Rush.
RUSH. The proverbial expression "branch and rush" occurs in Isa 9:14 and 1 Kgs 19:15 in the sense of "top" and "bottom" or "utterly." Another word thus translated in Job 8:11 refers to the famous pap…
Ruth The Book Of
Was originally a part of the Book of Judges, but it now forms one of the twenty-four separate books of the Hebrew Bible. The history it contains refers to a period perhaps about one hundred and twent…
Ruth,
RUTH, THE BOOK OF, so called, not from the author, but from the chief person, Ruth the Moabitess, is properly inserted between Judges and Samuel, as it is an appendix to the former and an introductio…
Ruth, Book Of
contains the history of Ruth, as narrated in the preceding article. The main object of the writer is evidently to give an account of David’s ancestors; and the book was avowedly composed long after t…
Rye.
RYE. This word occurs in Ex 9:32 and Isa 28:25. The same Hebrew noun is translated "fitches" in Eze 4:9. Rye being a northern grain and rarely cultivated in the East even in our day, Celsius' view is…
Sabachthani
Thou hast forsaken me, one of the Aramaic words uttered by our Lord on the cross (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34).
Sabachthani, Or Sabachthani
(why hast thou forsaken me?), part of Christ’s fourth cry on the cross. (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34) This, with the other words uttered with it, as given in Mark, is Aramaic (Syro-Chaldaic), the commo…
Sabaoth,
SAB'AOTH, or SABA'OTH (hosts). The phrase "Lord of Sabaoth" occurs twice in the N.T. - in Rom 9:29 and Jas 5:4. It is a common blunder to understand it as referring to the Sabbath or as implying rest…
Sabaoth, The Lord Of
occurs in (Romans 9:29; James 5:4) but is more familiar through its occurrence in the Sanctus of Te Deum—“Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth.” Sabaoth is the Greek form of the Hebrew word tsebaoth…
Sabbath
(Heb. verb shabbath, meaning “to rest from labour”), the day of rest. It is first mentioned as having been instituted in Paradise, when man was in innocence (Gen. 2:2). “The sabbath was made for man,…
Sabbath Days Journey
SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY. See Measures.
Sabbath Day’s Journey
Supposed to be a distance of 2,000 cubits, or less than half-a-mile, the distance to which, according to Jewish tradition, it was allowable to travel on the Sabbath day without violating the law (Act…
Sabbathdays Journey
(Acts 1:12) The law as regards travel on the Sabbath is found in (Exodus 16:29) As some departure from a man’s own place was unavoidable, it was thought necessary to determine the allowable amount, w…
Sabbatical Year.
SABBATICAL YEAR. Ex 23:11. See Year, Sabbatical.
Sabeans.
SABE'ANS. Two tribes of this name are mentioned in the A.V. Descendants of Seba, Isa 45:14; it should be simply "people of Seba," son of Cush. In Joel 3:8 the descendants of Sheba, son of Joktan, are…
Sabta
SAB'TA, SAB'TAH (striking), the third son of Cush. Gen 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9.
Sabta, Sabtah
SAB'TA, SAB'TAH (striking), the third son of Cush. Gen 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9.
Sabtah
Rest, the third son of Cush (Gen. 10:7; 1 Chr. 1:9).
Sabtecha
The fifth son of Cush (id.).
Sabtecha, Or Sabtechah
(striking), (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9) the fifth in order of the sons of Cush. (B.C. 2218.)
Sabtecha, Sabtechah
SAB'TECHA, SAB'TECHAH (striking ?), the youngest son of Cush. Gen 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9.
Sabtechah
that surrounds; that causes wounding
Sacar
(wages).
Sachar
Hire. (1.) One of David’s heroes (1 Chr. 11:35); called also Sharar (2 Sam. 23:33). (2.) A son of Obed-edom the Gittite, and a temple porter (1 Chr. 26:4).
Sackbut.
SACK'BUT. A sackbut is a wind instrument, but that meant in the original of Dan 3:5, etc., was a stringed instrument of a triangular shape, played with the fingers. It had four strings, and had a ver…
Sackcloth.
SACK'CLOTH. This was a coarse Sitting in Sackcloth. fabric, as the Hebrew word "sack" means, made of black goats' hair and other materials, and worn either as a sign of repentance. Matt 11:21, or as …
Sacrifice.
SACRIFICE. Gen 31:54. Sacrifices were in use from the earliest periods of the world, and among all nations. The universality of sacrificial rites is a powerful argument on behalf of their naturalness…
Sacrilege
SACRILEGE, the crime of violating or profaning sacred things. Rom 2:22. The Jews at some periods were eminently guilty in this particular, inasmuch as they withheld the tithes and offerings which God…
Saddle
SAD'DLE. Lev 15:9. Among the ancients saddles were very simple - merely a mat or quilted cloth; such is the present Oriental saddle.
Sadducees,
SAD'DUCEES, a Jewish sect often mentioned in the N.T. The origin of the term and its meaning are involved in obscurity, but the most satisfactory theory is that the sect was derived from Zadok and co…