Vine's Expository Dictionary

Sabachthani an Aramaic word signifying "Thou hast forsaken Me," is recorded as part of the utterance of Christ on the Cross, Mat 27:46, Mar 15:34, a quotation f…

Sabaoth is the transliteration of a Hebrew word which denotes "hosts" or "armies," Rom 9:29, Jam 5:4. While the word "hosts" probably had special reference to a…

Sabbath the latter, the plural form was transliterated from the Aramaic word, which was mistaken for a plural; hence the singular, sabbaton, was formed from it.…

Sackcloth "a warm material woven from goat's or camel's hair," and hence of a dark color, Rev 6:12; Jerome renders it saccus cilicinus (being made from the hair…

Sacred denotes "consecrated to God," e.g., the Scriptures, 2Ti 3:15, RV, "sacred" (AV "holy"); it is used as a noun in the neuter plural in 1Co 9:13, RV, "sacre…

Sacrifice Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2077Original Word: zebah?Usage Notes: "sacrifice." This root with the meaning "to sacrifice" is represented in other …

Sacrifice (Noun and Verb) primarily denotes "the act of offering;" then, objectively, "that which is offered" (a) of idolatrous "sacrifice," Act 7:41; (b) of an…

Sacrilege * For SACRILEGE see ROBBER, No. 2, Rom 2:22

Sad * For SAD see COUNTENANCE

Sadducees * For SADDUCEES see under PHARISEES

Safe, Safely, Safety "certain, secure, safe" (from a, negative, and sphallo, "to trip up"), is translated "safe" in Phi 3:1. See CERTAIN, B. "certainty, safety"…

Sail (Noun) * For SAIL (Noun, Act 27:17, AV) see GEAR

Sail (Verb) "to sail," occurs in Luk 8:23, Act 21:3, Act 27:2, Act 27:6, Act 27:24, Rev 18:17, RV, "saileth" (for the AV see COMPANY, A, No. 7). "to sail away" …

Sailing * For SAILING see VOYAGE

Sailors * For SAILORS see MARINERS

Saint(s) for the meaning and use of which see HOLY, B, No. 1, is used as a noun in the singular in Phi 4:21, where pas, "every," is used with it. In the plural,…

Sake (for the) * For SAKE (for the) see +, p. 9

Salt (Noun, Adjective and Verb), Saltness a late form of hals (found in some mss. in Mar 9:49), is used (a) literally in Mat 5:13 (2nd part); Mar 9:50 (1st part…

Salutation and Salute * For SALUTATION and SALUTE see GREET

Salvation denotes "deliverance, preservation, salvation." "Salvation" is used in the NT (a) of material and temporal deliverance from danger and apprehension, (…

Same denotes "the same" when preceded by the article, and either with a noun following, e.g., Mar 14:39, Phi 1:30, 1Co 12:4, or without, e.g., Mat 1:5-47, Rom 2…

Sanctification, Sanctify "sanctification," is used of (a) separation to God, 1 Cor, 1Co 1:30, 2Th 2:13, 1Pe 1:2 (b) the course of life befitting those so separa…

Sanctify (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6942Original Word: qadashUsage Notes: "to sanctify, be holy." This verb also appears in Phoen…

Sanctuary the neuter of the adjective hagios, "holy," is used of those structures which are set apart to God, (a) of "the tabernacle" in the wilderness, Heb 9:1…

Sand "sand" or "sandy ground," describes (a) an insecure foundation, Mat 7:26; (b) numberlessness, vastness, Rom 9:27, Heb 11:12, Rev 20:8; (c) symbolically in …

Sandal a diminutive of sandalon, probably a Persian word, Mar 6:9, Act 12:8. The "sandal" is usually had a wooden sole bound on by straps round the instep and a…

Sapphire is mentioned in Rev 21:19 (RV, marg., "lapis lazuli") as the second of the foundations of the wall of the heavenly Jerusalem (cp. Isa 54:11). It was on…

Sardius, Sardine (AV) denotes "the sardian stone." Sardius is the word in the best texts in Rev 4:3 (RV, "a sardius"), where it formed part of the symbolic appe…

Sardonyx a name which indicates the formation of the gem, a layer of sard, and a layer of onyx, marked by the red of the sard and the white of the onyx. It was …

Satan Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7854Original Word: sat?anUsage Notes: "adversary; Satan." This word appears 24 times in the Old Testament Most uses of th…

Satisfied (To Be) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7646Original Word: saba‘Usage Notes: "to be satisfied, sated, surfeited." This word is found in Akkadian and …

Satisfy "to fill or satisfy with food," is translated "satisfy" in Mar 8:4, AV (RV, "to fill"). See FILL, No. 8. "to fill up, fill full, satisfy" (en, "in," pim…

Satisfying * For SATISFYING, Col 2:23, AV, see INDULGENCE

Save (Preposition) * For SAVE (Preposition) see +, p. 9

Save (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3467Original Word: yasha‘Usage Notes: "to help, deliver, save." Outside Hebrew this word is attes…

Save, Saving "to save," is used (as with the noun soteria, "salvation") (a) of material and temporal deliverance from danger, suffering, etc., e.g., Mat 8:25, M…

Saving (Preposition) used as a preposition, denotes "saving," Mat 5:32 (in some mss. Mat 19:9). See EXCEPT. Note: In Luk 4:27, Rev 2:17, AV, ei me (lit., "if no…

Savior "a savior, deliverer, preserver," is used (a) of God, Luk 1:47, 1Ti 1:1, 1Ti 2:3, 1Ti 4:10 (in the sense of "preserver," since He gives "to all life and …

Savor Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H7381Original Word: rêah?Usage Notes: "savor; smell; fragrance; aroma." Of the 61 appearances of this …

Savor (Noun and Verb) "fragrance" (eu, "well," ozo, "to smell"), is used metaphorically (a) of those who in the testimony of the gospel are to God "a sweet savo…

Saw asunder "to saw asunder," occurs in Heb 11:37. Some have seen here a reference to the tradition of Isaiah's martyrdom under Manasseh. In the Sept., Amo 1:3.…

Say primarily, "to pick out, gather," chiefly denotes "to say, speak, affirm," whether of actual speech, e.g., Mat 11:17, or of unspoken thought, e.g., Mat 3:9,…

Say (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5002Original Word: ne’umUsage Notes: "to say, utter an affirmation, speak." The word is a verbal f…

Say (To) (1) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H559Original Word: ’amarUsage Notes: "to say, speak, tell, command, answer." This verb occurs i…

Saying "a word," as embodying a conception or idea, denotes among its various meanings, "a saying, statement or declaration," uttered (a) by God; RV, "word" or …

Scale from lepo, "to peel," occurs in Act 9:18.

Scarce, Scarcely * For SCARCE, SCARCELY see DIFFICULTY

Scarlet is derived from kokkos, used of the "berries" (clusters of the eggs of an insect) collected from the ilex coccifera; the color, however, is obtained fro…

Scatter is used in Mat 12:30, Luk 11:23, Joh 10:12, Joh 16:32, 2Co 9:9, RV. See DISPERSE, No. 2. "to scatter abroad," is rendered "to scatter" in Mat 25:24, Mat…

Scatter (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6327Original Word: pûs?Usage Notes: "to scatter, disperse, be scattered." This term is found in both ancient and m…