SKULL skul (gulgoleth; kranion): The Hebrew word, which is well known to Bible readers in its Aramaic-Greek form "Golgotha," expresses the more or less globular shape of the human skull, being derived from a root meaning "to roll." It is often translated in English Versions of the Bible by "head," "poll," etc. In the meaning "skull" it is found tw

SKIN (`or, geledh, "human skin" (Job 16:15), basar, "flesh," in the sense of "nakedness" (Psalms 102:5 the King James Version); derma): Literal: The word `or designates the skin of both men and animals, the latter both raw and in tanned condition: "Yahweh God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins (`or), and clothed them" (Genesis 3:21);

SKIRT skurt: (1) kanaph, "wing" "extremity" (Ruth 3:9, etc.), is the usual word. But in 1 Samuel 24:4 perhaps "corner" is the best translation. (2) shul, "loose hanging" (Exodus 28:33, etc.; in the King James Version often rendered "hem"). (3) peh, "mouth," "opening" (Psalms 133:2, "the precious oil .... that came down upon the skirt"). But the

SIXTY siks'-ti (shishshim; hexekonta). See NUMBER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SIXTY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SKILL; SKILFUL skil, skil'-fool (forms of yadha` (2 Chronicles 2:14, etc.), bin (1 Chronicles 15:22), sakhal (Daniel 1:4, etc.), lamadh (1 Chronicles 5:18), chakham (1 Chronicles 28:21), charash (Ezekiel 21:31), yaTabh (Psalms 33:3); in Apocrypha empeiria (The Wisdom of Solomon 13:13), episteme (Sirach 1:19; 38:3,6); adverb eumathos (The Wisdom of

SIVAN se-van', si'-van (ciwan): The third month of the Jewish year, corresponding to June (Esther 8:9). See CALENDAR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SIVAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SITNAH sit'-na (siTnah, "hatred," "hostility"; echthria): The name of the second of the two wells dug by the herdsmen of Isaac, the cause of further "enmity" with the herdsmen of Gerer (Genesis 26:21, margin "That is, Enmity"). The site is unknown, but Palmer (PEFS, 1871) finds an echo of the name in Shutnet er Rucheibeh, the name of a small valle

SITTING sit'-ing (yashabh, "to sit down or still," daghar, "to brood," "hatch"; kathezomai, "to sit down," anakeimai, "to lie back," "recline"): The favorite position of the Orientals (Malachi 3:3; Matthew 9:9; 26:55 (compare Matthew 5:1; Luke 4:20; 5:3); Mark 14:18; Luke 18:35; John 2:14, etc.). "In Palestine people sit at all kinds of work; the

SITHRI sith'-ri (cithri): A grandson of Kohath (Exodus 6:22). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SITHRI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SITH sith: An Anglo-Saxon word meaning "afterward," "since" (Ezekiel 35:6 the King James Version and the English Revised Version, the American Standard Revised Version "since"). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SITH'". "International Standard Bible Encycl

SISTER'S SON The King James Version translates rightly (1) ben-'achotho (Genesis 29:13); and (2) huios tes adelphes (Acts 23:16), and wrongly, (3) anepsios (Colossians 4:10), where, without doubt, the real meaning is "cousin," as in the Revised Version (British and American). See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY. Copyright Statement These files are public

SISMAI sis'-mi (tsitsmay; the King James Version Sisamai): A Judahite, of the descendants of the daughter of Sheshan and Jarha, his Egyptian servant (1 Chronicles 2:40). Commentators have compared the name to tstsm, a Phoenician god (compare Rudolph Kittel, Commentary at the place; BDB, under the word). Copyright Statement These files are public d

SISINNES si-sin'-ez (Sisinnes): "The eparch (governor) of Syria and Phoenicia" under Darius Hystaspis (1 Esdras 6:3,7,27; 7:1) circa 520 BC = "Tattenai the governor beyond the river" in Ezra 5:3,6; 6:6,13. He took a prominent part in the efforts to prevent the rebuilding of the temple. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliograph

SISAMAI sis'-a-mi. See SISMAI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SISAMAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SISERA sis'-er-a (cicera', of doubtful meaning; S(e)isara): (1) Given in Judges 4 as the captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor. The accounts given of the battle of Sisera with Barak, as found in Judges 4 and 5, have important points of difference. The first is a prose, the second a poetic narrative. In the first only Naphtali and Zebulun are

SIRION sir'-i-on (siryon; Sanior): The name of Mt. Hermon among the Phoenicians (Deuteronomy 3:9). It is given as "Shirion" in Psalms 29:6 (Hebrew "breastplate" or "body armor"). Here it is named with Lebanon. Sirion therefore probably did not denote a particular part of the Hermon Range, as did Senir, but may have been suggested by the conformati

SIRAH, WELL OF si'-ra (bor hacirah, "the pit," "well" or "cistern of Sarah"): The spot from which Abner was enticed back to Hebron to his death (2 Samuel 3:26). Josephus (Ant., VII, i, 5) calls it Be(r)sira, implying that it was a "well." It is possible that this spot is now `Ain Sarah, a spring which flows into a little tank near the west side of

SIRACH, BOOK OF si'-rak, or The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach: I. NAME II. CANONICITY III. CONTENTS IV. TEACHING 1. Religion 2. Morals 3. Manners 4. Counsels of Prudence V. LITERARY FORM VI. AUTHOR 1. Jesus, Son of Sirach 2. Other Views VII. UNITY AND INTEGRITY VIII. DATE 1. Most Probable Views 2. Brief Statement of Other Views

SIRACH, THE ALPHABET OF Usually called The Alphabet of Ben Sira. The compilation so designated consists of two lists of proverbs, 22 in Aramaic and 22 in Hebrew, arranged in each case as alphabet acrostics. Each of these proverbs is followed by a haggadic comm., with legends and tales, many of them indecent. Some of the proverbs in the Alphabets ar

SIR sur: In the Old Testament this word in Genesis 43:20 the King James Version ('adhon) is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into "my lord." In the New Testament the word sometimes represents aner, as in Acts 7:26; 14:15; 19:25, etc.; more frequently kurios, "lord," as in Matthew 13:27; 21:30; 27:36; John 4:11,15,19,49 (the Re