STORY TELLING See GAMES, I, 4. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STORY TELLING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STORY sto-ri. See COMMENTARY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STORY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STORK stork (chacidhah; variously rendered in the Septuagint: Leviticus 11:19, erodios; Deuteronomy 14:18, pelekan; Job 39:13, hasida (transliteration of Hebrew); Zechariah 5:9, (epops; Latin Ciconia alba): A large wading bird of the family Ardeidae, related to crane, ibis, heron and bittern. The stork on wing is a bird of exquisite beauty. The pr

STORIES sto'-riz: For the King James Version "stories" (ma'aloth) in Amos 9:6, the Revised Version (British and American) reads "chambers" (in heavens); in Genesis 6:16 (ark); Ezekiel 42:3,6 (temple), the word is supplied. the Revised Version (British and American) in the latter verse reads in the text "the third story" (margin as in the King Jame

STOREHOUSES stor'-houz-iz, -ez: The following chief changes in the use of this word (representing various Hebrew words) in the Revised Version (British and American) to be noted are: In Deuteronomy 28:8, the Revised Version (British and American) has "barns" ('acamim); in 1 Chronicles 27:25, "treasures" ('otsroth); in Nehemiah 12:25, for "threshol

STORE-CITIES stor'-cit-iz (mickenoth): the Revised Version (British and American) Exodus 1:11 (of PITHOM and RAAMSES (which see)) for the King James Version "treasure cities" (compare 1 Kings 9:19; 2 Chronicles 8:4,6; 16:4, etc.). Depots of provisions and magazines of arms. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Informatio

STORAX sto'-raks. See POPLAR; STACTE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STORAX'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STONING ston'-ing. See PUNISHMENTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STONING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STOOL stool ('obhnayim): It is not clear what the character and purpose of this stool were Septuagint has no reference to it). It seems to have been a chair of a peculiar sort upon which a woman reclined in parturition (Exodus 1:16). The Hebrew word is in the dual number and primarily means "two stones." The only other place where it occurs is Jer

STONES, PRECIOUS || 1. Ancient and Modern Names 2. Change of Signification of Names 3. Three Important Lists of Stones 4. Interpretation of Greek Names Used by John 5. Interpretation of Hebrew Names 6. Greek and Latin Equivalents of Hebrew Names 7. Inconsistencies of Text or Translation 8. Vulgate and Septuagint 9. Hebrew Texts of Septuagin

STONE, STONES ston, stonz: 1. Hebrew and Greek Words: (1) Chiefly 'ebhen, and lithos; but also, occurring rarely, 'eshekh (Leviticus 21:20); tsur (Job 22:24), usually "rock"; tseror (2 Samuel 17:13); petros (John 1:42); psephos (Revelation 2:17). For cela`, usually "cliff," "crag," "rock," the King James Version, in Psalms 137:9; 141:6, has "ston

STONE-SQUARERS ston'-skwar-erz: the King James Version in 1 Kings 5:18; the Revised Version (British and American) "the Gebalites" (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STONE-SQUARERS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STOMACHER stum'-uk-er: Used to translate pethighil (Isaiah 3:24 the King James Version), where the meaning is uncertain. The English word denotes that part of a woman's dress which covered the breast and the pit of the stomach. It was usually much ornamented. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M

STOMACH stum'-uk (stomachos): In man and most vertebrates, a membranous sac-like portion of the alimentary canal, in which the earlier stages of digestion take place and in which food is prepared to yield its nourishment (1 Timothy 5:23). Used figuratively of pride, "A proud look and high stomach" (Psalms 101:7, Prayer-book Version), and courage,

STOICS sto'-iks (Stoikoi): 1. Origin and Propagation 2. Metaphysics and Religion 3. Sensationalist Epistemology 4. Ethical Teaching 5. Relation to Christianity LITERATURE 1. Origin and Propagation: The name was derived from the Stoa Poikile, the painted porch at Athens, where the founders of the school first lectured. This school of Greek p

STIR, STIR UP stur: Used transitively and intransitively to indicate inner, concentrated movement; translates a number of Hebrew and Greek verbs, each of which has its different shade of meaning. Thus, e.g. in Psalms 39:2, we have `akhar, "to be troubled," "excited"; in Song of Solomon 2:7, `ur, "to awake," "disturb" (by the festal dances and song

STOCK stok: In English Versions of the Bible is used for: (1) The stem of a tree, whether alive (Job 14:8; Isaiah 40:24) or cut down (Isaiah 44:19; Wisdom of Solomon 14:21). In Jeremiah 2:27; 3:9; Hosea 4:12, where the Hebrew has simply `ets, "wood," either meaning is possible (tree-worship? idolatry?). In Jeremiah 10:8 the text is doubtful. (2)

STILL stil: "To be still" is "to keep silence" (Psalms 4:4, etc.) and so "to be quiet" (Psalms 107:29, etc.) or "inactive" in any way (Judges 18:9; 1 Kings 22:3; Zechariah 1:11, etc.). So "be still" in Psalms 46:10 means "desist from your war" (compare the Revised Version margin "let be"). The "still small voice" of 1 Kings 19:12 (the Revised Vers

STING sting (parash, "to cut into"; kentron, "a goad," "spur"): A sharp, pointed organ or instrument for inflicting wounds by puncture; sting of an adder, Proverbs 23:32; of scorpions, Revelation 9:10. In the free quotation of 1 Corinthians 15:55 from Hosea 13:14, death is personified as a deadly animal, like a scorpion or serpent, which inflicts

STIFF-NECKED stif'-nekt (qesheh `oreph, literally, "hard of neck"): As it is figuratively used, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, the word means "stubborn," "untractable," "not to be led." The derivation of the idea was entirely familiar to the Jews, with whom the ox was the most useful and common of domestic animals. It was espe