Solomons Porch,
SOLOMON'S PORCH, a cloister or colonnade on the east side of the temple and of the court of the Gentiles. John 10:23:Acts 3:11; Am 5:12. The ceiling, finished with cedar, was 40 feet above the floor …
Solomons Servants.
SOLOMON'S SER'VANTS. Their descendants are mentioned in Ezr 2:55, Ps 57:58; Neh 7:57, Neh 7:60. These "servants" were probably his slaves, but they had been converted, and their connection, although …
Solomons Song
[Canticles]
Solomon’s Porch
(John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12), a colonnade, or cloister probably, on the eastern side of the temple. It is not mentioned in connection with the first temple, but Josephus mentions a porch, so called,…
Son Of God.
SON OF GOD. Dan 3:25. This is one of the titles of our divine Redeemer, and is applied to none else except in a connection which shows the sense. It is applied to angels, Job 38:7, and to Adam, Luke …
Son Of Man.
SON OF MAN. Matt 8:20. This title is given to our Saviour eighty times in the N.T. It is also applied to him by Daniel. Dan 7:13. The Jews perfectly understood it to denote the Messiah. It sets forth…
Son.
SON. The Hebrews used all terms of relationship in a much looser way than we do. "'Son' implies almost any kind of descent or succession. ' on of a year' - i.e., a year old; 'son of a bow' - i.e., an…
Song Of Solomon
SONG OF SOLOMON. The book is entitled the "Song of Songs" - i.e., the most beautiful of songs - also, after the Latin, the "Canticles." It has always formed part of the canon, and has been held in th…
Songs
Of Moses (Ex. 15; Num. 21:17; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah (1 Sam. 2), David (2 Sam. 22, and Psalms), Mary (Luke 1:46-55), Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79), the angels (Luke 2:13), Simeon …
Sons Of God
SONS OF GOD. Thus the angels are called in Job 1:6; Ruth 2:1; Job 38:7. But in the verse Gen 6:2 this designation is not allowable. The best interpretation is that it refers to the race of Seth, who …
Soothsayer
One who pretends to prognosticate future events. Baalam is so called (Josh. 13:22; Heb. kosem, a “diviner,” as rendered 1 Sam. 6:2; rendered “prudent,” Isa. 3:2). In Isa. 2:6 and Micah 5:12 (Heb. yon…
Sop.
SOP. John 13:26. Our ordinary table-utensils were unknown among the Hebrews. Hence, in eating broth or milk, it was either taken with the hollow of the hand or the bread was dipped into it. This is a…
Sopater
The father who saves, probably the same as Sosipater, a kinsman of Paul (Rom. 16:21), a Christian of the city of Berea who accompanied Paul into Asia (Acts 20:4-6).
Sophereth
(writing). “The children of Sophereth” were a family who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel among the descendants of Solomon’s servants. (Ezra 2:55; Nehemiah 7:57) (B.C. before 536.)
Sorcerer
From the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others. (See DIVINATION.) In Dan. 2:2 it is the rendering of the Hebrew mekhashphim, i.e., mutterers, men who professed to h…
Sorcery
SOR'CERY, one of the arts of the magicians, Ex 7:11 - hence called "sorcerers" - by the use of which they pretended to predict future events, cure diseases, work miracles, etc. Acts 8:9; Josh 13:6. T…
Sorek
Choice vine, the name of a valley, i.e., a torrent-bed, now the Wady Surar, “valley of the fertile spot,” which drains the western Judean hills, and flowing by Makkedah and Jabneel, falls into the se…
Sorek, Valley Of
'SO'REK, VALLEY OF (a choice vine), the home of Delilah, whom Samson loved. Jud 16:4. Conder identifies it with the present Wady Surar, which has a broad flat valley, in the neighborhood of Beth-shem…
Sosipater
(See SOPATER.)
Sosthenes
Safe in strength, the chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth, who was seized and beaten by the mob in the presence of Gallio, the Roman governor, when he refused to proceed against Paul at the insti…
Sotai
(changeful). The children of Sotai were a family of the descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:55; Nehemiah 7:57) (B.C. before 536.)
Soul
SOUL. Gen 2:7. The Scriptures evidently distinguish between the soul and the spirit. 1 Thess 5:23; Heb 4:12. The word which we call "soul" is used to denote mere animal life - the seat of sensations,…
South
Heb. Negeb, that arid district to the south of Palestine through which lay the caravan route from Central Palestine to Egypt (Gen. 12:9; 13:1, 3; 46:1-6). “The Negeb comprised a considerable but irre…
South Ramoth,
SOUTH RA'MOTH, a place to which David and his outlaws resorted. 1 Sam 30:27. It bordered on the desert south of Judah.
Sovereignty
Of God, his absolute right to do all things according to his own good pleasure (Dan. 4:25, 35; Rom. 9:15-23; 1 Tim. 6:15; Rev. 4:11).
Sow
[Swine]
Sow, Sower.
SOW, SOWER. Matt 13:3. See Agriculture, Season.
Sower, Sowing
The operation of a sowing with the hand is one of so simple a character as to need little description. The Egyptian paintings furnish many illustrations of the mode in which it was conducted. The sow…
Spain,
SPAIN, a well-known country of Europe, though the name anciently included the whole peninsula now occupied by Spain and Portugal. The Hebrews, in the time of Solomon, were acquainted with the positio…
Span
SPAN. Isa 40:12. See Measures.