International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

919

Stranger And Sojourner (In The Apocrypha And The New Testament)

The technical meaning attaching to the Hebrew terms is not present in the Greek words translated "stranger" and "sojourner," and the distinctions made by English Versions of the...

920

Stranger And Sojourner (In The Old Testament)

stranj'-er:I. THE GER1. Legal provisions(1) Principles(2) Rules2. Relation to Sacrifice and Ritual3. Historical CircumstancesII. THE TOSHABHIII. THE NOKHRI OR BEN NEKHAR1. Marri...

921

Strangled

stran'-g'-ld (chanaq; pniktos, from verb pnigo, "to choke," "to smother," "to strangle" (compare choking of swine in the lake,Mr 5:13; the seed are choked by the thorns,Mt 13:7;...

922

Strangling

stran'-g'-ling.SeePUNISHMENTS.

923

Straw; Stubble

stro, stub'-'-l: The cognates of Hebrew tebhen, "straw" and qash, "stubble," have been retained in the modern Arabic terms tibn and qashsh. Tibn applies to the straw which has b...

924

Strawed

strod: Past participle of "to strew," "scatter," or "spread about," as powder (of the golden calf,Ex 32:20, the Revised Version (British and American) "strewed"); branches (Mt 2...

925

Stream

strem:(1) nachal, English Versions of the Bible "stream," as: "Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed" (Ps 78:20). Often "valley," as "the ...

926

Street

stret.SeeCITY.

927

Strength, Of Israel

strength: For "the strength of the children of Israel," applied to Yahweh in the King James VersionJoe 3:16, the Revised Version (British and American) reads "a stronghold to th...

928

Strike

strik: The verbs "to strike" and "to stroke" (latter not in English Versions) have the same derivation, and originally "strike" was the intrans, "stroke" the transitive form. "S...

929

Stringed, Instruments

stringd.SeeMUSIC.

930

Stripes

strips.SeePUNISHMENTS.

931

Strive

striv.See GAMES, II, 2.

932

Stronghold

strong'-hold.See FORTIFIED CITIES, IV, 1.

933

Stubble

stub'-'-l (qash (Ex 5:12, etc.); kalame (The Wisdom of Solomon 3:7;1Co 3:12)): These Hebrew and Greek forms are used of the stalks of wheat, etc., left knee-high in the field by...

934

Studs

studz (nequddoth, "engraving," "stud"): Ornaments consisting of small silver points which it was proposed (So 1:11) to affix to the new golden "plaits" (the Revised Version) or ...

935

Stuff

stuf (keli; skeuos): "Material" for any purpose (Eze 12:3,4,7); or "supplies" in a more general sense (Ex 36:7, Hebrew mela'-khah; compare the King James Version, the English Re...

936

Stumbling-Block; Stumbling-Stone

stum'-bling-blok, (mikhshol, makhshelah; proskomma, skandalon): These are the most important of the varied renderings of either of two cognate Hebrew words, or of two different ...

937

Sua

su'-a (Soua; the King James Version, Sud): Name of a family of temple-servants who went up from exile with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:29) = "Sia" ofNe 7:47; "Siaha" ofEzr 2:44.

938

Suah

su'-a (cuach): Son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher (1Ch 7:36).

939

Sub-Apostolic Literature

See LITERATURE, SUB-APOSTOLIC.

940

Subai

su'-ba-i, su'-bi (Subaei): Name of a family of temple-servants who returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:30) = "Shamlai" ofEzr 2:46; "Salmai" ofNe 7:48.

941

Subas

su'-bas (Soubas; the King James Version, Suba): Name of a family of "the sons of the servants of Solomon" returning with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:34), wanting in the parallel list...

942

Suborn

sub-orn' (hupoballo (Ac 6:11; only here in the New Testament)): The word means to introduce by collusion, to put one person in the place of another, to employ anyone in a secret...

943

Substance

sub'-stans (rekhush; hupostasis): Lit. that which stands under, is in the Bible used chiefly of material goods and possessions. In the Old Testament it is the translation of num...

944

Subtil; Subtle; Subtlety; Subtilty

sub'-til, sut'-'-l, sut'-'-l-ti (chakham, nakhal, mirmah; dolos): These words are used(1) in a good sense:2Sa 13:3, chakham, "wise," "Jonadab was a very subtle (the American Sta...

945

Suburbs

sub'-urbz.SeeCITY.