SECONDARILY sek'-un-da-ri-li: the King James Version for (deuteron) (1 Corinthians 12:28). Probably without distinction from "secondly" (so the Revised Version (British and American), and so the King James Version also for deuteron in Sirach 23:23). Still the King James Version may have wished to emphasize that the prophets have a lower rank than

SECOND SABBATH See SABBATH, SECOND AFTER THE FIRST. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SECOND SABBATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SECOND DEATH See DEATH; ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, sec. X, (6). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SECOND DEATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SECOND COMING sek'-und kum'-ing. See PAROUSIA; ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, V. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SECOND COMING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SECHENIAS sek-e-ni'-as: (1) (Codex Alexandrinus Sechenias; omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Swete): 1 Esdras 8:29 = "Shecaniah" in Ezra 8:3; the arrangement in Ezra is different. (2) (Codex Alexandrinus Sechenias, but Codex Vaticanus and Swete, Eiechonias): Name of a person who went up at the head of a family in the return with Ezra (1 Esdras 8:3

SECHU se'-ku (sekhu). See SECU. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SECHU'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SECACAH se-ka'-ka, sek'-a-ka (cekhakhah; Codex Vaticanus Aichioza; Codex Alexandrinus Sochocha): One of the six cities "in the wilderness of Judah" (Joshua 15:61), that is in the uncultivated lands to the West of the Dead Sea, where a scanty pasturage is still obtained by wandering Bedouin tribes. There are many signs in this district of more sett

SEBAM se'-bam (sebham; Sebama; the King James Version Shebam): A town in the upland pasture land given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. It is named along with Heshbon, Elealeh and Nebo (Numbers 32:3). It is probably the same place as Sibmah (the King James Version "Shibmah") in Numbers 32:38 (so also Joshua 13:19). In the time of Isaiah and Jeremi

SEBAT se-bat', se'-bat (Zechariah 1:7). See SHEBAT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SEBAT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

SEBA se'-ba (cebha'; Saba (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9); Greek ibid., but Codex Vaticanus has (Saban): 1. Forms of Name, and Parentage of Seba: The first son of Cush, his brothers being Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtecha. In Psalms 72:10 and Isaiah 43:3 (where the Greek has Soene), Seba is mentioned with Egypt and Ethiopia, and must therefo

SEASONS se'-z'nz (summer: qayits, Chaldaic qayiT (Daniel 2:35); (theros; winter: cethaw) (Song of Solomon 2:11), (choreph; cheimon): The four seasons in Palestine are not so marked as in more northern countries, summer gradually fading into winter and winter into summer. The range of temperature is not great. In the Bible we have no reference to s

SEAT set: This word is used to translate the Hebrew words (moshabh, shebheth, kicce', and tekhunah), once (Job 23:3). It translates the Greek word (kathedra) (Matthew 21:12; 23:2; Mark 11:15), and "chief seat" translates the compound word (protokathedria) (Matthew 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 20:46). In the King James Version it translates (thronos) (Lu

SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES The sentence beginning with (eraunate), in John 5:39 the King James Version has been almost universally regarded as meaning "Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life." But one cannot read as far as dokeite, "ye think," without feeling that there is something wrong with the ordinary version. This verb is

SEARCHINGS sur'-chingz (chiqre (lebh), from chaqar, to "search," "explore," "examine thoroughly"): In the song of Deborah the Reubenites are taunted because their great resolves of heart, chiqeqe lebh, led to nothing but great "searchings" of heart, chiqre lebh, and no activity other than to remain among their flocks (Judges 5:15). The first of th

SEAR ser: In 1 Timothy 4:2 for (kausteriazo), "burn with a hot iron" (compare "cauterize"), the King James Version "having their conscience seared with a hot iron," and the Revised Version margin. "Seared" in this connection means "made insensible," like the surface of a deep burn after healing. The verb, however, probably means "brand" (so the Re

SEARCH surch: Some peculiar senses are: (1) In the books of Moses, especially in Nu, "searching out the land" means to spy out (raggel), to investigate carefully, to examine with a view to giving a full and accurate report on. (2) When applied to the Scriptures, as in Ezra 4:15,19 (baqqer); John 5:39; 1 Peter 1:11 (eraunao), it means to examine,

SEALSKIN sel'-skin: The rendering of the Revised Version (British and American) (Exodus 25:5; Ezekiel 16:10) for `or tachash, the Revised Version margin "porpoise-skin," the King James Version "badgers' skin." A seal, Monachus albiventer, is found in the Mediterranean, though not in the Red Sea, but it is likely that tachash means the dugong, whic

SEAM; SEAMLESS sem, sem'-les: The coat or inner garment (chiton) of Jesus is described in John 19:23 as "without seam" (arrhaphos), i.e. woven in one piece. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SEAM; SEAMLESS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 19

SEALED, FOUNTAIN seld, These words, applied to the bride (Song of Solomon 4:12), find their explanation under SEAL (which see). Anything that was to be authoritatively protected was sealed. Where water was one of the most precious things, as in the East, fountains and wells were often sealed (Genesis 29:3; Proverbs 5:15-18). Copyright Statement The