Vine's Expository Dictionary

Set (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7896Original Word: shîtUsage Notes: "to put, place, set, station, fix." In addition to biblical Hebrew, this verb is f…

Set in Order (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6186Original Word: ‘arakUsage Notes: "to arrange, set in order, compare." While it occurs some 75 times in th…

Set on (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7760Original Word: sîmUsage Notes: "to put, place, set, fix." This word also appears in Akkadia…

Set Up Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7760Original Word: sîmUsage Notes: "to put, place, set, fix." This word also appears in Akkadian (as…

Setter forth "a proclaimer, herald" (akin to katangello, "to proclaim"), is used in Act 17:18, "a setter forth (of strange gods)." It is found in inscriptions i…

Settle "to put, place," is translated "settle (it therefore in your hearts)" in Luk 21:14, Active Voice in the best texts (some have the Middle), the aorist ten…

Seven whence Eng. words beginning with "hept," corresponds to the Heb. sheba' (which is akin to saba', signifying "to be full, abundant"), sometimes used as an …

Seven times occurs in Mat 1:18-22, Luk 17:4 (twice).

Seventh occurs in Joh 4:52, Heb 4:4 (twice); Jud 1:14, Rev 8:1, Rev 10:7, Rev 11:15, Rev 16:17, Rev 21:20.

Seventy occurs in Luk 10:1, Luk 10:17; in Act 7:14 it precedes pente, "five," lit., "seventy-five," rendered "threescore and fifteen;" for the details see FIFTE…

Seventy times occurs in Mat 18:22, where it is followed by hepta, "seven," "seventy times seven;" RV marg. has "seventy times and seven," which many have regard…

Sever lit., "to reduce to inactivity" (see ABOLISH, where all the ocurrences are given), is rendered "ye are severed (from Christ)" in Gal 5:4, RV; the aorist t…

Several "one's own," is translated "several (ability)," in Mat 25:15. Note: For Rev 21:21, "the several gates," RV, see EVERY, No. 3.

Severally the dative case, feminine, of idios (see above), is used adverbially, signifying "severally," in 1Co 12:11. Notes: (1) In Rom 12:5, kata (kath') follo…

Severity "steepness, sharpness" (apo, "off," temno, "to cut;" tome, "a cutting"), is used metaphorically in Rom 11:22 (twice) of "the severity of God," which li…

Sew (epi, "upon," rhapto, "to sew or stitch"), is used in Mar 2:21.

Shadow (Noun) is used (a) of "a shadow," caused by the interception of light, Mar 4:32, Act 5:15; metaphorically of the darkness and spiritual death of ignoranc…

Shadowing * For SHADOWING, Heb 9:5, AV, see OVERSHADOW

Shake "to agitate shake," primarily of the action of stormy winds, waves, etc., is used (a) literally, of a reed, Mat 11:7, Luk 7:24; a vessel, "shaken" in fill…

Shall "to be about (to be or do)," is used of purpose, certainty, compulsion or necessity. It is rendered simply by "shall" or "should" (which frequently repres…

Shambles a term of late Greek borrowed from the Latin macellum, denotes a "meat market," translated "shambles" in 1Co 10:25. The word is found in the koine, or …

Shame Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H954Original Word: bôshUsage Notes: "to be ashamed, feel ashamed." This verb, which occurs 129 times i…

Shame (Noun, and Verb) signifies (a) "shame, disgrace," Rom 1:26, "vile (passions)," RV, lit., "(passions) of shame;" 1Co 11:14; (b) "dishonor," e.g. 2Ti 2:20, …

Shamefastness (AV, Shamefacedness) "a sense of shame, modesty," is used regarding the demeanor of women in the church, 1Ti 2:9 (some mss. have it in Heb 12:28 f…

Shamefully (entreat) * Note: This forms part of the rendering of (a) atimazo, Mar 12:4, Luk 20:11, see DISHONOR, C, No. 1, ENTREAT, Note, HANDLE, No. 4; (b) hub…

Shape rendered "shape" in the AV of Luk 3:22, Joh 5:37, see FORM, No. 4. rendered "shapes" in Rev 9:7, see LIKENESS, No. 1.

Sharers * For SHARERS (Heb 2:14) see PARTAKE, B, No. 1.

Sharp, Sharper, Sharply, Sharpness denotes (a) "sharp" (Eng., "oxy--,)," said of a sword, Rev 1:16, Rev 2:12, Rev 19:15; of a sickle, Rev 14:14, Rev 1:14-18 (tw…

Shave a late form of xureo, or xuro, from xuron, "a razor," occurs in Act 21:24 (Middle Voice), in connection with a vow (Num 1:6-18; cp. Act 18:18, see SHEAR);…

She * Note: The words under HE in their feminine forms are used for this pronoun.

Shear, Shearer, Shorn is used (a) of "shearing sheep," Act 8:32, "shearer," lit., "the (one) shearing:" (b) in the Middle Voice, "to have one's hair cut off, be…

Sheath "a place to put something in" (akin to tithemi, "to put"), "a receptacle, chest, case," is used of the "sheath" of a sword, Joh 18:11.

Shed "to pour out," is translated "to shed" or "to shed forth" in Act 2:33, Tit 3:6, AV; of "shedding" blood in murder, Rom 3:15. See POUR, No. 3. a later form …

Sheep from probaino, "to go forward," i.e., of the movement of quadrupeds, was used among the Greeks of small cattle, sheep and goats; in the NT, of "sheep" onl…

Sheep Gate, Sheep Market an adjective, used in the grammatically feminine form, in Joh 5:2, to agree with pule, "a gate," understood, RV, "sheep gate" (not with…

Sheepfold * For SHEEPFOLD see FOLD

Sheepskin from melon, "a sheep or goat," occurs in Heb 11:37. In the Sept., 1Ki 19:13, 1Ki 19:19, 2Ki 2:8, 2Ki 1:2-14.

Sheet primarily denoted "fine linen," later, "a sheet," Act 10:11, Act 11:5. Cp. othonion, "linen."

Shekel, half Shekel a teradrachmon or four drachmae, originally 224 grains, in Tyrian currency, but reduced in weight somewhat by the time recorded in Mat 17:24…

Sheol Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7585Original Word: she’ôlUsage Notes: "Sheol." The 66 occurrences of this word are distributed throughout every period of…

Shepherd is used (a) in its natural significance, Mat 9:36, Mat 25:32, Mar 6:34, Luk 2:8, Luk 2:15, Luk 2:18, Luk 2:20, Joh 10:2, Joh 10:12; (b) metaphorically …

Shepherd (chief) * For CHIEF SHEPHERD see CHIEF, B, No. 3

Shepherd (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7462Original Word: ra‘âUsage Notes: "to pasture, shepherd." This common Semitic root appears …

Shew (show) denotes (a) "to show, exhibit," e.g., Mat 4:8, Mat 8:4, Joh 5:20, Joh 20:20, 1Ti 6:15; (b) "to show by making known," Mat 16:21, Luk 24:40, Joh 1:14…

Shew before * For SHEW BEFORE see FORESHEW

Shewbread * Note: The phrase rendered "the shewbread" is formed by the combination of the nouns prothesis, "a setting forth" (pro, "before," tithemi, "to place"…

Shewing "a shewing forth" (ana, "up or forth," and deiknumi, "to show"), is translated "showing" in Luk 1:80. Note: For "showing," Rom 1:3-26, RV, see DECLARE, …

Shield formerly meant "a stone for closing the entrance of a cave;" then, "a shield," large and oblong, protecting every part of the soldier; the word is used m…

Shine, Shining "to cause to appear," denotes, in the Active Voice, "to give light, shine," Joh 1:5, Joh 5:35; in Mat 24:27, Passive Voice; so Phi 2:15, RV, "ye …

Ship (owner of the) * For OWNER OF THE SHIP see OWNER, No. 2