SUSI su'-si, soo'-si (cuci): Father of Gaddi, one of the spies, who represented the tribe of Manasseh (Numbers 13:11 ). See Gray, HPN, 92. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SUSI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SUSANNA, THE HISTORY OF su-zan'-a: 1. Name 2. Canonicity and Position 3. Contents 4. Fact or Fiction? 5. Date 6. Original Language 1. Name: This novelette has, in the Septuagint, the bare title "Susanna" (Sousanna, from Hebrew shoshannah, "lily"). So also in the Syro-Hexapla. In Codex Alexandrinus (Theodotion) it is designated Horasis a (Vi

SUSANCHITES su-san'-kits (shushanekhaye'). See SHUSHANCHITES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SUSANCHITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SUSA su'-sa, soo'-sa (Additions to Esther 11:3). See SHUSHAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SUSA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SURETY shoor'-ti: This word is used in three different connections or groups: (1) As a derivative of the word "sure" it means "of a certainty" or "surely."--In Genesis 15:13 the infinitive absolute of the verb is used to give emphasis to the idea of the verb and is rendered "of a surety." In Genesis 18:13 the Hebrew 'omnam is translated "of a sur

SURNAME sur'-nam (kanah; epikalein): A word derived from the French., meaning "an additional name"; in modern English always the family name of a person. Indeed, the spelling "surname" in the King James Version 1 Macc 1:10; 2:2; 6:43 may be due to a confusion with "sire's name." But the custom of family names was entirely unknown among the Hebrews

SUR sur (Codex Vaticanus Assour, Codex Alexandrinus Sour): Those that dwelt in Sur are mentioned along with the inhabitants of Sidon, Tyre, Ocina, etc., as dreading the approach of Holofernes and the Assyrian any (Judith 2:28). The names run from North to South, and Sur immediately follows Tyre (modern Sur]), with which, therefore, it can hardly b

SURE; SURELY shoor, shoor'-li: In modern English is used chiefly in the phrases "to be sure" or "to make sure," and as a simple adjective it is usually either archaic or exceedingly colloquial. The adjectival use, however, is common (chiefly for 'aman, "to confirm," and its derivatives) in English Versions of the Bible, where modern English would

SUPPLY su-pli': Philippians 4:19 for pleroo; 1 Corinthians 16:17; Philippians 2:30 for anapleroo; 2 Corinthians 9:12 (the King James Version); 2 Corinthians 11:9 for prosanapleroo. All three verbs mean "to fill," the 3rd containing the additional connotation "fill up to a certain point." Ephesians 4:16; Philippians 1:19 for the noun epichoregia, l

SUPPER, LORD'S See LORD'S SUPPER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SUPPER, LORD'S'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SUPPER sup'-er. See MEALS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SUPPER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SUPH soof (cuph; plesion tes eruthras (thalasses); the King James Version Red Sea): As the verse stands, the place where Moses addressed the children of Israel is indicated as "beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph" (Deuteronomy 1:1). the King James Version, following Septuagint, takes the name as a contraction of ya

SUPHAH soo'-fa (suphah, for wahebh becuphah; Septuagint reads ten Zoob ephlogise; the King James Version Rea Sea): Suphah is the region in which Vaheb is situated (Numbers 21:14). It is probably identical with Suph of Deuteronomy 1:1. Tristram (Land of Moab, 50 f) suggested identification with Ghor es-Safiyeh], a small oasis East of the mud fiats

SUPERSCRIPTION su-per-skrip'-shun (epigraphe): (1) The legend on a coin designating the person in whose honor or by whose authority it is issued (Matthew 22:20; Mark 12:16; Luke 20:24). (2) The accusation on the cross of Jesus (Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38). According to Roman custom an inscription bearing the charge or ground of a criminal's condemnat

SUP; SUPPER sup'-er. See MEALS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SUP; SUPPER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SUPERFLUOUS; SUPERFLUITY su-pur'-floo-us, su-per-floo'-i-ti (sara`; perissos (2 Corinthians 9:1), perisseia): According to the Levitical Law, "a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a fiat nose, or anything superfluous" could not fulfill priestly functions (Leviticus 21:18; 22:23). According to Dillmann (Baentsch, BDB) the word should be rendered

SUNSTROKE sun'-strok. See SUN, SMITING BY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SUNSTROKE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SUNRISING sun'-riz-ing: A frequent designationin the Old Testament for the East (Numbers 21:11; Deuteronomy 4:41,47; Joshua 1:15, etc.). In Revelation 7:2, the Revised Version (British and American) has "sunrising" for the King James Version "east." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D.

SUNDAY sun'-da. See LORD'S DAY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SUNDAY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SUN, SMITING BY smit'-ing: Exposure of the uncovered head to the heat of the sun is likely to produce either of two conditions; the commoner is heat exhaustion with faintness, the rarer is heatstroke with fever and paralysis of the heat-regulating apparatus of the nervous system. This condition is described as siriasis. The two fatal instances rec