Dictionary (S)

Definitions of names and terms found in the Bible

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Sabaoth - Lord of hosts
Sabeans - captivity; conversion; old age
Sabtah - a going about or circuiting; old age
Sabtechah - that surrounds; that causes wounding
Sacar - wares; a price
Sadducees - followers of Sadoc, or Zadok
Sadoc - or Zadok, just; righteous
Salah - mission; sending
Salamis - shaken; test; beaten
Salathiel - asked or lent of God
Salcah - thy basket; thy lifting up
Salem - complete or perfect peace
Salim - foxes; fists; path
Sallai - Sallu, an exaltation; a basket
Salma - peace; perfection
Salmon - peaceable; perfect; he that rewards
Salome - same as Salmon
Samaria - watch-mountain
Samlah - his raiment; his left hand; his astonishment
Samos - full of gravel
Samothracia - an island possessed by the Samians and Thracians
Samson - his sun; his service; there the second time
Samuel - heard of God; asked of God
Sanballat - bramble-bush; enemy in secret
Sanhedrin - sitting together
Sansannah - bough or bramble of the enemy
Saph - rushes; sea-moss
Saphir - delightful
Sapphira - that relates or tells
Sarah - lady; princess; princess of the multitude
Sarai - my lady; my princess
Sardis - prince of joy
Sardites - removing a dissension
Sarepta - a goldsmith's shop
Sargon - who takes away protection
Sarid - remaining; hand of a prince
Saron - same as Sharon
Sarsechim - master of the wardrobe
Saruch - branch; layer; lining
Satan - contrary; adversary; enemy; accuser
Saul - demanded; lent; ditch; death
Sceva - disposed; prepared
Schaaph - fleeing; thinking
Seba - a drunkard; that turns
Sebat - twig; scepter; tribe
Secacah - shadow; covering; defense
Sechu - defense; bough
Secundus - second
Segub - fortified; raised
Seir - Seirath, hairy; goat; demon; tempest
Sela - a rock
Sela-hammah-lekoth - rock of divisions
Selah - the end; a pause
Seled - affliction; warning
Seleucia - shaken or beaten by the waves
Sem - same as Shem
Semachiah - joined to the Lord
Semaiah - obeying the Lord
Semei - hearing; obeying
Senaah - bramble; enemy
Seneh - same as Senaah
Senir - bed-candle; changing
Sennacherib - bramble of destruction
Seorim - gates; hairs; tempests
Sephar - book; scribe; number
Sepharad - a book descending
Sepharvaim - the two books; the two scribes
Serah - lady of scent; song; the morning star
Seraiah - prince of the Lord
Seraphim - burning; fiery
Sered - dyer's vat
Sergius - net
Serug - branch; layer; twining
Seth - put; who puts; fixed
Sethur - hid; destroying
Shaalabbim - understanding, or son of a fox
Shaalbim - that beholds the heart
Shaalbonite - a fox's building
Shaaraim - gates; valuation; hairs
Shaashgaz - he that presses the fleece; that shears the sheep
Shabbethai - my rest
Shachia - protection of the Lord
Shadrach - tender, nipple
Shage - touching softly; multiplying much
Shalem - same as Salem
Shalim - same as Salim
Shalisha - three; the third; prince; captain
Shallum - perfect; agreeable
Shalmai - my garment
Shalman - peaceable; perfect; that rewards
Shalmaneser - peace; tied; chained; perfection; retribution
Shamariah - throne or keeping of the Lord
Shamed - destroying; wearing out
Shamer - keeper; thorn; dregs
Shamgar - named a stranger; he is here a stranger
Shamhuth - desolation; destruction
Shamir - Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn
Shammah - loss; desolation; astonishment
Shammai - my name; my desolations
Shammoth - names; desolations
Shammuah - he that is heard; he that is obeyed
Shamsherai - there a singer or conqueror
Shapham - Shaphan, rabbit; wild rat; their lip; their brink
Shaphat - judge
Sharai - my lord; my prince; my song
Sharar - navel; thought; singing
Sharezer - overseer of the treasury, or of the storehouse
Sharon - his plain; his song
Shashai - rejoicing; mercy; linen
Shashak - a bag of linen; the sixth bag
Shaul - Saul, asked; lent; a grave
Shaveh - the plain; that makes equality
Shealtiel - same as Salathiel
Shear-jashub - the remnant shall return
Sheariah - gate of the Lord; tempest of the Lord
Sheba - captivity; old man; repose; oath
Shebam - compassing about; old men
Shebaniah - the Lord that converts, or recalls from captivity
Shebarim - breakings; hopes
Sheber - breaking; hope
Shebna - who rests himself; who is now captive
Shebuel - turning, or captivity, or seat, of God
Shecaniah - habitation of the Lord
Shechem - part; portion; back early in the morning
Shedeur - field of light; light of the Almighty
Shehariah - mourning or blackness of the Lord
Shelah - that breaks; that unties; that undresses
Shelemiah - God is my perfection; my happiness; my peace
Sheleph - who draws out
Shelesh - captain; prince
Shelomi - Shelomith, my peace; my happiness; my recompense
Shelumiel - same as Shelemiah
Shem - name; renown
Shema - hearing; obeying
Shemaiah - that hears or obeys the Lord
Shemariah - God is my guard
Shemeber - name of force; name of the strong
Shemer - guardian; thorn
Shemida - name of knowledge; that puts knowledge
Sheminith - eighth (an eight-stringed instrument)
Shemiramoth - the height of the heavens
Shemuel - appointed by God
Shen - tooth; ivory; change
Shenazar - treasurer of a tooth
Shenir - lantern; light that sleeps
Shephatiah - the Lord that judges
Shephi - beholder; honeycomb; garment
Shepho - desert
Shephuphan - serpent
Sherah - flesh; relationship
Sherebiah - singing with the Lord
Sheshach - bag of flax or linen
Sheshai - six; mercy; flax
Sheshan - lily; rose; joy; flax
Sheshbazzar - joy in tribulation; joy of the vintage
Shethar - putrefied; searching
Shethar-boznai - that makes to rot; that seeks those who despise me
Sheva - vanity; elevation; fame; tumult
Shibboleth - Sibboleth, ear of corn; stream or flood
Shibmah - overmuch captivity, or sitting
Shicron - drunkenness; his gift; his wages
Shiggaion - a song of trouble or comfort
Shihon - sound; wall of strength
Shihor-libnah - blackness of Libnah
Shilhi - Shilhim, bough; weapon; armor
Shillem - peace; perfection; retribution
Shiloah - same as Siloah
Shiloh - sent
Shiloh (name of a city) - peace; abundance
Shilom - tarrying; peace-maker
Shilshah - three; chief; captain
Shimeah - Shimeath, that hears, or obeys; perdition
Shimei - Shimi, that hears or obeys; my reputation; my fame
Shimeon - same as Simeon
Shimma - same as Shimeah
Shimon - providing well; fatness; oil
Shimrath - hearing; obedient
Shimri - thorn; dregs
Shimrith - Shimron, same as Shimri
Shimshai - my son
Shinab - father of changing
Shinar - watch of him that sleeps
Shiphi - multitude
Shiphrah - handsome; trumpet; that does good
Shisha - of marble; pleasant
Shishak - present of the bag; of the pot; of the thigh
Shitrai - gatherer of money
Shittim - thorns
Shiza - this gift
Shoa - kings; tyrants
Shobab - returned; turned back; a spark
Shobach - your bonds; your chains
Shobai - turning captivity
Shobal - path; ear of corn
Shobek - made void; forsaken
Shochoh - defense; a bough
Shoham - keeping back
Shomer - keeper; dregs
Shophach - pouring out
Shophan - rabbit; hid
Shoshannim - those that shall be changed
Shua - crying; saving
Shuah - ditch; swimming; humiliation
Shual - fox; path; first
Shubael - returning captivity; seat of God
Shuham - talking; thinking; humiliation; budding
Shulamite - peaceable; perfect; that recompenses
Shunem - their change; their sleep
Shuni - changed; sleeping
Shuphim - Shuppim, wearing them out; their shore
Shur - wall; ox; that beholds
Shushan - lily; rose; joy
Shuthelah - plant; verdure; moist; pot
Sia - moving; help
Sibbechai - bough; cottage; of springs
Sibmah - conversion; captivity
Sichem - portion; shoulder
Siddim - the tilled field
Sidon - hunting; fishing; venison
Sigionoth - according to variable songs or tunes,
Sihon - rooting out; conclusion
Sihor - black; trouble (the river Nile)
Silas - three, or the third
Silla - exalting
Siloa - Siloam, Siloe, same as Shilhi
Silvanus - who loves the forest
Simeon - that hears or obeys; that is heard
Simon - that hears; that obeys
Sin - bush
Sinai - a bush; enmity
Sinim - south country,
Sinon - a breast-plate; deliverance
Sion - noise; tumult
Sippai - threshold; silver cup
Sisamai - house; blindness
Sisera - that sees a horse or a swallow
Sitnah - hatred
Sivan - a bush or thorn
Smyrna - myrrh
Socoh - tents; tabernacles
Sodi - my secret
Sodom - their secret; their cement
Solomon - peaceable; perfect; one who recompenses
Sopater - Sosipater, who defends the father
Sophereth - scribe, numbering
Sorek - vine; hissing; a color inclining to yellow
Sosthenes - savior; strong; powerful
Sotai - conclusion in pleading; binding
Spain - rare; precious
Stachys - spike or ear of corn
Stephanas - crown; crowned
Stephen - same as Stephanas
Suah - speaking; entreating; ditch
Succoth - tents; tabernacles
Succoth-benoth - the tents of daughters, or young women; or prostit
Sud - my secret
Sur - that withdraws or departs; rebellion
Susanna - lily; rose; joy
Susi - horse; swallow; moth
Sychar - end
Syene - a bush; enmity
Syntyche - that speaks or discourses
Syracuse - that draws violently