; sung by the Exiles in going up from Babylon on their return to Jerusalem, or sung by those who went up to Jerusalem to attend the annual feasts.
Psa. 120-134: titles.
Songs, of Moses, Red Sea, Ex. 15.
God’s mercy, Deut. 32.
of Deborah, Judg. 5.
of Hannah, 1 Sam. 2.
of David, 2 Sam. 22 (see PSALMS).
Soothsayer. a diviner, foreteller of future events.
Sorcerer, a fortune-teller (originally by casting lots); hence, one who uses magic arts, a wizard, a conjurer. Ex. 7:1111Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. (Exodus 7:11).
Job 31:3030Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. (Job 31:30): wishing a curse to his s. R.V. asking his life with a curse.
South, the king of. Dan. 11.
Span; A measure of length, originally the extent between the tips of the thumb and the little finger when stretched out = 3 palms = ½ a cubit = 9 or 10 inches. The English span = 9 inches. See MEASURES.
Sparrow. Psa. 84:3; 102:73Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. (Psalm 84:3)
7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. (Psalm 102:7)
. Heb. Tzippôr, “chirper”; Gk. στρουθίον. (Specimens, Passer salicarius, found at Ain Fasail; Fringilla patronia, found at Jericho.) The word occurs 40 times in the Bible; and is always, with two exceptions, translated “bird” or “fowl.” The Greek, στρουθίον, denotes any small bird.
Spear; An offensive weapon consisting of a shaft with a metal head, used for thrusting; but it could be hurled, especially the smaller kind called javelin.
Speed; success, good fortune.
Psa. 90:99For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. (Psalm 90:9): we s. our years as a tale that is told. R.V. bring our years to an end as.
(2) Heb. Nĕcôth.
See SPICERY.
(2) (Prov. 30:2828The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. (Proverbs 30:28)). Heb. Semamith, “poisonous thing”; R.V. lizard. The statement “taking hold with her hands” is true both of the spider and the gecko lizard.
Spirit of God. See HOLY SPIRIT.
Stacte. Ex. 30:3434And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: (Exodus 30:34). Heb. Nâtâph; Gk. στακτή; Bot. N. Styrax officinale. R.V. marg. “opobalsamum.” Lit. “a drop” of some exuding gum; one ingredient in the holy incense; translated Job 36:2727For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof: (Job 36:27), “drop of water.” Probably the gum of the storax tree (styrax); or opobalsam, a resinous juice from the balm or balsam of Gilead.
Stater, stā′-tĕr; a silver coin. A.V. “piece of money.”
Stay (v.). (1) (tr.) to support.
(2) (intr.) to rely or depend on.
(3) (tr.) to stop, hold back.
(4) (intr.) to remain.
Stead; place.
Stealing. Ex. 20:15; 21:1615Thou shalt not steal. (Exodus 20:15)
16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. (Exodus 21:16)
; Lev. 19:1111Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. (Leviticus 19:11); Deut. 5:19; 24:719Neither shalt thou steal. (Deuteronomy 5:19)
7If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. (Deuteronomy 24:7)
; Psa. 50:1818When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. (Psalm 50:18); Hos. 4:22By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. (Hosea 4:2); Zech. 5:44I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. (Zechariah 5:4); Matt. 19:18; 27:6418He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, (Matthew 19:18)
64Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. (Matthew 27:64)
; Rom. 2:21; 13:921Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? (Romans 2:21)
9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (Romans 13:9)
; Eph. 4:2828Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. (Ephesians 4:28); 1 Peter 4:1515But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. (1 Peter 4:15).
Stoicks. Same as STOICS.
Stoics, stō′-ĭcs; philosophers whose founder taught in a famous porch or Stoa at Athens. They taught that the universe is permeated by a principle of reason: that this reason Was man’s highest possession and made him (a) essentially independent of pleasure and pain, (b) a cosmopolitan being, i.e., member of a worldwide commonwealth. It was from a Stoic poet (Aratus or Cleanthes) that St. Paul quoted the words, “For we also are his offspring” (Acts 17:2828For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. (Acts 17:28)).
Stone bow; Apocrypha?; a cross-bow for shooting stones. Wisd. 5:22.
Naboth, 1 Kings 21.
Deut. 28:55Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. (Deuteronomy 28:5): blessed be thy basket and s. R.V. kneading-trough.
Stork; Heb. Ḥăsîdâh; Gk. ἀσίδα. (Specimen, Ciconia alba.) Both the black and the white stork occur.
Straightway; immediately, at once.
Strain. Matt. 23:2424Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. (Matthew 23:24): s. at a gnat. More correctly, as in R.V., “son out” i.e., to get rid of by using a strainer.
Strait (adj.). (1) narrow.
Strake (v.); did strike.
regulations as to the passover, the priest’s office, marriage, and the laws concerning them. Ex. 12:43; 34:1643And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: (Exodus 12:43)
16And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. (Exodus 34:16)
; Lev. 17:10; 22:10; 24:1610And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. (Leviticus 17:10)
10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. (Leviticus 22:10)
16And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. (Leviticus 24:16)
; Num. 1:51; 18:7; 19:10; 35:1551And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. (Numbers 1:51)
7Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. (Numbers 18:7)
10And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. (Numbers 19:10)
15These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. (Numbers 35:15)
; Deut. 7:3; 17:15; 25:5; 31:123Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. (Deuteronomy 7:3)
15Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. (Deuteronomy 17:15)
5If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. (Deuteronomy 25:5)
12Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: (Deuteronomy 31:12)
; Josh. 8:3333And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. (Joshua 8:33); Ezra 10:22And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. (Ezra 10:2); Neh. 13:2727Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? (Nehemiah 13:27); Ezek. 44:99Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. (Ezekiel 44:9). See HOSPITALITY.
Strength, of Israel, the Lord. Ex. 15:22The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. (Exodus 15:2); 1 Sam. 15:2929And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. (1 Samuel 15:29); Psa. 27:1; 28:8; 29:11; 46:1; 81:11<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1)
8The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. (Psalm 28:8)
11The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. (Psalm 29:11)
1<<To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.>> God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1)
1<<To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.>> Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. (Psalm 81:1)
; Isa. 26:44Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: (Isaiah 26:4); Joel 3:1616The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:16); Zech. 12:55And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God. (Zechariah 12:5).
Strife. Prov. 3:30; 17:14; 25:8; 26:1730Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. (Proverbs 3:30)
14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. (Proverbs 17:14)
8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. (Proverbs 25:8)
17He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. (Proverbs 26:17)
; Rom. 13:1313Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. (Romans 13:13); 1 Cor. 3:33For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? (1 Corinthians 3:3); Gal. 5:2020Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, (Galatians 5:20); Phil. 2:3,143Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. (Philippians 2:3)
14Do all things without murmurings and disputings: (Philippians 2:14)
; 2 Tim. 2:2323But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. (2 Timothy 2:23); Titus 3:99But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. (Titus 3:9); James 3:1414But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. (James 3:14).
its origin. Prov. 10:12; 13:10; 15:18; 16:28; 22:10; 23:29; 26:20; 28:25; 30:3312Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. (Proverbs 10:12)
10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. (Proverbs 13:10)
18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Proverbs 15:18)
28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. (Proverbs 16:28)
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. (Proverbs 22:10)
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? (Proverbs 23:29)
20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. (Proverbs 26:20)
25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat. (Proverbs 28:25)
33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. (Proverbs 30:33)
; 1 Tim. 6:44He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, (1 Timothy 6:4); 2 Tim. 2:2323But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. (2 Timothy 2:23); James 4:11From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? (James 4:1).
(2) to pass the hand over lightly, to stroke.
Succoth, sŭc′-cōth, “booths.”
Sufferings. See CHRIST.
of His followers. Acts 5:4040And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. (Acts 5:40); Acts 12; Acts 13:50; 14:19; 16:23; 20:2350But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. (Acts 13:50)
19And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. (Acts 14:19)
23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: (Acts 16:23)
23Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. (Acts 20:23)
; Acts 21-22; 1 Cor. 4:1111Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; (1 Corinthians 4:11); 2 Cor. 1:4; 4:8; 6:4; 11:234Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. (2 Corinthians 1:4)
8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (2 Corinthians 4:8)
4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, (2 Corinthians 6:4)
23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. (2 Corinthians 11:23)
; Phil. 1; 1 Tim. 4:1010For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. (1 Timothy 4:10); 2 Tim. 3:1010But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, (2 Timothy 3:10); 1 Peter 2:19; 3:14; 4:1219For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. (1 Peter 2:19)
14But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; (1 Peter 3:14)
12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (1 Peter 4:12)
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Lord’s Supper. See COMMUNION.
Supple; to make or render pliant.
Surfeiting; excess in eating or drinking.
Swallow. (1) (Prov. 26:22As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. (Proverbs 26:2); Psa. 84:33Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. (Psalm 84:3)). Heb. Dĕrôr, “shooting straight out” or “freedom”; Gk. στρονθός. (Specimen, Hirundo rustica, found in the Jordan valley.) The barn-swallow of Great Britain is abundant in Palestine.
(2) (Isa. 38:1414Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. (Isaiah 38:14)). Heb. Agûr; Gk. χελιδών. R.V. “crane.” “Swallow” (A.V.) is thought to be a mistranslation for “crane.”
(3) (Isa. 38:1414Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. (Isaiah 38:14)). Heb. sûs, a bird with a chattering note, is translated “swallow” in R.V. Tristram believes that the swift is intended.
Swan. Lev. 11:1818And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, (Leviticus 11:18); Deut. 14:1616The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, (Deuteronomy 14:16). Heb. Tinshémeth, “breathing,” “inflation”; Gk. κύκνος. R.V. “horned owl”; marg. “stork.” Tristram thinks the bird is the purple gallinule, or the glossy ibis.
Swift. Isa. 38:1414Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. (Isaiah 38:14). Heb. Sîs, Sûs; Gk. περιστερά. R.V. “swallow” (Specimens, Cypselus apus; C. affinis; C. melba, found in the Jordan valley.); see SWALLOW.
Sword, of the LORD. Gen. 3:2424So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. (Genesis 3:24); Deut. 32:4141If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. (Deuteronomy 32:41); Judg. 7:1818When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. (Judges 7:18); 1 Chron. 21:1212Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. (1 Chronicles 21:12); Psa. 45:33Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. (Psalm 45:3); Isa. 34:5; 66:165For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. (Isaiah 34:5)
16For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many. (Isaiah 66:16)
; Jer. 12:12; 47:612The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. (Jeremiah 12:12)
6O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. (Jeremiah 47:6)
; Ezek. 21:4; 30:24; 32:104Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: (Ezekiel 21:4)
24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. (Ezekiel 30:24)
10Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. (Ezekiel 32:10)
; Zeph. 2:1212Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. (Zephaniah 2:12).
Sycamine. Luke 17:66And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. (Luke 17:6). Gk. συκάμιννος; Bot. N. Morus nigra. The black mulberry, still called sycominos in Greece, useful for its fruit, and for its leaves on which the silkworm feeds.
Synagogue, The; (Gk. συναγωγή, “a gathering together”; Heb. Keneseth), was a term applied both to the congregation in a provincial town, and to the room in which it met during the week for mutual instruction, disputation, and administration of justice, and on the sabbath for prayer and praise, not sacrifice. The institution of the synagogue dates probably from the Captivity in Babylon. There are said to have been 480 synagogues in Jerusalem, but this is probably an exaggeration.
The principal officers of the Synagogue were:
(1) The Batlanim (men of leisure). These were the “Rulers of the Synagogue” also called the “shepherds” and the “elders” they had special seats of honor assigned them during divine worship (Acts 13:1515And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. (Acts 13:15); Matt. 23:66And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, (Matthew 23:6)). They also formed the local Sanhedrin or tribunal.
(2) The Shellach (Delegate). He was one of the elders, delegated by the Chief Shepherd (Parnas) to recite the most sacred portions of the liturgy, and be the mouthpiece of the congregation.
(3) The Chazzan (literally Inspector), the permanent minister or attendant (Luke 4:2020And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. (Luke 4:20)), whose duties were partly ecclesiastical, partly civil. He frequently acted as schoolmaster.
(4) The Methurgeman (Interpreter). As the synagogue came principally into use in later times, when Hebrew was not well-known and Greek and Aramaic were more generally used in common life, the Law was expounded to the congregation by an interpreter. This word Methurgeman, or Turgeman, has been corrupted into the modern Dragoman.
Syracuse, sȳr′-ă-cūse; the chief city of Syria. Acts 28:1212And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. (Acts 28:12).
Syria, sy̆r′-ĭ-ă; was a country along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, and extending inland to Mesopotamia. In early times its capital was Damascus. After the Roman conquest the capital was Antioch. Judg. 10:66And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him. (Judges 10:6).
Syrians; Aramæans, sy̆r′-ĭ-ănṡ; Heb. Arâm; Gk. σύροι; Lat. Syri. Aram is in O.T. the name for a large region extending from Mesopotamia, of which it included a part, to Syria and Arabia Petræa. The Syrians are one branch of the Semites, and their language, Aramaic, a dialect of the Semitic language, which became the language of western Mayra, and the common language of Palestine. For the relations of Israel and Judah with Syria see BABYLONIA; ASSYRIA. Gen. 25:2020And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. (Genesis 25:20); Deut. 26:55And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: (Deuteronomy 26:5). Subdued by David. 2 Sam. 8; 10.
contend with Israel. 1 Kings 10:29; 11:2529And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means. (1 Kings 10:29)
25And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. (1 Kings 11:25)
; 1 Kings 20; 22; 2 Kings 6:2424And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. (2 Kings 6:24); 2 Kings 8:44And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. (2 Kings 8:4); 2 Kings 8:13; 13:7; 16:613And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. (2 Kings 8:13)
7Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. (2 Kings 13:7)
6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. (2 Kings 16:6)
; 2 Chron. 18:66But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of him? (2 Chronicles 18:6).