Vine's Expository Dictionary

Sting * For STING see GOAD

Stink "to emit a smell" (cp. Eng., "ozone"), occurs in Joh 11:39. In the Sept., Exo 8:14.

Stir, Stir up (Noun and Verb) akin to tarache, "trouble," and tarasso, "to trouble," is rendered "stir" in Act 12:18, Act 19:23. denotes "to kindle afresh," or …

Stock * For STOCK see KIND

Stocks "wood," is used of "stocks" in Act 16:24. See STAFF, TREE, WOOD.

Stomach properly "a mouth, an opening," akin to stoma, "a mouth," denotes "the stomach" in 1Ti 5:23.

Stone Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H68Original Word: ’ebenUsage Notes: "stone." A comparison of Semitic languages shows that ’eben was the common word for "s…

Stone (Noun, Verb, and Adjective) is used (I) literally, of (a) the "stones" of the ground, e.g., Mat 4:3, Mat 4:6, Mat 7:9; (b) "tombstones," e.g., Mat 27:60, …

Stony * For STONY see ROCKY

Stoop "to bow the head, stoop down," occurs in Mar 1:7, Joh 8:6, Joh 8:8. is rendered "to stoop down" in Luk 24:12, Joh 20:5, Joh 20:11, RV, "stooping and looki…

Stop "to fence in" (akin to phragmos, "a fence"), "close, stop," is used (a) metaphorically, in Rom 3:19, of "preventing" all excuse from Jew and Gentile, as si…

Store (Verb) "to lay up, store up," is rendered "in store" (lit., "storing"), with a view to help a special case of need, 1Co 16:2; said of the heavens and eart…

Storehouse, Storechamber * For STOREHOUSE, STORECHAMBER, see CHAMBER

Storm "a hurricane, whirlwind," is rendered "storm" in Mar 4:37, Luk 8:23, 2Pe 2:17, RV (AV, "tempest"). See TEMPEST.

Story an adjective denoting "of three stories" (treis, "three," stege, "a roof"), occurs in Act 20:9 (with oikema, "a dwelling," understood), RV, "the third sto…

Straight "direct, straight, right," is translated "straight," figuratively, of the paths of the Lord, Mat 3:3, Mar 1:3, Luk 3:4; in Luk 3:5 of the rectification…

Straight course * For STRAIGHT COURSE, see COURSE, B, Note (1)

Straightway * For STRAIGHTWAY see FORTHWITH, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and IMMEDIATELY, No. 1

Strain out primarily denotes "to strain thoroughly" (dia, "through," intensive, hulizo, "to strain"), then, "to strain out," as through a sieve or strainer, as …

Strait (Adjective) * For the Adjective STRAIT see NARROW

Strait (be in a), Straitened "to hold together, constrain," is translated "I am in a strait" in Phi 1:23 (Passive Voice), i.e., being restricted on both sides, …

Straitest the superlative degree of akribes, "accurate, exact" (cp. akribos, see ACCURATELY and associated words there), occurs in Act 26:5, "the straitest (sec…

Straitly * Notes: (1) For polla, AV, "straitly" in Mar 3:12, Mar 5:43, see MUCH (RV). (2) In Act 4:17 some mss. have apeile, "a threat," with apeilo (Middle Voi…

Strake * For STRAKE, Act 27:17, AV (RV, "lowered"), see LET DOWN, No. 2.

Strange denotes (a) "foreign, alien," Act 17:18, of gods; Heb 13:9, of doctrines; (b) "unusual," 1Pe 1:4, 2nd part, of the fiery trial of persecution (for 1st p…

Stranger "strange" (see No. 1 above), denotes "a stranger, foreigner," Mat 25:35, Mat 25:38, Mat 1:25-44, Mat 27:7, Act 17:21, Eph 2:12, Eph 2:19, Heb 11:13, 3J…

Strangled from pnigo, "to choke," occurs in Act 15:20, Act 15:29, Act 21:25, of the flesh of animals killed by strangling, without shedding their blood (see, e.…

Strawed * For STRAWED see FURNISH and SCATTER, No. 2

Stream * For STREAM see RIVER

Street Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H2351Original Word: h?ûs?Usage Notes: "street." This word, of uncertain origin, appears in biblical, …

Strength Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2428Original Word: h?ayilUsage Notes: "strength; power; wealth; property; capable; valiant; army; troops; influential;…

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