SENEH
(thorn), the name of one of the two isolated rocks which stood in the "passage of Michmash," (1 Samuel 14:4) 6 1/2 Miles north of Jerusalem.
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SENIR
(snow mountain), (1 Chronicles 5:23; Ezekiel 27:5) the Amorite name for Mount Hermon.
SENNACHERIB, OR SENNACHERIB
(sin, the moon, increases brothers), was the son and successor of Sargon. [SARGON] His name in the original is read as Tsinakki-irib, the meaning of which, as given above indica...
SENUAH
(bristling, properly Hassenuah, with the definite article), a Benjamite. (Nehemiah 11:9)
SEORIM
(barley), the chief of the fourth of the twenty-four courses of priests. (1 Chronicles 24:8)
SEPHAR
(a numbering). It is written after the enumeration of the sons of Joktan, "And their dwelling was from Mesha as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east." (Genesis 10:30) The ...
SEPHARAD
(separated), a name which occurs in (Obadiah 1:20) only. Its situation has always been a matter of uncertainty.
SEPHARVAIM
(the two Sipparas) is mentioned by Sennacherib in his letter to Hezekiah as a city whose king had been unable to resist the Assyrians. (2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 37:13) comp. 2Kin 1...
SEPHELA
the Greek form of the ancient word has-Shefelah, the native name for the southern division of the low-lying flat district which intervenes between the central highlands of the h...
SEPTUAGINT
(The seventy). The Septuagint or Greek version of the Old Testament appears at the present day in four principal editions:--Biblia Polyglotta Complutensis, A.D. 1514-1617,The Al...
SEPULCHRE
[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES]
SERAH
the daughter of Asher, (Genesis 46:17; 1 Chronicles 7:30) called in (Numbers 26:46) SARAH. (B.C. about 1700.)
SERAIAH
The king’s scribe or secretary in the reign of David. (2 Samuel 8:17) (B.C. 1043.)The high priest in the reign of Zedekiah. (2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Jeremiah 52:24) (B...
SERAPHIM
(burning, glowing), an order of celestial beings, whom Isaiah beheld in vision standing above Jehovah as he sat upon his throne. (Isaiah 6:2) They are described as having each o...
SERED
(fear), the first-born of Zebulun. (Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26) about 1700.)
SERGIUS PAULUS
was the proconsul of Cyprus when the apostle Paul visited that island with Barnabas on his first missionary tour. (Acts 13:7) seq. (A.D. 44.) He is described as an intelligent m...
SERPENT
The Hebrew word nachash is the generic name of any serpent. The following are the principal biblical allusions to this animal its subtlety is mentioned in (Genesis 3:1) its wisd...
SERUG
(branch), son of Reu and great grandfather of Abraham. His age is given in the Hebrew Bible as 230 years. (Genesis 11:20-23) (B.C. 2180.)
SERVANT
[SLAVE]
SETH
(compensation), (Genesis 4:25; 6:3; 1 Chronicles 1:1) the third son of Adam, and father of Enos. (B.C. 3870.) Adam handed down to Seth and his descendants the promise of mercy, ...
SETHUR
(hidden), the Asherite spy, son of Michael. (Numbers 13:13) (B.C. 1490.)
SEVEN
The frequent recurrence of certain numbers in the sacred literature of the Hebrews is obvious to the most superficial reader, but seven so far surpasses the rest, both in the fr...
SHAALBIM, OR SHAALABBIN
(home of foxes), a town in the allotment of Dan. (Joshua 19:42; Judges 1:35; 1 Kings 4:9) By Eusebius and Jerome it is mentioned in the Onomasticon as a large village in the dis...
SHAALBONITE, THE
Eliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David’s thirty seven heroes. (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33) He was a native of a place named Shaalbon, but where it was is unknown. (B.C...
SHAAPH
(division).The son of Jahdai. (1 Chronicles 2:47)The son of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, by his concubine Maachah. (1 Chronicles 2:49) (B.C. after 1445.)
SHAARAIM
(two gates), a city in the territory allotted to Judah, (Joshua 15:36) in Authorized Version incorrectly Sharaim. (1 Samuel 17:52) Shaaraim one of the towns of Simeon, (1 Chroni...
SHAASGAZ
(servant of the beautiful), the eunuch in the palace of Xerxes who had the custody of the women in the second house. (Esther 2:14)