Vine's Expository Dictionary

Spare, Sparingly "to spare," i.e., "to forego" the infliction of that evil or retribution which was designed, is used with a negative in Act 20:29, Rom 8:32, Ro…

Sparrow a diminutive of strouthos, "a sparrow," occurs in Mat 10:29, Mat 10:31, Luk 1:12-7.

Speak Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H559Original Word: ’amarUsage Notes: "to say, speak, tell, command, answer." This verb occurs in all S…

Speak (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1696Original Word: dabarUsage Notes: "to speak, say." This verb occurs in all periods of Hebrew,…

Speaker (chief) * Note: In Act 14:12 the verb hegeomai, "to lead the way, be the chief," is used in the present participle with the article (together equivalent…

Speaking (evil, much) "loquacity," "much speaking" (polus, "much," logos, "speech"), is used in Mat 6:7. In the Sept., Pro 10:19. Note: For "evil speaking(s)," …

Spear primarily "a spearhead," then, "a lance or spear," occurs in Joh 19:34; some texts have it in Mat 27:49. As to Joh 19:29, there is an old conjecture, ment…

Spearman from dexios, "the right (hand)," and lambano, "to lay hold of," is used in the plural in Act 23:23, "spearmen." Some texts have dexiobolos, "one who th…

Special * Note: Tuchon, the 2nd aorist participle of tunchano, "to happen, meet with, chance," is used with a negative signifying "not common or ordinary, speci…

Specially * For SPECIALLY see ESPECIALLY

Spectacle akin to theaomai, "to behold," denotes (a) "a theater" (used also as a place of assembly), Act 19:29, Act 19:31; (b) "a spectacle, a show," metaphoric…

Speech akin to lego (SPEAK, No. 1), most frequently rendered "word" (for an analysis see WORD), signifies "speech," as follows: (a) "discourse," e.g., Luk 20:20…

Speechless "dumb, speechless," occurs in Act 9:7. In the Sept., Pro 17:28, Isa 56:10. which means either "deaf" or "dumb" (see DEAF), is translated "speechless"…

Speed, Speedily * Notes: (1) In Act 17:15 "with all speed" is the rendering of the phrase hos, "as," tachista, "most speedily" (the superlative of tachu, "speed…

Spend, Spent denotes (a) "to expend, spend," Mar 5:26 [for Act 21:24 see CHARGE, Note (5)]: 2Co 12:15 (1st part: for "be spent," see No. 2); (b) "to consume, sq…

Spew (AV, Spue) "to vomit" (cp. Eng., "emetic"), is used in Rev 3:16, figuratively of the Lord's utter abhorrence of the condition of the church at Laodicea. In…

Spice(s) "spice," occurs in Mar 16:1, RV "spices" (AV, "sweet spice"); Luk 23:56, Luk 24:1, Joh 19:40. A papyrus document has it in a list of articles for a sac…

Spikenard is derived, through the Semitic languages (Heb. nerd, Syriac nardin), from the Sanskrit nalada, "a fragrant oil," procured from the stem of an Indian …

Spill "to pour out, shed," is rendered "be spilled" in Luk 5:37. See POUR, SHED. Note: Some texts have ekcheo in Mar 2:22 (so AV). The form in Luk 5:37 might al…

Spin "to spin," is found in Mat 6:28, Luk 12:27, of the lilies of the field (see LILY).

Spirit Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7307Original Word: rûah?Usage Notes: "breath; air; strength; wind; breeze; spirit; courage; temper; Spirit." This noun h…

Spirit (of the Dead) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H178Original Word: ’ôbUsage Notes: "spirit (of the dead); necromancer; pit." This word has cognates in Sume…

Spiritual "always connotes the ideas of invisibility and of power. It does not occur in the Sept. nor in the Gospels; it is in fact an after-Pentecost word. In …

Spit "to spit," occurs in Mar 7:33, Mar 8:23, Joh 9:6. In the Sept., Num 12:14. "to spit upon" (en, "in," and No. 1), occurs in Mat 26:67, Mat 27:30, Mar 10:34,…

Spitefully (entreat) used transitively, denotes "to outrage, treat insolently;" "to entreat shamefully" in Mat 22:6, RV (AV, "spitefully"); so in Luk 18:32, RV;…

Spittle akin to ptuo, "to spit," occurs in Joh 9:6.

Splendor Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1935Original Word: hôdUsage Notes: "splendor; majesty; authority." A possible cognate of this word appears in Arabic. …

Split Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1234Original Word: baqa‘Usage Notes: "to cleave, split, break open, break through." This word occurs in all the periods o…

Spoil (Noun and Verb), Spoiling used in the plural, denotes "arms stripped from a foe;" "spoils" in Luk 11:22. primarily "the top of a heap" (akros, "highest, t…

Sponge was the medium by which vinegar was carried to the mouth of Christ on the Cross, Mat 27:48, Mar 15:36, Joh 19:29.

Sporting occurs in 2Pe 2:13 (RV, "revel").

Spot (Noun and Verb) "a spot or stain," is used metaphorically (a) of moral blemish, Eph 5:27; (b) of lascivious and riotous persons, 2Pe 2:13. is rendered "spo…

Spread "to spread," is so rendered in Mat 21:8, RV, twice; Mar 11:8, RV, once. See FURNISH. "to spread under" (hupo), of clothes, is used in Luk 19:36. "to dist…

Spread Out (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6566Original Word: parasUsage Notes: "to spread out, scatter, display." Found in both ancient and modern Hebrew…

Spring (Noun and Verb) "to become," is used in the best texts in Heb 11:12, "sprang" (some have gennao, in the Passive Voice, rendered in the same way). "to ari…

Sprinkle (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2236Original Word: zaraqUsage Notes: "to throw; sprinkle; strew; toss; scatter abundantly." This word is found in…

Sprinkle, Sprinkling "to sprinkle" (a later form of rhaino), is used in the Active Voice in Heb 9:13, of "sprinkling" with blood the unclean, a token of the eff…

Spue * For SPUE see SPEW

Spy Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6822Original Word: s?apâUsage Notes: "to overlay, spy, keep watch." This word is found in both biblical…

Spy (Noun and Verb) an adjective denoting "suborned to lie in wait" (en, "in," kathiemi, "to send down"), is used as a noun in Luk 20:20, "spies." In the Sept.,…

Stablish * For STABLISH see ESTABLISH

Staff, Staves rendered "staff" or "staves" in Mat 10:10, parallel passages, and Heb 11:21, see ROD. "wood," then, "anything made of wood," e.g., "a cudgel" or "…

Stagger * For STAGGER see WAVER

Stair "an ascent" (akin to anabaino, "to go up"), denotes "a flight of stairs," Act 21:35, Act 21:40. These were probably the steps leading down from the castle…

Stall * For STALL see MANGER

Stanch transitively, "to cause to stand," is used intransitively ("to stand still") in Luk 8:44, translated "stanched." See STAND.

Stand (Noun and Verb), Standing, Stood "a lampstand," is translated "stand" in Mat 5:15 and parallel passages (AV, "candlestick"). See LAMPSTAND. (a) transitive…

Stand (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5324Original Word: nas?abUsage Notes: "to stand, station, set up, erect." Found in both ancient …

Star "a star," Mat 1:2-10, Mat 24:29, Mar 13:25, 1Co 15:41, Rev 6:13, Rev 1:8-12, Rev 9:1, Rev 12:1, Rev 12:4, isused metaphorically, (a) of Christ, as "the mor…

State * For STATE see ESTATE, Notes