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SAVIOR


SAW

  • Used as an instrument of torture
    2Samuel 12:31; Hebrews 11:37

  • Used for cutting stone
    1Kings 7:9

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 10:15


SCAB

  • Disease of the skin
    Leviticus 13:2, 6-8; 14:56; 21:20; 22:22; Deuteronomy 28:27; Isaiah 3:17

  • See DISEASE , SANITATION, SCURVY


SCALES

  • Fell from Paul's eyes
    Acts 9:18

SCALL

  • A form of leprosy
    Leviticus 13:30

  • See LEPROSY


SCAPEBIRD

  • General references
    Leviticus 14:4-7, 53


SCAPEGOAT

  • General references
    Leviticus 16:7-10, 20-34


SCARLET


SCEPTER

  • A wand used by kings to signify favor or disfavor to those who desired an audience with them
    Esther 5:2; 8:4

  • A symbol of authority
    Numbers 24:17; Isaiah 14:5

  • Made of gold
    Esther 4:11

  • Made of iron
    Psalm 2:9; Revelation 2:27; 12:5

  • Figurative
    Genesis 49:10; Numbers 24:17; Isaiah 9:4


SCEVA

  • A charlatan Jewish "exorcist" at Ephesus
    Acts 19:13-17


SCHISM

  • A FORMAL DIVISION INSIDE A RELIGIOUS GROUP
    1Corinthians 12:25

SCHOOL

  • Of the prophets:

    • At Naioth
      1Samuel 19:20

    • At Bethel
      2Kings 2:3

    • At Jericho
      2Kings 2:5, 15

    • At Gilgal
      2Kings 4:38

    • At Jerusalem (probably)
      2Kings 22:14; 2Chronicles 34:22

  • Crowded attendance at
    2Kings 6:1

  • In the home
    Deuteronomy 4:9, 10; 6:7, 9; 11:19, 20; Psalm 78:5-8

  • Like a Bible school
    Deuteronomy 31:10-13

  • State
    2Chronicles 17:7-9; Daniel 1:3-21

  • Of Gamaliel
    Acts 5:34; 22:3

  • Of Tyrannus
    Acts 19:9

  • Schoolmaster
    Galatians 3:24, 25

  • See INSTRUCTION , PSALMS, DIDACTIC


SCIENCE

  • Observations of, and deductions from, facts
    Job 26:7-14; 28; Ecclesiastes 1:13-17

  • So-called, false
    1Timothy 6:20

  • The key of knowledge
    Luke 11:52; Romans 2:20

  • See GEOLOGY, ASTRONOMY , PHILOSOPHY


SCOFFING

  • General references
    2Chronicles 30:6-10; 36:16; Job 21:14, 15; 34:7; Psalm 1:1; 42:3, 10; 73:11; 78:19, 20; 107:11, 12; Proverbs 1:22, 25; 3:34; 9:12; 13:1; 14:6, 9; 19:29; 21:11, 24; 22:10; Isaiah 5:18, 19, 24:9; 24, 25; 10:15; 29:20; 57:4; Jeremiah 17:15; 43:2; Lamentations 1:7; Ezekiel 8:12; 9:9; 11:2, 3; 12:22; 33:20; Hosea 7:5; Matthew 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 4:23; 11:15; 16:14; Acts 2:13; 13:45; 17:18, 32; Hebrews 10:29; 2Peter 3:3, 4

  • See HATRED, MALICE, UNBELIEF

  • Instances of:

    • Ishmael
      Genesis 21:9

    • Youths at Bethel
      2Kings 2:23

    • Ephraim and Manasseh
      2Chronicles 30:10

    • Chiefs of Judah
      2Chronicles 36:16

    • Sanballat
      Nehemiah 4:1

    • Enemies of Job
      Job 30:1, 9

    • Enemies of David
      Psalm 35:15, 16

    • Rulers of Israel
      Isaiah 28:14

    • Ammonites
      Ezekiel 25:3

    • Tyrians
      Ezekiel 26:2

    • The heathen
      Ezekiel 36:2, 3

    • Soldiers
      Matthew 27:28-30; Luke 23:36

    • Chief priests
      Matthew 27:41

    • The Pharisees
      Luke 16:14

    • The men who seized Jesus
      Luke 22:63, 64

    • Herod Antipas
      Luke 23:11

    • The people and the Jewish rulers
      Luke 23:35

    • Some of the multitude
      Acts 2:13

    • The Athenians
      Acts 17:32


SCORPION

  • A venomous insect common in the wilderness through which the people of Israel journeyed
    Deuteronomy 8:15

  • Power over, given to the seventy
    Luke 10:19

  • Unfit for food
    Luke 11:12

  • Sting of, located in the tail
    Revelation 9:10

  • Figurative:

    • Of enemies
      Ezekiel 2:6

    • Of cruelty
      1Kings 12:11, 14

  • Symbolic
    Revelation 9:3, 5, 10


SCOURGING

  • Corporal punishment by stripes.

  • Prescribed in the Mosaic law:

    • For committing the sin of fornication
      Leviticus 19:20; Deuteronomy 22:18

    • For other offenses
      Deuteronomy 25:2
  • Forty Stripes was the maximum number
    Deuteronomy 25:3
  • Fatal
    Job 9:23

  • Of servants could be avenged
    Exodus 21:20

  • Foretold by Jesus as a persecution of future Christians
    Matthew 10:17

  • Instances of:

    • Jesus
      Matthew 20:19; 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1

    • Paul and Silas
      Acts 16:23

    • Paul
      Acts 21:32; 22:24; 2Corinthians 11:24, 25

    • Sosthenes
      Acts 18:17

  • Figurative:


SCRIBE

  • A writer and transcriber of the law
    2Samuel 8:17; 20:25; 1Kings 4:3; 2Kings 12:10; 18:37; 19:2; 1Chronicles 24:6; 27:32; Nehemiah 13:13; Jeremiah 36:12

  • The king's secretary official recordist
    2Kings 12:10-12; 22:1-14; Esther 3:12; 8:9

  • The mustering officer of the army
    2Kings 25:19; 2Chronicles 26:11

  • Instructors in the law
    Matthew 7:29; 13:52; 17:10; 23:2, 3

  • They test Jesus with questions, bringing to Jesus a woman caught in the act of adultery
    John 8:3

  • Members of the Sanhedrin council
    Matthew 2:4

  • Conspire against Jesus
    Matthew 26:3, 57; 27:41; Mark 14:1; Luke 22:66

  • Hypocrisy of, reproved by Jesus
    Matthew 5:20; 9:3; 12:38; 15:1; 16:21; 20:18; 21:15


SCRIPTURES

  • The word of God
    Jeremiah 30:2

  • Interpreted by religious "experts"
    John 3:10; 7:52

  • Inspired by God
    2Timothy 3:16

  • See WORD OF GOD


SCURVY

  • General references
    Leviticus 22:22

  • See SCAB


SCYTHIANS

  • General references
    Colossians 3:11


SEA

  • Creation of
    Genesis 1:9, 10; Psalm 95:5; 148:4, 5

  • Lake Galilee calmed by Jesus
    Matthew 8:24-26; Mark 4:37-39

  • Jesus walked upon Lake Galilee
    Matthew 14:25-31

  • The Dead, to be given up by the, at the resurrection
    Revelation 20:13

  • Symbolic:

    • In Daniel's vision
      Daniel 7:2, 3

    • In John's apocalyptic vision
      Revelation 4:6; 10:2, 5, 8:8, 9; 6, 8; 13:1; 15:2; 16:3; 21:1


SEAL

  • A stamp used for signifying documents:

    • Given as a pledge
      Genesis 38:18

    • Engraved
      Exodus 28:11, 39:6, 21, 36; 14, 30; 2Timothy 2:19

    • Decrees signified by
      1Kings 21:8; Esther 8:8

    • Documents sealed with:

      • Ahab's letter
        1Kings 21:8

      • Covenants
        Nehemiah 9:38; 10:1; Isaiah 8:16

      • Decrees
        Esther 8:8; Daniel 6:9

      • Deeds
        Jeremiah 32:10

    • Treasures secured by
      Deuteronomy 32:34

    • Lion's den secured by
      Daniel 6:17

    • The gravesite of Jesus
      Matthew 27:66

    • Circumcision was regarded as a seal of righteousness
      Romans 4:11

    • Figurative:

      • Of secrecy
        Daniel 12:9; Revelation 5:1

      • Of certainty of divine approval
        John 6:27; Romans 15:28; 2Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 1:13; 4:30; Revelation 7:3, 4

  • An amphibious animal. Skins of, were used as a covering of the tabernacle
    Exodus 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Numbers 4:25


SEAMEN


SEASONS

  • General references
    Genesis 1:14; 8:22; Psalm 104:19; Jeremiah 33:20; Daniel 2:21; Matthew 21:41; 24:32; Mark 12:2; Acts 1:7; 1Thessalonians 5:1


SEBA

  • Son of Cush
    Genesis 10:7; 1Chronicles 1:9

  • A region in Ethiopia
    Psalm 72:10; Isaiah 43:3


SEBAT

  • The eleventh month February
    Zechariah 1:7


SECOND DEATH


SECRET

  • Alms charitable donations to be given in
    Matthew 6:4

  • Prayer to be offered in
    Matthew 6:6

  • Of others not to be divulged
    Proverbs 25:9; Matthew 18:15

  • Unclassified scriptures relating to
    Deuteronomy 29:29; 31:21; 1Samuel 16:7; 2Samuel 7:20; 2Kings 19:27; Psalm 25:14; 44:21; 90:8; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Daniel 2:28, 47; Amos 3:7; Mark 4:22; Luke 8:16, 17; Romans 2:16; 1Corinthians 4:5; Hebrews 4:12, 13
  • See MYSTERY


SECRETARY RECORDIST

  • General references
    2Samuel 8:17; 20:24; 1Kings 4:3; 2Kings 12:10-12; 18:18, 37; 22:1-14; 1Chronicles 27:32; Esther 3:12; 8:9

  • Military
    2Kings 25:19; 2Chronicles 26:11

  • See AMANUENSIS, SCRIBE


SECUNDUS

  • A Thessalonian Christian who accompanies Apostle Paul from Corinth
    Acts 20:4-6


SECURITY

  • False security

    • Promises peace and a long life
      Job 29:18
    • Is ignorant of God and truth
      Psalm 10:4; 50:21

    • Trusts in lies
      Isaiah 28:15; Revelation 3:17

    • Is inconsiderate and forgetful
      Isaiah 47:7

    • Relies on earthly treasures
      Jeremiah 49:4, 16

    • Is deceived by pride
      Obadiah 1:3; Revelation 18:7

    • Puts off the evil day
      Amos 6:3

    • Leads to increased guilt
      Ecclesiastes 8:11

    • Its refuges will be scattered
      Isaiah 28:17

    • Ruin will overtake it
      Isaiah 47:9; Amos 9:10

    • God is against it
      Jeremiah 21:13; Ezekiel 39:6; Amos 6:1

    • See CONFIDENCE, FALSE, SELF-DECEPTION, SELF-DELUSION


SEDITION

  • Charged against Paul
    Acts 24:5

  • How punished
    Acts 5:36, 37


SEDUCTION

  • General references
    2Timothy 3:6, 13

  • Laws concerning
    Exodus 22:16, 17; Deuteronomy 22:23-29

  • Instances of:

    • Dinah
      Genesis 34:2

    • Tamar
      2Samuel 13:1-14


SEED

  • Every herb, tree, and grass, yields its own
    Genesis 1:11, 12, 29

  • Each kind has its own body
    1Corinthians 15:38

  • Not to be mingled in sowing
    Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:9

  • Parables concerning
    Matthew 13; Luke 8

  • Illustrative
    Ecclesiastes 11:6; Hosea 10:12; 2Corinthians 9:6; Galatians 6:7, 8

  • Sowing of, type of burial of the body
    1Corinthians 15:36-38


SEEKERS

  • General references
    Genesis 49:18; Deuteronomy 4:29; 1Chronicles 16:11; 22:19; 28:9; 2Chronicles 11:16; 15:2, 12, 13; 26:5; 30:18, 19; 31:21; Ezra 8:22; Job 5:8; 8:5, 6; Psalm 9:10; 14:2; 17:1, 2; 22:26; 24:3-6; 27:4, 25:5, 15; 8, 14; 33:20; 34:4, 10; 40:1-4; 42:1-4; 63:1-8; 69:32; 70:4, 5; 77:1-9; 78:34; 81:10; 83:16; 84:2; 105:4; 119:2, 10; 130:5, 6; 143:6; 145:18, 19; Proverbs 2:3-5; 8:17, 34; 28:5; Song of Solomon 3:1-4; Isaiah 8:19; 26:8, 9; 44:3, 4; 45:19, 22; 49:9-12, 23; 51:1; 55:6, 7; 59:20; 61:1-3; Jeremiah 29:13; 42:3; Lamentations 3:25, 50:4; 26, 41; Ezekiel 18:21-23; Daniel 9:3; Hosea 3:5; 5:15; 10:12; Joel 2:12, 13; Amos 5:4-6, 8, 14; 8:12; Zephaniah 2:3; Zechariah 8:20-23; Matthew 5:6; 6:33; 7:7-12; Luke 6:21; 11:9-13; 13:24; 14:26-33; 16:16; John 6:37; Acts 2:21; 17:27; Romans 3:11; 10:13; Hebrews 7:25; 9:28; 11:6; James 4:8; Revelation 3:20; 21:6; 22:17

  • Instances of:

    • Asa
      2Chronicles 14:7

    • Jehoshaphat
      2Chronicles 17:3, 4

    • Uzziah
      2Chronicles 26:5

    • Hezekiah
      2Chronicles 31:21

    • Josiah
      2Chronicles 34:3

    • Ezra
      Ezra 7:10

    • David
      Psalm 34:4

    • Daniel
      Daniel 9:3, 4

    • The Magi
      Matthew 2:1, 2

    • See PENITENT, ZEAL


SEER


SEGUB

  • Son of Hiel, the rebuilder of Jericho
    1Kings 16:34

  • Grandson of Judah
    1Chronicles 2:4, 5, 21, 22


SEIR

  • A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea:

    • General references
      Deuteronomy 1:2

    • Along the route from Horeb to Kadeshbarnea
      Deuteronomy 1:1, 2

    • The children of Israel travel by
      Deuteronomy 1:2; 2:1; 33:2

    • Originally inhabited by Horites
      Genesis 14:6; 36:20-30; Deuteronomy 2:12

    • Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim
      Deuteronomy 2:12, 22; with Genesis 32:3; 33:14, 16; 36:8, 9; Numbers 24:18; Deuteronomy 2:4, 5

    • The southern boundary of the conquests of Joshua
      Joshua 11:15-18

  • A Horite chief
    Genesis 36:20, 21; 1Chronicles 1:38


SEIRATH

  • A city of unknown location
    Judges 3:26


SEIZIN

  • Of real property.

  • See LAND


SELA

  • Also called SELAH, a city in the country of Edom
    2Kings 14:7; Isaiah 16:1


SELA-HAMMAHLEKOTH

  • A rock in the wilderness of Maon
    1Samuel 23:28


SELED

  • A descendant of Jerahmeel
    1Chronicles 2:30


SELEUCIA

  • A city of Syria beside the Mediterranean Sea that Apostle Paul visits
    Acts 13:4


SELF-CONDEMNATION

  • General references
    2Samuel 24:17; 1Kings 8:31, 32; Job 9:20; Proverbs 5:12, 13; Matthew 21:33-41; 23:31; 25:24-27; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 19:21, 22; John 8:9; Acts 22:24; Romans 2:1

  • See SELF-INCRIMINATION, REMORSE, REPENTANCE

  • Instances of:

    • Achan
      Joshua 7:19-25

    • David
      2Samuel 12:5-7

    • Ahab
      1Kings 20:39-42


SELF-CONFIDENCE


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