Septuagint
The seventy, is the name of the most ancient Greek version of the Old Testament, and is so called because there were said to have been seventy translators.The accounts of its or...
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Sepulchre
A place of burial. The Hebrews were always very careful about the burial of their dead. Many of their sepulchres were hewn in rocks: as that of Shebna, Isa 22:16; those of the k...
Serah
A daughter of Asher, thrice named among those who migrated to Egypt, Ge 46:17; Nu 26:46; 1Ch 7:30. Why she was thus distinguished is unknown, but the rabbis have many fables res...
Seraiah
The name of six persons, alluded to in the following passages: 2Sa 8:17; 2Ki 25:18; Ezr 7:1; Jer 36:26; 40:8; 51:59. The last is termed "a quiet prince" or "chief chamberlain." ...
Seraphim
Burning ones, celestial beings surrounding the throne of God. Compare De 4:24Heb 12:29. They appear to be distinguished from the cherubim, Eze 1:5-12. The prophet Isaiah, Isa 6:...
Sergeants
Ac 16:35, properly Roman lictors, public servants who bore a bundle of rods, sometimes with an axe in the center, before the magistrates of cities and colonies as insignia of th...
Sergius Paulus
Proconsul or governor of the isle of Cyprus, was converted under the ministry of Paul, A. D. 48, Ac 13:7.
Serpents
These reptiles, unclean among the Hebrews, Le 11:10,41, are widely diffused through the world, but are most numerous and venomous in tropical climates. About one-sixth part of a...
Serug
A descendant of Shem, and an ancestor of Abraham, Ge 11:20-23; Lu 3:35. Jewish tradition says he was the first of his line that fell into idolatry, Jos 24:2.
Servant
This word sometimes denotes a man who voluntarily dedicates himself to the service of another. Thus Joshua was the servant of Moses; Elisha of Elijah; and Peter, Andrew, Philip,...
Seth
The first son of Adam after the death of Abel, Ge 4:25,26; 5:3,6,8, and ancestor of the line of godly patriarchs.
Seven
As from the beginning this was the number of days in the week, so it often has in Scripture a sort of emphasis attached to it, and is very generally used as a round or perfect n...
Shaalbim
A town of God, long held by the Amorites, Jos 19:42; Jud 1:35, but in the time of Solomon the headquarters of one of his commissaries, 1Ki 4:9.
Shadow
Sometimes denotes intense darkness and gloom, Ps 23:4, and sometimes a cool retreat, Isa 33:2, or perfect protection, Ps 17:8Isa 49:2Da 4:12.The long shadows cast by the declini...
Shadrach
A Chaldean name given to Ananias at the court of Nebuchadnezzar, Da 1:7. SeeABED-NEGO.
Shalisha
A district adjoining Mount Ephraim on the west, 1Sa 9:4. Baal-shalisha is placed by Eusebius fifteen miles from Lydda, towards the north.
Shallum
1. Son of Jabesh, or a native of Jebesh, who treacherously killed Zechariah King of Israel and usurped his kingdom, B. C. 772. He held it only one month, when Menahem son of Gad...
Shalmaneser
King of Assyria between Tiglath-pileser and Sennacherib. He ascended the throne about B. C. 728, and reigned fourteen years. Scripture reports that he came into Palestine, subdu...
Shambles
1Co 10:25, a public meat-market.
Shamgar
Son of Anath, the third judge of Israel, after Ehud and shortly before Barak, in a time of great insecurity and distress, Jud 3:31 5:6. Scripture only says he defended Israel, a...
Shammah
1. One of the three chiefs of David’s thirty heroes, who shared with David and Eleazar the honor of the exploit recorded in 2Sa 23:11,12; 1Ch 11:12-14. Another feast is describe...
Shaphan
1. A scribe or secretary under King Josiah, to whom he read from the newly found autograph roll of the book of the law, 2Ki 22:12; Jer 29:3; 36:10; Eze 8:11.2. The father of Ahi...
Shaphat
1. The father of Elisha, 1Ki 19:16.2. A descendant of David, 1Ch 3:22.3. A chief herdsmen of David in Bashan, 1Ch 27:29.
Sharezer
1. A son of Sennacherib, who assisted in slaying his father, Isa 37:38.2. A delegate sent to Jerusalem with Regemmelec and others, probably soon after the return from the Babylo...
Sharon
1. A plain adjoining the seacoast of Palestine between Carmel and Joppa, about sixty miles in length and of variable width, expanding inland as it stretches from the promontory ...
Shaveh
A valley north of Jerusalem, called also the King’s Dale, Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18.
Shaving
The Jews shaved their beards and hair in time of mourning, repentance, or distress, Job 1:20Jer 48:37, and in certain ceremonial purifications, Le 14:9Nu 8:7. At other times the...