Vine's Expository Dictionary

Surety (Noun) primarily signifies "bail," the bail who personally answers for anyone, whether with his life or his property (to be distinguished from mesites, "…

Surfeiting signifies "the giddiness and headache resulting from excessive wine-bibbing, a drunken nausea," "surfeiting," Luk 21:34. Trench (Syn. lxi) distinguis…

Surge * For SURGE, Jam 1:6, RV, see RAGE and WAVE

Surmise * For SURMISE, SURMISINGS, see DEEM

Surname "to put a name upon" (epi, "upon," kaleo, "to call"), "to surname," is used in this sense in the Passive Voice, in some texts in Mat 10:3 (it is absent …

Surpass * For SURPASS, 2Co 3:10, see EXCEED, A, No. 1

Suspense * For SUSPENSE (hold in) see DOUBT, No. 6

Sustenance "fodder" (akin to chortazo, "to feed, fill," see FEED, No. 4), is used in the plural in Act 7:11, "sustenance." In the Sept., Gen 24:25, Gen 24:32, G…

Swaddling clothes "to swathe" (from sparganon, "a swathing band"), signifies "to wrap in swaddling clothes" in Luk 2:7, Luk 2:12. The idea that the word means "…

Swallow (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1104Original Word: bala‘Usage Notes: "to swallow, engulf." Commonly used throughout the history of the Hebrew lang…

Swallow (Verb) "to drink down" (kata, and pino, "to drink"), "to swallow," is used with this meaning (a) physically, but figuratively, Mat 23:24, Rev 12:16; (b)…

Swear (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7650Original Word: shaba‘Usage Notes: "to swear; take an oath." This is a common word throughout the history of the …

Swear, Sworn is used of "affirming or denying by an oath," e.g., Mat 26:74, Mar 6:23, Luk 1:73, Heb 3:11, Heb 3:18, Heb 4:3, Heb 7:21; accompanied by that by wh…

Sweat is used in Luk 22:44. In the Sept., Gen 3:19.

Sweep occurs in Mat 12:44, Luk 11:25, Luk 15:8.

Sweet (cp. Eng., "glycerine," "glucose"), occurs in Jam 1:3-12 (AV, "fresh" in this verse); Rev 1:10-10.

Sweet smelling * For SWEET SMELLING see SAVOR, No. 1

Swell, Swollen primarily, "to blow, to burn," later came to denote "to cause to swell," and, in the Middle Voice, "to become swollen," Act 28:6. In the Sept., N…

Swelling denotes "a puffing up, swelling with pride" (akin to phusioo, "to puff up"), 2Co 12:20, "swellings." an adjective denoting "of excessive weight or size…

Swerve "to miss the mark," is translated "having swerved" in 1Ti 1:6. See ERR, No. 3. Moulton and Milligan illustrate the use of the verb from the papyri, e.g.,…

Swift, Swiftly denotes "swift" in Rom 3:15. See SHARP. "swift, speedy," is used in Jam 1:19. Cp. tacheos, tachu and tacheion, "quickly," tachos, "quickness, spe…

Swim "to dive, plunge, into the sea," hence, "to swim," occurs in Act 27:43. Cp. kolumbethra, "a pool." "to swim out of" (ek), occurs in Act 27:42.

Swine "a swine," is used in the plural, in the Synoptic Gospels only, Mat 7:6, Mat 1:8-32, Mar 1:5-13, Mar 5:16, Luk 1:8-33, Luk 1:15-16. It does not occur in t…

Sword Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H2719Original Word: h?erebUsage Notes: "sword; dagger; flint knife; chisel." This noun has cognates in…

Sycamine occurs in Luk 17:6. It is generally recognized as the black mulberry, with fruit like blackberries. The leaves are too tough for silkworms and thus are…

Sycamore occurs in Luk 19:4. This tree is of the fig species, with leaves like the mulberry and fruit like the fig. It is somewhat less in height than the sycam…

Synagogue properly "a bringing together" (sun, "together," ago, "to bring"), denoted (a) "a gathering of things, a collection," then, of "persons, an assembling…

Synagogue (put out of the) an adjective denoting "expelled from the congregation, excommunicated," is used (a) with ginomai, "to become, be made," Joh 9:22, Joh…

Synagogue (ruler of the) denotes "the administrative official," with the duty of preserving order and inviting persons to read or speak in the assembly, Mar 5:2…

Syrophoenician occurs in Mar 7:26 as the national name of a woman called "a Canaanitish woman" in Mat 15:22, i.e., not a Jewess but a descendant of the early in…

Tabernacle Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H4908Original Word: mishkanUsage Notes: "dwelling place; tabernacle; shrine." This word appears 1…

Table is used of (a) "a dining table," Mat 15:27, Mar 7:28, Luk 16:21, Luk 22:21, Luk 22:30; (b) "the table of shewbread," Heb 9:2; (c) by metonymy, of "what is…

Table (at the) "to recline at a meal table," is rendered "sat at the table" in Joh 12:2, AV, RV, "sat at meat" (some texts have sunanakeimai); "sat," of course …

Tablet * For TABLET see WRITING TABLET

Tackling denotes "gear, equipment, tackling" (of a ship), Act 27:19.

Tail "the tail of an animal," occurs in Rev 9:10 (twice), Rev 9:19, Rev 12:4.

Take "to take, lay hold of," besides its literal sense, e.g., Mat 5:40, Mat 1:26-27, is used metaphorically, of fear, in "taking" hold of people, Luk 7:16, RV (…

Take (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8610Original Word: tapasUsage Notes: "to catch, seize, lay hold of, grasp, play." This verb is found in both biblical…

Take Away (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3947Original Word: laqah?Usage Notes: "to take, receive, take away." This word occurs in all…

Talent originally "a balance," then, "a talent in weight," was hence "a sum of money" in gold or silver equivalent to a "talent." The Jewish "talent" contained …

Tales * For TALES see TALK

Talitha an Aramaic feminine meaning "maiden," Mar 5:41, has been variously transliterated in the NT Greek mss. Koumi or Koum (Heb. and Aram., qum, "arise"), whi…

Talk (Noun and Verb) "a word," is translated "talk" in Mat 22:15, Mar 12:13. See ACCOUNT, B. denotes "foolish talk, nonsense," Luk 24:11, RV, "idle talk" (AV, "…

Talkers (vain) an adjective denoting "talking idly" (mataios, "vain, idle," lego, "to speak"), is used as a noun (plural) in Tit 1:10.

Talking (vain, foolish) a noun corresponding to the above, is used in 1Ti 1:6, RV, "vain talking" (AV, "vain jangling"). from moros, "foolish, dull, stupid," an…

Tame "to subdue, tame," is used (a) naturally in Mar 5:4, Jam 3:7 (twice); (b) metaphorically, of the tongue, in Jam 3:8. In the Sept., Dan 2:40.

Tanner "a tanner" (from bursa, "a hide"), occurs in Act 9:43, Act 10:6, Act 10:32.

Tare (Verb) * For TARE (Verb) see TEAR

Tares is a kind of darnel, the commonest of the four species, being the bearded, growing in the grain fields, as tall as wheat and barley, and resembling wheat …

Tarry "to abide," is translated by the verb "to abide," in the RV, for AV, "to tarry," in Mat 26:38, Mar 14:34, Luk 24:29, Joh 4:40, Act 9:43, Act 18:20; the RV…