Dictionaries :: TelassarEaston's Bible DictionaryTelassar: or Thelasar, (Isa 37:12; 2Ki 19:12), a province in the south-east of Assyria, probably in Babylonia. Some have identified it with Tel Afer, a place in Mesopotamia, some 30 miles from Sinjar.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryTelassar:taking away; heaping upInternational Standard Bible Enc

Dictionaries :: Strange WifeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaStrange Wife: "Strange" as contrasted with "an Israelite." Such wives are spoken of in the King James Version Ezr 10:2,11 (the English Revised Version "strange women," the American Standard Revised Version "foreign women"; see STRANGER AND SOJOURNER; in the parallel 1 Esdras 8

Dictionaries :: Stead; SteadsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaStead; Steads: sted, stedz (tachath, "(same) place"; AS stede, "place"): Occurs only in 1Ch 5:22, "They dwelt in their stead (place) until the captivity."

Dictionaries :: Story WriterInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaStory Writer: sto'-ri-rit-er: In the sense of chronicler or historian occurs in 1 Esdras 2:17 (margin "recorder") and 2:25.

Dictionaries :: Sun-DialNave's Topical BibleSun-Dial: General Scriptures Concerning 2Ki 20:11; Isa 38:8

Dictionaries :: Tear, TornVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4682Greek: sparassoTear, Torn:denotes "to tear, rend, convulse," Mar 1:26; 9:20 (in some mss.), Mar 9:26, RV, "having... torn" (AV, "rent"); Luk 9:39. In the Sept., 2Sa 22:8, of the foundations of heaven; Jer 4:18, of the heart.2Strong's Number: g4952Gre

Dictionaries :: Temporal BlessingsNave's Topical BibleTemporal Blessings: See BLESSING

Dictionaries :: SurnameInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSurname: sur'-nam (kanah; epikalein): A word derived from the French., meaning "an additional name"; in modern English always the family name of a person. Indeed, the spelling "surname" in the King James Version 1 Macc 1:10; 2:2; 6:43 may be due to a confusion with "sire's name." B

Dictionaries :: SuspenseVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Suspense:For SUSPENSE (hold in) see DOUBT, No. 6

Dictionaries :: Temple, the SecondEaston's Bible DictionaryTemple, the Second: After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel (q.v.) and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements were almost immediately made to reorganize the long-desolated kingdom. The body of pilgrims, forming a band of 42,360, including children, having completed the long and d

Dictionaries :: Sure; SurelyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSure; Surely: shoor, shoor'-li: In modern English is used chiefly in the phrases "to be sure" or "to make sure," and as a simple adjective it is usually either archaic or exceedingly colloquial. The adjectival use, however, is common (chiefly for ‘aman, "to confirm," and

Dictionaries :: StinkVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3605Greek: ozoStink:"to emit a smell" (cp. Eng., "ozone"), occurs in Jhn 11:39. In the Sept., Exd 8:14.

Dictionaries :: Spread; SpreadingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSpread; Spreading: spred, spred'-ing: Alone, or in phrases like "spread abroad," "spread forth," etc., "spread" represents very many Hebrew terms, principally paras; in the New Testament the act of spreading is stronnumi, where in Mt 21:8 b the King James Version has "STR

Dictionaries :: SubmitVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g5226Greek: hupeikoSubmit:"to retire, withdraw" (hupo, under, eiko, "to yield"), hence, "to yield, submit," is used metaphorically in Hbr 13:17, of "submitting" to spiritual guides in the churches. Note: For hupotasso, see SUBJECT, A.

Dictionaries :: StrikeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaStrike: strik: The verbs "to strike" and "to stroke" (latter not in English Versions) have the same derivation, and originally "strike" was the intrans, "stroke" the transitive form. "Strike" however, became used in both senses (always transitive in English Versions of the Bible), w

Dictionaries :: Summer-HouseInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSummer-House: (beth ha-qayits): Am 3:15 notes it as part of the judgment on Israel that Yahweh would smite "the winter-house with the summer-house." It belonged to the luxury of the period that kings and wealthy persons had separate residences for the cold and hot seasons. Thi

Dictionaries :: Suffice, SufficientVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g714Greek: arkeoSuffice, Sufficient:"to suffice," is rendered "is sufficient" in Jhn 6:7; 2Cr 12:9; "it sufficeth" in Jhn 14:8. See CONTENT, ENOUGH. Note: For 1Pe 4:3, see B, No. 2.A-2VerbStrong's Number: g2427Greek: hikanooSuffice, Suf

Dictionaries :: StripeVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3468Greek: molopsStripe:"a bruise, a wound from a stripe," is used in 1Pe 2:24 (from the Sept. of Isa 53:5), lit., in the original, "by whose bruise," not referring to Christ's scourging, but figurative of the stroke of Divine judgment administered vicarious

Dictionaries :: Sycamine, TreeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSycamine, Tree: sik'-a-min, (sukaminos (Lu 17:6)): This is generally accepted as the black mulberry tree (Morus nigra; Natural Order, Urlicaceae), known in Arabic as tut shrami, "the Damascus mulberry," a fine tree which grows to the height of 30 ft. It produces the dark blo

Dictionaries :: Syriac VersionsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSyriac Versions: 1. Analogy of Latin Vulgate 2. The Designation "Peshito" ("Peshitta") 3. Syriac Old Testament 4. Syriac New Testament 5. Old Syriac Texts (1) Curetonian (2) Tatian's Diatessaron (3) Sinaitic Syriac (4) Relation to Peshito 6. Proba