Vine's Expository Dictionary

Seller * For SELLER see PURPLE

Senate "a council of elders" (from geron, "an old man," a term which early assumed a political sense among the Greeks, the notion of age being merged in that of…

Send lit., "to send forth" (apo, "from"), akin to apostolos, "an apostle," denotes (a) "to send on service, or with a commission." (1) of persons; Christ, sent …

Send (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7971Original Word: shalah?Usage Notes: "to send, stretch forth, get rid of." This verb occurs in …

Senseless * For SENSELESS see FOOLISH, No. 4

Senses "sense, the faculty of perception, the organ of sense" (akin to aisthanomai, "to perceive"), is used in Heb 5:14, "senses," the capacities for spiritual …

Sensual * For SENSUAL see NATURAL, A, No. 2

Sentence "a judgment," a decision passed on the faults of others, is used especially of God's judgment upon men, and translated "sentence" in 2Pe 2:3, RV (AV, "…

Separate "to mark off by bounds" (apo, "from," horizo, "to determine;" horos, "a limit"), "to separate," is used of "(a) the Divine action in setting men apart …

Separate (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6504Original Word: paradUsage Notes: "to divide, separate." This word and its derivatives are…

Separations * For SEPARATIONS see No. 3, above

Sepulchre akin to thapto, "to bury," originally "a burial," then, "a place for burial, a tomb," occurs in Mat 23:27, Mat 23:29, RV (AV, "tombs"); Mat 27:61, Mat…

Sergeant (-s) "a rod bearer" (rhabdos, "a rod," echo, "to hold"), one who carries a staff of office, was, firstly, an umpire or judge, later, a Roman lictor, Ac…

Serpent the characteristics of the "serpent" as alluded to in Scripture are mostly evil (though Mat 10:16 refers to its caution in avoiding danger); its treache…

Servant an adjective, signifying "in bondage," Rom 6:19 (neuter plural, agreeing with mele, "members"), is used as a noun, and as the most common and general wo…

Serve Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8334Original Word: sharatUsage Notes: "to minister, serve, officiate." This word is a common term in Hebrew usage, ancien…

Serve (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H8334Original Word: sharatUsage Notes: "to serve, minister." This word occurs less than 100 times…

Service, Serving is rendered "service" in Rom 15:31, AV; "serving" in Luk 10:40. See MINISTRY, A, No. 1. is rendered "service" in 2Co 9:12, Phi 2:17, Phi 2:30. …

Set "to cause to stand," is translated "to set" in Mat 4:5 (aorist tense in the best texts; some have the present, as in AV); Mat 18:2, Mat 25:33, Mar 9:36, Luk…

Set (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7896Original Word: shîtUsage Notes: "to put, place, set, station, fix." In addition to biblical Hebrew, this verb is f…

Set in Order (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6186Original Word: ‘arakUsage Notes: "to arrange, set in order, compare." While it occurs some 75 times in th…

Set on (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7760Original Word: sîmUsage Notes: "to put, place, set, fix." This word also appears in Akkadia…

Set Up Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7760Original Word: sîmUsage Notes: "to put, place, set, fix." This word also appears in Akkadian (as…

Setter forth "a proclaimer, herald" (akin to katangello, "to proclaim"), is used in Act 17:18, "a setter forth (of strange gods)." It is found in inscriptions i…

Settle "to put, place," is translated "settle (it therefore in your hearts)" in Luk 21:14, Active Voice in the best texts (some have the Middle), the aorist ten…

Seven whence Eng. words beginning with "hept," corresponds to the Heb. sheba' (which is akin to saba', signifying "to be full, abundant"), sometimes used as an …

Seven times occurs in Mat 1:18-22, Luk 17:4 (twice).

Seventh occurs in Joh 4:52, Heb 4:4 (twice); Jud 1:14, Rev 8:1, Rev 10:7, Rev 11:15, Rev 16:17, Rev 21:20.

Seventy occurs in Luk 10:1, Luk 10:17; in Act 7:14 it precedes pente, "five," lit., "seventy-five," rendered "threescore and fifteen;" for the details see FIFTE…

Seventy times occurs in Mat 18:22, where it is followed by hepta, "seven," "seventy times seven;" RV marg. has "seventy times and seven," which many have regard…

Sever lit., "to reduce to inactivity" (see ABOLISH, where all the ocurrences are given), is rendered "ye are severed (from Christ)" in Gal 5:4, RV; the aorist t…

Several "one's own," is translated "several (ability)," in Mat 25:15. Note: For Rev 21:21, "the several gates," RV, see EVERY, No. 3.

Severally the dative case, feminine, of idios (see above), is used adverbially, signifying "severally," in 1Co 12:11. Notes: (1) In Rom 12:5, kata (kath') follo…

Severity "steepness, sharpness" (apo, "off," temno, "to cut;" tome, "a cutting"), is used metaphorically in Rom 11:22 (twice) of "the severity of God," which li…

Sew (epi, "upon," rhapto, "to sew or stitch"), is used in Mar 2:21.

Shadow (Noun) is used (a) of "a shadow," caused by the interception of light, Mar 4:32, Act 5:15; metaphorically of the darkness and spiritual death of ignoranc…

Shadowing * For SHADOWING, Heb 9:5, AV, see OVERSHADOW

Shake "to agitate shake," primarily of the action of stormy winds, waves, etc., is used (a) literally, of a reed, Mat 11:7, Luk 7:24; a vessel, "shaken" in fill…

Shall "to be about (to be or do)," is used of purpose, certainty, compulsion or necessity. It is rendered simply by "shall" or "should" (which frequently repres…

Shambles a term of late Greek borrowed from the Latin macellum, denotes a "meat market," translated "shambles" in 1Co 10:25. The word is found in the koine, or …

Shame Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H954Original Word: bôshUsage Notes: "to be ashamed, feel ashamed." This verb, which occurs 129 times i…

Shame (Noun, and Verb) signifies (a) "shame, disgrace," Rom 1:26, "vile (passions)," RV, lit., "(passions) of shame;" 1Co 11:14; (b) "dishonor," e.g. 2Ti 2:20, …

Shamefastness (AV, Shamefacedness) "a sense of shame, modesty," is used regarding the demeanor of women in the church, 1Ti 2:9 (some mss. have it in Heb 12:28 f…

Shamefully (entreat) * Note: This forms part of the rendering of (a) atimazo, Mar 12:4, Luk 20:11, see DISHONOR, C, No. 1, ENTREAT, Note, HANDLE, No. 4; (b) hub…

Shape rendered "shape" in the AV of Luk 3:22, Joh 5:37, see FORM, No. 4. rendered "shapes" in Rev 9:7, see LIKENESS, No. 1.

Sharers * For SHARERS (Heb 2:14) see PARTAKE, B, No. 1.

Sharp, Sharper, Sharply, Sharpness denotes (a) "sharp" (Eng., "oxy--,)," said of a sword, Rev 1:16, Rev 2:12, Rev 19:15; of a sickle, Rev 14:14, Rev 1:14-18 (tw…

Shave a late form of xureo, or xuro, from xuron, "a razor," occurs in Act 21:24 (Middle Voice), in connection with a vow (Num 1:6-18; cp. Act 18:18, see SHEAR);…

She * Note: The words under HE in their feminine forms are used for this pronoun.

Shear, Shearer, Shorn is used (a) of "shearing sheep," Act 8:32, "shearer," lit., "the (one) shearing:" (b) in the Middle Voice, "to have one's hair cut off, be…