Sunstroke
sun'-strok.See SUN, SMITING BY.
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Sup; Supper
sup'-er.SeeMEALS.
Superfluous; Superfluity
su-pur'-floo-us, su-per-floo'-i-ti (sara`; perissos (2Co 9:1), perisseia): According to the Levitical Law, "a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a fiat nose, or anything supe...
Superscription
su-per-skrip'-shun (epigraphe):(1) The legend on a coin designating the person in whose honor or by whose authority it is issued (Mt 22:20;Mr 12:16;Lu 20:24).(2) The accusation ...
Superstition; Superstitious
su-per-stish'-un; su-per-stish'-us (deisidaimonia, "fearing demons"): The Biblical use of these words is limited to that of the former inAc 25:19the King James Version, and of t...
Suph
soof (cuph; plesion tes eruthras (thalasses); the King James Version Red Sea): As the verse stands, the place where Moses addressed the children of Israel is indicated as "beyon...
Suphah
soo'-fa (suphah, for wahebh becuphah; Septuagint reads ten Zoob ephlogise; the King James Version Rea Sea): Suphah is the region in which Vaheb is situated (Nu 21:14). It is pro...
Supper
sup'-er.SeeMEALS.
Supper, Lord's
See LORD'S SUPPER.
Supply
su-pli':Php 4:19for pleroo;1Co 16:17;Php 2:30for anapleroo;2Co 9:12(the King James Version);2Co 11:9for prosanapleroo. All three verbs mean "to fill," the 3rd containing the add...
Sur
sur (Codex Vaticanus Assour, Codex Alexandrinus Sour): Those that dwelt in Sur are mentioned along with the inhabitants of Sidon, Tyre, Ocina, etc., as dreading the approach of ...
Sure; Surely
shoor, shoor'-li: In modern English is used chiefly in the phrases "to be sure" or "to make sure," and as a simple adjective it is usually either archaic or exceedingly colloqui...
Surety
shoor'-ti: This word is used in three different connections or groups:(1) As a derivative of the word "sure" it means "of a certainty" or "surely."--InGe 15:13the infinitive abs...
Surname
sur'-nam (kanah; epikalein): A word derived from the French., meaning "an additional name"; in modern English always the family name of a person. Indeed, the spelling "surname" ...
Susa
su'-sa, soo'-sa (Additions to Esther 11:3).SeeSHUSHAN.
Susanchites
su-san'-kits (shushanekhaye').SeeSHUSHANCHITES.
Susanna, The History Of
su-zan'-a:1. Name2. Canonicity and Position3. Contents4. Fact or Fiction?5. Date6. Original Language1. Name:This novelette has, in the Septuagint, the bare title "Susanna" (Sous...
Susi
su'-si, soo'-si (cuci): Father of Gaddi, one of the spies, who represented the tribe of Manasseh (Nu 13:11). See Gray, HPN, 92.
Swaddle; Swaddling-Band
swod'-'-l, swod'-ling-band (verb chathal, "enwrap," "swaddle" (Eze 16:4), noun chathullah, "swaddling-band" (Job 38:9); verb sparganoo, "to wrap in swaddling clothes" (Lu 2:7,12...
Swallow
swal'-o (deror; strouthos, in Proverbs and Psalms, chelidon, in Isa; Latin Hirundo rustica): A small long-winged bird of exhaustless flight, belonging to the family Hirundinidae...
Swan
swon (tinshemeth, "chameleon," "tree-toad," "water-hen," "owl"; kuknos; Latin cygnus; Anglo-Saxon: swan and swon): Mentioned only in old versions and the Revised Version margin ...
Swearing
swar'-ing.SeeOATH;PERJURY;CRIMES;PUNISHMENTS.
Sweat
swet (ze`ah (Ge 3:19), yeza` (Eze 44:18); hidros (2 Macc 2:26;Lu 22:44)): "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread" (Ge 3:19). Somewhat difficult is the passage, which the...
Sweet Cane
swet kan.SeeREED.
Sweet Incense
SeeSPICES.
Swell
swel (tsabhah): In the ordeal of the Water of Jealousy described inNu 5:11-31(P), the effect on the unfaithful wife ot the drinking of the holy water was to cause the thigh to f...
Swelling
swel'-ing: The verb ga'-ah, means "rise up" (Eze 47:5, etc.), so that the noun ga'awah (Ps 46:3) means "arising." The "swelling" of the sea that shakes the mountains is a perfec...