American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Shealthiel

SeeSALATHIEL.

110

Shear-Jashub

The remnant shall return, Isa 7:3 10:21, the name of one of Isaiah’s sons; supposed to have had a prophetic meaning, like Mather-shalal-hash-baz.

111

Sheba

1. Son of Raamah, Ge 10:7. His posterity is supposed to have settled near the head of the Persian Gulf. SeeCUSHandRAAMAH.2. Son of Joktan, of the race of Shem, Ge 10:28. SeeSABE...

112

Sheba, Queen Of

SeeSABEANS2.

113

Shebat

The fifth month of the Jewish civil year, and the eleventh of the ecclesiastical year, from the new moon of February to that of March, Zec 1:7. SeeMONTH.

114

Shebna

Steward of King Hezekiah’s palace, Isa 22:15, afterwards his secretary, 2Ki 18:18,37.

115

Shechem

1. A Canaanite prince, at the town of the same name, who abducted Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and was soon afterwards treacherously slain, with many of his people, by Simeon an...

116

Sheep

Of the Syrian sheep, according to Dr. Russell, there are two varieties; the one called Bedaween sheep, which differ in no respect from the larger kinds of sheep among us, except...

117

Sheep Market

Joh 5:2. The original might with at least equal propriety be rendered sheep gate; and a gate so called is mentioned in Ne 3:1- 32; 12:39. It was adjacent to the temple, and was ...

118

Shekel

The shekel was properly and only a weight. It was used especially in weighing uncoined gold and silver: "The land is worth 400 shekels of silver...Abraham weighed to Ephron the ...

119

Shem

A son of Noah, Ge 5:32 6:10, always named before Ham and Japheth, as the eldest son; or, as some think, because he was the forefather of the Hebrews. In Ge 10:21, the word elder...

120

Shemaiah

1. A prophet of Israel, by whom God forbade Rehoboam to endeavor to coerce the ten tribes back to their allegiance, and called the king and his court to repent at the invasion o...

121

Shemer

The former owner of the hill on which Omri built Samaria, 1Ki 16:24.

122

Sheminith

In the titles of Ps 6:1-10; 12:1-8, and in 1Ch 15:21. It means properly the eighth, and seems to have been not an instrument, but a part in music, perhaps the lowest.

123

Shenir

SeeHERMON.

124

Shephatiah

The name of seven distinguished Jews, alluded to in the following passages: 2Sa 3:41Ch 12:5 27:16 2Ch 21:2Ezr 2:4,57Ne 11:4Jer 38:1.

125

Shepherd

OrPASTOR.Abel was a keeper of sheep, Ge 4:2, as were the greater number of the ancient patriarchs. When men began to multiply, and to follow different employments, Jabal son of ...

126

Sheshach

A poetical name for Babylon, signifying, as some judge, house or court of the prince, Jer 25:26; 51:41.

127

Sheshbazzar

SeeZERUBBABEL.

128

Shetharboznai

SeeTATNAI.

129

Shibboleth

A stream. In a war between the Ephraimites and the men of Gilead under Jephthah, the former were discomfited, and fled towards the fords of the Jordan. The Gileadites took posse...

130

Shield

A piece of defensive armor. God is often called the shield of his people, Ge 15:1Ps 5:12 84:11, as are also princes and great men, 2Sa 1:21Ps 47:9. SeeARMOR.

131

Shiggaion

Ps 7:1-17, title, andSHIGGIONOTH, Hab 3:1; probably song, or song of praise; perhaps some particular species of ode.

132

Shiloh

1. This term is used, Ge 49:10, to denote the Messiah, the coming of whom Jacob foretells in these words: "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between h...

133

Shimel

1. A Benjamite kinsman of Saul, who insulted king David when fleeing before Absalom, and humbled himself on David’s return. On both occasions David spared and forgave him; but w...

134

Shinar

A level region of indefinite extent around Babylon and the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris, Ge 10:10 11:2 14:1 Jos 7:21Isa 11:11Da 1:2Zec 5:11. SeeMESOPOTAMIA.

135

Ship

The ships of the ancients were very imperfect in comparison with modern ones. Navigators crept carefully along the shores, from one headland or prominent point to another, makin...