Smith’s dictionary

The classic Victorian Bible dictionary: 4,600 short entries, especially strong on names and places.

• Sabachthani, or Sabachthani(why hast thou forsaken me?), part of Christ’s fourth cry on the cross. (Matthew...
• Sabaoth, the Lord ofoccurs in (Romans 9:29; James 5:4) but is more familiar through its occurrence in the...
• Sabbath(shabbath), "a day of rest," from shabath "to cease to do to," "to rest"). The name is...
• Sabbathdays Journey(Acts 1:12) The law as regards travel on the Sabbath is found in (Exodus 16:29) As...
• Sabbatical YearEach seventh year, by the Mosaic code, was to be kept holy. (Exodus 23:10,11) The...
• Sabeans[SHEBA]
• Sabtah(striking), (Genesis 10:7) or Sab’ta, (1 Chronicles 1:9) the third in order of the...
• Sabtecha, or Sabtechah(striking), (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9) the fifth in order of the sons of Cush....
• Sacar(wages). A Hararite, father of Ahiam. (1 Chronicles 11:35) The fourth son of...
• Sackbut(Daniel 3:5,7,10,15) the rendering in the Authorized Version of the Chaldee sacbbeca ....
• Sackclothcloth used in making sacks or bags, a coarse fabric, of a dark color, made of goat’s...
• SacrificeThe peculiar features of each kind of sacrifice are referred to under their respective...
• Sadducees(followers of Zadok), (Matthew 3:7; 16:1,6,11,12; 22:23,31; Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27;...
• Sadoc(Greek form of Zadok, just). Zadok the ancestor of Ezra. 2 Esd. 1:1; comp. (Ezra 7:2)...
• Saffron(yellow). (Solomon 4:14) Saffron has front the earliest times been in high esteem as a...
• Sala, or Salah(sprout), the son of Arphaxad, and father of Eber. (Genesis 10:24; 11:18-14; Luke...
• Salamis(suit), a city at the east end of the island of Cyprus, and the first place visited by...
• Salathiel(I have asked of God). (1 Chronicles 3:17) The Authorized Version has Salathiel in (1...
• Salcah, or Salchah(migration), a city named in the early records of Israel as the extreme limit of...
• Salem(peace). The place of which Melchizedek was king. (Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1,2) No...
• Salim(peace), a place named (John 3:23) to denote the situation of AEnon, the scene of St....
• Salma, or Salmon(garment), (Ruth 4:20,21; 1 Chronicles 2:11,51,54; Matthew 1:4,5; Luke 3:32) son of...
• Salmonthe father of Boar. [SALMA, OR SALMON]
• Salmona hill near Shechem, on which Abimelech and his followers cut down the boughs with...
• Salmone(clothed), the east point of the island of Crete. (Acts 27:7) It is a bold promontory,...
• Salome(peaceful). The wife of Zebedee, (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40) and probably sister of...
• SaltIndispensable as salt is to ourselves, it was even more so to the Hebrews, being to...
• Salt Sea, or Dead Sea[SEA, THE SALT, THE SALT]
• Salt, City ofthe fifth of the six cities of Judah which lay in the "wilderness." (Joshua 15:62) Mr....
• Salt, Valley ofa valley in which occurred two memorable victories of the Israelite arms: That of...
• Salu(weighed), the father of Zimri the prince of the Simeonites who was slain by Phinehas....
• SalutationSalutations may be classed under the two heads of conversational and epistolary. The...
• Samaria(watch mountain). This city is situated 30 miles north of Jerusalem and about six...
• Samaria, Country ofSamaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king,...
• Samaritan Pentateucha recension of the commonly received Hebrew text of the Mosaic law, in use among the...
• SamaritansStrictly speaking, a Samaritan would be an inhabitant of the city of Samaria, but the...
• Samgarnebo(sword of Nebo), one of the princes or generals of the king of Babylon. (Jeremiah 39:3)
• Samlah(garment), (Genesis 36:36,37; 1 Chronicles 1:47,48) one of the kings of Edom,...
• Samosa Greek island off that part of Asia Minor where Ionia touches Caria. Samos comes...
• SamothraceIn the Revised Version for Samothracia.
• SamothraciaMention is made of this island in the account of St. Paul’s first voyage to Europe....
• Samson(like the sun), son of Manoah, a man of the town of Zorah in the tribe of Dan, on the...
• Samuelwas the son of Elkanah and Hannah, and was born at Ramathaim-zophim, among the hills...
• Samuel, Books ofare not separated from each other in the Hebrew MSS., and, from a critical point of...
• Sanballat(strength), a Moabite of Horonaim. (Nehemiah 2:10,13; 13:28) He held apparently some...
• Sandalwas the article ordinarily used by the Hebrews for protecting the feet. It consisted...
• Sanhedrin(from the Greek sunedrion , "a council-chamber" commonly but in correctly Sanhedrim),...
• Sansannah(palm branch), one of the towns in the south district of Judah, named in (Joshua 15:31) only.
• Saph(tall), one of the sons of the giant slain by Sibbechai the Hushathite. (2 Samuel...
• Saphir(fair), one of the villages addressed by the prophet Micha, (Micah 1:11) is described...
• Sapphira[ANANIAS]
• Sapphire(Heb. sappir), a precious stone, apparently of a bright-blue color, set: (Exodus...
• SaraGreek form of Sarah.
• Sarah(princess). The wife and half-sister, (Genesis 20:12) of Abraham, and mother of Isaac....
• Sarai(my princess) the original name of Sarah wife of Abraham.
• Saraph(burning) mentioned in (1 Chronicles 4:22) among the descendants of Judah.
• Sardine, Sardius(red) (Heb. odem) the stone which occupied the first place in the first row of the...
• Sardisa city of Asia Minor and capital of Lydia, situated about two miles to the south of...
• Sardites, thedescendants of Sered the son of Zebulun. (Numbers 26:26) (In the Revised Version of...
• Sardonyxa name compounded of sard and onyx , two precious stones, varieties of chalcedony or...
• Sarepta[ZAREPHATH]
• Sargon(prince of the sea), one of the greatest of the Assyrian kings, is mentioned by name...
• Sarid(survivor), a chief landmark of the territory of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:10,12) All that...
• Saronthe district in which Lydda stood, (Acts 9:35) only; the Sharon of the Old Testament. [SHARON]
• Sarothieare among the sons of the servants of Solomon who returned with Zerubbabel. 1 Esd. 6:34.
• Sarsechim(prince of the eunuchs), one of the generals of Nebuchadnezzar’s army at the taking of...
• Saruch(Luke 3:25) Serug the son of Reu.
• SatanThe word itself, the Hebrew satan , is simply an "adversary," and is so used in (1...
• Satyr(sa’tyr or sat’yr), a sylvan deity or demigod of Greek mythology, represented as a...
• Saul(desired), more accurately Shaul. One of the early kings of Edom, and successor of...
• SawEgyptian saws, so far as has yet been discovered, are single-handed. As is the case in...
• Scapegoat[ATONEMENT, THE DAY OF, DAY OF]
• Scarlet[COLORS]
• SceptreThis word originally meant a rod or staff . It was thence specifically applied to the...
• Scevaa Jew residing at Ephesus at the time of St. Paul’s second visit to that town. (Acts...
• Schools(In the early ages most of the instruction of young children was by the parents. The...
• Scorpion(Heb. ’akrab), a well known venomous insect of hot climates, shaped much like a...
• ScourgingThe punishment of scourging was common among the Jews. The instrument of punishment in...
• Scribes(Heb.sopherim), I. Name . -- (1) Three meanings are connected with the verb saphar ,...
• ScripThe Hebrew word thus translated appears in (1 Samuel 17:40) as a synonym for the bag...
• Scripture[See BIBLE]
• Scythianoccurs in (Colossians 3:11) as a generalized term for rude, ignorant, degraded. The...
• Scythopolis[BETH-SHEAN]
• SeaThe sea, yam , is used in Scripture to denote-- "The gathering of the waters," "the...
• Sea, MoltenIn the place of the laver of the tabernacle Solomon caused a laver to be cast for a...
• Sea, the Saltthe usual and perhaps the most ancient name for the remarkable lake which to the...
• SealThe importance attached to seals in the East is so great that without one no document...
• Seba(pl. Sebaim ; in Authorized Version incorrectly rendered Sabeans) heads the list of...
• Sebat(a rod). [MONTH]
• Secacah, or Secacah(thicket), one of the six cities of Judah which were situated in the Midbar...
• Sechu(the watch-tower), a place mentioned once only -- (1 Samuel 19:22) --apparently as...
• Secundus(fortunate), a Thessalonian Christian. (Acts 20:4) (A.D. 55.) Seer, [PROPHET]
• Segub(elevated). The youngest son of Hiel the Hethelite who rebuilt Jericho. (1 Kings...
• Seir(hairy, Shaggy), We have both "land of Seir," (Genesis 32:3; 36:50) and "Mount Seir."...
• Seirath(the shaggy), the place to which Ehud fled after his murder of Eglon. (Judges 3:26,27)...
• Sela, or Selah(the rock), (2 Kings 14:7; Isaiah 16:1) so rendered in the Authorized Version in...
• SelahThis word, which is found only in the poetical books of the Old Testament, occurs...
• Selahammahlekoth(the cliff of escapes or of divisions), a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon,...
• Seled(exultation), one of the sons of Nadab, a descendant of Jerahmeel: (1 Chronicles 2:30)...
• Seleucia, or Seleucia(named after its founder, Seleucus), near the mouth of the Orontes, was practically...
• Seleucusthe name of five kings of the Greek dominion of Syria who are hence called Seleucidae...
• Seleucus IV(Philopator), son of Antiochus the Great, whom he succeeded B.C. 187 "king of Asia," 2...
• SemSHEM the patriarch. (Luke 3:36)
• Semachiah(Jehovah sustains him) one of the sons of SKEMAIAH, 9. (1 Chronicles 26:7)
• Semei(the Greek form of Shimei). SHIMEI, 14. 1 Esd. 9:33. SHIMEI, 16. (Esther 11:2) The...
• SemeinIn the Revised Version of (Luke 3:26) for Semei.
• Semitic Languages[SHEMITIC LANGUAGES LANGUAGES; HEBREW LANGUAGE]
• Senaah(thorny). The "children (i.e. the inhabitants) of Senaah" are enumerated among the...
• Seneh(thorn), the name of one of the two isolated rocks which stood in the "passage of...
• Senir(snow mountain), (1 Chronicles 5:23; Ezekiel 27:5) the Amorite name for Mount Hermon.
• Sennacherib, or Sennacherib(sin, the moon, increases brothers), was the son and successor of Sargon. [SARGON] His...
• Senuah(bristling , properly Hassenuah, with the definite article), a Benjamite. (Nehemiah 11:9)
• Seorim(barley), the chief of the fourth of the twenty-four courses of priests. (1 Chronicles 24:8)
• Sephar(a numbering). It is written after the enumeration of the sons of Joktan, "And their...
• Sepharad(separated), a name which occurs in (Obadiah 1:20) only. Its situation has always been...
• Sepharvaim(the two Sipparas) is mentioned by Sennacherib in his letter to Hezekiah as a city...
• Sephelathe Greek form of the ancient word has-Shefelah , the native name for the southern...
• Septuagint(The seventy). The Septuagint or Greek version of the Old Testament appears at the...
• Sepulchre[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES]
• Serahthe daughter of Asher, (Genesis 46:17; 1 Chronicles 7:30) called in (Numbers 26:46)...
• SeraiahThe king’s scribe or secretary in the reign of David. (2 Samuel 8:17) (B.C. 1043.) The...
• Seraphim(burning, glowing), an order of celestial beings, whom Isaiah beheld in vision...
• Sered(fear), the first-born of Zebulun. (Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26) about 1700.)
• Sergius Pauluswas the proconsul of Cyprus when the apostle Paul visited that island with Barnabas on...
• SerpentThe Hebrew word nachash is the generic name of any serpent. The following are the...
• Serug(branch), son of Reu and great grandfather of Abraham. His age is given in the Hebrew...
• Servant[SLAVE]
• Seth(compensation), (Genesis 4:25; 6:3; 1 Chronicles 1:1) the third son of Adam, and...
• Sethur(hidden), the Asherite spy, son of Michael. (Numbers 13:13) (B.C. 1490.)
• SevenThe frequent recurrence of certain numbers in the sacred literature of the Hebrews is...
• Shaalbim, or Shaalabbin(home of foxes), a town in the allotment of Dan. (Joshua 19:42; Judges 1:35; 1 Kings...
• Shaalbonite, theEliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David’s thirty seven heroes. (2 Samuel 23:32; 1...
• Shaaph(division). The son of Jahdai. (1 Chronicles 2:47) The son of Caleb the brother of...
• Shaaraim(two gates), a city in the territory allotted to Judah, (Joshua 15:36) in Authorized...
• Shaasgaz(servant of the beautiful), the eunuch in the palace of Xerxes who had the custody of...
• Shabbethai(sabbatical) a Levite in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:15) It is apparently the same who...
• Shachia(announcemant) a son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh. (1 Chronicles 8:10)
• Shaddai(the Mighty), an ancient name of God, rendered "Almighty" everywhere in the Authorized...
• Shadrach(royal , or the great scribe) the Hebrew, or rather Chaldee, name of Hananiah. The...
• Shage(erring), father of Jonathan the Hararite, one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:34)...
• Shaharaim(double dawn) a Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:8) (B.C. about 1546.)
• Shahazimah(toward the heights), one of the towns of the allotment of Issachar. (Joshua 10:22) only.
• Shalem(safe). (Genesis 33:18) Probably not a proper name, but a place. It is certainly...
• Shalim, the Land of(the land of foxes), a district through which Saul passed on his journey in quest of...
• Shalisha, the Land ofone of the districts traversed by Saul when in search of the asses of Kish. (1 Samuel...
• Shallecheth(overthrow), The gate, one of the gates of the "house of Jehovah." (1 Chronicles...
• Shallum(retribution). The fifteenth king of Israel, son of Jabesh, conspired against...
• Shallun(retribution), the son of Cohozeh, and ruler of a district of the Mizpah. (Nehemiah 3:15)
• Shalmai(my thanks). The children of Shalmai were among the Nethinim who returned with...
• Shalman(fire-worshipper), a contraction for Shalmaneser king of Assyria. (Hosea 10:14) Others...
• Shalmaneser(fire-worshipper) was the Assyrian king who reigned probably between Tiglath-Pileser...
• Shama(obedient), one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:44) (B.C. 1020.)
• Shamariah(kept by Jehovah), son of Rehoboam. (2 Chronicles 11:19)
• Shamed(keeper), properly Shamer or Shemer; one of the pens of Elpaal the Benjamite. (1...
• Shamer(keeper). Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:46) Shomer, an Asherite. (1 Chronicles 7:34)
• Shamgar(sword), son of Anath, judge of Israel. When Israel was in a most depressed condition,...
• Shamhuth(desolation), the fifth captain for the fifth month in David’s arrangement of his...
• Shamir(n point or thorn.) A town in the mountain district of Judah. (Joshua 15:48) only. It...
• Shamma(astonishment), one of the sons of Zophar, an Asherite. (1 Chronicles 7:37)
• Shammah(astonishment). The son of Reuel the son of Esau. (Genesis 36:13,17; 1 Chronicles...
• Shammai(desolate). The son of Onam. (1 Chronicles 2:28,32) Son of Rekem. (1 Chronicles...
• Shammoth[SHAMMAH]
• Shammua(renowned). Reubenite spy, son of Zaccur. (Numbers 13:4) (B.C. 1490.) Son of David, by...
• Shammuahson of David, (2 Samuel 5:14) elsewhere called Shammua and Shimea.
• Shamsherai(sunlike), a Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:26)
• Shapham(bold), a Gadite of Bashan. (1 Chronicles 5:12) (B.C. 750.)
• Shaphan(coney), the scribe or secretary of King Josiah. (2 Kings 22:3,14; 2 Chronicles...
• Shaphat(judge). 1.The Simeonite spy, son of Hori. (Numbers 13:5) (B.C. 1490). The father of...
• Shapher(brightness), Mount, (Numbers 33:23) the name of a desert station where the Israelites...
• Sharai(releaser), one of the sons of Bani. (Ezra 10:40) (B.C. 457.)
• Sharaim[SHAARAIM]
• Sharar(strong), the father of Ahiam the Hararite. (2 Samuel 23:33) In (1 Chronicles 11:35)...
• Sharezer(prince of fire) was a son of Sennacherib, whom, In conjunction with his brother...
• Sharon(a plain), a district of the holy land occasionally referred to in the Bible. (1...
• Sharonite(belonging to Sharon), The Shitrai, who had charge of the royal herds in the plain of...
• Sharuhen(refuge of grace), a town named in (Joshua 19:6) only among those which were in Jadah...
• Shashai(noble), one of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:40) (B.C. 457.)
• Shashak(longing), a Benjamite, one of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:14,25) (B.C. after 1450.)
• Shaul(asked). The son of Simeon by a Canaanitish woman, (Genesis 48:10; Exodus 6:15;...
• Shaveh(plain), The valley of, described (Genesis 14:17) as "the valley of the king," is...
• Shaveh Kiriathaim(plain of the double city), mentioned (Genesis 14:5) as the residence of the Emim at...
• Shavsha(nobility), the royal secretary in the reign of David, (1 Chronicles 18:16) called...
• ShawmIn the Prayer-book version of (Psalms 98:6) "with trumpets also stands also and shawms...
• Sheal(asking), one of the sons of Bani who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:29) (B.C. 452.)
• Shealtiel(asked of God), father of Zerubbabel. (Ezra 3:2,8; 5:2; Nehemiah 12:1; Haggai...
• Sheariah(valued by Jehovah), one of the six sons of Azel a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles...
• Shearinghouse, thea place on the road between Jezreel and Samaria, at which Jehu, on his way to the...
• Shearjashub(lit. a remnant shall return), the symbolical name of the son of Isaiah the prophet....
• Shebaone of the towns of the allotment of Simeon, (Joshua 19:2) probably the same as Shema....
• Sheba(seven , or all oath). A son of Raamah son of Cush. (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9) A...
• Sheba(on oath), the son of Bichri, a Benjamite, (2 Samuel 20:1-22) the last chief of the...
• Shebah(an oath), the famous well which gave its name to the city of Beersheba. (Genesis...
• Shebam(fragrance), one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of Jordan; demanded...
• Shebaniah(increased by Jehovah). A Levite in the time of Ezra. (Nehemiah 9:4,5) He sealed the...
• Shebarim(the breaches), a place named in (Joshua 7:5) only, as one of the points in the flight from Ai.
• Sheber(breaking), son of Caleb ben-Hezron by his concubine Maachah. (1 Chronicles 2:48)...
• Shebna(vigor), a person of high position in Hezekiah’s court, holding at one time the office...
• Shebuel, or Shebuel(captive of God). A descendant of Moses, (1 Chronicles 23:16; 26:24) called also...
• Shechaniah(dweller with Jehovah). A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22) Some...
• Shechaniah(dweller with Jehovah). The tenth in order of the priests who were appointed by lot in...
• Shechem(back or shoulder). An important city in central Palestine, in the valley between...
• Shechemites, thethe family of Shechem son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:31) comp. Josh 17:2
• Shechinah(dwelling). This term is not found in the Bible. It was used by the later Jews, and...
• Shedeur(darter of light), the father of Elizur, chief of the tribe of Reuben at the time of...
• SheepSheep were an important part of the possessions of the ancient Hebrews and of eastern...
• Sheepgate, theone of the gates of Jerusalem as rebuilt by Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:1,32; 12:39) It...
• Sheepmarket, the(John 5:2) The world "market" is an interpolation of our translators. We ought...
• Shehariah(dawning of Jehovah), a Benjamite, son of Jehoram. (1 Chronicles 8:26) (B.C. 588.)
• Shekel[MONEY]
• Shelah(a petition). The youngest son of Judah. (Genesis 38:5,11,14,26; 46:10; Numbers 26:20;...
• Shelanites, thethe descendants of Shelah. 1. (Numbers 26:20)
• Shelemiah(repaid by Jehovah). One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:30) (B.C....
• Sheleph(a drawing forth), the second in order of the sons of Joktan. (Genesis 10:26; 1...
• Shelesh(might), son of Helem. (1 Chronicles 7:35)
• Shelomi(peaceful), an Asherite, father of Ahihud. (Numbers 34:27) (B.C. before 1450.)
• Shelomith(peaceful). The daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. (Leviticus 24:11) The daughter...
• Shelomoththe same as Shelomith, 3. (1 Chronicles 24:22)
• Shelumiel(friend of God), the son of Zurishaddai, and prince of the tribe of Simeon at the time...
• Shem(name), the eldest son of Noah. (Genesis 5:32) He was 98 years old, married, and...
• ShemaA Reubenite, ancestor of Bela. (1 Chronicles 5:8) (B.C. before 1090.) Son of Elpaal....
• Shemaah(the rumor), a Benjamite of Gibeah, and father of Ahiezer and Joash. (1 Chronicles...
• Shemaiah(heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles...
• Shemariah(kept by Jehovah). A Benjamite warrior who came to David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles...
• Shemeber(lofty flight), king of Zeboim, and ally of the king of Sodom when he was attacked by...
• Shemer(preserved), the owner of the hill on which the city of Samaria was built. (1 Kings...
• Shemida(wise), a son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32; Joshua 17:2) (B.C. after 1690.)
• ShemidahShemida the son of Gilead. (1 Chronicles 7:19)
• Shemidaites, thethe descendants of Shemida the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)
• Sheminith(eighth), a musical term found in the title of (Psalms 6:1) A similar direction is...
• Shemitic Languagesthe family of languages spoken by the descendants of Shem, chiefly the Hebrew,...
• Shemuel(heard by God). A commissioner appointed from the tribe of Simeon to divide the land...
• Shen(tooth), a place mentioned only in (1 Samuel 7:12) Nothing is known of it.
• Shenazar(splendid leader), son of Salathiel or Shealtiel. (1 Chronicles 3:18) (B.C. after 606.)
• Shenir[SENIR]
• Shepham(fruitful), a place on the eastern boundary of the promised land. (Numbers 34:10,11)
• Shephathiaha Benjamite, father of Meshullam 6. (1 Chronicles 9:8)
• Shephatiah(judged by Jehovah). The fifth son of David. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3) (B.C....
• ShepherdIn a nomadic state of society every man, from the sheikh down to the slave, is more or...
• Shephi(bareness), son of Shobal. of the sons of Seir. (1 Chronicles 1:40) Called also...
• Shepho(Genesis 36:23) [SHEPHI]
• Shephuphan(an adder), one of the sons of Bela the first-born of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:5) His...
• Sherah(kinswoman), daughter of Ephraim, (1 Chronicles 7:24) and foundress of the Beth-horons...
• Sherebiah(heat of Jehovah) a Levite in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 8:18,24) (B.C. 459.) When Ezra...
• Sheresh(root), son of Machir the son of Manasseh by his wife Manchah. (1 Chronicles 7:16)...
• Sherezer(prince of fire), one of the people’s messengers mentioned in (Zechariah 7:2)
• Sheshach(from the goddess Shach , reduplicated) is a term which occurs only in (Jeremiah...
• Sheshai(noble), one of the three sons of Anak who dwelt in Hebron. (Numbers 13:22) (B.C. 1445.)
• Sheshan(Noble), a descendant of Jerahmeel the son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:31,34,35) (B.C....
• Sheshbazzar(worshipper of fire), the Chaldean or Persian name given to Zerubbabel in (Ezra...
• Sheth(compensation). The patriarch Seth. (1 Chronicles 1:1) In the Authorized Version of...
• Shethar(Pers. a star), one of the seven princes of Persia and Media. (Esther 1:14) (B.C. 483.)
• Shetharboznai(Pers. star of splendor), a Persian officer of rank in the reign of Darius Hystaspes....
• Sheva(Jehovah contends). The scribe or royal secretary of David. (2 Samuel 20:26) He is...
• Shewbread(Exodus 25:30; 35:13; 39:36) etc. literally "bread of the face" or "faces." Shew-bread...
• Shibboleth(a stream), (Judges 12:6) is the Hebrew word which the Gileadites under Jephthah made...
• Shibmah(properly SIBMAH). [SHEBAM]
• Shicron(drunkenness), one of the landmarks at the western end of the north boundary of Judah....
• ShieldThe ordinary shield consisted of a framework of wood covered with leather; it thus...
• Shiggaion(Psalms 7:1) a particular kind of psalm, the specific character of which is now not...
• Shihon(ruin), a town of Issachar, named only in (Joshua 19:19) Eusebius mentions it as then...
• Shihor of Egypt[SIHOR]
• Shihorlibnath(black of whiteness), named only in (Joshua 19:26) as one of the landmarks of the...
• Shilhi(armed), the father of Azubah the mother of Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:42; 2 Chronicles...
• Shilhim(fountains), one of the cities in the southern portion of the tribe of Judah. (Joshua 15:32)
• Shillem(requital), son of Naphtali and an ancestor of the family of the Shillemites. (Genesis...
• Shillemites, the[SHILLEM]
• Shiloah, the Waters ofa certain soft-flowing stream, (Isaiah 8:6) better known under the later name of...
• Shiloh(place of rest), a city of Ephraim. In (Judges 21:19) it is said that Shiloh is "on...
• ShilohIn the Authorized Version of the Bible Shiloh is once used as the name of a person, in...
• ShiloniThis word occurs in the Authorized Version only in (Nehemiah 11:5) where it should be...
• Shilonite, thethat is, the native or resident of Shiloh; a title ascribed only to Ahijah. (1 Kings...
• Shilonites, theare mentioned among the descendants of Judah dwelling in Jerusalem at a date difficult...
• Shilshah(strong), son of Zophah of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:37) (B.C. before 1015.)
• Shimea(fame). Son of David by Beth-shean. (1 Chronicles 3:5) (B.C. 1045.) A Merarite Levite....
• ShimeahBrother of David, and father of Jonathan and Jonadab, (2 Samuel 21:21) called also...
• Shimeam(their fame), a descendant of Jehiel, the founder or prince of Gibeon. (1 Chronicles...
• Shimeath(feminine of Shimeah), an Ammonitess, mother of Jozachar or Zabad, one of the...
• Shimei(renowned). Son of Gershon the son of Levi, (Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17,29;...
• Shimeon(hearing (prayer), a lay man of Israel, of the family of Harim, who had married a...
• Shimhi(renowned), a Benjamite, apparently the same as Shema the son of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:21)
• Shimi= SHIMEI, 1. (Exodus 6:17)
• Shimites, thethe descendants of Shimei the son of Gershon. (Numbers 3:21)
• Shimon(desert). The four sons of Shimon are enumerated in an obscure genealogy of the tribe...
• Shimrath(guard), a Benjamite, of the sons of Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:21)
• Shimri(vigilant). A Simeonite son of Shemaiah. (1 Chronicles 4:37) (B.C. after 1450.) The...
• Shimrith(feminine of Shimri, vigilant), a Moabitess, mother of Jehozabad, one of the assassins...
• Shimrom(1 Chronicles 7:1) [SHIMRON]
• Shimron(watch-height). A city of Zebulun. (Joshua 11:1; 19:15) Its full appellation was...
• Shimronites, the[SHIMRON]
• Shimronmeron(watch-height of Meron). The king of Shimron-meron is mentioned as one of the...
• Shimshai, or Shimshai(sunny), the scribe or secretary of Kehum, who was a kind of satrap of the conquered...
• Shinab(splendor of the father , i.e. God), the king of Admah in the time of Abraham....
• Shinar(country of two rivers), the ancient name of the great alluvial tract through which...
• ShipNo one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature has supplied us with so...
• Shiphi(abundant), a Simeonite, father of Ziza, a prince of the tribe in the time of...
• Shiphmite theprobably, though not certainly, the native of Shepham. (1 Chronicles 27:27)
• Shiphrah(brightness), (Exodus 1:15) the name of one of the two midwives of the Hebrews who...
• Shiphtan(judicial), father of Kemuel, a prince of the tribe of Ephraim. (Numbers 34:24) (B.C....
• Shiramoth(name of heights , i.e. Jehovah). A Levite of the second degree in the choir formed by...
• Shisha(Jehovah contends), father of Elihoreph and Ahiah, the royal secretaries in the reign...
• Shishakking of Egypt, the Sheshonk I. of the monuments, first sovereign of the Bubastite...
• Shittah Tree, Shittim(Heb. shittah, the thorny), is without doubt correctly referred to some species of...
• Shittim(the acacias), the place of Israel’s encampment between the conquest of the...
• Shiza(splendor), a Reubenite, father of Adina, (1 Chronicles 11:42) one of David’s...
• Shoa(rich), a proper name which occurs only in (Ezekiel 23:23) in connection with Pekod...
• Shobab(rebellious). Son of David by Bath-sheba. (2 Samuel 5:14; 1 Chronicles 3:5; 14:4)...
• Shobach(expansion), the general of Hadarezer king of the Syrians of Zoba, who was defeated by...
• Shobai(glorious). The children of Shobai were a family of the door-keepers of the temple,...
• Shobal(flowing). Second son of Seir the Horite, (Genesis 36:20; 1 Chronicles 1:38) and one...
• Shobek(free), one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah....
• Shobi(glorious) son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon. (2 Samuel 17:27) He was...
• Shocho(2 Chronicles 28:18) one of the four varieties of the name Socoh.
• Shochoh(1 Samuel 17:1) same as Socoh.
• Shoco(2 Chronicles 11:7) a variation in the Authorized Version of the name Socoh.
• Shoe[SANDAL]
• Shoham(onyx), a Merarite Levite, son of Jaaziah. (1 Chronicles 24:27) (B.C.1043.)
• Shomer(keeper). An Asherite, (1 Chronicles 7:32) also called Shamer. ver. (1 Chronicles...
• Shophach(expansion), Shobach, the general of Hadarezer. (1 Chronicles 19:16,18) (B.C. 1034.)
• Shophan(bareness), one of the fortified towns on the east of Jordan which were taken...
• Shoshannim(lilies). "To the chief musician upon Shoshannim" is a musical direction to the leader...
• Shuah(wealth). Son of Abraham by Keturah. (Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32).) (B.C. before...
• Shual(a jackal), son of Zophah, an Asherite. (1 Chronicles 7:36) (B.C. after 1445.)
• Shual, the Land ofa district named in (1 Samuel 13:17) only. It is pretty certain from the passage that...
• ShubaelShebuel the son of Gershon. (1 Chronicles 24:20) Shebuel the son of Heman the...
• Shuham(pit-digger) son of Dan and ancestor of the Shuhamites. (Numbers 26:42)
• Shuhamites, the[SHUHAM]
• Shuhite(decendant of Shuah). This ethnic appellative "Shuhite" is frequent in the book of...
• Shulamite, theone of the personages in the poem of Solomon’s (Solomon 6:13) The name denotes a woman...
• Shumathites, theone of the four families who sprang from Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:53)
• Shunammite, thei.e. the native of Shunem , is applied to two persons: Abishag, the nurse of King...
• Shunem(double resting-place), one of the cities allotted to the tribe of Issachar. (Joshua...
• Shuni(fortunate), son of Gad, and founder of the family of the Shunites. (Genesis 46:16;...
• Shunites, thethe descendants of Shuni.
• Shupham[SHUPPIM]
• Shuphamites, thethe descendants of Shupham or Shephupham, the Benjamite. (Numbers 26:3)
• Shuppim(serpents). In the genealogy of Benjamin "Shuppim and Huppim, the children of Ir," are...
• Shur(a wall), a place just without the eastern border of Egypt. Shur is first mentioned in...
• Shushan, or Susa(a lily), is said to have received its name from the abundance of the lily (shushan or...
• Shushaneduth(the lily of testimony), (Psalms 60:1) ... is probably an abbreviation of...
• Shuthalhites, the[SHUTHELAH]
• Shuthelah(noise of breaking), head of an Ephraimite family, called after him Shuthalhites,...
• SiaThe "children of Sia" were a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel....
• Siaha- Sia. (Ezra 2:44)
• Sibbecai= SIBBECHAI the Hushathite.
• Sibbechai(a weaver), one of David’s guard, and eighth captain for the eighth month of 24,000...
• Sibboleththe Ephraimite pronunciation of the word Shibboleth. (Judges 12:6) [SHIBBOLETH]
• Sibmah[SHEBAM]
• Sibraim(twofold hope), one of the landmarks on the northern boundary of the holy land as...
• Sichem(Genesis 12:6) [SHECHEM]
• Sicyon(sish’eon), 1 Macc. 15:23, a celebrated Greek city in Peloponnesus, upon the Corinthian Gulf.
• Siddim(field, plain), The vale of, a place named only in one passage of Genesis-- (Genesis...
• Sidea city on the coast of Pamphylia, 10 or 12 miles to the east of the river Eurymedon....
• Sidonthe Greek form of the Phoenician name Zidon. [ZIDON, OR SIDON]
• Sidoniansthe Greek form of the word Zidonians, usually so exhibited in the Authorized Version...
• Sihimmathe third son of Jesse, and brother of David. (1 Chronicles 2:13) Same as Shimeah.
• Sihon(warrior) king of the Amorites when Israel arrived on the borders of the promised...
• Sihor(dark), accurately Shi’hor, once The Shihor, or Shihor of Egypt, when unqualified a...
• Silas(contracted form of Silvanus, woody), an eminent member of the early Christian Church,...
• SilkThe only undoubted notice of silk in the Bible occurs in (Revelation 18:12) where it...
• Silla(a highway). "The house of Millo which goeth down to Silla" was the scene of the...
• Siloah, the Pool ofproperly "the pool of Shelach." (Nehemiah 3:15) [SILOAM]
• Siloam(sent). Shiloach, (Isaiah 8:6) Siloah, (Nehemiah 3:15) Siloam, (John 9:11) Siloam is...
• Siloam, Tower, in(Luke 13:4) Of this we know nothing definitely beyond these words of the Lord. In...
• Silvanus[SILAS]
• SilverIn very early times silver was used for ornaments, (Genesis 24:53) and for vessels of...
• Silverlingsa word used once only in the Authorized Version, (Isaiah 7:23) as a translation of the...
• Simeon(heard). The second of Jacob’s son by Leah. His birth is recorded in (Genesis 29:33)...
• Simeon Niger(Acts 13:1) [NIGER]
• Simon(contracted form of Simeon, a hearing). Son of Mattathias. [MACCABEES] Son of Onias...
• Simri(vigilant), properly Shimri, son of Hosah, a Merarite Levite in the reign of David. (1...
• Sina city of Egypt, mentioned only by Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 30:15,16) The name is Hebrew, or...
• Sin OfferingThe sin offering among the Jews was the sacrifice in which the ideas of propitiation...
• Sin, Wilderness ofa tract of the wilderness which the Israelites reached after leaving the encampment by...
• Sina, Mountthe Greek form of the well-known name Sinai. (Acts 7:30,38)
• Sinai, or Sinai(thorny). Nearly in the centre of the peninsula which stretches between the horns of...
• Sinima people noticed in (Isaiah 49:12) as living at the extremity of the known world. They...
• Sinitea tribe of Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:15) whose position is to be...
• Sion(lofty), Mount. One of the various names of Mount Hermon. (4:48) only. The Greek form...
• Siphmoth(fruitful), one of the places in the south of Judah which David frequented during his...
• Sippai(threshold), Saph, one of the sons of Rephaim, or "the giants," slain by Sibbechai at...
• Sirachthe father of Jesus (Joshua), the writer of the Hebrew original of the book of...
• Sirah(the turning), The well of, from which Abner was recalled by Joab to his death at...
• Sirion(breastplate), one of the various names of Mount Hermon, that by which it was known to...
• Sisamaia descendant of Sheshan in the line of Jerahmeel. (1 Chronicles 2:40) (B.C. about 1450.)
• Sisera(battle array). Captain of the army of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. He...
• Sitnah(strife), the second of the two wells dug by Isaac in the valley of Gerar, the...
• Sivan[MONTH]
• SlaveThe institution of slavery was recognized, though not established, by the Mosaic law...
• Slimetranslated bitumen in the Vulgate. The three instances in which it is mentioned in the...
• Sling[ARMS, ARMOR]
• Smith[HANDICRAFT]
• Smyrna(myrrh), a city of Asia Minor, situated on the AEgean Sea, 40 miles north of Ephesus....
• SnailThe Hebrew word shablul occurs only in (Psalms 58:8) The rendering of the Authorized...
• SnowThis historical books of the Bible contain only two notices of snow actually falling...
• So"So, king of Egypt," is once mentioned in the Bible -- (2 Kings 17:4) So has been...
• SoapThe Hebrew term borith is a general term for any substance of cleansing qualities. As,...
• Socho(bushy). (1 Chronicles 4:18) Probably one of the towns called Socoh, in Judah, though...
• Sochohanother form of the name which is more correctly given in the Authorized version as...
• Socohthe name of two towns in the tribe of Judah. In the district of the Shefelah. (Joshua...
• Sodi(intimate), the father of Geddiel, the spy selected from the tribe of Zebulun....
• Sodom(burning), one of the most ancient cities of Syria. It is commonly mentioned in...
• Sodoma(Romans 2:29) In this place alone the Authorized Version has followed the Greek and...
• SodomitesThis word does not denote the inhabitants of Sodom; but it is employed in the...
• Solomon(peaceful). I. Early life and occasion to the throne . --Solomon was the child of...
• Solomon, Wisdom of[WISDOM, THE, OF SOLOMON, BOOK OF]
• Solomons Porch[PALACE; TEMPLE].
• Solomons Servants(CHILDREN OF). (Ezra 2:55,58; Nehemiah 7:57,60) The persons thus named appear in the...
• Solomons Song[CANTICLES]
• SonThe term "son" is used in Scripture language to imply almost any kind of descent or...
• Soothsayer[DIVINATION]
• SopIn eastern lands where our table utensils are unknown, the meat, with the broth, is...
• Sopater(saviour of his father), son or Pyrrhus or Berea, was one of the companions of St....
• Sophereth(writing). "The children of Sophereth" were a family who returned from Babylon with...
• Sorcerer[DIVINATION]
• Sorek(red), The valley of, a wady in which lay the residence of Delilah. (Judges 16:4) It...
• Sosipater(saviour of his father), kinsman or fellow tribesman of St. Paul, (Romans 16:21) is...
• Sosthenes(saviour of his nation) was a Jew at Corinth who was seized and beaten in the presence...
• Sotai(changeful). The children of Sotai were a family of the descendants of Solomon’s...
• South Ramoth[RAMATH OF THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH]
• Sow[SWINE]
• Sower, SowingThe operation of a sowing with the hand is one of so simple a character as to need...
• Spain1 Macc. 8:3; (Romans 15:24,28) The local designation, Tarshish, representing the...
• Sparrow(Heb. tzippor , from a root signifying to "chirp" or "twitter," which appears to be a...
• Spartaa celebrated city of Greece, between whose inhabitants and the Jews a relationship was...
• Spear[ARMS, ARMOR]
• Spearmen(Acts 23:23) These were probably troops so lightly armed as to be able to keep pace on...
• Spice, SpicesHeb. basam, besem or bosem . In (Solomon 5:1) "I have gathered my myrrh with my...
• SpiderThe Hebrew word ’accabish in (Job 8:24; Isaiah 59:5) is correctly rendered "spider."...
• Spikenard(Heb. nerd) is mentioned twice in the Old Testament viz. in (Solomon 1:12; 4:13,14)...
• SpinningThe notices of spinning in the Bible are confined to (Exodus 35:25,26; Proverbs 31:19;...
• Spongea soft, porous marine substance. Sponges were for a long time supposed to be plants,...
• Spouse[MARRIAGE]
• Stachysa Christian at Rome, saluted by St. Paul in the Epistle to the Romans. (Romans 16:9) (A.D. 56.)
• Stacte(Heb. nataf) the name of one of the sweet spices which composed the holy incense. See...
• StandardsThe Assyrian standards were emblematic of their religion, and were therefore the more...
• Star of the Wise Men[MAGI]
• Stater[MONEY]
• SteelIn all cases were the word "steel" occurs in the Authorized Version the true rendering...
• Stephanasa Christian convert of Corinth whose household Paul baptized as the "first-fruits of...
• Stephenthe first Christian martyr, was the chief of the seven (commonly called Deacons)...
• Stocks(An instrument of punishment, consisting of two beams, the upper one being movable,...
• StoicsThe Stoics and Epicureans, who are mentioned together in (Acts 17:18) represent the...
• StomacherThe Hebrew word so translated, (Isaiah 3:24) describes some article of female attire,...
• StonesBesides the ordinary uses to which stones were applied, we may mention that large...
• Stones, PreciousPrecious stones are frequently alluded to in Scriptures; they were known and very...
• Stoning[PUNISHMENTS]
• Stork(Heb. chasidah), a large bird of passage of the heron family. The of the largest and...
• Strain at(So translated in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version "strain out,"...
• StrangerA "stranger," in the technical sense of the term, may be defined to be a person of...
• StrawBoth wheat and barley straw were used by the ancient Hebrews chiefly as fodder for the...
• Stream of Egyptoccurs once in the Old Testament-- (Isaiah 27:12) [RIVER OF EGYPT] RIVER OF EGYPT - 3664
• StreetThe streets of a modern Oriental town present a great contrast to those with which we...
• Stripes[PUNISHMENTS]
• Suah(sweeping), son of Zophah an Asherite. (1 Chronicles 7:36) (B.C. about 1020.)
• Succoth(booths). An ancient town, first heard of in the account of the homeward journey of...
• SuccothbenothOccurs only in (2 Kings 17:30) It has generally been supposed that this term is pure...
• Suchathitesone of the families of scribes at Jabez. (1 Chronicles 2:55)
• Sukkiim(booth-dwellers), a nation mentioned (2 Chronicles 12:3) with the Lubim and Cushim as...
• SunIn the history of "greater light," of the creation the sun is described as "greater...
• SuretyshipIn the entire absence of commerce the law laid down no rules on the subject of...
• Susa(Esther 11:3; 16:18) [SHUSHAN, OR SUSA].
• Susanchitesis found once only --in (Ezra 4:9) There can be no doubt that it designates either the...
• Susanna(a lily). The heroine of the story of the Judgment of Daniel. (The book which gives an...
• Susithe father of Gaddi the Manassite spy. (Numbers 13:11)
• SwallowHeb. deror in (Psalms 84:3; Proverbs 26:2) Heb. ’agur in (Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 8:7)...
• Swan(Heb. tinshemeth), thus rendered by the Authorized Version in (Leviticus 11:18; 14:16)...
• Swearing[OATH]
• Sweat, BloodyOne of the physical phenomena attending our Lord’s agony in the garden of Gethsemane...
• Swine(Heb. chazir). The flesh of swine was forbidden as food by the Levitical law,...
• Sword[ARMS, ARMOR]
• Sycamine Treeis mentioned only in (Luke 17:6) There is no reason to doubt that the sycamine is...
• Sycamore(Heb. shikmah). Although it may be admitted that the sycamine is properly, and in...
• Sychara place named only in (John 4:5) Sychar was either a name applied to the town of...
• Sychemthe Greek form of the word Shechem. It occurs in (Acts 7:16) only. [SHECHEM]
• Syeneproperly Seventh a town of Egypt, on the frontier of Cush or Ethiopia, (Ezekiel 29:10;...
• Symeon(The Jewish form of the name Simon, used in the Revised Version of (Acts 15:14) and...
• SynagogueHistory . --The word synagogue (sunagoge), which means a "congregation," is used in...
• Synagogue, the GreatOn the return of the Jews from Babylon, a great council was appointed according to...
• Syntyche(with fate), a female member of the church of Philippi. (Philemon 4:2,3) (A.D.57).
• Syracusethe celebrated city on the eastern coast of Sicily. "The city in its splendor was the...
• Syriais the term used throughout our version for the Hebrew Aram , as well as for the Greek...
• Syrophoenicianoccurs only in (Mark 7:26) The word denoted perhaps a mixed race, half Phoenicians and...
• Syrtis, the(Acts 27:17) in the Revised Version in place of "quicksands" in the Authorized...