International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Servant

sur'-vant ('ebhedh; doulos): A very common word with a variety of meanings, all implying a greater or less degree of inferiority and want of freedom:(1) The most frequent usage ...

Servant Of Jehovah; Servant Of The Lord; Servant Of Yahweh

|| 1. Historical Situation2. The Authorship of Isaiah, Chapters 40-663. The Prophet of the Exile4. The Unity of Isaiah 40-665. Principal Ideas of Isaiah 40-666. The Servant-Pass...

Servants, Solomon's

See SOLOMON'S SERVANTS.

Service

sur'-vis: Six Hebrew, two Aramaic and four Greek words are so rendered.1. In the Old Testament:In the Old Testament the word most used for "service" is(1) `abhodhah, from `abhad...

Servitude

sur'-vi-tud.SeeSERVANT;SLAVE.

Sesis

Sesthel

ses'-thel (Sesthel): One of the sons of Addi who put away their foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:31)= "Bezalel" inEzr 10:30.

Set

Few words in the English language have such a rich variety of meaning and are used in so rich a variety of idiomatic expression as the word "set." A glance at any of the great d...

Seth; Sheth

seth, sheth (sheth; Seth):(1) The son born to Adam and Eve after the death of Abel (Ge 4:25f; 5:3 ff; 1Ch 1:1; Sirach 49:16;Lu 3:38). InGe 4:25the derivation of the name is give...

Sethur

se'-thur (cethur; Sathour): An Asherite spy (Nu 13:13(14)).

Setting

set'-ing (millu'ah, literally, "a filling"): The word is used in the description of the manufacture of the breastplate of judgment (Ex 28:17). The instruction runs: "Thou shalt ...

Settle (1)

set'-'-l (`azarah): For this word inEze 43:14,17,20;45:19, the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version margin substitute more correctly "ledge."SeeTEMPLE.

Settle (2)

The Hebrew language has 8 words which are thus translated: yashabh, nachath, `amadh, shaqat, tabha`, natsabh, maqom, qapha'. Now the meaning is to settle down, to cause to occur...

Seven

sev'-'-n (shebha`; hepta).SeeNUMBER.

Seven Churches

See CHURCHES, SEVEN.

Seven Stars

SeeASTRONOMY.

Seveneh

se-ven'-e, se-ve'-ne (ceweneh): For the King James Version "the tower of Syene," inEze 29:10;30:6, the Revised Version (British and American) reads, "the tower of Seveneh," with...

Seventh, Day

sev'-'-nth.SeeSABBATH.

Seventy

sev'-n-ti (shibh`im; hebdomekonta).SeeNUMBER.

Seventy Disciples

The account of the designation and mission of these is found only in Luke 10. Some have therefore sought to maintain that we have here only a confused variant of the appointment...

Seventy Weeks

The "seventy weeks" of the prophecy inDa 9:24-27have long been a subject of controversy in the critical schools. The conflicting views may be seen very fully in Dr. Driver's Dan...

Seventy Years

The period assigned by Jeremiah for the duration of the Jewish exile in Babylon (Jer 25:11,12;29:10; compare2Ch 36:21;Ezr 1:1;Da 9:2). If the period be reckoned from the date of...

Sever

sev'-er: The three Hebrew words badhal, palah and paradh are thus translated. The idea conveyed is that of setting apart (Le 20:26the King James Version) or of setting someone o...

Several; Severally

sev'-er-al, sev'-er-al-i: The Hebrew words chophshuth and chophshith, translated "several" in the King James Version, the English Revised Version,2Ki 15:5;2Ch 26:21, are in both...

Shaalabbin

sha-a-lab'-in (sha`alabbin; Codex Vaticanus Salabein; Codex Alexandrinus Salamein): A town in the territory of Da named between Irshemesh and Aijalon (Jos 19:42). It seems to be...

Shaalbim

sha-al'-bim (sha`albim; Codex Vaticanus Bethalamei; Codex Alexandrinus Salabeim, in Joshua, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Thalabeim): When the Amorites had forced the c...

Shaalbonite

sha-al-bo'-nit, sha-al'-bo-nit (ha-sha`alboni; ho Salaboneites (2Sa 23:32) Codex Vaticanus ho Homei; Codex Alexandrinus ho Salaboni): Eliahba, one of David's heroes, a native of...