Sickle
sik'-'l (chermesh (De 16:9;23:25), maggal; compare Arabic minjal (Jer 50:16;Joe 3:13); drepanon (Mr 4:29;Re 14:14-19)): Although the ancients pulled much of their grain by hand,...
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Sicyon
sish'-i-on (Sikuon, Sukuon, Sukion): Mentioned in 1 Macc 15:23 in the list of countries and cities to which Lucius the Roman consul (probably Lucius Calpurnius Piso, 139 BC) wro...
Siddim, Vale Of
sid'-im, (`emeq ha-siddim; Septuagint he pharangx (or koilas) he haluke): The place mentioned inGe 14:3-8as being the scene of encounter between Chedorlaomer and his allies with...
Side
si'-de (Side): An ancient town of Pamphylia, occupying a triangular promontory on the coast. It was one of the towns to which a letter favorable to the Jews was sent by the Roma...
Sides
sidz (yarekhah, "thigh," "flank"): the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "innermost parts" for the King James Version "sides" inJon 1:5; compare1Sa 24:3.
Sidon (1)
si'-don (tsidhon): The oldest son of Canaan (Ge 10:15).
Sidon (2)
si'-don (tsidhon; Sidon; the King James Version, Sidon and Zidon; the Revised Version (British and American) SIDON only):1. Location and Distinction:One of the oldest Phoenician...
Sidonians
si-do'-ni-anz: Natives or inhabitants of Sidon (De 3:9;Jos 13:4,6;Jud 3:3;1Ki 5:6).
Siege
sej (matsor (De 28:52,53;1Ki 15:27;2Ki 25:2;Isa 29:3;Eze 4:2); "to be besieged," "to suffer siege," ba-matsor bo' (De 20:19;2Ki 24:10;25:2)):1. In Early Hebrew History2. In the ...
Sieve; Sift
siv.SeeAGRICULTURE;THRESHING.
Siglos
sig'-los (siglos): A Persian silver coin, twenty of which went to the goldDARIC(which see).
Sign
sin ('oth "a sign" "mark" mopheth, "wonder"' semeion, "a sign," "signal," "mark"): A mark by which persons or things are distinguished and made known. In Scripture used generall...
Signet
sig'-net.SeeSEAL.
Signs Of The Heavens
See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 4.
Signs, Numerical
nu-mer'-i-kal.SeeNUMBER.
Sihon
si'-hon (cichon): King of the Amorites, who vainly opposed Israel on their journey from Egypt to Palestine, and who is frequently mentioned in the historical books and in the Ps...
Sihor
si'-hor.SeeSHIHOR.
Sihor-Libnath
si'-hor-lib'-nath.See SHIHOR-LIBNATH.
Silas
si'-las (Silas, probably contraction for Silouanos; the Hebrew equivalents suggested are shalish, "Tertius," or shelach (Ge 10:24) (Knowling), or sha'ul = "asked" (Zahn)): The S...
Silence
si'-lens: Five Hebrew roots, with various derivatives, and two Greek words are thus translated. The word is used literally for dumbness, interrupted speech, as inLa 2:10;Ps 32:3...
Silk; Silkworm
silk'-wurm ((1) meshi (Eze 16:10,13), perhaps from mashah, "to draw" "to extract" compare Arabic masa' of same meaning; Septuagint trichapton, "woven of hair"; (2) serikon (Re 1...
Silla
sil'-a (cilla'; Codex Vaticanus Galla; Codex Alexandrinus Gaallad): Joash was assassinated by his servants "at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla" (2Ki 12:2...
Siloam, Towerin
SeeJERUSALEM;SILOAM.
Siloam; Siloah; Shelah; Shiloah
si-lo'-am, si-lo'-am, si-lo'-a, she'-la, shi-lo'-a:(1) me ha-shiloach (shiloach or shilloach is a passive form and means "sent" or "conducted") "the waters of (the) Shiloah" (Is...
Silvanus
sil-va'-nus (Silouanos (2Co 1:19)).SeeSILAS.
Silver
sil'-ver (keceph; argurion, arguros): Silver was known in the earliest historic times. Specimens of early Egyptian and Babylonian silver work testify to the skill of the ancient...
Silverling
sil'-ver-ling ('eleph kecheph (Isa 7:23)): `A thousand of silver' means a thousand shekels.SeePIECE OF SILVER.