Vine's Expository Dictionary

Strength, Strengthen is rendered "strength" in the RV and AV of Rev 1:16; elsewhere the RV gives the word its more appropriate meaning "power," for AV, "strengt…

Stretch "to stretch out or forth," is so rendered in Mat 12:13 (twice), Mat 12:49, Mat 14:31, Mat 26:51, Mar 3:5 (twice); Luk 6:10; in Mat 8:3, Mar 1:41, Luk 5:…

Stretch Out (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5186Original Word: nat?âUsage Notes: "to stretch forth, spread out, stretch down, turn asi…

Stricken (in years) "to go forward," is used metaphorically of age, in Luk 1:7, Luk 1:18, with the phrases "in their (her) days," translated "well stricken in y…

Strict * For STRICT, RV, see MANNER, A, No. 5. For STRICTLY, RV, see STRAITLY

Strife Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7378Original Word: rîbUsage Notes: "to strive, contend." This verb occurs 65 times and in all period…

Strike * Notes: (1) In Rev 7:16, pipto, "to fall," is rendered "strike" in the RV, AV, "light (on)." (2) In Act 27:41, ereido, "to fix firmly," is used of a shi…

Striker "a striker, a brawler" (akin to plesso, "to strike," smite), occurs in 1Ti 3:3, Tit 1:7.

String * For STRING see BOND, No. 1

Strip "to take off, strip off," is used especially of clothes, and rendered "to strip" in Mat 27:28 (some mss. have enduo, "to clothe"), and Luk 10:30; to take …

Stripe "a bruise, a wound from a stripe," is used in 1Pe 2:24 (from the Sept. of Isa 53:5), lit., in the original, "by whose bruise," not referring to Christ's …

Strive "to contend" (Eng., "agonize"), is rendered "to strive" in Luk 13:24, 1Co 9:25, Col 1:29, Col 4:12, RV (AV, "laboring fervently"). In 1Ti 4:10, the best …

Strivings * For STRIVINGS, Tit 3:9, AV, see FIGHTING

Strolling "to go about," as an itinerant (peri, "around," erchomai, "to go"), is used of certain Jews in Act 19:13, RV, "strolling" (AV, "vagabond"). See COMPAS…

Strong (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2388Original Word: h?azaqUsage Notes: "to be strong, strengthen, harden, take hold of." This…

Strong, Stronger "powerful, mighty," is translated "strong," in Rom 15:1, where the "strong" are those referred to in ch. 14, in contrast to "the weak in faith,…

Strongholds "a stronghold, fortress" (akin to ochuroo, "to make firm"), is used metaphorically in 2Co 10:4, of those things in which mere human confidence is im…

Stubble "a stalk of corn," denotes "straw" or "stubble;" in 1Co 3:12, metaphorically of the effect of the most worthless form of unprofitable doctrine, in the l…

Stuck * For STUCK see STICK

Study * Notes: For philotimeomai, "study," 1Th 4:11, see AIM. For spoudazo, 2Ti 2:15, AV, see DILIGENCE, B, No. 1.

Stuff * For STUFF, Luk 17:31, AV, see GOODS, No. 4

Stumble "to strike against," is used of "stumbling," (a) physically, Joh 1:11-10; (b) metaphorically, (1) of Israel in regard to Christ, whose Person, teaching,…

Stumble (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3782Original Word: kashalUsage Notes: "to stumble, stagger, totter, be thrown down." As in biblical Hebrew, this w…

Stumbling, Stumbling Block, Stumbling-Stone * For STUMBLING, STUMBLING BLOCK, STUMBLING-STONE, see OFFENSE, A, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and B

Stupid Fellow Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3684Original Word: kesîlUsage Notes: "stupid fellow; dull person; fool." This word occurs in the Old Testament 70…

Stupor "a pricking" (akin to katanusso, "to strike" or "prick violently," Act 2:37), is used in Rom 11:8, RV, "stupor" (AV, "slumber"). It is suggested that thi…

Subdue primarily, "to struggle against" (kata, "against," agon, "a contest"), came to signify "to conquer," Heb 11:33, "subdued." Note: For hupotasso, AV, "to s…

Subject, Subjection (Verb, Adjective, Noun) primarily a military term, "to rank under" (hupo, "under," tasso, "to arrange"), denotes (a) "to put in subjection, …

Submit "to retire, withdraw" (hupo, under, eiko, "to yield"), hence, "to yield, submit," is used metaphorically in Heb 13:17, of "submitting" to spiritual guide…

Suborn "to throw or put under, to subject," denoted "to suggest, whisper, prompt;" hence, "to instigate," translated "suborned" in Act 6:11. To "suborn" in the …

Substance derived from a present participial form of eimi, "to be," denotes "substance, property," Luk 1:15-13, RV, "substance," AV, "goods" and "substance." th…

Subtilly "to deal subtly" (from kata, "against, under," sophos, "wise, subtle," used in the Sept. in 2Sa 13:3, of Jonadab), occurs in Act 7:19. In the Sept., Ex…

Subtilty * Note: For dolos, Mat 26:4, Act 13:10, see GUILE. For panourgia, 2Co 11:3, see CRAFTINESS.

Suburbs Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H4054Original Word: migrashUsage Notes: "suburbs; pasture land; open land." This noun occurs about 1…

Subvert, Subverting primarily, "to pack up baggage" (ana, "up," skeuos, "a vessel"), hence, from a military point of view, "to dismantle a town, to plunder," is…

Succeed * For SUCCEED, Act 24:27, RV, see ROOM, Note (2)

Succor * For SUCCOR see HELP, B, No. 4

Succorer a feminine form of prostates, denotes "a protectress, patroness;" it is used metaphorically of Phoebe in Rom 16:2. It is a word of dignity, evidently c…

Such * For SUCH see +, p. 9

Such as * Notes: (1) In Act 2:47, AV, the article with the present participle, Passive, of sozo, "to save," lit., "the (ones), i.e., those, being saved," is tra…

Suck (give suck), Suckling from thele, "a breast," is used (a) of the mother, "to suckle," Mat 24:19, Mar 13:17, Luk 21:23; in some texts in Luk 23:29 (the best…

Sudden, Suddenly "sudden," occurs in 1Th 5:3, where it has the place of emphasis at the beginning of the sentence, as olethros, "destruction," which the adjecti…

Sue * For SUE see LAW, B, No. 2

Suffer * to permit "to let, permit," is translated "to suffer" in Mat 24:43, Luk 4:41, Luk 22:51, Act 14:16, Act 16:7, Act 19:30, Act 28:4, 1Co 10:13. See LEAVE…

Suffering is rendered "sufferings" in the RV (AV, "afflictions") in 2Ti 3:11, Heb 10:32, 1Pe 5:9; in Gal 5:24, "passions," (AV, "affection"). See AFFLICTION, B,…

Suffice, Sufficient "to suffice," is rendered "is sufficient" in Joh 6:7, 2Co 12:9; "it sufficeth" in Joh 14:8. See CONTENT, ENOUGH. Note: For 1Pe 4:3, see B, N…

Sufficiency Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1767Original Word: dayUsage Notes: "sufficiency; the required; enough." Cognates of this word appear in late Aramai…

Suit * For SUIT (make), Act 25:24, RV, see DEAL WITH, Note (1)

Sum (Noun), Sum up "to sum up, gather up" (ana, "up," kephale, "a head"), "to present as a whole," is used in the Passive Voice in Rom 13:9, RV, "summed up" (AV…

Summer akin to thero, "to heat," occurs in Mat 24:32, Mar 13:28, Luk 21:30.