STEWPAN stu'-pan (Leviticus 11:35 margin). See PAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STEWPAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STEPHEN ste'-vn (Stephanos, "crown" (Acts 6:5-8:12)): 1. His Personal Antecedents 2. His Character and Activity 3. His Teaching 4. His Arraignment before the Sanhedrin 5. His Defence before the Sanhedrin (1) Personal Defence (2) Defense of His Teaching 6. Martyrdom of Stephen LITERATURE Known best as the proto-martyr of the Christian chur

STEEL stel: the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "brass" for "steel" in 2 Samuel 22:35; Job 20:24; Psalms 18:34; Jeremiah 15:12, and "steel" for "torches" in Nahum 2:3. See BRASS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STEEL'". "International

STEPHANAS stef'-a-nas (Stephanas): The name occurs only in 1 Corinthians 1:16; 16:15-18. Stephanas was a Christian of Corinth; his household is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 16:15 as the first family won to Christ in Achaia, and in 1 Corinthians 1:16 as among the few personally baptized by Paul at Corinth. The "house of Stephanas," apparently of inde

STEDFASTNESS sted'-fast-nes: (1) stereoma, "firmness": "The steadfastness of your faith in Christ" (Colossians 2:5). Some take this figuratively, in a military sense, of a "solid front" (see Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of New Testament, under the word). (2) sterigmos, "stability" (2 Peter 3:17; compare 1 Corinthians 15:58). Copyright Statement

STEAD; STEADS sted, stedz (tachath, "(same) place"; AS stede, "place"): Occurs only in 1 Chronicles 5:22, "They dwelt in their stead (place) until the captivity." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STEAD; STEADS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

STEALING ste'-ling. See CRIMES; PUNISHMENTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STEALING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STAY sta: Is derived from two distinct forms. From one derivation it has the meaning "to stand" and so "to continue in one place" (Genesis 8:10; Leviticus 13:23,28, etc.), "to forbear to act" (Ruth 1:13), "to rest," "to be trustful" (King James Version, the English Revised Version Isaiah 10:20; see below). Transitively it means "to cause to stay,"

STAVES stavz (baddim): Ten or eleven Hebrew words are used in the Old Testament to describe various staffs, bars, and wooden rods used by the Hebrews (compare STAFF; ROD; SCEPTER). One word only is used to describe the staves or wooden poles used for carrying the holy furniture of the tabernacle from place to place. That word is badh (plural baddi

STATURE stat'-ur (madh, middah, "measure" (Numbers 13:32, etc.), qomah, "standing up" (1 Samuel 16:7, etc.); helikia, "greatness"): This last word means "height of the body," "stature," in Luke 2:52; 19:3; Ephesians 4:13, but it can mean "length of life" equally well and has this force in John 9:21,23; Hebrews 11:11. And this meaning, not "stature

STATER sta'-ter (stater): Used only once, Matthew 17:27, where it is rendered by "piece of money" in the King James Version and "shekel" in the Revised Version (British and American). It was originally a standard Greek weight equal to two drachmas, but later it was used to designate the tetradrachma, and this is probably the coin referred to in th

STATELY stat'-li (kebhuddah, "weight," "honor," "wealth"): "And sit upon a stately (magnificent) bed" (Ezekiel 23:41). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STATELY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

STARS, COURSES OF See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 1. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STARS, COURSES OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STARS, FALLING; MORNING; WANDERING See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 8; I, 7; I, 9. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STARS, FALLING; MORNING; WANDERING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STARGAZERS star'-gaz-erz. See ASTROLOGY, 5. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STARGAZERS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STAR; STARS star, starz. See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 6. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STAR; STARS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

STAR OF BETHLEHEM See STAR OF THE MAGI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'STAR OF BETHLEHEM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

STAR OF THE MAGI || 1. The Magi 2. Herod's Enquiry 3. Two Facts concerning the Star 4. The Wisdom of the Magi Not Astrological 5. The Prophecy of Balaam 6. The Star Not a Conjunction of Planets 7. The Star Not Nova Cassiopeiae 8. The Legend of the Well 9. Lesson of the Narrative 1. The Magi: The birth of our Lord was announced in a supern