Vine's Expository Dictionary

Search an earlier form, "to search, examine," is used (a) of God, as "searching" the heart, Rom 8:27; (b) of Christ, similarly, Rev 2:23; (c) of the Holy Spirit…

Seared * For SEARED see BRANDED

Season (Noun) primarily, "due measure, fitness, proportion," is used in the NT to signify "a season, a time, a period" possessed of certain characteristics, fre…

Season (Verb) "to arrange, make ready" (cp. artios, "fitted"), is used of "seasoning," Mar 9:50, Luk 14:34, Col 4:6.

Seat (Noun and Verb) from kata, "down," and hedra, "a seat," denotes "a seat" (Eng., "cathedral"), "a chair," Mat 21:12, Mar 11:15; of teachers, Mat 23:2. "the …

Second, Secondarily, Secondly denotes "second in order" with or without the idea of time, e.g., Mat 22:26, Mat 22:39, 2Co 1:15, Rev 2:11; in Rev 14:8, RV only (…

Secret Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5475Original Word: sôdUsage Notes: "secret or confidential plan(s); secret or confidential talk; secret; council; gather…

Secret, Secretly "secret, hidden" (akin to krupto, "to hide"), Eng., "crypt," "cryptic," etc., is used as an adjective and rendered "secret" in Luk 8:17, AV (RV…

Sect "a choosing," is translated "sect" throughout the Acts, except in Act 24:14, AV, "heresy" (RV, "sect"); it properly denotes a predilection either for a par…

Secure (Verb) an adjective, signifies "having full command of" (peri, "around, about," krateo, "to be strong, to rule"); it is used with ginomai, "to become," i…

Security Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H4009Original Word: mibt?ah?Usage Notes: "the act of confiding; the object of confidence; the state…

Sedition "a dissension, an insurrection," is translated "sedition" in Act 24:5, AV (RV, "insurrections"). See DISSENSION, INSURRECTION. lit., "a standing apart"…

Seduce, Seducing "to cause to wander, lead astray," is translated "to seduce" in 1Jo 2:26, AV (RV, "lead ... astray"); in Rev 2:20, "to seduce." See DECEIT, C, …

Seducers * For SEDUCERS see IMPOSTORS

See (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7200Original Word: ra’âUsage Notes: "to see, observe, perceive, get acquainted with, gain understa…

See, Seeing "to have sight," is used of bodily vision, e.g., Mat 11:4; and mental, e.g., Mat 1:13-14; it is said of God the Father in Mat 6:4, Mat 6:6, Mat 6:18…

Seed akin to speiro, "to sow" (Eng., "sperm," "spermatic," etc.), has the following usages, (a) agricultural and botanical, e.g., Mat 13:24, Mat 13:27, Mat 13:3…

Seeing, Seeing that (conjunction) * For SEEING, SEEING THAT (conjunction), see +, p. 9

Seek signifies (a) "to seek, to seek for," e.g., Mat 1:7-8, Mat 13:45, Luk 24:5, Joh 6:24; of plotting against a person's life, Mat 2:20, Act 21:31, Rom 11:3; m…

Seek (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1245Original Word: baqashUsage Notes: "to seek, search, consult." This verb occurs only in Ugarit…

Seem denotes (a) "to be of opinion" (akin to doxa, "opinion"), e.g., Luk 8:18, RV, "thinketh" (AV, "seemeth"); so 1Co 3:18; to think, suppose, Jam 1:26, RV, "th…

Seemly, RV * For SEEMLY, RV, see COMELY, B, and Note (2) Note: In 1Pe 2:12, RV, kalos, "good, fair," is rendered "seemly."

Seize lit., "to take together" (sun, "with," lambano, "to take or lay hold of"), chiefly signifies "to seize as a prisoner;" in the following the RV substitutes…

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

Self-condemned * For SELF-CONDEMNED see CONDEMN, C, No. 1

Self-control (without) "powerless" (a, negative, kratos, "strength"), is rendered "without self-control," in 2Ti 3:3, RV; see INCONTINENT.

Self-willed "self-pleasing" (autos, "self," hedomai, "to please"), denotes one who, dominated by self-interest, and inconsiderate of others, arrogantly asserts …

Self, Selves "of oneself" (Eng., "automatic," "automaton," etc.), is used in Mar 4:28, Act 12:10. See ACCORD, B, No. 2. "he," also means "self," in the reflexiv…

Selfsame * Notes: (1) In 2Co 5:5, AV, auto touto, "this thing itself," "this very thing," RV, is rendered "the selfsame;" in 2Co 7:11, RV and AV, "this selfsame…

Sell "to exchange or barter, to sell," is used in the latter sense in the NT, six times in Matthew, three in Mark, six in Luke; in John only in connection with …

Sell (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4376Original Word: makarUsage Notes: "to sell." Common in both ancient and modern Hebrew, this word is also found in …

Seller * For SELLER see PURPLE

Senate "a council of elders" (from geron, "an old man," a term which early assumed a political sense among the Greeks, the notion of age being merged in that of…

Send lit., "to send forth" (apo, "from"), akin to apostolos, "an apostle," denotes (a) "to send on service, or with a commission." (1) of persons; Christ, sent …

Send (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7971Original Word: shalah?Usage Notes: "to send, stretch forth, get rid of." This verb occurs in …

Senseless * For SENSELESS see FOOLISH, No. 4

Senses "sense, the faculty of perception, the organ of sense" (akin to aisthanomai, "to perceive"), is used in Heb 5:14, "senses," the capacities for spiritual …

Sensual * For SENSUAL see NATURAL, A, No. 2

Sentence "a judgment," a decision passed on the faults of others, is used especially of God's judgment upon men, and translated "sentence" in 2Pe 2:3, RV (AV, "…

Separate "to mark off by bounds" (apo, "from," horizo, "to determine;" horos, "a limit"), "to separate," is used of "(a) the Divine action in setting men apart …

Separate (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6504Original Word: paradUsage Notes: "to divide, separate." This word and its derivatives are…

Separations * For SEPARATIONS see No. 3, above

Sepulchre akin to thapto, "to bury," originally "a burial," then, "a place for burial, a tomb," occurs in Mat 23:27, Mat 23:29, RV (AV, "tombs"); Mat 27:61, Mat…

Sergeant (-s) "a rod bearer" (rhabdos, "a rod," echo, "to hold"), one who carries a staff of office, was, firstly, an umpire or judge, later, a Roman lictor, Ac…

Serpent the characteristics of the "serpent" as alluded to in Scripture are mostly evil (though Mat 10:16 refers to its caution in avoiding danger); its treache…

Servant an adjective, signifying "in bondage," Rom 6:19 (neuter plural, agreeing with mele, "members"), is used as a noun, and as the most common and general wo…

Serve Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8334Original Word: sharatUsage Notes: "to minister, serve, officiate." This word is a common term in Hebrew usage, ancien…

Serve (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H8334Original Word: sharatUsage Notes: "to serve, minister." This word occurs less than 100 times…

Service, Serving is rendered "service" in Rom 15:31, AV; "serving" in Luk 10:40. See MINISTRY, A, No. 1. is rendered "service" in 2Co 9:12, Phi 2:17, Phi 2:30. …

Set "to cause to stand," is translated "to set" in Mat 4:5 (aorist tense in the best texts; some have the present, as in AV); Mat 18:2, Mat 25:33, Mar 9:36, Luk…