International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

784

Sorrow

sor'-o (chebhel, yaghon, makh'obh, etc.; lupe): The Old Testament has very many words translated "sorrow," those named being the most frequent; in the New Testament "sorrow" is ...

785

Sosipater

so-sip'-a-ter (Sosipatros): Sosipater unites with Lucius and Jason in sending greetings to the Roman Christians (Ro 16:21). He is a "kinsman" of Paul, by which Paul means a Jew ...

786

Sosthenes

sos'-the-nez (Sosthenes): Chief of the synagogue at Corinth (Ac 18:17). Possibly identical with the co-worker (afterward) of Paul mentioned in1Co 1:1.

787

Sostratus

sos'-tra-tus (Sostratos, in Codex Venetus Sos-): "The governor of the citadel" of Jerusalem under Antiochus IV (Epiphanes). His duty was to gather the revenues of the city and p...

788

Sotai

so'-ti, so'-ta-i, so-ta'-i (coTay): One of those who returned from captivity, being descendants of Solomon's servants (Ezr 2:55;Ne 7:57).

789

Sottish

sot'-ish (cakhal "thick-headed"): "They are sottish (stupid, very foolish) children" (Jer 4:22).

790

Soul

sol (nephesh; psuche; Latin anima):1. Shades of Meaning in the Old Testament:(1) Soul, like spirit, has various shades of meaning in the Old Testament, which may be summarized a...

791

Sound

sound: InIsa 63:15the King James Version has "the sounding of thy bowels," a painfully literal translation of hamon me'eykha, with the similar phrase, "my bowels shall sound lik...

792

Soundings

sound'-ingz.See SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 2.

793

Sour

sour:(1) bocer, "immature," "unripe": "The fathers have eaten sour grapes" (Jer 31:29f; Eze 18:2; compareIsa 18:5the King James Version).(2) cur, "to turn aside," "degenerate": ...

794

South

south:(1) neghebh, according BDB from [?] naghabh, meaning "to be dry," the word most often used, in the Revised Version (British and American) capitalized (South) in those plac...

795

South Ramoth

SeeRAMOTH.

796

South, Chambers Of The

The twelve constellations of the Zodiac.See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 12.

797

South, Queen Of The

(Mt 12:42).SeeQUEEN OF SHEBA.

798

Southeast

SeeNORTHEAST.

799

Sow

sou.SeeSWINE.

800

Sower; Sowing

so'-er, so'-ing.SeeAGRICULTURE.

801

Spain

span (Spania): The country in the Southwest of Europe which still bears this name. It was Paul's purpose, as stated inRo 15:24,28, to visit Spain. If, as is probable, he ultimat...

802

Span

(zereth; spithame): A measure of length equal to half a cubit or about 9 in. (Ex 28:16;39:9;1Sa 17:4, etc.).La 2:20the King James Version is a mistranslation; see the Revised Ve...

803

Spark

spark.SeeLEVIATHAN.

804

Sparrow

spar'-o (tsippor; strouthion; Latin passer): A small bird of the Fringillidae family. The Hebrew tsippor seems to have been a generic name under which were placed all small bird...

805

Sparta; Spartans

spar'-ta, spar'-tanz (Sparte (1 Macc 14:16), Spartiatai; Lacedaemonians (the King James Version 1 Macc 12:2,5,6,10,21; 14:20-23; 15:23; in 2 Macc 5:9, Greek Lakedaimonioi)): The...

806

Speaking, Evil

spe'-king.See EVIL-SPEAKING; SLANDER.

807

Spear; Spearmen

sper, sper'-men.See ARMOR, III, 4; ARMY, 7.

808

Specially

spesh'-al-i (me'odh (Ps 31:11the King James Version); malista): Used in an emphatic sense; derived from a superlative. While usually employed for emphasis, it carries with it sl...

809

Speckled

spek'-l'-d:Zec 1:8; the Revised Version (British and American) "sorrel."SeeCOLORS;HYENA.

810

Spectacle

spek'-ta-k'-l (theatron): Occurs twice in the New Testament:(1) of the place where assemblies or exhibitions Were held (Ac 19:29, "theatre");(2) figuratively of the suffering ap...