International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Seleucidae

se-lu'-si-de.SeeSELEUCUS.

272

Seleucus

se-lu'-kus (Seleukos):(1) Seleucus I (Nicator, "The Conqueror"), the founder of the Seleucids or House of Seleucus, was an officer in the grand and thoroughly equipped army, whi...

273

Self-Control

self-kon-trol' (egkrateia): Rendered in the King James Version "temperance" (compare Latin temperario and continentia), but more accurately "self-control," as in the Revised Ver...

274

Self-Righteousness

self-ri'-chus-nes: A term that has come to designate moral living as a way of salvation; or as a ground for neglecting the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. The thought is presen...

275

Self-Surrender

self-su-ren'-der: The struggle between the natural human impulses of selfseeking, self-defence and the like, on the one hand, and the more altruistic impulse toward self-denial,...

276

Self-Will

self-wil' (ratson; authades): Found once in the Old Testament (Ge 49:6, "In their self-will they hocked an ox") in the death song of Jacob (see HOCK). The idea is found twice in...

277

Sell, Seller

sel'-er.SeeTRADE;LYDIA.

278

Selvedge

sel'-vej (qatsah): The word occurs only in the description of the tabernacle (Ex 26:4;36:11). It has reference to the ten curtains which overhung the boards of the sanctuary. Fi...

279

Sem

sem (Sem): the King James Version from the Greek form of Shem; thus the Revised Version (British and American) (Lu 3:36).

280

Semachiah

sem-a-ki'-a (cemakhyahu, "Yah has sustained"): A Korahite family of gatekeepers (1Ch 26:7). Perhaps the same name should be substituted for "Ismachiah" in2Ch 31:13(see HPN, 291,...

281

Semei

sem'-e-i:(1) (Codex Alexandrinus Semei; Codex Vaticanus Semeei): One of those who put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:33) = "Shimei" "of the sons of Hashum" inEzr 10:33.(...

282

Semeias

se-me-i'-as (Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Semeias; Codex Vaticanus Semeeias; the King James Version Semei): An ancestor of Mordecai (Additions to Esther 11:2) = "Shim...

283

Semein

se-me'-in (Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus Semeein; Codex Alexandrinus Semeei, Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Semei; the King James Version, Semei): An ancestor of Jesu...

284

Semeis

sem'-e-is (Codex Alexandrinus and Fritzsche, Semeis; Codex Vaticanus Senseis; the King James Version, Semis): One of the Levites who put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:2...

285

Semellius

se-mel'-i-us: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American)SAMELLIUS(which see).

286

Semis

se'-mis: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American)SEMEIS(which see).

287

Semites, Semitic Religion

sem'-its, sem-it'-ik,1. Biblical References2. The Five Sons of Shem3. Original Home of the Semites4. Confusion with Other Races5. Reliability of Genesis 106. Semitic Languages7....

288

Senaah

se-na'-a, sen'-a-a (cena'ah; Codex Vaticanus Sanana; Sananat; Codex Alexandrinus Sanana, Sennaa, Hasan): The children of Senaah are mentioned as having formed part of the compan...

289

Senate; Senator

sen'-at, sen'-a-ter: InPs 105:22, "teach his senators (the Revised Version (British and American) "elders") wisdom." The Hebrew is zaqen, "elder" Septuagint presbuteroi). InAc 5...

290

Seneh

se'-ne (ceneh; Senna): This was the name attaching to the southern of the two great cliffs between which ran the gorge of Michmash (1Sa 14:4). The name means "acacia," and may h...

291

Senir

se'-nir (senir; Saneir): This was the Amorite name of Mt. Hermon, according toDe 3:9(the King James Version "Shenir").' But in1Ch 5:23;So 4:8, we have Senir and Hermon named as ...

292

Sennacherib

se-nak'-er-ib (cancheribh; Sennachereim, Assyrian Sin-akhierba, "the moon-god Sin has increased the brothers"): Sennacherib (704-682 BC) ascended the throne of Assyria after the...

293

Senses

sen'-siz: The translation of aistheterion (Heb 5:14, "those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil"). The word means, primarily, the seat of t...

294

Sensual

sen'-shoo-al (psuchikos, "animal," "natural"): Biblical psychology has no English equivalent for this Greek original. Man subject to the lower appetites is sarkikos, "fleshly"; ...

295

Sent

(shalach; apostello): "Sent" in the Old Testament is the translation of shalach, "to send" (of presents, messengers, etc.,Ge 32:18;44:3;Jud 6:14;1Ki 14:6;Es 3:13;Pr 17:11;Jer 49...

296

Sentence

sen'-tens: Eight Hebrew and three Greek words are thus translated in the King James Version. Sometimes it points to a mystery (Da 5:12;8:23); then again to the contents of the L...

297

Senuah

se-nu'-a, sen'-u-a (cenu'ah): In the King James Version "A Benjamite" (Ne 11:9); the Revised Version (British and American) has "Hassenuah," transliterating the definite article...