SARAI
(my princess) the original name of Sarah wife of Abraham.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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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 high priest’s breastplate. (Exodus 28:27) The sard, which is probably the stone denoted by ode...
SARDIS
a city of Asia Minor and capital of Lydia, situated about two miles to the south of the river Hermus, just below the range of Tmolus, on a spur of which its acropolis was built....
SARDITES, THE
descendants of Sered the son of Zebulun. (Numbers 26:26) (In the Revised Version of (Revelation 4:3) for sardine stone. The name is derived from Sardis, where the stone was firs...
SARDONYX
a name compounded of sard and onyx, two precious stones, varieties of chalcedony or agate. The sardonyx combines the qualities of both, whence its name. It is mentioned only in ...
SAREPTA
[ZAREPHATH]
SARGON
(prince of the sea), one of the greatest of the Assyrian kings, is mentioned by name but once in Scripture-- (Isaiah 20:1) He was the successor of Shalmaneser, and was Sennacher...
SARID
(survivor), a chief landmark of the territory of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:10,12) All that can be gathered of its position is that it lay to the west of Chislothtabor.
SARON
the district in which Lydda stood, (Acts 9:35) only; the Sharon of the Old Testament. [SHARON]
SAROTHIE
are 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 Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 39:3) (B.C. 588.)
SARUCH
(Luke 3:25) Serug the son of Reu.
SATAN
The word itself, the Hebrew satan, is simply an "adversary," and is so used in (1 Samuel 29:4; 2 Samuel 19:22; 1 Kings 6:4; 11:14,23,25; Numbers 22:22,33; Psalms 109:6) This ori...
SATYR
(sa’tyr or sat’yr), a sylvan deity or demigod of Greek mythology, represented as a monster, part man and part goat. (Isaiah 13:21; 34:14) The Hebrew word signifies "hairy" or "r...
SAUL
(desired), more accurately Shaul.One of the early kings of Edom, and successor of Samlah. (Genesis 36:37,38; 1 Chronicles 1:48) (B.C. after 1450.)The first king of Israel, the s...
SAW
Egyptian saws, so far as has yet been discovered, are single-handed. As is the case in modern Oriental saws, the teeth usually incline toward the handle, instead of away from it...
SCAPEGOAT
[ATONEMENT, THE DAY OF, DAY OF]
SCARLET
[COLORS]
SCEPTRE
This word originally meant a rod or staff. It was thence specifically applied to the shepherd’s crook, (Leviticus 27:32; Micah 7:14) and to the wand or sceptre of a ruler. The a...
SCEVA
a Jew residing at Ephesus at the time of St. Paul’s second visit to that town. (Acts 19:14-16) (A.D. 52.)
SCHOOLS
(In the early ages most of the instruction of young children was by the parents. The leisure hours of the Sabbaths and festival days brought the parents in constant contact with...
SCORPION
(Heb. ’akrab), a well known venomous insect of hot climates, shaped much like a lobster. It is usually not more than two or three inches long, but in tropical climates is someti...
SCOURGING
The punishment of scourging was common among the Jews. The instrument of punishment in ancient Egypt, as it is also in modern times generally in the East, was usually the stick,...
SCRIBES
(Heb.sopherim), I. Name. -- (1) Three meanings are connected with the verb saphar, the root of sopherim -- (a) to write, (b) to set in order, (c) to count. The explanation of th...
SCRIP
The Hebrew word thus translated appears in (1 Samuel 17:40) as a synonym for the bag in which the shepherds of Palestine carried their food or other necessities. The scrip of th...
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