International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Scribes

skribz: The existence of law leads necessarily to a profession whose business is the study and knowledge of the law; at any rate, if the law is extensive and complicated. At the...

191

Scrip

skrip: A word connected with "scrap," and meaning a "bag," either as made from a "scrap" (of skin) or as holding "scraps" (of food, etc.). the King James Version has "scrip" in1...

192

Scripture

skrip'-tur (he graphe, plural hai graphai): The word means "writing." In the Old Testament it occurs in the King James Version only once, "the scripture of truth," inDa 10:21, w...

193

Scriptures, Search The

skrip'-turz.SeeSEARCH THE SCRIPTURES.

194

Scroll

skrol.SeeROLL.

195

Scum

skum (chel'ah; Septuagint ios, "poison" or "verdigris"; compare Plato Rep. 609a): The word is only found inEze 24:6,11,12, where the Revised Version (British and American) trans...

196

Scurvy

The name "Gareb" is used inJer 31:39as the placename of a hill at or near the southeastern corner of Jerusalem, probably from the bare roughness of the surface of its slope at t...

197

Scythians

sith'-i-anz (hoi Skuthai): The word does not occur in the Hebrew of the Old Testament, but Septuagint ofJud 1:27inserts (Skuthon polis (Scythopolis), in explanation, as being th...

198

Scythopolis

si-thop'-o-lis, si-thop'-o-lis.See BETH-SHEAN.

199

Sea

se (yam; thalassa; inAc 27:5pelagos): The Mediterranean is called ha-yam ha-gadhol, "the great sea" (Nu 34:6;Jos 1:4;Eze 47:10, etc.); ha-yam ha-'acharon, "the hinder," or "west...

200

Sea Of Chinnereth

kin'-e-reth.See GALILEE, SEA OF.

201

Sea Of Galilee

See GALILEE, SEA OF.

202

Sea Of Glass

See GLASS, SEA OF.

203

Sea Of Jazer

(yam ya`zer): This is a scribal error (Jer 48:32), yam ("sea") being accidentally imported from the preceding clause.SeeJAZER;SEA.

204

Sea Of Joppa

SeeMEDITERRANEAN SEA.

205

Sea Of Lot

SeeDEAD SEA;LAKE.

206

Sea Of Sodom (Sodomitish

sod-om-it'-ish).SeeDEAD SEA.

207

Sea Of The Arabah

SeeDEAD SEA.

208

Sea Of The Philistines

SeeMEDITERRANEAN SEA.

209

Sea Of The Plain (Arabah)

ar'-a-ba).SeeDEAD SEA.

210

Sea Of Tiberias

ti-be'-ri-as.See GALILEE, SEA OF.

211

Sea-Mew

se'-mu (shachaph; laros; Latin, Larus canus): The sea-gull. Used by modern translators in the list of abominations in the place of the cuckoo (Le 11:16;De 14:15). It is very pro...

212

Sea-Monster

se'-mon-ster:Ge 1:21(tanninim), "sea monsters," the King James Version "whales," Septuagint (ta kete), "sea-monsters," "huge fish," or "whales."Job 7:12(tannin), "sea-monster" t...

213

Sea, Adriatic

a-dri-at'-ic, ad-ri-at'-ik.SeeADRIA.

214

Sea, Brazen

bra'-z'n.See SEA, THE MOLTEN.

215

Sea, Dead; Eastern

es'-tern.SeeDEAD SEA.

216

Sea, Former

for'-mer.SeeDEAD SEA;FORMER.