SCABBARD, SHEATH skab'-ard, sheth. See ARMOR, III, 5; WAR, 9. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SCABBARD, SHEATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SCAB, SCABBED skab, skab'-ed, skabd (yallepheth, micpachath, cappachath, verb sippach; semasia, leichen): These are generic terms for any skin disease in which there are patches of hard crusts on the surface. The commonest of these are the forms now named eczema, herpes and, perhaps, psoriasis, all of which are common in Bible lands. Milder cases

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

SAYINGS, UNWRITTEN un-rit'-'-n. See AGRAPHA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SAYINGS, UNWRITTEN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SAYINGS, DARK sa'-ingz. See DARK SAYINGS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SAYINGS, DARK'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

SAYEST sa'-est: "Thou sayest" (Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; Luke 22:70, "Ye say"; John 18:37), i.e. rightly; "Thou hast said" (Matthew 26:25,64), = "Yes"; a rabbinical idiom never found in the Old Testament. Mark 14:62 renders by "I am." All these passages WHm punctuate interrogatively (compare Kethubhoth, f. 103 b). Copyright Statement These files a

SAWING ASUNDER so'-ing a-sun'-der. See PUNISHMENTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SAWING ASUNDER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

SAVIOUR sav'-yer: (1) While that "God is the deliverer of his people" is the concept on which, virtually, the whole Old Testament is based (see SALVATION), yet the Hebrews seem never to have felt the need of a title for God that would sum up this aspect of His relation to man. Nearest to our word "Saviour" is a participial form (moshia`) from the

SAVOR sa'-ver (reach; osme; (1) The primary meaning of the word is "taste," "flavor" (from Latin sapor, "taste"). So in Matthew 5:13; Luke 14:34, "if the salt have lost its savor" (moranthe, "become tasteless," "insipid," so as to lose its characteristic preserving virtue). (2) But generally it has the meaning of "smell," "odor": (a) once of evi

SAVE sav: In the sense "except," the word came into English through the French (sauf) and is fairly common (38 times, in addition to "saving," the King James Version Ecclesiastes 5:11; Amos 9:8; Matthew 5:32; Luke 4:27; Revelation 2:17). It represents no particular Hebrew or Greek terms but is employed wherever it seems useful. It is still in good

SAVIAS sa-vi'-as (Saouia): In 1 Esdras 8:2, for Uzzi, an ancestor of Ezra, in Ezra 7:4.Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SAVIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SAVARAN sav'-a-ran: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) AVARAN (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SAVARAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SATYR sat'-er, sa'-ter (sa`ir, literally "he-goat"; sa`ir, "hairy" (Genesis 27:11, of Esau), and Arabic sha'r, "hair"; plural se`irim): For se`irim in Leviticus 17:7 and 2 Chronicles 11:15, the King James Version has "devils," the Revised Version (British and American) "he-goats," the English Revised Version margin "satyrs," the Septuagint has toi

SAUL sol (sha'ul; Saoul): (1) The first king of Israel. I. EARLY HISTORY 1. Name and Meaning 2. Genealogy 3. Home and Station 4. Sources for Life 5. Election as King 6. Reasons for It II. REIGN AND FALL 1. His First Action 2. Army Reorganized 3. Battle of Michmash 4. Defeats the Amalekites 5. Deposition Pronounced 6. David Introduced

SATRAPS sa'-traps, sat'-raps ('achashdarpenim, Ezra 8:36; Esther 3:12; 8:9; 9:3, the King James Version "lieutenants"; Daniel 3:2,3,27; 6:1, the King James Version "princes"): The viceroys or vassal rulers to whom was entrusted the government of the provinces in the Persian empire. The word answers to the Old Persian khshathrapavan, "protectors of

SATHRABUZANES sath-ra-bu'-za-nez, sath-ra-bu-za'-nez (Sathrabouzanes): In 1 Esdras 6:3,7,27 = "Shethar-bozenai" in Ezra 5:3,6; 6:6,13. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SATHRABUZANES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SATISFACTION sat-is-fak'-shun: Occurs twice in the King James Version (Numbers 35:31,32) as a rendering of the Hebrew kopher (the Revised Version (British and American) "ransom"). It means a price paid as compensation for a life, and the passage cited is a prohibition against accepting such, in case of murder, or for the return of the manslayer. S

SATCHEL sach'-el. See BAG. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SATCHEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.