Vine's Expository Dictionary

Slowly (sailed) * For SLOWLY (sailed) see SAIL, No. 10

Sluggish for which see SLOTHFUL, is translated "sluggish" in Heb 6:12, RV; here it is set in contrast to confident and constant hope; in Heb 5:11 ("dull") to vi…

Slumber (Noun) * For SLUMBER (Noun) see STUPOR

Slumber (Verb) denotes "to nod in sleep" (akin to neuo, "to nod"), "fall asleep," and is used (a) of natural slumber, Mat 25:5; (b) metaphorically in 2Pe 2:3, n…

Small Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: AdjectiveStrong's Number: H6996Original Word: qat?anUsage Notes: "small; youngest"; qat?onUsage Number: 2Strong's Number: H…

Smell * For SMELL see SAVOR

Smelling denotes "the sense of smell," 1Co 12:17, "smelling."

Smite "to strike, smite," is used (I) literally, of giving a blow with the hand, or fist or a weapon, Mat 26:51, RV, "smote" (AV, "struck"); Luk 1:22-50, Act 7:…

Smoke (Noun and Verb) "smoke," occurs in Act 2:19 and 12 times in the Apocalypse. "to raise a smoke" [akin to tuphos, "smoke" (not in the NT), and tuphoo, "to p…

Smooth "smooth," occurs in Luk 3:5, figurative of the change in Israel from self-righteousness, pride and other forms of evil, to repentance, humility and submi…

Snare "a trap, a snare" (akin to pegnumi, "to fix," and pagideuo, "to ensnare," which see), is used metaphorically of (a) the allurements to evil by which the D…

Snatch "to snatch," is translated "to snatch" in the RV only, in Mat 13:19, AV, "catcheth away;" Joh 10:12, AV, "catcheth;" Joh 1:10-29, AV, "pluck;" Jud 1:23, …

Snow occurs in Mat 28:3, Rev 1:14. Some mss. have it in Mar 9:3 (AV).

So * Notes: (1) Houtos or houto, "thus," is the usual word (see THUS). (2) Some form of houstos, "this," is sometimes rendered "so," e.g., Act 23:7, Rom 12:20. …

Sober, Soberly, Soberminded denotes "of sound mind" (sozo, "to save," phren, "the mind"); hence, "self-controlled, soberminded," always rendered "sober-minded" …

Soberness, Sobriety denotes "soundness of mind" (see SOBER, A), Act 26:25, "soberness;" 1Ti 2:9, 1Ti 2:15, "sobriety;" "sound judgment" practically expresses th…

Soft * For SOFT see EFFEMINATE

Softly * For SOFTLY see BLOW (Verb), No. 2

Sojourn (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1481Original Word: gûrUsage Notes: "to dwell as a client, sojourn." This verb occurs only in N…

Sojourn, Sojourner, Sojourning denotes "to dwell beside, among or by" (para, "beside," oikeo, "to dwell"); then, "to dwell in a place as a paroikos, a stranger"…

Soldier "a soldier," is used (a) in the natural sense, e.g., Mat 8:9, Mat 27:27, Mat 28:12, Mar 15:16, Luk 7:8, Luk 23:36; six times in John; thirteen times in …

Solid for which see FIRM, No. 2, has the meaning "solid" in Heb 5:12, Heb 5:14, of food (AV, "strong"). As "solid" food requires more powerful digestive organs …

Solitary * For SOLITARY, Mar 1:35, AV, see DESERT, B

Some, Someone, Something, Somewhat * Notes: (1) Various forms of the article and certain pronouns, followed by the particles men and de denote "some." These are…

Sometimes * For SOMETIMES see TIME

Somewhere a particle, signifies "somewhere" in Heb 2:6, Heb 4:4, RV (AV, "in a certain place"); the writer avoids mentioning the place to add stress to his test…

Son primarily signifies the relation of offspring to parent (see Joh 1:9-20, Gal 4:30. It is often used metaphorically of prominent moral characteristics (see b…

Song "an ode, song," is always used in the NT (as in the Sept.), in praise of God or Christ; in Eph 5:19, Col 3:16 the adjective "spiritual" is added, because t…

Soon * For SOON see IMMEDIATELY, No. 1 and QUICKLY, No. 3.

Soon (as soon as) * For as SOON as see +, p. 9

Sooner * For SOONER see QUICKLY, No. 2

Soothsaying "to divine, practice divination" (from mantis, "a seer, diviner"), occurs in Act 16:16. The word is allied to mainomai, "to rave," and mania, "fury"…

Sop a diminutive of psomos, "a morsel," denotes "a fragment, a sop" (akin to psomizo; see FEED), Joh 13:26 (twice), Joh 13:27, Joh 13:30. It had no connection w…

Sorcerer (a) "one of a median caste, a magician:" see WISE; (b) "a wizard, sorcerer, a pretender to magic powers, a professor of the arts of witchcraft," Act 13…

Sorcery (Eng., "pharmacy," etc.) primarily signified "the use of medicine, drugs, spells;" then, "poisoning;" then, "sorcery," Gal 5:20, RV, "sorcery" (AV, "wit…

Sore (Noun, Adjective, Adverb), Sorer "a sore" or "ulcer" (primarily a wound), occurs in Luk 16:21, Rev 16:2, Rev 16:11. "to wound, to ulcerate," is used in the…

Sorrow (Noun and Verb), Sorrowful "grief, sorrow," is translated "sorrow" in Luk 22:45, Joh 16:6, Joh 1:16-22, Rom 9:2, RV (AV, "heaviness"); 2Co 2:1, RV; 2Co 2…

Sorry is rendered "to be sorry" (Passive Voice) in Mat 14:9, AV (RV, "grieved"); Mat 17:23, Mat 18:31, 2Co 2:2 [1st part, Active Voice, "make sorry" (as in 2Co …

Sort "of what sort," is so rendered in 1Co 3:13. See MANNER, SUCH AS, WHAT. "a part," is used with apo, "from," in Rom 15:15 and rendered "(in some) sort," AV (…

Sought * For SOUGHT see SEEK

Soul Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H5315Original Word: nepeshUsage Notes: "soul; self; life; person; heart." This is a very common term in…

Sound (Adjective), be Sound "whole, healthy," is used metaphorically of "sound speech," Tit 2:8. See WHOLE. "to be healthy, sound in health" (Eng., "hygiene," e…

Sound (Noun and Verb) most frequently "a voice," is translated "sound" in Mat 24:31 (AV marg., "voice"); Joh 3:8, AV (RV, "voice"); so 1Co 14:7 (1st part), 1Co …

Soundness "completeness, soundness" (akin to holokleros, see ENTIRE), occurs in Act 3:16. In the Sept., Isa 1:6.

South, South wind denotes (a) "the south wind," Luk 12:55, Act 27:13, Act 28:13; (b) "south," as a direction, Luk 13:29, Rev 21:13; (c) "the South," as a region…

Southwest lit., "Libyan," denotes "the S.W. wind," Act 27:12, "(looking) northeast (and southeast)," RV, lit., "(looking down) the southwest wind (and down the …

Sow (Noun) "swine" (masc. or fem.), is used in the fem. in 2Pe 2:22.

Sow (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2232Original Word: zara‘Usage Notes: "to sow, scatter seed, make pregnant." Common throughout the …

Sow (Verb), Sower "to sow seed," is used (1) literally, especially in the Synoptic Gospels; elsewhere, 1Co 1:15-37, 2Co 9:10, "the sower;" (2) metaphorically, (…

Space "an interval, space" (akin to B), is used of time in Act 5:7. "to set apart, separate" (dia, "apart," histemi, "to cause to stand"), see A, is rendered "a…