International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Standing

Star In The East

SeeSTAR OF THE MAGI;MAGI.

Star Of Bethlehem

SeeSTAR OF THE MAGI.

Star Of The Magi

|| 1. The Magi2. Herod's Enquiry3. Two Facts concerning the Star4. The Wisdom of the Magi Not Astrological5. The Prophecy of Balaam6. The Star Not a Conjunction of Planets7. The...

Star Of Wormwood

SeeWORMWOOD.

Star; Stars

star, starz.See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 6.

Stargazers

star'-gaz-erz.See ASTROLOGY, 5.

Stars, Courses Of

See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 1.

Stars, Falling; Morning; Wandering

See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 8; I, 7; I, 9.

Stars, Seven

SeeASTRONOMY.

Stately

stat'-li (kebhuddah, "weight," "honor," "wealth"): "And sit upon a stately (magnificent) bed" (Eze 23:41).

Stater

sta'-ter (stater): Used only once,Mt 17:27, where it is rendered by "piece of money" in the King James Version and "shekel" in the Revised Version (British and American). It was...

Stature

stat'-ur (madh, middah, "measure" (Nu 13:32, etc.), qomah, "standing up" (1Sa 16:7, etc.); helikia, "greatness"): This last word means "height of the body," "stature," inLu 2:52...

Staves

stavz (baddim): Ten or eleven Hebrew words are used in the Old Testament to describe various staffs, bars, and wooden rods used by the Hebrews (compare STAFF; ROD; SCEPTER). One...

Stay

sta: Is derived from two distinct forms. From one derivation it has the meaning "to stand" and so "to continue in one place" (Ge 8:10;Le 13:23,28, etc.), "to forbear to act" (Ru...

Stead; Steads

sted, stedz (tachath, "(same) place"; AS stede, "place"): Occurs only in1Ch 5:22, "They dwelt in their stead (place) until the captivity."

Stealing

ste'-ling.SeeCRIMES;PUNISHMENTS.

Stedfastness

sted'-fast-nes:(1) stereoma, "firmness": "The steadfastness of your faith in Christ" (Col 2:5). Some take this figuratively, in a military sense, of a "solid front" (see Thayer,...

Steel

stel: the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "brass" for "steel" in2Sa 22:35;Job 20:24;Ps 18:34;Jer 15:12, and "steel" for "torches" inNa 2:3.SeeBRASS.

Stephanas

stef'-a-nas (Stephanas): The name occurs only in1Co 1:16;16:15-18. Stephanas was a Christian of Corinth; his household is mentioned in1Co 16:15as the first family won to Christ ...

Stephen

ste'-vn (Stephanos, "crown" (Ac 6:5-8:12)):1. His Personal Antecedents2. His Character and Activity3. His Teaching4. His Arraignment before the Sanhedrin5. His Defence before th...

Steward

stu'-erd ('ish `al bayith (Ge 43:16,19;44:1;1Ki 16:9), ha-meltsar (Da 1:11), ha-cokhen (Isa 22:15)):1. Old Testament Usage:In the King James Version the word "steward" is found ...

Stewpan

stu'-pan (Le 11:35margin).SeePAN.

Stiff-Necked

stif'-nekt (qesheh `oreph, literally, "hard of neck"): As it is figuratively used, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, the word means "stubborn," "untractable," ...

Still

stil: "To be still" is "to keep silence" (Ps 4:4, etc.) and so "to be quiet" (Ps 107:29, etc.) or "inactive" in any way (Jud 18:9;1Ki 22:3;Zec 1:11, etc.). So "be still" inPs 46...

Sting

sting (parash, "to cut into"; kentron, "a goad," "spur"): A sharp, pointed organ or instrument for inflicting wounds by puncture; sting of an adder,Pr 23:32; of scorpions,Re 9:1...

Stir, Stir Up

stur: Used transitively and intransitively to indicate inner, concentrated movement; translates a number of Hebrew and Greek verbs, each of which has its different shade of mean...