$$T0004250 \SAPPHIRE\ -A precious stone #Job 28:6,16; Isa 54:11; Eze 28:13| -Set in the breastplate #Ex 28:18| -The color of the expanse #Eze 1:26| -Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision #Re 21:19| $$T0004251 \SARAH\ -1. Also called SARAI .Wife of Abraham #Ge 11:29-31; 12:5| .Near of kin to Abraham #Ge 12:10-20; 20:12| .Abraham represents her as his sister, and Abimelech, king of Gerar, takes her; she is restored to Abraham by means of a dream #Ge 20:1-14| .Is sterile; gives her handmaiden, Hagar, to Abraham as a concubine #Ge 16:1-3| .Her jealousy of Hagar #Ge 16:4-6; 21:9-14| .Her miraculous conception of Isaac #Ge 17:15-21; 18:9-15| .Name changed from Sarai to Sarah #Ge 17:15| .Gives birth to Isaac #Ge 21:3,6-8| .Death and burial of #Ge 23; 25:10| .Character of #Heb 11:11; 1Pe 3:5,6| -2. SARAH .See SERAH ¯T0004341 $$T0004252 \SARAPH\ -A descendant of Shelah #1Ch 4:22| $$T0004253 \SARCASM\ -INSTANCES OF .Cain's self-justifying argument when God asked him where Abel was #Ge 4:9| .Israelites reproaching Moses #Ex 14:11| .God reproaching Israel #Nu 11:20; Jud 10:14| .Balak reproaching Balaam #Nu 24:11| .Joshua to the descendants of Joseph #Jos 17:15| .By Jotham #Jud 9:7-19| .By Samson #Jud 14:18| .The men of Jabesh to Nahash #1Sa 11:10| .Eliab to David #1Sa 17:28| .Elijah to the priests of Baal #1Ki 18:27| .David's reply to Michal's irony #2Sa 6:21| .Ahab's reply to Ben-hadad #1Ki 20:11| .Jehoash to Amaziah #2Ki 14:9,10; 2Ch 25:18,19| .Rabshakeh to Hezekiah #2Ki 18:23,24| .Sanballat's address to the army of Samaria #Ne 4:2,3| .Zophar to Job #Job 11:12| .Job to Zophar #Job 12:2,3| .Of Solomon #Pr 26:16| .The persecutors of Jesus #Mt 27:28,29; Lu 23:11; Joh 19:2,3,5,15| .Paul #1Ti 4:7| .Herod Agrippa II to Paul #Ac 26:28| .See IRONY ¯T0002551 .See SATIRE ¯T0004265 $$T0004254 \SARDIS\ -(A city in Asia Minor) -One of the seven congregations in #Re 1:11; 3:1-4| $$T0004255 \SARDITES\ -Family of #Nu 26:26| $$T0004256 \SARDIUS\ -(A precious stone) -In the breastplate #Ex 28:17; 39:10| -In the garden of Eden #Eze 28:13| -Seen in John's apocalyptic vision of the foundation of the New Jerusalem #Re 21:20| -FIGURATIVE #Re 4:3| $$T0004257 \SARDONYX\ -(A precious stone) -FIGURATIVE .In the foundation of the heavenly city called the New Jerusalem #Re 21:20| $$T0004258 \SAREPTA\ -See ZAREPHATH ¯T0005216 $$T0004259 \SARGON\ -A king of Assyria #Isa 20:1| $$T0004260 \SARID\ -A city on the boundary of the tribe of Zebulun #Jos 19:10,12| $$T0004261 \SARON\ -See SHARON ¯T0004398 $$T0004262 \SARSECHIM\ -(A prince of Babylon) -Present at the capture (collapse) of Jerusalem #Jer 39:3| $$T0004263 \SARUCH\ -See SERUG ¯T0004349 $$T0004264 \SATAN\ -Called Abaddon (Hebrew: Destroyer) #Re 9:11| -The accuser of our brethren #Re 12:10| -The adversary #1Pe 5:8| -The angel of the bottomless pit #Re 9:11| -Apollyon (Greek: Destroyer) #Re 9:11| -Beelzebul #Mt 12:24; Mr 3:22; Lu 11:15| -Belial #2Co 6:15| -The Devil #Mt 4:1; Lu 4:2,6; Re 20:2| -Our common enemy #Mt 13:39| -Evil spirit #1Sa 16:14| -The father of all lies #Joh 8:44| -Gates of hell (Hades) #Mt 16:18| -Great red dragon #Re 12:3| -The liar #Joh 8:44| -Lying spirit #1Ki 22:22| -The murderer #Joh 8:44| -That old serpent #Re 12:9; 20:2| -The power of darkness #Col 1:13| -The prince .Of this world #Joh 12:31; 14:30; 16:11| .Of demons #Mt 12:24| .Of the power of the air #Eph 2:2| .Ruler of the darkness of this world #Eph 6:12| .Satan #1Ch 21:1; Job 1:6; Joh 13:27; Ac 5:3; 26:18; Ro 16:20| .The serpent #Ge 3:4,14; 2Co 11:3| .The spirit that works in all disobedient people #Eph 2:2| .The Tempter #Mt 4:3; 1Th 3:5| .The god of this world #2Co 4:4| .Unclean spirit #Mt 12:43| .The wicked one #Mt 13:19,38| -Kingdom of, to be destroyed #2Sa 23:6,7| -With the context of #Mt 12:29; 13:30; Lu 11:21,22; 1Jo 3:8| -The synagogue of #Re 2:9; 3:9| -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO #Ge 3:1,4,5,14,15; 1Ch 21:1; Job 1:6,7,9-12; 2:3-7; 9:24; Ps 109:6; Zec 3:1,2; Mt 4:1-11; 9:34; 13:19,38,39; 25:41; Mr 1:13; 3:22-26; 4:15; Lu 4:1-13; 8:12; 10:18; 11:15,18; 13:16; 22:31,53; Joh 8:38,41,44; 12:31; 13:2,27; 14:30; 16:11; Ac 5:3; 13:10; 26:18; Ro 16:20; 1Co 7:5; 2Co 2:11; 4:4; 11:3,14,15; 12:7; Eph 2:2; 4:27; 6:11-16; Col 1:13; 2:15; 1Th 2:18; 3:5; 2Th 2:9; 1Ti 1:20; 3:6,7; 5:15; 2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14; Jas 4:7; 1Pe 5:8,9; 2Pe 2:4; 1Jo 2:13; 3:8,10,12; 5:18; Jude 1:6-9; Re 2:9,10,13,24; 3:9; 9:11; 12:9-12; 20:1-3,7,8,10| .See DEMONS ¯T0001383 $$T0004265 \SATIRE\ -Hannah's song of exultation over Peninnah #1Sa 2:1-10; with 1:5-10| -Of Jesus against hypocrites #Mt 23:2-33; Mr 12:13-40; Lu 11:39-54| -See IRONY ¯T0002551 -See SARCASM ¯T0004253 $$T0004266 \SATYR\ -A mythological creature, represented as half-man and half-goat #Le 17:7| -R. V., margin) #2Ch 11:15| -R. V., margin) $$T0004267 \SAUL\ -1. Also called SHAUL .King of Edom #Ge 36:37,38; 1Ch 1:48,49| -2. King of Israel .A Benjamite, son of Kish #1Sa 9:1,2| .Sons of #1Ch 8:33| .His personal appearance #1Sa 9:2; 10:23| .Made king of Israel #1Sa 9; 10; 11:12-15; Ho 13:11| .Lives at Gibeah of Saul #1Sa 14:2; 15:34; Isa 10:29| .Defeats the Philistines #1Sa 13; 14:46,52| .Strikes the Amalekites #1Sa 15| .Is reproved by Samuel for usurping the priestly functions #1Sa 13:11-14| .Samuel rebukes him for disobedience by not exterminating the Amalekites; the loss of his kingdom is foretold #1Sa 15| .Dedicates the spoils of war #1Sa 15:21-25; 1Ch 26:28| .Sends messengers to Jesse, asking that David be sent to him as a musician and an armor-bearer #1Sa 16:17-23| .Defeats the Philistines after Goliath is killed by David #1Sa 17| .His jealousy of David; gives his daughter, Michal, to David to be his wife; becomes David's enemy #1Sa 18| .Tries to kill David; Jonathan intercedes and incurs his father's displeasure; David's loyalty to Jonathan; Saul's temporary remorse; prophesies #1Sa 19| .Hears Doeg against Ahimelech, and kills the priest and his family. pursues David to wilderness of Ziph; the Ziphites betray David to #1Sa 23| .Pursues David to En-gedi #1Sa 24:1-6| .His life spared by David #1Sa 24:5-8| .Saul's contrition for his bad faith #1Sa 24:16-22| .David is again betrayed to, by the Ziphites; Saul pursues him to the hill of Hachilah; his life spared again by David; his confession, and his blessing upon David #1Sa 26| .Kills the Gibeonites; crime avenged by the death of seven of his sons #2Sa 21:1-9| .His kingdom invaded by Philistines; seeks counsel of the witch of En-dor, who foretells his own death #1Sa 28:3-25; 29:1| .Is defeated, and is killed with some of his sons #1Sa 31| .Their bodies exposed in Beth-shan; rescued by the people of Jabesh and burned; bones of, buried under a tree at Jabesh #1Sa 31; with 2Sa 1; 2; 1Ch 10| .His death is a judgment on account of his sins #1Ch 10:13| -3. Of Tarsus .See PAUL ¯T0003764 $$T0004268 \SAVIOUR (SAVIOR)\ -See JESUS, SAVIOUR ¯T0002780 $$T0004269 \SAW\ -Used as an instrument of torture #2Sa 12:31; Heb 11:37| -Used for cutting stone #1Ki 7:9| -FIGURATIVE #Isa 10:15| $$T0004270 \SCAB\ -Disease of the skin #Le 13:2,6-8; 14:56; 21:20; 22:22; De 28:27; Isa 3:17| -See DISEASE ¯T0001428 -See SANITATION ¯T0004245 -See SCURVY ¯T0004286 $$T0004271 \SCALES\ -Fell from Paul's eyes #Ac 9:18| -For measuring .See BALANCES ¯T0000579 $$T0004272 \SCALL\ -A form of leprosy #Le 13:30| -See LEPROSY ¯T0003040 $$T0004273 \SCAPEBIRD\ -General scriptures concerning #Le 14:4-7,53| $$T0004274 \SCAPEGOAT\ -General scriptures concerning #Le 16:7-10,20-34| $$T0004275 \SCARLET\ -See COLOR ¯T0001159 $$T0004276 \SCEPTER (SCEPTRE)\ -A wand used by kings to signify favor or disfavor to those who desired an audience with them #Es 5:2; 8:4| -A symbol of authority #Nu 24:17; Isa 14:5| -Made of gold #Es 4:11| -Made of iron #Ps 2:9; Re 2:27; 12:5| -FIGURATIVE #Ge 49:10; Nu 24:17; Isa 9:4| $$T0004277 \SCEVA\ -A charlatan Jewish "exorcist" at Ephesus #Ac 19:13-17| $$T0004278 \SCHOOL\ -Of the prophets, at Naioth #1Sa 19:20| -Beth-el #2Ki 2:3| -Jericho #2Ki 2:5,15| -Gilgal #2Ki 4:38| -Jerusalem, probably #2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 34:22| -Crowded attendance at #2Ki 6:1| -In the home #De 4:9,10; 6:7,9; 11:19,20; Ps 78:5-8| -Like a Bible school #De 31:10-13| -State #2Ch 17:7-9; Da 1:3-21| -Of Gamaliel #Ac 5:34; 22:3| -Of Tyrannus #Ac 19:9| -Schoolmaster (tutor, R. V.) #Ga 3:24,25| -See INSTRUCTION ¯T0002525 -See PSALMS, DIDACTIC ¯T0003987 $$T0004279 \SCIENCE\ -Observations of, and deductions from, facts #Job 26:7-14; 28; Ec 1:13-17| -So-called, false #1Ti 6:20| -The key of knowledge #Lu 11:52; Ro 2:20| -See GEOLOGY ¯T0001983 -See ASTRONOMY ¯T0000470 -See PHILOSOPHY ¯T0003848 $$T0004280 \SCOFFING\ -General scriptures concerning #2Ch 30:6-10; 36:16; Job 21:14,15; 34:7; Ps 1:1; 42:3,10; 73:11; 78:19,20; 107:11,12; Pr 1:22,25; 3:34; 9:12; 13:1; 14:6,9; 19:29; 21:11,24; 22:10; 24:9; Isa 5:18,19,24,25; 10:15; 29:20; 57:4; Jer 17:15; 43:2; La 1:7; Eze 8:12; 9:9; 11:2,3; 12:22; 33:20; Ho 7:5; Mt 12:24; Mr 3:22; Lu 4:23; 11:15; 16:14; Ac 2:13; 13:45; 17:18,32; Heb 10:29; 2Pe 3:3,4| -See HATRED ¯T0002226 -See MALICE ¯T0003180 -See UNBELIEF ¯T0005026 -INSTANCES OF .Ishmael #Ge 21:9| .Youths at Beth-el #2Ki 2:23| .Ephraim and Manasseh #2Ch 30:10| .Chiefs of Judah #2Ch 36:16| .Sanballat #Ne 4:1| .Enemies of Job #Job 30:1,9| .Enemies of David #Ps 35:15,16| .Rulers of Israel #Isa 28:14| .Ammonites #Eze 25:3| .Tyrians #Eze 26:2| .The heathen #Eze 36:2,3| .Soldiers #Mt 27:28-30; Lu 23:36| .Chief priests #Mt 27:41| .The Pharisees #Lu 16:14| .The men who seized Jesus #Lu 22:63,64| .Herod Antipas #Lu 23:11| .The people and the Jewish rulers #Lu 23:35| .Some of the multitude #Ac 2:13| .The Athenians #Ac 17:32| $$T0004281 \SCORPION\ -A venomous insect common in the wilderness through which the people of Israel journeyed #De 8:15| -Power over, given to the seventy disciples (the best mss. have "seventy-two") #Lu 10:19| -Unfit for food #Lu 11:12| -Sting of, located in the tail #Re 9:10| -FIGURATIVE .Of enemies #Eze 2:6| .Of cruelty #1Ki 12:11,14| -SYMBOLICAL #Re 9:3,5,10| $$T0004282 \SCOURGING\ -(Corporal punishment by stripes) -Prescribed in the Mosaic law for committing the sin of fornication #Le 19:20; De 22:18| -Prescribed for other offenses #De 25:2| -40 Stripes was the maximum number #De 25:3| -Fatal #Job 9:23| -Of servants could be avenged #Ex 21:20| -Foretold by Jesus as a persecution of future Christians #Mt 10:17| -Of children .See CHILDREN, CORRECTION OF PUNISHMEMT ¯T0001076 -INSTANCES OF .Of Jesus #Mt 20:19; 27:26; Mr 15:15; Joh 19:1| .Of Paul and Silas #Ac 16:23| .Of Paul #Ac 21:32; 22:24; 2Co 11:24,25| .Of Sosthenes #Ac 18:17| -FIGURATIVE .Of the oppressions of rulers #1Ki 12:11| .Of the evil tongue #Job 5:21| .See ASSAULT AND BATTERY ¯T0000462 $$T0004283 \SCRIBE (S)\ -A writer and transcriber of the law #2Sa 8:17; 20:25; 1Ki 4:3; 2Ki 12:10; 18:37; 19:2; 1Ch 24:6; 27:32; Ne 13:13; Jer 36:12| -The king's secretary (official recordist) #2Ki 12:10-12; 22:1-14; Es 3:12; 8:9| -The mustering officer of the army #2Ki 25:19; 2Ch 26:11| -Instructors in the law #Mt 7:29; 13:52; 17:10; 23:2,3| -See LEVITES ¯T0003047 -They test Jesus with questions, bringing to Jesus a woman caught in the act of adultery #Joh 8:3| -Members of the council (Sanhedrin) #Mt 2:4| -Conspire against Jesus #Mt 26:3,57; 27:41; Mr 14:1; Lu 22:66| -Hypocrisy of, reproved by Jesus #Mt 5:20; 9:3; 12:38; 15:1; 16:21; 20:18; 21:15| $$T0004284 \SCRIPTURES\ -The word of God #Jer 30:2| -Interpreted by doctors (religious "experts") #Joh 3:10; 7:52| -Inspired by God ("God-breathed"; Greek: Theopneustos) #2Ti 3:16| -See WORD OF GOD ¯T0005166 $$T0004285 \SEA\ -Creation of #Ge 1:9,10; Ps 95:5; 148:4,5| -Lake Galilee calmed by Jesus #Mt 8:24-26; Mr 4:37-39| -Jesus walked upon Lake Galilee #Mt 14:25-31| -The Dead, to be given up by the, at the resurrection #Re 20:13| -SYMBOLICAL .In Daniel's vision #Da 7:2,3| .In John's apocalyptic vision #Re 4:6; 8:8,9; 10:2,5,6,8; 13:1; 15:2; 16:3; 21:1| $$T0004286 \SCURVY\ -General scriptures concerning #Le 22:22| -See SCAB ¯T0004270 $$T0004287 \SCYTHIANS\ -General scriptures concerning #Col 3:11| $$T0004288 \SEAL\ -1. A stamp used for signifying documents .Given as a pledge #Ge 38:18| .Engraved #Ex 28:11,21,36; 39:6,14,30; 2Ti 2:19| .Decrees signified by #1Ki 21:8; Es 8:8| .Documents sealed with .Ahab's letter #1Ki 21:8| .Covenants #Ne 9:38; 10:1; Isa 8:16| .Decrees #Es 8:8; Da 6:9| .Deeds #Jer 32:10| .Treasures secured by #De 32:34| .Lion's den secured by #Da 6:17| .The gravesite of Jesus #Mt 27:66| .Circumcision was regarded as a seal of righteousness #Ro 4:11| -FIGURATIVE .Of secrecy #Da 12:9; Re 5:1| .Of certainty of divine approval #Joh 6:27; Ro 15:28; 2Co 1:22; Eph 1:13; 4:30; Re 7:3,4| -2. An amphibious animal .Skins of, according to the Revised Version, were used as a covering of the tabernacle #Ex 25:5; 26:14; 35:7,23; 36:19; 39:34; Nu 4:25| $$T0004289 \SEAMEN\ -See MARINERS ¯T0003208 $$T0004290 \SEASONS\ -General scriptures concerning #Ge 1:14; 8:22; Ps 104:19; Jer 33:20; Da 2:21; Mt 21:41; 24:32; Mr 12:2; Ac 1:7; 1Th 5:1| $$T0004291 \SEBA\ -1. Son of Cush #Ge 10:7; 1Ch 1:9| -2. A region in Ethiopia #Ps 72:10; Isa 43:3| $$T0004292 \SEBAT\ -The eleventh month (February) #Zec 1:7| $$T0004293 \SECOND DEATH\ -General scriptures concerning #Re 20:14| -See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF ¯T0005141 $$T0004294 \SECRET\ -Alms (charitable donations) to be given in #Mt 6:4| -Prayer to be offered in #Mt 6:6| -Of others not to be divulged #Pr 25:9; Mt 18:15| -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO #De 29:29; 31:21; 1Sa 16:7; 2Sa 7:20; 2Ki 19:27; Ps 25:14; 44:21; 90:8; Ec 12:14; Da 2:28,47; Am 3:7; Mr 4:22; Lu 8:16,17; Ro 2:16; 1Co 4:5; Heb 4:12,13| .See MYSTERY ¯T0003475 $$T0004295 \SECRETARY (RECORDIST)\ -General scriptures concerning #2Sa 8:17; 20:24; 1Ki 4:3; 2Ki 12:10-12; 18:18,37; 22:1-14; 1Ch 27:32; Es 3:12; 8:9| -Military #2Ki 25:19; 2Ch 26:11| -See AMANUENSIS ¯T0000236 -See SCRIBE ¯T0004283 $$T0004296 \SECUNDUS\ -(A Thessalonian Christian) -Accompanies Paul from Corinth #Ac 20:4-6| $$T0004297 \SECURITY\ -FOR DEBT .See DEBT ¯T0001353 -See SURETY ¯T0004747 -FALSE .From the evils of sin; promises peace and a long life #Job 29:18| .Is ignorant of God and truth #Ps 10:4; 50:21| .Trusts in lies #Isa 28:15; Re 3:17| .Is inconsiderate and forgetful #Isa 47:7| .Relies on earthly treasures #Jer 49:4,16| .Is deceived by pride #Ob 1:3; Re 18:7| .Puts off the evil day #Am 6:3| .Leads to increased guilt #Ec 8:11| .Its refuges will be scattered #Isa 28:17| .Ruin will overtake it #Isa 47:9; Am 9:10| .God is against it #Jer 21:13; Eze 39:6; Am 6:1| .See CONFIDENCE, FALSE ¯T0001188 .See SELF-DECEPTION ¯T0004315 .See SELF-DELUSION ¯T0004317 $$T0004298 \SEDITION\ -Charged against Paul #Ac 24:5| -How punished #Ac 5:36,37| $$T0004299 \SEDUCTION\ -General scriptures concerning #2Ti 3:6,13| -Laws concerning #Ex 22:16,17; De 22:23-29| -See RAPE ¯T0004060 -INSTANCES OF .Of Dinah #Ge 34:2| .Of Tamar #2Sa 13:1-14|