International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Sand

(chol; ammos; a variant of the more usual psammos; compare amathos, psamathos): Sand is principally produced by the grinding action of waves. This is accompanied by chemical sol...

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Sand Flies

sand'-fliz (kinnim (Ex 8:16margin; /RAPC Wis 19:10 margin)): English Versions of the Bible "lice."SeeFLEA;GNAT;INSECTS;LICE.

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Sand-Lizard

sand'-liz-ard. (chomeT; Septuagint saura, "lizard"; the King James Version snail): ChomeT is 7th in the list of unclean "creeping things" inLe 11:29,30, and occurs nowhere else....

112

Sand, Glowing

glo'-ing.SeeMIRAGE.

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Sandal

san'-dal.See DRESS, sec. 6; SHOE; SHOE-LATCHET.

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Sanhedrin

san'-he-drin (canhedhrin, the Talmudic transcription of the Greek sunedrion):1. Name:The Sanhedrin was, at and before the time of Christ, the name for the highest Jewish tribuna...

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Sansannah

san-san'-a (cancannah; [Sansanna], or Sethennak): One of the uttermost cities in the Negeb of Judah (Jos 15:31), identical with Hazar-susah (Jos 19:5), one of the cities of Sime...

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Saph

saf (caph; Codex Vaticanus Saph; Codex Alexandrinus Sephe): A Philistine, one of the four champions of the race of Rapha ("giant") who was slain by Sibbecai, one of David's hero...

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Saphat

sa'-fat:(1) A and Fritzsche, Saphat; omitted in Codex Vaticanus (and Swete); Babylonian margin Asaph: The eponym of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:9) = "She...

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Saphatias

saf-a-ti'-as (Saphatias, Codex Vaticanus Sophotias; omitted in Codex Alexandrinus): Name of a family of returning exiles (1 Esdras 8:34) = "Shephatiah" inEzr 8:8. If Saphatias (...

119

Sapheth

sa'-feth: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American)SAPHUTHI(which see).

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Saphir

sa'-fer (shaphir).SeeSHAPHIR.

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Saphuthi

saf'-u-thi, sa-fu'-thi (Codex Alexandrinus and Fritzsche, Saphuthi, Codex Vaticanus (and Swete), Saphuei; the King James Version Sapheth): Name of one of the families of "the so...

122

Sapphira

sa-fi'-ra (shappira'; Aramaic for either "beautiful" or "sapphire"; Sappheira): Wife of Ananias (Ac 5:1-10).See ANANIAS, (1).

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Sapphire

saf'-ir.See STONES, PRECIOUS.

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Sarabias

sar-a-bi'-as (Sarabias): One of the Levites who taught and expounded the Law for Ezra (1 Esdras 9:48) = "Sherebiah" inNe 8:7, probably identical with the "Asebebias" in 1 Esdras...

125

Sarah; Sarai

sa'-ra, sa'-ri:(1) InGe 17:15the woman who up to that time has been known as Sarai (Saray; Sara) receives by divine command the name Sarah (Sarah; Sarra). (This last form in Gre...

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Saraias

sa-ra'-yas, sa-ri'-as (Saraias; Latin, Sareus):(1) = Seraiah, the high priest in the reign of Zedekiah (1 Esdras 5:5, compare1Ch 6:14).(2) Sareus the father of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:...

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Saramel

sar'-a-mel: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American)ASARAMEL(which see).

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Saraph

sa'-raf, sa'-raf (saraph, "noble one"; compare saraph, "burn" "shine"): A descendant of Judah through Shelah (1Ch 4:22).

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Sarchedonus

sar-ked'-o-nus (Codex Vaticanus Sacherdonos; Codex Alexandrinus Sacherdan, but Sacherdonosos in Tobit 1:22): An incorrect spelling, both in the King James Version and the Revise...

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Sardeus

sar-de'-us: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American)ZARDEUS(which see).

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Sardin(E); Sardius

sar'-din, sar'-din.See STONES, PRECIOUS.

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Sardis

sar'-dis (Sardeis): Sardis is of special interest to the student of Herodotus and Xenophon, for there Artaphernes, the brother of Darius, lived, and from there Xerxes invaded Gr...

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Sardite

sar'-dit.SeeSERED.

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Sardius

sar'-di-us.See STONES, PRECIOUS.

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Sardonyx

sar'-do-niks.See STONES, PRECIOUS.