Dictionaries :: SurHitchcock's Bible Names DictionarySur:that withdraws or departs; rebellionInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSur: sur (Codex Vaticanus Assour, Codex Alexandrinus Sour): Those that dwelt in Sur are mentioned along with the inhabitants of Sidon, Tyre, Ocina, etc., as dreading the approach of Holofernes and the Assyrian an

Dictionaries :: TemporalVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4340Greek: proskairosTemporal:"for a season" (pros, "for," kairos, "a season"), is rendered "temporal" in 2Cr 4:18. See SEASON, WHILE.

Dictionaries :: SuretyEaston's Bible DictionarySurety: one who becomes responsible for another. Christ is the surety of the better covenant (Hbr 7:22). In him we have the assurance that all its provisions will be fully and faithfully carried out. Solomon warns against incautiously becoming security for another (Pro 6:1-5; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16).In

Dictionaries :: Strain AtEaston's Bible DictionaryStrain At: Simply a misprint for "strain out" (Mat 23:24).Smith's Bible DictionaryStrain At: (So translated in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version "strain out," (Matthew 23:24) which is undoubtedly the true reading.-ED.)

Dictionaries :: StirsKing James DictionaryStirs: Noises; Tumults.Thou that art full of STIRS, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. (Isaiah 22:2-3)

Dictionaries :: Tel-MelahEaston's Bible DictionaryTel-Melah: hill of salt, a place in Babylon from which the Jews returned (id.).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryTel-Melah:heap of saltInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaTel-Melah: tel-me'-la (tel-melah, "hill of salt"): A Babylonian town mentioned in Ezr 2:59; Ne 7:61 with Tel-harsha a

Dictionaries :: StiffneckedVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4644Greek: sklerotrachelosStiffnecked:from skleros, "harsh, hard," trachelos, "a neck," is used metaphorically in Act 7:51.

Dictionaries :: Stranger and Sojourner (In the Old Testament)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaStranger and Sojourner (In the Old Testament): stranj'-er: I. THE GER 1. Legal provisions (1) Principles (2) Rules 2. Relation to Sacrifice and Ritual 3. Historical Circumstances II. THE TOSHABH III. THE NOKHRI OR BEN NE

Dictionaries :: TerebinthEaston's Bible DictionaryTerebinth: (of Deu 11:30, etc.), the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists; a tree very common in the south and east of Palestine. (See OAK.)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaTerebinth: ter'-e-binth: (1) ‘elah (Isa 6:13, the King James Version "teil tree"; Ho 4:13, the King James V

Dictionaries :: Tempt; TemptationInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaTempt; Temptation: temt, tem-ta'-shun (nacah, "to prove" "try," "tempt" maccah, "a trial," "temptation"; peirazo, "to try" "prove" peirasmos "a trial," "proof"): The words have a sinister connotation in present-day usage which has not always attached to them. Originally t

Dictionaries :: SuaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSua: su'-a (Soua; the King James Version, Sud): Name of a family of temple-servants who went up from exile with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:29) =" Sia" of Ne 7:47; "Siaha" of Ezr 2:44.

Dictionaries :: SureVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g804Greek: asphalesSure:"safe," is translated "sure" in Hbr 6:19. See CERTAIN, B.A-2AdjectiveStrong's Number: g949Greek: bebaiosSure:"firm, steadfast," is used of (a) God's promise to Abraham, Rom 4:16; (b) the believer's hope, Hbr 6:19, "stea

Dictionaries :: SportingVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1792Greek: entruphaoSporting:occurs in 2Pe 2:13 (RV, "revel").

Dictionaries :: SwollenInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSwollen: swol'-'-n (pimprasthai, only in Ac 28:6): The Melitans expected to see Paul poisoned by the viper's bite. the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version translate it "swollen," but the word is used by certain medical writers in the sense of inflammat

Dictionaries :: SustenanceVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g5527Greek: chortasmaSustenance:"fodder" (akin to chortazo, "to feed, fill," see FEED, No. 4), is used in the plural in Act 7:11, "sustenance." In the Sept., Gen 24:25, 32; 42:27; 43:24; Deu 11:15; Jud. 19:19.

Dictionaries :: Teil TreeEaston's Bible DictionaryTeil Tree: (an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isa 6:13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists. The Hebrew word here used (elah) is rendered oak (q.v.) in Gen 35:4; Jdg 6:11, 19; Isa 1:29, etc. In Isa. 61:3 it is rendered in the plural "trees;" Hsa 4:13,

Dictionaries :: Stick FastVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2043Greek: ereidoStick Fast:primarily "to prop, fix firmly," is used intransitively in Act 27:41 of a ship driving ashore, RV, "struck."

Dictionaries :: Superscription (Inscription)Nave's Topical BibleSuperscription (Inscription): (Inscription, Sign) On the cross, Mat 27:37; Mar 15:26; Luk 23:38; Jhn 19:19.

Dictionaries :: Sycamine TreeEaston's Bible DictionarySycamine Tree: mentioned only in Luk 17:6. It is rendered by Luther "mulberry tree" (q.v.), which is most probably the correct rendering. It is found of two species, the black mulberry (Morus nigra) and the white mulberry (Mourea), which are common in Palestine. The silk-worm feeds on their l

Dictionaries :: Temple Keepers (Servants)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaTemple Keepers (Servants): After the conquest of Midian, "Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Yahweh" (Nu 31:47; compare 31:30). Similarly, after the deception