Vine's Expository Dictionary

Salvation denotes "deliverance, preservation, salvation." "Salvation" is used in the NT (a) of material and temporal deliverance from danger and apprehension, (…

Same denotes "the same" when preceded by the article, and either with a noun following, e.g., Mar 14:39, Phi 1:30, 1Co 12:4, or without, e.g., Mat 1:5-47, Rom 2…

Sanctification, Sanctify "sanctification," is used of (a) separation to God, 1 Cor, 1Co 1:30, 2Th 2:13, 1Pe 1:2 (b) the course of life befitting those so separa…

Sanctify (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6942Original Word: qadashUsage Notes: "to sanctify, be holy." This verb also appears in Phoen…

Sanctuary the neuter of the adjective hagios, "holy," is used of those structures which are set apart to God, (a) of "the tabernacle" in the wilderness, Heb 9:1…

Sand "sand" or "sandy ground," describes (a) an insecure foundation, Mat 7:26; (b) numberlessness, vastness, Rom 9:27, Heb 11:12, Rev 20:8; (c) symbolically in …

Sandal a diminutive of sandalon, probably a Persian word, Mar 6:9, Act 12:8. The "sandal" is usually had a wooden sole bound on by straps round the instep and a…

Sapphire is mentioned in Rev 21:19 (RV, marg., "lapis lazuli") as the second of the foundations of the wall of the heavenly Jerusalem (cp. Isa 54:11). It was on…

Sardius, Sardine (AV) denotes "the sardian stone." Sardius is the word in the best texts in Rev 4:3 (RV, "a sardius"), where it formed part of the symbolic appe…

Sardonyx a name which indicates the formation of the gem, a layer of sard, and a layer of onyx, marked by the red of the sard and the white of the onyx. It was …

Satan Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7854Original Word: sat?anUsage Notes: "adversary; Satan." This word appears 24 times in the Old Testament Most uses of th…

Satisfied (To Be) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7646Original Word: saba‘Usage Notes: "to be satisfied, sated, surfeited." This word is found in Akkadian and …

Satisfy "to fill or satisfy with food," is translated "satisfy" in Mar 8:4, AV (RV, "to fill"). See FILL, No. 8. "to fill up, fill full, satisfy" (en, "in," pim…

Satisfying * For SATISFYING, Col 2:23, AV, see INDULGENCE

Save (Preposition) * For SAVE (Preposition) see +, p. 9

Save (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3467Original Word: yasha‘Usage Notes: "to help, deliver, save." Outside Hebrew this word is attes…

Save, Saving "to save," is used (as with the noun soteria, "salvation") (a) of material and temporal deliverance from danger, suffering, etc., e.g., Mat 8:25, M…

Saving (Preposition) used as a preposition, denotes "saving," Mat 5:32 (in some mss. Mat 19:9). See EXCEPT. Note: In Luk 4:27, Rev 2:17, AV, ei me (lit., "if no…

Savior "a savior, deliverer, preserver," is used (a) of God, Luk 1:47, 1Ti 1:1, 1Ti 2:3, 1Ti 4:10 (in the sense of "preserver," since He gives "to all life and …

Savor Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H7381Original Word: rêah?Usage Notes: "savor; smell; fragrance; aroma." Of the 61 appearances of this …

Savor (Noun and Verb) "fragrance" (eu, "well," ozo, "to smell"), is used metaphorically (a) of those who in the testimony of the gospel are to God "a sweet savo…

Saw asunder "to saw asunder," occurs in Heb 11:37. Some have seen here a reference to the tradition of Isaiah's martyrdom under Manasseh. In the Sept., Amo 1:3.…

Say primarily, "to pick out, gather," chiefly denotes "to say, speak, affirm," whether of actual speech, e.g., Mat 11:17, or of unspoken thought, e.g., Mat 3:9,…

Say (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5002Original Word: ne’umUsage Notes: "to say, utter an affirmation, speak." The word is a verbal f…

Say (To) (1) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H559Original Word: ’amarUsage Notes: "to say, speak, tell, command, answer." This verb occurs i…

Saying "a word," as embodying a conception or idea, denotes among its various meanings, "a saying, statement or declaration," uttered (a) by God; RV, "word" or …

Scale from lepo, "to peel," occurs in Act 9:18.

Scarce, Scarcely * For SCARCE, SCARCELY see DIFFICULTY

Scarlet is derived from kokkos, used of the "berries" (clusters of the eggs of an insect) collected from the ilex coccifera; the color, however, is obtained fro…

Scatter is used in Mat 12:30, Luk 11:23, Joh 10:12, Joh 16:32, 2Co 9:9, RV. See DISPERSE, No. 2. "to scatter abroad," is rendered "to scatter" in Mat 25:24, Mat…

Scatter (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6327Original Word: pûs?Usage Notes: "to scatter, disperse, be scattered." This term is found in both ancient and m…

Sceptre * For SCEPTRE see ROD

Schism "a rent, division," is translated "schism" in 1Co 12:25, metaphorically of the contrary condition to that which God has designed for a local church in "t…

School (whence Eng., "school") primarily denotes "leisure," then, "that for which leisure was employed, a disputation, lecture;" hence, by metonymy, "the place …

Schoolmaster * For SCHOOLMASTER, Gal 1:3-25, see INSTRUCTOR, B, No. 1

Science is translated "science" in the AV of 1Ti 6:20; the word simply means "knowledge" (RV), where the reference is to the teaching of the Gnostics (lit., "th…

Scoff "to hold up the nose in derision at" (ek, "from," used intensively, mukterizo, "to mock;" from mukter, "the nose"), is translated "scoffed at" in Luk 16:1…

Scoffers * For SCOFFERS, 2Pe 3:3, AV, see MOCKERS

Scorch, Scorching "to scorch" (from kauma, "heat"), is used (a) of seed that had not much earth, Mat 13:6, Mar 4:6; (b) of men, stricken retributively by the su…

Scorn * For SCORN see LAUGH

Scorpion akin to skorpizo, "to scatter" (which see), is a small animal (the largest of the several species is 6 in. long) like a lobster, but with a long tail, …

Scourge (Noun and Verb) "a whip" (from Latin, flagellum), is used of the "scourge" of small cords which the Lord made and employed before cleansing the Temple, …

Scourging (-s) "a whip, scourge," is used (a) with the meaning "scourging," in Act 22:24, of the Roman method (see above, B, No. 1, Note); (b) in Heb 11:36, of …

Scribe (-s) from gramma, "a writing," denotes "a scribe, a man of letters, a teacher of the law;" the "scribes" are mentioned frequently in the Synoptists, espe…

Scrip * For SCRIP see WALLET

Scripture akin to grapho, "to write" (Eng., "graph," "graphic," etc.), primarily denotes "a drawing, painting;" then "a writing," (a) of the OT Scriptures, (1) …

Scroll the diminutive of biblos, "a book," is used in Rev 6:14, of "a scroll," the rolling up of which illustrates the removal of the heaven. See BOOK, No. 2.

Sea Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3220Original Word: yamUsage Notes: "sea; ocean." This word has cognates in Aramaic, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Eth…

Seal (Noun and Verb) denotes (a) "a seal" or "signet," Rev 7:2, "the seal of the living God," an emblem of ownership and security, here combined with that of de…

Seam (without) denotes "without seam" (a, negative, and rhapto, "to sew"), Joh 19:23.