Vine's Expository Dictionary

Sigh "to groan," is translated "He sighed" in Mar 7:34. See GRIEF, GROAN. "to sigh deeply" (ana, "up," suggesting "deep drawn," and No. 1), occurs in Mar 8:12. …

Sight is translated. "sight" in 2Co 5:7; see APPEARANCE, No. 1. denotes "a spectacle, a sight" (akin to theoreo, "to gaze, behold;" see BEHOLD), in Luk 23:48. "…

Sight of (in the) for which see BEFORE, No. 9, is translated "in the sight of" in the RV (for AV, "before") in Luk 12:6, Luk 15:18, Luk 16:15, Act 7:46, Act 10:…

Sign Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H226Original Word: ’ôtUsage Notes: "sign; mark." Cognates of this word appear in Aramaic and Arabic. It occurs 78 times in …

Signification * For SIGNIFICATION, 1Co 14:10, see DUMB, No. 2

Signify "to give a sign, indicate" (sema, "a sign:" cp. SIGN, No. 1), "to signify," is so translated in Joh 12:33, Joh 18:32, Joh 21:19, Act 11:28, Act 25:27, R…

Signs (to make) "to nod to" (en, "in," neuo, "to nod"), denotes "to make a sign to" in Luk 1:62. In the Sept., Pro 6:13, Pro 10:10. Note: For dianeuo, Luk 1:22,…

Silence occurs in Act 21:40, Rev 8:1, where the "silence" is introductory to the judgments following the opening of the seventh seal. Note: For hesuchia, AV, "s…

Silent * For SILENT, Luk 1:20, RV, see DUMB, B

Silk "silken," an adjective derived from the Seres, a people of India, who seem to have produced "silk" originally as a marketable commodity, is used as a noun …

Silly * For SILLY, 2Ti 3:6, See WOMAN No. 2

Silver Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H3701Original Word: kesepUsage Notes: "silver; money; price; property." This word has cognates in Akk…

Silversmith from arguros (see above) and kopto, "to beat," occurs in Act 19:24. In the Sept., Jdg 17:4, Jer 6:29.

Similitude * Note: For homoioma, rendered "similitude" in Rom 5:14, AV, see LIKENESS, No. 1. For homoiotes, "similitude" in Heb 7:15 AV, see LIKE, C, Note (1), …

Simple * For SIMPLE see GUILELESS No. 2, and HARMLESS

Simplicity * For SIMPLICITY see LIBERALITY

Sin Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H205Original Word: ’awenUsage Notes: "iniquity; vanity; sorrow." Some scholars believe that this term ha…

Sin (Noun and Verb) is, lit., "a missing of the mark," but this etymological meaning is largely lost sight of in the NT. It is the most comprehensive term for m…

Since * For SINCE see +, p. 9

Sincere, Sincerely, Sincerity "guileless, pure," is translated "sincere" in 1Pe 2:2, AV, "without guile," RV. See GUILELESS, No. 1. "true, genuine, sincere," is…

Sinful an adjective, akin to hamartano, "to sin," is used as an adjective, "sinful" in Mar 8:38, Luk 5:8, Luk 19:7 (lit., "a sinful man"); Luk 24:7, Joh 9:16, J…

Sing (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7442Original Word: rananUsage Notes: "to sing, shout, cry out." Found in both ancient and modern …

Sing, Singing is used always of "praise to God," (a) intransitively, Eph 5:19, Col 3:16; (b) transitively, Rev 5:9, Rev 14:3, Rev 15:3. see MELODY. see HYMN, B.

Single "simple, single," is used in a moral sense in Mat 6:22, Luk 11:34, said of the eye; "singleness" of purpose keeps us from the snare of having a double tr…

Singleness denotes "simplicity," Act 2:46, "singleness," for which Moulton and Milligan, from papyri examples, suggest "unworldly simplicity;" the idea here is …

Sink is used literally in Luk 5:7. See DROWN, No. 1. is translated "to sink" in Mat 14:30 (Passive Voice). See DROWN, No. 3. "to put," is rendered "let ... sink…

Sinner lit., "one who misses the mark" (a meaning not to be pressed), is an adjective, most frequently used as a noun (see SINFUL); it is the most usual term to…

Sir(-s) see LORD. "a man," is translated "sirs" in Act 7:26, Act 14:15, Act 19:25, Act 27:10, Act 27:21, Act 27:25. See MAN. Note: In Joh 21:5 the AV marg. has …

Sister Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H269Original Word: ’ah?ôtUsage Notes: "sister." Like the words for "brother" and "father," this noun is common to many Se…

Sit is used (a) of the natural posture, e.g., Mat 9:9, most frequently in the Apocalypse, some 32 times; frequently in the Gospels and Acts; elsewhere only in 1…

Six whence Eng. prefix, hex--, is used separately from other numerals in Mat 17:1, Mar 9:2, Luk 4:25, Luk 13:14, Joh 2:6, Joh 12:1, Act 11:12, Act 18:11, Jam 5:…

Sixth is used (a) of a month, Luk 1:26, Luk 1:36; (b) an hour, Mat 20:5, Mat 27:45 and parallel passages; Joh 4:6; (c) an angel, Rev 1:9-14, Rev 16:12; (d) a se…

Sixty, Sixtyfold occurs in Mat 13:8, RV (AV, "sixty-fold"); Mat 13:23, Mar 4:8, where the RV and AV reverse the translation, as in Mat 13:8, while in Mar 4:20 t…

Skilled Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: AdjectiveStrong's Number: H2450Original Word: h?akamUsage Notes: "wise; skillful; practical." This word plus the noun h?o…

Skin "a leather bottle, wineskin," occurs in Mat 9:17 (four times); Mar 2:22 (four times); Luk 5:37 (three times), Luk 5:38; in each place, RV, "wineskins" or "…

Skull Lat., cranium (akin to kara, "the head"), is used of the scene of the Crucifixion, Mat 27:33, Mar 15:22, Joh 19:17; in Luk 23:33, RV, "(the place which is…

Sky * For SKY see HEAVEN

Slack (Verb), Slackness used intransitively signifies "to be slow, to tarry" (bradus, "slow"), said negatively of God, 2Pe 3:9, "is (not) slack;" in 1Ti 3:15, t…

Slain beasts * For SLAIN BEASTS see BEAST, No. 5

Slandered an adjective, "slanderous, accusing falsely," is used as a noun, translated "slanderers" in 1Ti 3:11, where the reference is to those who are given to…

Slanderously * For SLANDEROUSLY see REPORT, C, No. 5

Slaughter is used in two quotations from the Sept., Act 8:32 from Isa 53:7, and Rom 8:36 from Psa 44:22; in the latter the quotation is set in a strain of trium…

Slaughter (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2076Original Word: zabah?Usage Notes: "to slaughter, sacrifice." This word is a common Semit…

Slave "a body," is translated "slaves" in Rev 18:13 (RV and AV marg., "bodies"), an intimation of the unrighteous control over the bodily activities of "slaves;…

Slay, Slain, Slew the usual word for "to kill," is so translated in the RV wherever possible (e.g., for AV, "to slay," in Luk 11:49, Act 7:52, Rev 2:13, Rev 9:1…

Sleep * For SLEEP see ASLEEP

Sleight denotes "dice playing" (from kubos, "a cube, a die" as used in gaming); hence, metaphorically, "trickery, sleight," Eph 4:14. The Eng. word is connected…

Slip * For SLIP see DRIFT

Slothful "indolent, sluggish," is rendered "slothful" in Heb 6:12, AV, See DULL, and synonymous words there, and SLUGGISH. "shrinking, irksome," is translated "…

Slow is used twice in Jam 1:19, in an exhortation to "be slow to speak" and "slow to wrath;" in Luk 24:25, metaphorically of the understanding. Note: For "slow"…