Vine's Expository Dictionary

Ship, Shipping akin to pleo, "to sail," a boat or a ship, always rendered appropriately "boat" in the RV in the Gospels; "ship" in the Acts; elsewhere, Jam 3:4,…

Shipmaster * For SHIPMASTER see MASTER, A, No. 7

Shipmen * For SHIPMEN see MARINERS

Shipwreck signifies (a) literally, "to suffer shipwreck" (naus, "a ship," agnumi, "to break"), 2Co 11:25; (b) metaphorically, "to make shipwreck," 1Ti 1:19, "co…

Shivers * For SHIVERS (Rev 2:27) see BREAK, A, No. 5

Shod * For SHOD see BIND, No. 3

Shoe denotes "a sole bound under the foot" (hupo, "under," deo, "to bind;" cp. hupodeo, "to bind under"), "a sandal," always translated "shoes," e.g., Mat 3:11,…

Shoot forth lit., "to throw before," is used of "the putting forth of leaves, blossom, fruit," said of trees in general, Luk 21:30, "shoot forth." See PUT (forw…

Shore * For SHORE see BEACH and LIP

Short (Adjective and Adverb) * For SHORT (Adjective and Adverb) see LITTLE, A, No. 2 and B, No. 2. Note: In 1Th 2:17, "a short season," is lit., "a season of an…

Short (come, cut), Shorten denotes "to cut off, amputate" (kolobos, "docked"); hence, "to curtail, shorten," said of the "shortening" by God of the time of the …

Shortly "straightway, directly," is translated "shortly" in 3Jo 1:14. The general use of the word suggests something sooner than "shortly." See FORTHWITH, STRAI…

Should * Note: This is frequently part of the translation of the tense of a verb. Otherwise it translates the following: "to be about to" (for the significance …

Shoulder occurs in Mat 23:4, Luk 15:5, and is suggestive (as in the latter passage) of strength and safety.

Shout (Noun and Verb) "a call, summons, shout of command" (akin to keleuo, "to command"), is used in 1Th 4:16 of the "shout" with which (en, "in," denoting the …

Show (make a) "to make a show of, expose," is used in Col 2:15 of Christ's act regarding the principalities and powers, displaying them "as a victor displays hi…

Show (Noun) "a word," is sometimes used of mere talk, the talk which one occasions; hence, "repute, reputation;" this seems to be the meaning in Col 2:23, trans…

Show (Verb) * For SHOW (Verb) see SHEW

Show Favor Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2603Original Word: h?ananUsage Notes: "to be gracious, considerate; to show favor." This word is…

Shower denotes a "heavy shower, a storm of rain," Luk 12:54.

Shrank and Shrink * For SHRANK and SHRINK see DRAW (B), No. 4

Shrine "the inmost part of a temple, a shrine," is used in the plural in Act 19:24, of the silver models of the pagan "shrine" in which the image of Diana (Gree…

Shudder primarily, "to be rough, to bristle," then, "to shiver, shudder, tremble," is said of demons, Jam 2:19, RV, "shudder" (AV, "tremble"). Cp. Mat 8:29, ind…

Shun * For SHUN see AVOID, No. 4, and DRAW, (B), No. 4

Shut (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5462Original Word: sagarUsage Notes: "to shut, close, shut up or imprison." Found in ancient Ugaritic, this verb is c…

Shut, Shut up is used (a) of things material, Mat 6:6, Mat 25:10, Luk 11:7, Joh 20:19, Joh 20:26, Act 5:23, Act 21:30, Rev 20:3; figuratively, Rev 21:25; (b) me…

Sick (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2470Original Word: h?alâUsage Notes: "to be sick, weak." This verb is common in all periods of…

Sick, Sickly, Sickness lit., "to be weak, feeble" (a, negative, sthenos, "strength"), is translated "to be sick," e.g., in Mat 10:8, "(the) sick;" Mat 25:36, Ma…

Sickle "a pruning hook, a sickle" (akin to drepo, "to pluck"), occurs in Mar 4:29, Rev 1:14-18 (twice), Rev 14:19.

Side "a side" (cp. Eng., "pleurisy"), is used of the "side" of Christ, into which the spear was thrust, Joh 19:34, Joh 20:20, Joh 20:25, Joh 20:27 (some mss. ha…

Sift "to winnow, sift" (sinion, "a sieve"), is used figuratively in Luk 22:31.

Sigh "to groan," is translated "He sighed" in Mar 7:34. See GRIEF, GROAN. "to sigh deeply" (ana, "up," suggesting "deep drawn," and No. 1), occurs in Mar 8:12. …

Sight is translated. "sight" in 2Co 5:7; see APPEARANCE, No. 1. denotes "a spectacle, a sight" (akin to theoreo, "to gaze, behold;" see BEHOLD), in Luk 23:48. "…

Sight of (in the) for which see BEFORE, No. 9, is translated "in the sight of" in the RV (for AV, "before") in Luk 12:6, Luk 15:18, Luk 16:15, Act 7:46, Act 10:…

Sign Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H226Original Word: ’ôtUsage Notes: "sign; mark." Cognates of this word appear in Aramaic and Arabic. It occurs 78 times in …

Signification * For SIGNIFICATION, 1Co 14:10, see DUMB, No. 2

Signify "to give a sign, indicate" (sema, "a sign:" cp. SIGN, No. 1), "to signify," is so translated in Joh 12:33, Joh 18:32, Joh 21:19, Act 11:28, Act 25:27, R…

Signs (to make) "to nod to" (en, "in," neuo, "to nod"), denotes "to make a sign to" in Luk 1:62. In the Sept., Pro 6:13, Pro 10:10. Note: For dianeuo, Luk 1:22,…

Silence occurs in Act 21:40, Rev 8:1, where the "silence" is introductory to the judgments following the opening of the seventh seal. Note: For hesuchia, AV, "s…

Silent * For SILENT, Luk 1:20, RV, see DUMB, B

Silk "silken," an adjective derived from the Seres, a people of India, who seem to have produced "silk" originally as a marketable commodity, is used as a noun …

Silly * For SILLY, 2Ti 3:6, See WOMAN No. 2

Silver Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H3701Original Word: kesepUsage Notes: "silver; money; price; property." This word has cognates in Akk…

Silversmith from arguros (see above) and kopto, "to beat," occurs in Act 19:24. In the Sept., Jdg 17:4, Jer 6:29.

Similitude * Note: For homoioma, rendered "similitude" in Rom 5:14, AV, see LIKENESS, No. 1. For homoiotes, "similitude" in Heb 7:15 AV, see LIKE, C, Note (1), …

Simple * For SIMPLE see GUILELESS No. 2, and HARMLESS

Simplicity * For SIMPLICITY see LIBERALITY

Sin Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H205Original Word: ’awenUsage Notes: "iniquity; vanity; sorrow." Some scholars believe that this term ha…

Sin (Noun and Verb) is, lit., "a missing of the mark," but this etymological meaning is largely lost sight of in the NT. It is the most comprehensive term for m…

Since * For SINCE see +, p. 9