518 names
SAAB, a Place. Joseph.
SAARA, a Village. Euseb.
,שבקתניSABACHTHANI, a Chaldean Word Matth. xxvii. 46. Thou hast forsaken me; from שבקshabac. The Hebrew of Psalm xxi. 1. reads ,עזבתניasabtani, thou hast forsaken me; but it might be read ,זבחתניZabachthani, thou hast sacrificed me.
SABACON, King of Egypt. Herodot.
,צבאותSABAOTH, Jer. xi. 20. Armies, Flocks, Fights; from צבאtsaba. ,שבאSABEANS, a People, Job. i. 15. Cap- tivity; from שבהshabah: otherwise, Conversion, Rest, Old-age; from שובshub.
,שבתσάββατον, SABBATH, Sabbatum, or Sabbathum, Vulgat. 2 Kings iv. 25. Cessation from Labour, Rest, Repose. SABBATICAL Year.
SABBATION, Sabbatical River.
Σαββατισμὸς, SABBATISMUS, the Observation of the Jewish Sabbath, Heb. iv. 9. Rest, Cessation from Work.
,שבתSABBATHIZO, an Hebrew Word Latinized, to express being at Rest, keeping the Sabbath; Exod. xvi. 30.
,סבתהSABTAH, Son of Cush, Gen. x. 7. Windings; from סבבsabab, or סבהsibah.
,סבתכאSABTECHA, Son of Cush, Gen. x. 7. That surrounds, or causes Wounding; from סבבsabab, to surround: otherwise, from סבהsubab, to cause, and נכהnacah, or כאהcaah, to strike, to wound: or, according to the Syriac and Hebrew, Wounding of Old-age, or Old-age beaten.
SACÆ.
,שכרζαχὰρ, SACAR, one of David’s thirty valiant Captains, 1 Chron. xi. 34. Drunkenness: otherwise, inebriating Liquor, Salaries, Wages; from שכרshakar, or shecar, by different Readings.
SACK.
SACRIFICES.
,שריSADAI, or Shadai, All-mighty. Σαδὼκ, SADOC, Matth. i. 14. See Zadok.
Σαδδυκαῖοι, SADUCEES, Disciples of Sadoc, and Retainers to a Sect of the Jews, who deny’d the Resurrection; Matth. iii. 7. Just, or justify’d.
,סגןSAGAN, Deputy.
SAGE.
,שלחσαλὰ, SALAH, Son of Arphaxad, Gen. x. 24. Mission, Sending: otherwise, Branches, or Dart; from שלחshalac: or, according to the Syriac, that spoils, or is spoiled.
SALAMIM, a City.
Σαλαμίς, SALAMIS, or Salamina, an Island, Acts xiii. 5. Shaken, tost, beaten; from the Greek Word σαλεύω*, I beat, I toss*.
SALAMPSO, Herod’s Daughter.
,שאלתיאלSALATHIEL, Father of Zerubbabel, Ezr. iii. 2. I have asked of God, or Loan of God; from שאלshaal.
,סלכהSALCHAH, a City, Josh. xii. 5. Your Basket; from סללsalal: otherwise, that treads you under foot, or thy treading under foot; from סלהsalah, and the Pronoun ךka, thee, you.
,שלםσαλήμ, SALEM, a City, Gen. xiv. 18. Compleat, perfect; from שלםshalam: or, according to the Septuagint, Peace; from the same Word Shalam.
SALIS, a Village. Joseph.
,שלישהSALISSA, a Country, 1 Sam. ix. 4. Three, or the Third; from שלשshalosh: otherwise, Prince, Captain; from שלישshalish.
SALIUNCULA. otherwise, roasted; from קלהkalab: otherwise, my ,קליκαλλαί, SALLAI, a Man’s Name, Nehem. xii. Voice; from קולcol, a Voice, and the Pronoun יi, my. 2. To be light; from כללcalal:
,סליσηλοεί, SALLAI, one of the Heads of the Tribe of Benjamin, Nehem. xi. 8. My Rising, my Way, my Basket.
,סלואσαλώ, σαλώμ, SALLU, Son of Meshullam, 1 Chron. ix. 7. Basket; from סללsalal: otherwise, Contempt, or that treads under foot; from סלה salah: otherwise, Elevation; from מסולmassul.
,שלמה, שלמאSALMA, the same as Salmon, 1 Chron. ii. 11. Habit; from שלמהshalmah.
,שלמוןSALMON, Son of Nashon, Ruth iv. 20. Peaceable, perfect: or that rewards; from שלםshalam.
SALMONE, a City, Acts xxvii. 7.
Σαλώμη, SALOME, a Woman’s Name, Mark xv. 40. Peaceable, perfect: or that rewards; from שלםshalam.
SALT.
,סלואσαλώ, SALU, Father of Zimri, Numb. xxv. 14. Basket, or treading of Feet, or Elevation; from סללsalal.
SALUMIAS, a Village. Hieronym.
SALVATION.
SAMAEL. See Sammael.
,שמרוןσωμερών, SAMARIA, the Name of a Province, of a City, and of a Mountain, 1 Kings xvi. 24. Heb. Shomeron. His Lees, his Prison, his Guard, his Thorne, or his Diamond; from שמר shamar, &c. and the Pronoun ןan, his.
,שמרוןSAMARITANS, People of Samaria, Luke ix. 52. See Samaria.
SAMEAS. See Shammai.
AMEGA, a City. Joseph.
,שמלהσεμαά, SAMLAH, the fifth King of Edom, Gen. xxxvi. 36. Raiment; from שמלהsimlah: otherwise, his Left-hand; from שמאלshemel: otherwise, his Name, his Astonishment, or what has been put to him; from שםshem, a Name, or שמם shamam, Astonishment, or שוםshum, to put, to place, and the Preposition לl, to, and the Pronoun הah, his.
Σάμος, SAMOS, an Island, 1 Macc. xv. 23. Sandy; from the Greek, Ἄμμος. Sand.
Σαμοθράκη, SAMOTHRACIA, an Island; so call’d because it was peopled by Samians and Thracians, Acts xvi. 11.
SAMPHO, a City. Joseph.
,שמשוןSAMSON, Son of Manoah, Judg. xiii. 25. His Sun; from שמשshemesh; the Sun, and the Pronoun ןan, his: according to the Syriac, his Service, or his Ministry; from .שמש ,שמואלSAMUEL, Son of Ammihud. See Shemuel.
,סנבלטSANBALLAT, an Enemy of the Israelites, Nehem. ii. 10. Bush in secret; from סנה sene, a Bush, and the Preposition בbe, in, לוטlut, to hide: or, according to the Hebrew and the Syriac, the Enemy in secret. This Name is foreign to the Hebrew.
SAND.
SANHEDRIM; from συνέδριον, an Assembly.
SANIM, a Place. Euseb.
,סנסנהσασαννά, SANSANNAH, a City, Josh. xv. 31. Provinces, Branches, the Bush of the Bush; from סנהsenah, a Bush: or, according to the Syriack and the Hebrew, the Bush of the Enemy.
,סףSAPH, the Name of a Giant, 2 Sam. xxi. 18. Rushes, or Sea-moss, End, Consummation; from סוף suph: otherwise, Vessel, Flat, Threshold; from סף saph.
SAPHEC, a City.
SAPHET, a City. See Sephet.
,שפירSAPHIR, a City. Σαπφείρη, SAPPHIRA, the Wife of Ananias, Acts v. 1. That relates or tells: otherwise, that writes or composes Books; from the Word ספר saphar, or sepher, according to different Readings: otherwise, handsome; from שפרshaphar: or reading it sephora, an Hen, a Bird; from .צפורה Σάπφιρος, SAPPHIRE, a Stone.
SARABATHA. ,שרהSARAH, Wife of Abraham, Gen. xvii. 15. Lady, or Princess; from שרshar, a Prince.
,שרהSARAH, Daughter of Asher, Gen. xlvi. 17. Lady of Scent; from שררsharar, to rule, and the Chaldee Word ריחriac, a Scent: otherwise, Song; from שורshur: otherwise, the Morning, the Morning -star; from the inverted Word שחרshachar.
,שריσαρά, SARAI, Daughter of Haran, Gen. xi. 21. My Lady, my Princess; from שרר sharar, to govern, and the Pronoun יi, my.
,שרמלσαραμέλ, SARAMEEL, a Place, 1 Macc. xiv. 28. The Prince from the Lord. The Place of Millo in Jerusalem. Happiness of the People of God; from אשרashar, to be happy, and אום om, People, and אלel, God: otherwise, Footstep of Circumcision; from אשורashor, Footstep, and מול mul, to cut off, to circumcise.
SARAPH, a Man’s Name. Burning. See Seraph.
SARASA, a City. Joseph. See Zorah.
SARASINS, or Saracens.
Σαρδεῖς, SARDIS, a City, Rev. i. 11. Prince of Joy, or Song of Joy; from שררsharar, to rule, or from שורshur, a Song, and רוץduts, to leap for Joy: otherwise, that which remains; from שרדsharad, to remain: or, according to the Syriac, a Pot, a Kettle. Its Greek Etymology is unknown. ,ארםSARDIUS. ,שוהםSARDONYX.
SARERA, a Country. Epiph.
,שרגוןSARGON, Probably the same as Esar-haddon, Isai. xx. 1. Who takes away Protection; from סורsur, to take away, and גן gan, Protection: otherwise, that takes away the Garden; from the same Word גןgan: otherwise, according to the Syriac, Nets, Snares. This Word is not Hebrew.
,שרידSARID, one of the Limits of the Tribe of Zebulun, Josh. xix. 10. Refresh’d, or rested; from the Word שרדsharad: otherwise, the Hand of the Prince, or the Song of the Hand; from שררsharar, to govern, and שור shur, a Song, and ידjad, the Hand.
,שר־סכיםναβυσαρσαχίμ, SARSECHIM, one of the great Men of the Court of the King of Babylon, Jerem. xxxix. 3: Master of the Wardrobe; from שררsharar, to rule, and סכך sacac, to cover: otherwise, of the Perfumes; from סוךsuc, Ointment, or Perfume. This Word being Babylonish, it will be hard to find its true Etymology in the Hebrew.
,צרתןSARTHAN, the Name of a Place, Josh. iii. 16. 1 Kings iv. 12. Pain, or Tribulation, or Chaining, or what is placed: otherwise, Figure; from צררtsarar, Pain, Trouble, Snares, Chains, and from צורהtsurah, to place, to put: or from צורtsur, to figure: otherwise, giving, or lying in Ambush; from נתןnathan, to give, and זורzur, Ambush.
,שטןδιάβολος, σατανᾶς, SATAN, or Satanas, the Name of a Demon, 2 Sam. xix. 22. Contrary, Adversary, a Party in a Process, an Enemy, an Accuser.
Σαῦρα, SAVARAN, or Saura, Father of Eleazar; or the Sur-name of Eleazar, 1 Macc. vi. 43. A Greek Word, signifying, Salamander, or a kind of Lizard.
,שאולSAUL, the sixth King of Edom, Gen. xxxvi. 37. Demanded, or lent, Ditch, Sepulchre, Death, or Hell; from שאלshaal, or sheol, according to different Ways of Reading. ,שאוליSAULITES, Descendants from Saul, Numb. xxvi. 13.
SAW.
SCENOFACTORIA, the Art of making Tents or Tabernacles, Acts xviii. 3. Vulgat. From the Word σκηνή, a Tent, and the Latin Word facio, I make.
Σκηνοπηγία, SCENOPEGIA, the Feast of Tabernacles, John vii. 2. A Greek Word, signifying, setting up of Tents. The Hebrews call this Festival Succoth, Tents, or Tabernacles.
SCEPTER.
Σκευᾶ, SCEVA, Prince of the Priests of the Jews, Acts xix. 14. Disposed, prepared; from the Greek Word σκευάζω, I dispose, I prepare.
SCHISM. SCHOOLS of the Jews.
Σκύθαι, SCYTHIANS, a People, Coloss. iii. 2. In Greek, Tanners; or Leather-dressers; from σκύτεις. Others translate it Drinkers, Pot-companions; from the Greek Word σκύτος, a kind of Pot or Glass. They are derived from the Hebrew Word כושcush, or כות cuth, or כותהchuthah.
Σκυθοπολῖται, SCYTHOPOLITÆ, a People, 2 Macc. xii. That inhabit the City of the Tanners, or of the Scythians; from the same Greek Word Scytha, and Polis, a City.
SEA. ,סאהSEAH, a Measure.
SEAL.
SEAT.
,סבאSEBA, Son of Cush, Gen. x. 7. Drunkard; from סבאsaba: otherwise, that turns, or surrounds; from סבבsabab: otherwise, Old-man, according to the Syriac.
SEBASTE, a City.
,סככהσοχολά, SECACAH, a City, Josh. xv. 61. Shade, Covering, Protection; from סכך sacac: otherwise, Unction; from סוךsoc, to anoint: otherwise, Speculation, Sight, Look; according to the Syriac.
SECT.
,שגובσεγέβ, SEGUB, Son of Hiel, 1 Kings xvi. 34. Fortify’d, or raised; from שגבshagab.
SEILA, Jephthah’s Daughter.
,שעירSEIR, a Man’s Name, Gen. xxxvi. 20. Hairy, Goat, Demon, Tempest; from שערshahar, or שעירshebir: otherwise, Barley; from שערהsheorah. ,שעירתהσειραθά, SEIRATH, the Name of a Place, Judg. iii. 26. Hairy, elevated. See Seir.
,סלהSELAH, 70. Διάψαλμα. A Rest, or Pause.
,סלדSELED, Son of Nadab, 1 Chron. ii. 30. Affliction: or, according to the Syriac, Burning, or Heat. This Word is found but once in the whole Bible, in the Form of a Verb, and signifies, to be burnt, to be hot: otherwise, to strengthen, to be strong.
Σελήνη, SELENE, a Woman’s Name. The Moon.
Σελεύκεια, SELEUCIA, a City, 1 Macc. xi. 8. Shaken or beaten by the Waves, or that runs on a River; from the Greek Word σαλεύω.
Σέλευκος, SELEUCUS, Father of Demetrius, 1 Macc. vii. 1. Floating, beaten by the Waves.
,סמכיהוσαμαχία, SEMACHIAH, one of the Levites appointed to keep the Gates of the Temple, 1 Chron. xxvi. 7. That adheres or unites with the Lord; from סמךsamach, to unite, to join, to support, and יהjah, the Lord.
SEMECHON, a Lake.
,סנאהSENAAH, a City, Ezr. ii. 35. Bush; from סנהsene: or Enemy, according to the Syriac.
,סנהσενά, SENEH, a Rock, 1 Sam. xiv. 4. See Senaah.
SENNABRIS, a Place. Joseph.
,סנחריבSENNACHERIB, a King of the Assyrians, 2 Kings xviii. 13. Bush of the Destruction of the Sword, of Solitude, of Drought; from סנהsene, Bush, and חרבcharab, to destroy, to dry up, to make desolate, Desert, or Sword: otherwise, according to the Hebrew and Syriac, the Sword, or the Destruction of the Enemy. This Word is strange to the Hebrew Language.
SENSE.
,סנואהSENUA, the Father of Judah, Nehem. xi. 9. Bush; from סנהsenah: otherwise, Enemy, according to the Syriac.
,שעריםSEORIM, Head of the fourth Sacerdotal Family, 1 Chron. xxiv. 8. Barley, Gates, Hair, Whirl-winds, Estimations, Tempests; from שערshoher, or shahar, according to different Readings: otherwise, Goats, Demons, hairy Men; from שעירshahir: otherwise, Barley; from .שערה ,ספרהσωφηρά, SEPHAR, a Mountain, Gen. x. 30. Book, Letter, or Scribe, Narration, or Enumeration; from ספרsaphar, or sepher, according to different Readings. ,ספרדSEPHARAD, a Place. Obed. 20.
,ספרויםσεπφαυιν, SEPHAR- VAIM, a Country of Syria, 2 Kings viii. 38. The two Books, or the two Scribes.
SEPHET, a City, Tob. i. 1. That judges; from שפטshaphat, to judge: or that ordains; from שפתshaphat. ,ספירותSEPHIROTH, Brightnesses.
SEPHORIS, a City.
,שריהσαρεδά, σαρεάς, SERAIAH, Son of Kenaz, 1 Chron. iv. 13. Prince of the Lord, or the Lord is my Prince: or Song of the Lord; from שררsharar, to govern, and שורshur, a Song, and יה jah, the Lord. ,סרניםSERANIM, Satrapæ.
,שרפיםSERAPHIM, Isai. vi. 2. Burning, full of Fire; from שרףsharaph, to burn: or flying Serpent.SERAPIS, an Egyptian Deity.
,סרדSERED, Son of Zebulun, Gen. xlvi. 14. Suppression of Government; from סורsur, to disperse, and רדהradab, Power: otherwise, cutting off the Descent; from ירדjarad.
,סרדיσαρεδέι, SEREDITES, Descendants from Sered, Numb. xvi. 26. Σέργιος, SERGIUS, the Name of a Proconsul, surnamed Paulus, Acts xiii. 7. The Etymology of it is unknown.
Σήρων, SERON, General of the Syrian Army, 1 Macc. iii. 13. Prince of Grief, or Song of Sorrow: otherwise, Plain, or Champian; from שררsharar, to govern, or שורshur, to sing, or ישרishor, or מישורmishor, Plain.
,שרוגSERUG, Son of Reu, Gen. xi. 12. Branch, Layer; from שריגsherig: otherwise, Twining; from שרגsharag.
SESOSTRIS, a King of Egypt.
,שתSETH, Son of Adam, Gen. iv. 25. Put, or who puts; from שותshuth, to put.
SETHON, a King of Egypt.
,סתורSETHUR, Son of Michael, Numb. xiii. 14. That hides, that destroys; from סתר sathar, to hide, to destroy.
SEVENTY.
,שעלביםSHAALABBIM, the Name of a Place, Judg. i. 35. That beholds the Heart; from שעהshahab, to see, and לבבlebab, the Heart: otherwise, Fist, or Hand, or Fox of the Sea; from שעלshoal, the Hand, or שועלshual, a Fox, and the Preposition בbeth, in, and יםjam, the Sea.
,שעלביןSHAALABIN, a City, Josh. xix. 42. The Understanding of the Fox; from שועלshual, a Fox, and בוןbun, Understanding. ,שעלבניσαλαβωνίτης, SHAALBON, the Name of a Place, 2 Sam. xxiii. 32. The Understanding, the Son, the Building of the Fox, of the Fist, or of the Path; from בוןbun, the Understanding, בן ben, a Son, and בנהbanah, a Building, and שעל shual, the Hand, the Fist, or שועלshual, a Fox, or from .משעל Σαλαβωνί, SHAALBONITES, who is a Native or Descendant from Shaalboni, 1 Chron. xi. 33.
,שעףSHAAPH, Son of Jahdai, 1 Chron. ii. 47. That thinks; from שעףshahaph: otherwise, that flies away; from עוףhuph, to fly, a Bird.
,שעריםσαρείμ, SHAARAIM, a City, 1 Chron. iv. 31. Gates, Valuations, Hairs, Barley, Tempests, Goats, hairy, Demons; from שערshahar, or שעירshahir, or שערהshorah, according to different Readings. ,שעשגזSHAASHGAZ, an Eunuch belonging to King Ahasuerus, Esth. ii. 14. He that presses the Fleece; from עשהhashab, to squeeze, and גוז gazaz, a Fleece: otherwise, he that performs the Shearing of the Sheep; from עשהhashab, to perform, to make, and גזיgazazi, the Sheep-shearing. This Word is Persian or Medish, and its true Etymology cannot be had from the Hebrew.
,שבתיσαββαθαῖος, SHABBETHAI, one of the chief of the Families that inhabited Jerusalem, salem, at the Return from Babylon, Nehem. xi. 16. My Sabbath, my Rest; from שבתshabath, Repose, and the Pronoun יi, my. ,שכיהSHACHIA, Son of Shabaraim, 1 Chron. viii. 10. Protection, Inclosure, Branch of the Lord; from שוךshuc: otherwise, Rest of the Lord; from שכךshacac, to rest, and יהjah, the Lord.
,שדרךSHADRACH, otherwise, Ananias, one of Daniel’s Companions, Dan. i. 7. Tender Nipple, or Field soft and tender; from שדshod, Nipple, or שדהshadah, Field, and רכךracac, tender. This is a Babylonian Word, whose Etymology is hardly to be found in the Hebrew Tongue.
,שגאσαγαι, SHAGE, one of David’s thirty valiant Captains, 1 Chron. xi. 33. That is ignorant, or in error; from שגגshagag: otherwise, that increases and multiplies; from שגאshaga.
,שחריםSHAHARAIM, Son of Ebud, 1 Chron. viii. 8. Blacks, Troubles, or that rise early; from שחרshacar.
,שהצימהSHAHAZIMAH, a City, Josh. xix. 22. Humiliations of the Fast; from שחחshacac, to be humble: otherwise, Pit of the Fast; from שחותshecuth: or Meditation of the Fast; from שוחshuac, and צוםtsum, Fast: otherwise, Pride of the Sea; from שחץshacats, Pride. and יםjam, the Sea.
,שעליםSHALIM, the Name of a Place, 1 Sam. ix. 4. Fox, or Fist; from שעלshaal: otherwise, a Path; from משעולmishol.
,שלישהSHALISHA, a Country, 1 Sam. ix. 4. Three, or the Third; from שלשshalosh: otherwise, Prince, Captain; from .שליש ,שלםSHALLUM, Son of Naphtali, Numb. xxvi. 49. Gen. xlvi. 24. Perfect, pacifick; from שלםshalam, Peace.
,שלמיSHALLUMITES, the Posterity of Shallum, Numb. xxvi. 49.
,שלמיSHALMAI, Father of Hagaba, Nehem. vii. 48. My Garment; from שלמה shalmah, a Garment, and the Pronoun יi, my.
,שלמןSHALMAN, the Name of an idolatrous King, Hos. x. 14. Peaceable, perfect, or that rewards; from שלםshalam. See Salma, or Salmon.
,שלמנאסרSHALMANESER, a King of the Assyrians, 2 Kings xvii. 3. Peace ty’d or chain’d, or Perfection and Retribution, or Peace taken away, or that withdraws; from שלםshalam, Peace, Perfection and Retribution, and אסרasar, to tye, or יסרjasar.
,שמע, שמאSHAMA, Son of Hebron, 1 Chron. ii. 43. That hears, or obeys; from שמעto hear.
SHAMAI. See Shammai.
,שמריהSHAMARIAH, Son of Rehoboam, 2 Chron. xi. 19. See Shamer, and יהjah, the Lord.
,שמרSHAMED, Son of Elpaal, 1 Chron. viii. 12. That breaks and destroys.
,שמרSHAMER, the Son of Mabli, 1 Chron. vi. 46. Guardian, Diamond, Dregs, Bush, Thorn; from שמרshamar.
,שמגרSHAMGAR, Son of Anath, Judg. iii. 31. Named a Stranger; from שםshem, a Name, and גרger, a Stranger: otherwise, he is here a Stranger; from שםsham, here, there, and גרger, a Pilgrim, a Stranger: otherwise, Rumination, or Desolation of the Name; from גרר garar, to ruminate, to lay desolate, and שםshem, a Name: otherwise, Surprize, Astonishment of the Stranger; from שמםshamam, to make desolate, to be astonished, and גרger, a Stranger.
נבו- ,סמגרSHAMGAR-NEBO, one of the Princes of the Court of the King of Babylon, Jerem. xxxix. 3. Perfume, or Odour of the Stranger; from סםsam, Oil, or Perfume, and גר ger, a Stranger: otherwise, Perfume of him that ruminates, or that fights; from גררgarar, to ruminate, or from גרהgarah, to fight. See also Nebo.
,שמהותSHAMHUTH, one of the Princes or Captains of the Guards, that served King David every Month of the Year, 1 Chron. xxvii. 8. Desolation, Destruction, Astonishment; from שמם shamam: otherwise, Desolation of Iniquity; from the same Word שמםshamam, and הוהhavah, Iniquity.
,שמירSHAMIR, a City, Josh. xv. 48. Prison, Bush, &c. See Samaria.
,שמליSHAMLAI, one of the chief of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 46. My Garment.
,שמהσαμμα, SHAMMAH, Son of Jesse, the Father of David, 1 Sam. xvi. 9. Loss, Desolation, Astonishment; from שמםshamam: otherwise, Name, or named, or put; from שםsham, or shem, here, there, or named, according to different Readings.
,שמיSHAMMAI, Son of Rekem, 1 Chron. ii. 44. My Loss, or my Desolation, or my Astonishment; from שמםshamam, and the Pronoun יi, my: otherwise, the Heavens; from שמיםshamaim.
,שמותSHAMMOTH, one of David’s thirty valiant Captains, 1 Chron. xi. 27. Names, Desolations, &c. from שמםshamam.
,שמועσαμμα, SHAMMUA, Son of Zaccur, Numb. xiii. 5. Or a Son of David, 2 Sam. v. 14. He that is heard, or obey’d; from שמעshamah.
,שמשריSHAMSHERAI, Son of Jeroham, 1 Chron. viii. 26. The Name of him that sings, or the Name of my Prince; from שםshem, to name, and שורshur, to sing: otherwise, here is he that governs, or sings; from שםsham, here or there, and שורshur, to sing, or שררsharar, to rule.
,שפםσαφαν, SHAPHAM, Son of Gad, 1 Chron. v. 12. Vulgate, Saphan, Beard, Whiskers; from שפםshapham: otherwise, their Beard, their Lip, their Brink; from שפהshaphah: or their Breaking, their Retreat; from שוףshuph, to break, to hide, and the Pronoun םam, theirs.
,שפןSHAPHAN, Son of Azaliah, 2 Kings xxii. 3. Rabbit, or wild Rat; from שפןshaphan: otherwise, their Brink, their Lip, their Breaking; from שפהshaphah, or שוףshuph, and the Pronoun ןan, theirs.
,שפטSHAPHAT, Son of Hori, Numb. xiii. 6. That judges.
,שפרαρσαφαρ, SHAPHER, a Mountain, Numb. xxxiii. 23. Beauty, Trumpet; from שפר shaphar, or shophar, according to different Readings.
ׂשריσαροά ,, SHARAI, a Man’s Name, Ezr. x. 40. My Lord, my Prince; from שררsharar, to govern, or שורshur, a Song, and the Pronoun יi, my.
,שעריםσεβαρείμ, SHARAIM, a City, Josh. xv. 36. Gates, Estimations, &c. See Shaarim.
,שררSHARAR, Father of Abiam, 2 Sam. xxiii. 33. Navel, or Lord; from שררsha-rar, or sarar, according to different Readings: otherwise, Thought, Consideration, Song; from שורshur.
,שראצרσαραζάρ, SHARESER, one of the Grandees of the King of Babylon’s Court, Jerem. xxxix. 3. Prince of the Treasure; from שרshar, a Prince, and אוצרatsar, Treasure.
,שרצרSHAREZER, Son of Sennacherib, 2 Kings xix. 37. Overseer of the Treasury, or of the Store-house; from שררsharar, that rules or governs, and from אצרatsar, Treasury, or Store-house: or the Treasure of him that sings; from שורshur, to sing: otherwise, that sees the Ambushes; from שררsharar, to see, and צרtsar, Ambush: and, according to the Hebrew and Syriac, Encampment of him that besieges. This Name is Assyrian, and its Etymology cannot be had from the Hebrew.
,שרוןSHARON, a Country, 1 Chron. xxvii. 29. His Plain, his Song; from שורshur, a Song, or צורהtsurah, a Plain, and the Pronoun ןan, his.
,שרוניSHARONITE, an Inhabitant or Native of Sharon, or the Plain.
,שרוחןSHARUHEN, a City, Josh. xix. 6. Prince of Grace, or the Grace of the Prince; from שררsharar, to govern, and חןken, Grace: or the Song of Grace; from שורshur.
,ששקSHASHAK, Son of Bariah, 1 Chron. viii. 14. Bag of Linen; from שקshac, a Bag, and ששshesh, Linen: otherwise, the sixth Bag; from ששshesh, six, and shac, Bag, or Sack.
,שוהσαυή, SHAVEH, a City, or a Valley, Gen. xiv. 5. Plain: or that puts, or makes Equality; from שוהshavah.
SHAVEH-KIRIATHAIM. See Kiriathaim.
SHAUL, see Saul.
,שושאSHAVSHA, a Scribe, 1 Chron. xviii. 16. Joy, or Elevation; from שושshush, Joy.
,שאלSHEAL, a Man’s Name, Ezr. x. 29. That asks, that prays; otherwise, low and subterraneous Places, Hell; from שאלshaal, or sheol, according to different Readings.
,שאלתיאלSHEALTIEL, Father of Zerubbabel, Ezr. iii. 2. I have asked of God; from ,שאלתי I have asked, and אלel, God.
,שעריהSHEARIAH, Son of Azel, 1 Chron. viii. 38. Hairs, or Gate of the Lord; from שערshabar, Gate, Hair, and יהjah, the Lord; or from שעירshabir, a Goat: otherwise, Tempest of the Lord.
,שבאSHEBA, Son of Raamah, Gen. x. 7. Captivity; from שבהshabah: otherwise, Conversion, Repose, Old-age; from שובshub.
,שבעSHEBA, a City, Josh. xix. 2. Seven, or the Seventh: Fulness, or Oath; from שבע shabah, or shibah, according to different Readings. Also the Son of Bichri, 2 Sam. xx. 1.
,שבמהSHEBAM, a City, Numb. xxxii. 38. Conversion, Return, Captivity, Old-age, Rest; from שבהshabah, or שובshub.
,שבםσαβαμ, SHEBAN, a City, Numb. xxxii. 3. That holds them captive, or their Captivity; from שבהshabah, and םam, theirs.
,שבניהSHEBANIAH, Vulgate, Sabania, one of the Levites that were appointed to read the Law along with Esdras, Nehem. ix. 4. The Lord that converts, or that recalls from Captivity, or that captivates; from שבהshabah: otherwise, that understands, that builds, that produces Filiation; from בנהbanah, or בןbun, or בןben, and יהjah, the Lord: otherwise, that understands the Lord, or to whom the Lord gives Attention.
,שבריםSHEBARIM, the Name of a Place, Josh. vii. 7. Ruptures, Breakings, Hopes; from שברshabar, or shibber.
,סבריםSHEBARIM, the Name of a Place, Ezek. xlvii. 16. Surrounding, or about the high Places; from סבבsabab, Circuit, and רמםramam, Eminences. According to the Syriac, Opinions, Hopes.
,שבטSHEBAT, Vulgate, Sabath, the Name of one of the Hebrew Months, which they borrow’d from the Babylonians; Zech. i. 7. Twig, Sceptre, Tribe.
,שברSHEBER, Son of Caleb and Maachah, 1 Chron. ii. 48. Breaking, Rupture, Hope. See Shebarim.
,שבנהσωβνάς, SHEBNAH, or Sobnas, the Name of a Scribe, 2 Kings xviii. 18. Who rests himself, or who is now Captive; from שובshub, or שבהshabah, and נאna, now.
,שבואלSHEBUEL, Son of Gersom, 1 Chron. xxiii. 16. Conversion, Return, Rest, or Captivity of God; from שובshub, Conversion, Rest, or שבה shabah, Captivity, and אלel, God.
,שכניהSHECANIAH, Son of Obadiah, 1 Chron. iii. 31. The Lord is near: otherwise, House or Habitation of the Lord; from שכןshaken, near, or Tent, Habitation, and יהjah, the Lord.
,שכםσιχέμ, συχέμ, SHECHEM, Son of Gilead, Numb. xxvi. 31. Part, Portion, the Back, Shoulders, early in the Morning; from שכם shekem, according to different Readings.
,שכמיσιχεμί, SHECHEMITES, Children of Shechem, Numb. xxvi. 36.
Ἀσαδίας, SHEDEI, Son of Hilchiah, Baruch i. 1. All-mighty; from שדיshaddai: or Destroyer, or Breast; from שדshad, or שדדshadad: otherwise, Camp, or Field.
,שדיאורSHEDEUR, Father of Elizur, Numb. i. 5. Field, Pap, All-mighty, or Destroyer of Fire, or of Light; from שדיshaddai, All -mighty, and אורor, Fire, or Light.
,שחריהSHEHARIAH, Son of Jeroham, 1 Chron. viii. 26, 27. The Morning of the Lord, or the Black of the Lord; from שחרshahar, Morning, or Black, and יהjah, the Lord. A n E T Y M O L O G I C A L D I C T I O N A R Y ; o r SHEKEL, Weight, Money; from shakal, to weigh. A kind of Weight that contains twenty Oboli, Ezek. xlv. 12. This Weight contained twenty Gerabs, or Oboli, as the Vulgate has translated it, Exod. xxx. 13. And every Gerab, or Obolus, according to the Rabbins, weigh’d sixteen Grains of Gold. See the Tables of Weights.
SHEKINAH, Divine Presence.
SHELAH, Son of Judah and Shuah, Gen. xxxviii. 5. That breaks, that unties, that undresses; from shalac, to send, to reject, to unbind.
SHELEMIAH, one of the Descendants of Bani, Ezr. x. 41. God is my Happiness, my Perfection, my Peace, or the Peace or Perfection of the Lord; from shalam, Peace, or Perfection, and jah, the Lord.
SHELEMIAH, Father of Juchal, Jerem. xxxviii. 1. See above.
SHELEPH, Son of Joktan, Gen. x. 26. Who draws out.
SHELESH, Son of Helem, 1 Chron. vii. 35. Three; from shalosh: or Prince, or Captain; from shalish.
SHELOMI, Father of Abibud, Numb. xxxiv. 27. Peaceable, perfect, or that rewards; from shalam.
SHELOMITH, Daughter of Zerubbabel and Pedaiah, 1 Chron. iii. 19. My Peace, my Happiness, my Recompence; from shalam.
SHELOMOTH, Father of Jabath, 1 Chron. xxiv. 22. Perfect, peaceable; from shalam.
SHELUMIEL, Son of Zurishaddai, Numb. i. 6. Peace of God, or God is my Happiness, Retribution or Perfection of God; from shalam, Peace, &c. and el, God.
SHEM, Son of Noah, Gen. v. 31. Name, Renown: or he that puts, or places, who is put or placed.
SHEMA, a City, Josh. xv. 26. That is heard, that hears, that obeys; from shamah.
SHAMAAH, Brother of David, 2 Sam. xxi. 21. From the same.
SHAMAAH, Son of Makeloth, 1 Chron. viii. 32. Named, or placed; from shem, Name, or sham, to place: otherwise, lost, desolate; from shamam: otherwise, Renoun, Report, Rumor; from shem.
SHEMAIAH, Father of Shimri, 1 Chron. iv. 37. That bears, or that obeys the Lord; from shamah, that hears, and jah, the Lord.
SHEMARIAH, or Samarias, one of the Officers of Saul’s Court, that follow’d David, 1 Chron. xii. 5. God is my Guard, or the Guard of the Lord, Diamond, Dregs, Thorn, or Bush of the Lord; from shamar, &c. and jah, the Lord.
SHEMEBER, King of Zeboim, Gen. xiv. 2. Name of Force, or Fame, of the Strong, or of the Wing; from shem, Name, &c. and abbar, or eber, strong, or winged, according to different Readings: otherwise, that destroys the Strong, or the Winged.
SHEMER, Vulgate, Somer, Possessor of the Mountain of Samaria, 1 Kings xvi. 24. Guardian, Thorne; from shamar, &c.
SHEM-HAMPHORASH, the Name manifested.
SHEMIDA, Son of Gilead, Numb. xxvi. 32. Name of Knowledge, or that puts Knowledge; from to name, to put, and jadah, Science, or Knowledge: otherwise, the Knowledge of Desolation, or of Astonishment; from shamam, to make desolate, to astonish, and jadah, Science: otherwise, the Science of the Heavens; from jadah, and shammaim, the Heavens.
SHEMIDITES, the Descendants of Shemida, Numb. xxvi. 32. From the same Roots.
SHEMINITH, the Eighth.
SHEMIRAMOTH, one of the Levites who presided in the Choirs, 1 Chron. xv. 18. The Heighth of the Heavens; from shamaim, the Heavens, and ramam, Heighth, Elevation: or Elevation of the Name; from ramam, Heighth, and shem, a Name.
SHEMUEL, Son of Ammibud, Numb. xxxiv. 20. Placed, or put of God; from shum, to place, to put, to be: otherwise, the Name, which he has received of God; from shem, to name, the Pronoun o, his, and el, God: Otherwise, who is of God; from shin, who, and the Preposition mo, for min, from, and el, God.
SHEN, the Name of a Place, 1 Sam. vii. 12. Tooth, Ivory; from shen: Otherwise, Change; from shanah: otherwise, he that sleeps; from jashan.
SHENAZAR, Son of Jechoniah, 1 Chron. iii. 18. Treasure of the Tooth, or of the Ivory; from shen, a Tooth, Ivory, and atsar, Treasure: otherwise, Treasure of him that sleeps; from atsar, Treasure, and jashan, to sleep: or Change of Anguish, or Distress; from shanah Change, and tsarar, to be in Pain or in Bonds. This Name is rather Babylonian than Hebrew.
SHENE, Teeth, or Rocks.
SHENIR, a Mountain; or Sirion, by transposition of the Letters; or Hermon, Deut. iii. 9. Lantern, or Light, that sleeps; from nur, Lamp or Light, and jashan, to sleep. Otherwise, renewing of the Lamp, or he that shews; from shanah, and nur.
SHEPHAM, or Shephamah, one of the Limits of the Land of Promise; Numb. xxxiv. 10. His Brink, his Lip, his Beard, his Breaking; from shapha, or shuph, and the Pronoun am, theirs.
SHEPHATIAH, or Saphatias, Son of David and Abital, 2 Sam. iii. 4. The Lord that judges, the Judgment of the Lord, or God is my Judge; from shaphat, Judgment, and jah, the Lord.
SHEPHLAH, the Name of a Place, 1 Macc. xii. 38. Low Places, Vales, or Plains; from shaphelah.
SHEPHERD.
,שפיσαπφει, SHEPHI, Son of Shobal, 1 Chron. i. 40. Brink, Solitude, Lip, Breaking. See Shepham.
,שפופןσεπφαμ, SHEPHUPHAN, Son of Bela, 1 Chron. viii. 5. Cerastes, or a kind of Serpent; from שפףshaphaph; whence שפיפון from shaphiphon.
,שארהσαρα, SHERAH, Daughter of Ephraim, 1 Chron. vii. 24. Flesh, Kindred, Leaven, or Remain; from שארshaar, sheer, or sheor, according to the different Readings.
,שרביהSHEREBIAH, or Sarabias, the Name of a Man, Ezr. viii. 18. Drinesss of the Lord; from שרבsharab, Driness, and יהjah, the Lord: otherwise, that prevails with the Lord; from שרר sharar, to rule, and the Conjunction בbeth, in or with: otherwise, that sings in the Lord; from שור shur, to sing.
,שרשσαρος, SHERESH, Son of Peresh, 1 Chron. vii. 16. Root, or little Chains.
SHEREZER, see Sharezer. ,ששSHESH, Flax.
,ששקσισαν, SHESHACH, a King or Deity of Babylon, Jerem. xxv. 26. Bag of Linen; from שק shac, a Bag, and ששshesh, Flax, or Linen: otherwise, the sixth Bag; from the same Word שש shesh, six, and שקshac, a Bag.
,ששיSHESHAI, Son of Anak, Josh. xv. 14. The Sixth, Flax, Joy; from ששshesh.
,ששןSHESHAN, Son of Ishi, 1 Chron. ii. 31. Lily, or Rose; from שושןshoshan: otherwise, Joy, or Flax.
,ששבצרSHESHBAZZAR, Prince of Judah, Ezr. i. 8. The same as Zerubbabel. Joy in Tribulation; from שושshush, Joy, the Preposition ב beth, in, and צררtzarar, Tribulation, Pain: otherwise, Production, or Defense of Joy; from צור tsur, Defense: otherwise, Joy of the Vintage; from בצרbatzar, and שושshush, Joy. A Chaldee Word, in which it seems that Sace is included, which was a Deity of the Babylonians.
,שתרSHETHAR, the Name of a Captain, Esth. i. 14. That rots; from the Chaldee Word שחיתאshekitha, Rottenness. This Word is Persian, or Medish, and it is difficult to find its true Root in the Hebrew.
,שתר־בוזניSHETHAR-BOZNAI, one of the Princes that opposed the Rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem, Ezr. v. 3. That makes to rot or corrupt, or that seeks and examines those who despise me; from בזהbazah, to despise, and the Pronoun יi, me, and תורthur, to seek, to examine. This is a Medish or Persian Word, and its Root not in the Hebrew.
,שואσαυσα, SHEVA, one of David’s Scribes, 2 Sam. xx. 25. Vanity; from שואshova: otherwise, Elevation, Fame; from שאהshaah: Otherwise, Tumult; from שאהshoah.
,שבלתSHIBBOLETH, Vulgate, Scibboleth; Judg. xii. 6. Burden, Ear of Corn; from :סבלor Current of Water.
,שבמהSHIBMAH, a City, Numb. xxxii. 38. Conversion, Return, Captivity, Old-age, Rest; from שבהshabah, or שובshub.
,שכרונהSHICRON, a City, Josh. xv. 11. Drunkenness: or his Gift, or his Wages; from שכרshachar, and the Pronoun ינוeno, his.
,שיגיוןSHIGGAION, a Song of Trouble, or Comfort.
,שיאוןSHIHON, a City, Josh. xix. 19. His Sound; from שאהshaah.
,שלחיσελεî, SHILHI, Father of Azubah, 1 Kings xxii. 42. Mission, Messenger: otherwise, Branches, or Dart, Javelin; from שלחshalac, or shelac, according to different Readings: or, according to the Syriac, that spoils; or is spoiled.
,שלחיםSHILHIM, a City, Josh. xv. 32. Messengers, Succours, Branches, Darts; from שלחshalac: or that spoil, according to the Syriac.
SHILLEM. See Shallum.
SHILO, sent; from שלחshalac.
,שלו, שלהσνλω, SHILOH, or Silo, a City, Josh. xxi. 2. Peace, or Abundance; from שלהshalah: otherwise, that deceives or mocks, according to the Syriac.
Σηλωνιτες, SHILONITES, of the City of Shiloh, 1 Kings xi. 15.
,שילוניSHILONITES, one of the chief of the Families that first inhabited Jerusalem at the Return from the Captivity, 1 Chron. ix. 5. That abides; from שלהshalah: otherwise, Peace and Abundance; from the same Word shalah, or שלי sheli: or, according to the Syriac, that deceives or mocks.
,שלשהSHILSHAH, Son of Zophah, 1 Chron. vii. 37. Three, or the Third, or Prince, or Chief; from שלשshalosh, or שלישshalish. See Shalishah.
,שמעהSHIMEAH, Father of Jonadab, 2 Sam. xii. 3. That hears, that obeys; from שמעshammah.
,שמעאσαμαα, SHIMEA, Son of David, 1 Chron. iii. 5. That hears, or obeys; from שמעshamah.
,שמאםσαμααμ, SHIMEAM, Vulg. Samaan, 1 Chron. ix. 38. Fame, Reputation of the Mother, or of the Nation; from שםshem, to name, and אםem, a Mother; or from אוםom, a Nation: otherwise, Name of Fear; from the same Word שםshem, to name, and איםam, Terror, Fear.
,שמעתSHIMEATH, Father of Jozachar; 2 Kings xii. 21. Otherwise, Mother of Zabad, 2 Chron. xxiv. 26. That hears, that obeys; from שמע shamah: otherwise, Fame, Reputation; from שמעה shamaah, to hear.
,שמעיSHIMEI, Son of Gersom, Exod. vi. 17. That hears, or obeys; from שמעshamah: otherwise, Name of the Heap; from שםshem, a Name, and עי bi, a Heap: or that destroys the Heap; from שמם shamam, to destroy, to lay waste, and עיbi, a Heap: otherwise, my Reputation, my Fame; from שםshem, Name, Renown, and the Pronoun יi, my.
,שמיSHIMI, Son of Onan, 1 Chron. ii. 28. My Name; from שםshem, a Name: otherwise, my Loss, or my Desolation, my Astonishment; from שמם shamam, Desolation, &c. and the Pronoun יi, my: otherwise, the Heavens; from שמיםshamaim.
SHIMITES, a Family descended from Gerson, Numb. iii. 21. See Shemaia.
726SHIMON, a Man’s Name, 1 Chron. iv. 10. That puts, or is put; from shum: otherwise, Oil, Perfume; from shemen.
SHIMRATH, Son of Shimki, 1 Chron. viii. 21. Dregs, or Prison; from shamar, or shemer: otherwise, Bush, Thorn, or Diamond; from shamir.
SHIMRI, Father of Jediael, 1 Chron. xi. 45. That keeps, or imprisons; Dregs, a Bush, or Diamond. See Samaria.
SHIMRITH, Mother of Jebozabad, 2 Chron. xxiv. 26. Who is kept, or wholly of Diamond, Thorn, or Dregs; from shamir, or shemir, according to different Readings.
SHIMRON, Son of Issachar, Gen. xlvi. 13. Vulgate, Semron, his Guardian, his Diamond, his Bush, or his Dregs; from shamar, or shemir, and from aven, or on, Force, Iniquity.
SHIMRONITES, Descendants from Shimron, Numb. xxvi. 24. From the same.
SHIMSHAI, one of the Writers of a Letter, that was sent to Artaxerxes, against the Jews, Ezr. iv. 8. My Sun; from shemesh, the Sun, and the Pronoun i, my.
SHINAB, King of Admah, Gen. xiv. 2. Tooth of the Father, or Change of the Father, or Sleep of the Father; from shen, a Tooth, or shanah, Change, or jashan, Sleep, and ab, a Father.
SHINAR, a Province, Gen. x. 10. This is the Country which in Scripture is call’d Babylonia, and Chaldea. Watch of him that sleeps; from bur, Watch, and jashan, to sleep: otherwise, Spoil of the Tooth; from barah, Spoil, and shen, a Tooth: or Change of the City; from shanah, Change, and bir, a City. These Explications are neither natural nor certain, because the Word itself is not Hebrew.
SHIPHI, Father of Ziza, 1 Chron. iv. 37. Inundation, or Multitude; from shephab: otherwise, Knife; from shephi.
SHIPHMITE, the Name of a Country, or of a Family, 1 Chron. xxvii. 27. Lip, or Margin, or Shore; from shuph, to break, and mim, Waters.
SHIPHRAH, one of the Egyptian Midwives, Exod. i. 15. Handsom, or Trumpet; from shaphar, or shepher, according to different Readings: or that does Good: or Chicken, little Bird, according to the Syriac.
SHIPTAN, Father of Kemuel, Numb. xxxiv. 24. Judge, or that judges; from shaphat.
SHISHA, a Scribe, Father of Abiah, 1 Kings iv. 3. Six, the Sixth; from shishah: otherwise, Marble; from shaish: or lifting up of the Gift; from shi, Present, Gift, and nashah, to lift up.
SHISHAK, a King of Egypt, 1 Kings xi. 40. Present of the Bag, of the Pot, of the Thigh; from shac, a Bag, and shoc, a Thigh: otherwise, of the Kiss; from nashac. This Word is Egyptian, nor is it possible to find its Etymology from the Hebrew.
SHITRAI, one of David’s Officers, 1 Chron. xxvii. 29. Steward, Head, or Judge; from shoter: or, according to the Syriac, Obligation, or Contract.
SHITTIM, the Name of a Place, Numb. xxv. 1. That turn away, or divert; from shatah, or sita: otherwise, Scourges, Rods, or Thorns; from shut. This Word is the Plural of shitah, which signifies a kind of white Thorn, very common in Arabia, which St. Jerome describes in two Places of his Commentaries upon the lesser Prophets; and the Name of these Thorns were given to the Place, where they grew in great abundance.
SHIZA, Father of Adina, 1 Chron. xi. 42. This Present; from this, that, and shi, Present: otherwise, Present that expands; from shi, and nazah, to water, to spread.
SHOBAB, Son of David, 2 Sam. v. 14. Return’d, turn’d back; from shub: otherwise, Spark, according to the Syriac.
SHOBACH, General of Hadarezer’s Army, 2 Sam. x. 16. Your Bonds, your Chains, your Nets, your Gins; from shabah, and the Affix ec: otherwise, his Captivity; from the same Word shabah: or your Conversion, your Return; from shub, to return, and from the Pronoun ec, your: otherwise, a Dove-house, according to the Syriac.
SHOBAI, a Levite, and one of the Porters of the Temple, Ezr. ii. 42. Captivity; from shabah, that sits down, that rests, or turns back; from jashab.
SHOBAL, Son of Seir, Gen. xxxvi. 20. Way, Ear of Corn, Thigh; from shobel: otherwise, Old-age, vain; from balah, to grow old, and shove, vain.
SHOBEK, one of the chief of the Jews, who sign’d and renew’d the Covenant with the Lord, under the Direction of Nehemiah, Nehem. x. 24. Equal’d to the Vanity, or placed with the Void; from shavah, to place, to equal, and buc, void: otherwise, vain Dissipation; from shove, Vanity, and buc, Dissipation.
SHOBI, Son of Nahash, 2 Sam. xvii. 27. Conversion, Captivity, Rest. See Shobai.
SHOHAM, Daughter of Merari, 1 Chron. xxiv. 27. An Emerald, or other precious Stone; from shohem.
SHOPHAC, Lieutenant-General to Hadarezer, 1 Chron. xix. 16. Who scatters, or is scattered; from shaphac.
SHOPHAN, a City, Numb. xxxii. 35. Rabbit, or wild Rat; from shaphan: otherwise, that loosens, that breaks; from shuph.
SHOPHTIM, the Title of the Book of Judges; from shaphat, to judge. The Septuagint translate it by κριταὶ, Judges.
SHOSHANNIM, an Instrument of ten Strings; from shesh.
SHUAH, Brother of Caleb, 1 Chron. iv. 11. Pit, or that swims; from שחותshecuth : otherwise, Humiliation, Meditation, or Word ; from שוחshuac, or שחחshacac.
,שוחσοβέ, συὲ, SHUAH, Son of Abraham and Keturah, Gen. xxv. 2. See Shuah before.
,שועσαυὰ, SHUAH, Father of one of the Patriarch Judah’s Wives, not mention’d in the Scripture; Gen. xxxviii. 2. That cries, that prays; from שועshuah : otherwise, rich, magnificent; from the same: otherwise, that beholds; from שעהshahah.
,שועSHUAH, Daughter of Heber, 1 Chron. viii. 32. See above.
,שועלSHUAL, Son of Suphah, 1 Chron. vii. 36. Fox, Hand, Fist; from שעלshahal, or שועל shubal, according to different Readings: otherwise, Traces, Way; from משעלmeshol.
,שובאלSHUBAEL, Grandson of Amram, 1 Chron. xxiv. 20. Conversion, Return, Rest, or Captivity of God; from שובshub, Conversion, Rest, or שבהshabah, Captivity, and אלel, God.
,שוחםσαμεΐ, SHUHAM, Son of Dan, Numb. xxvi. 42. Their Word, their Meditation, their Humiliation; from שוחshuak, or שחחshacac : otherwise, their Ditch; from שיחהshikah.
,שוחמיSHUHAMITE, Descendant from Shuham, Numb. xxvi. 42.
,שוחיSHUHITE, Native of Shuhi, Job ii. 11. Word, Meditation. ,שולמיתSHULAMITE, the Spouse of Solomon, Cant. vi. 12. Pacifick, perfect, that recompences; from שלםshalam.
,שמתיσαμαθὶ, SHUMATHITES, Inhabitants of Shema, Josh. xv. 26.. Also Sons of Shobal, 1 Chron. ii. 53. Named, or put; from שםshem : otherwise, desolate, or astonished; from שמםshamam.
,שונםSHUNAM, a City, 1 Sam. xxviii. 4. Their Change, their Repeating; from שנהshanah : otherwise, their Second; from שניsheni, and the Pronoun םam, theirs : otherwise, Sleep; from נום num, to sleep.
,שונמותSHUNAMITE, a Native of Shunam, 1 Kings iii. 3. ,שונםSHUNEM; see Shunam.
,שוניσαυνὶς, SHUNI, Son of Gad, Gen. xlvi. 16. My Change, my Second, my Repetition. See Shunam.
SHUNITES, Descendants from Shuni, Numb. xxvi. 15.
,שפופםσωφὰν, SHUPHAM, Son of Benjamin, Numb. xxvi. 39. Beard; from שפםshapham : otherwise, their Lip, their Brink; from שפהshaphah : otherwise, that breaks them; from שוףshuph, that breaks, and the Pronoun ם am, theirs.
,שופמיSHUPHAMITES, Descendants from Shupham, Numb. xxvi. 39.
,שפםSHUPPIM, Son of Ir; Vulgate, Hur, 1 Chron. vii. 12. Beard, Mustachoes: otherwise, their Lips, or their Brims; from שפהshapah, Lip, Brim : otherwise, their Breaking; from שוף shuph, to break, and the Pronoun םam, their.
,שורSHUR, the Way of a Desart of this Name, Gen. xxvi. 7. 1 Sam. xv. 7. Wall, Ox, or that beholds; from שורshur, or shor, according to different Readings.
,שושןSHUSHAN, an Instrument of six Strings.
,שושןσουσὰ, SHUSHAN, a City, Dan. viii. 2. Vulgate, Susis. Lilly, or Rose; from שושן shoshan : otherwise, Joy; from שושshush.
,שתלחSHUTHELAH, Son of Ephraim, Numb. xxvi. 35. Plant, or Verdure; from שות shuth, and לחlac, Verdure : otherwise, moist Pot; from שתהshuthah, to drink, or Drinking-pot, and לחlac, moist. ,שתלחיSHUTHALITHITES; Descendants from Shuthelah, Numb. xxvi. 35.
,שיעהאSIAHA, one of the chief of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 44. Motion; from שעהshahah : or, according to the Syriac, Help, or Assistance; from סיעsiha.
SIBBICHAI, one of David’s Captains, 2 Sam. xxi. 18.
SIBBOLETH. See Shibboleth.
SIBONITE, a Country. Joseph.
SIBRAIM. See Sabarim.
SICAMINUM, a City. See Caiapha.
SICARII, Ruffians. Joseph.
,שכרσικέρα, SICERA, whatever can intoxicate. Heb. Shechar, Deut. xxix. 6. This Word denotes, in particular, the Wine of the Palm-tree.
Σιχὰρ, SICHAR, a City, John iv. 5. St. Jerome pretends this is the Fault of the Copiers, who read Sichar instead of Sichem. From שכר shikar, Drunkenness.
SICLUS. See Shekel.
Σικυὼν, SICYON, the Name of a Place, 1 Macc. xv. 23. Some Greek Copies have σικυόνη, Sicyone, that is to say, a Place where Cucumbers grow; from σίκυος, a Cucumber.
SIDE, Latus.
Σίδη, SIDE, the Name of a Place, 1 Macc. xv. 23. Hunting, Nets, Ambush; from צדה tsadah : otherwise, Viaticum, Provision, Nourishment; from צודtsud. The Greek Word σίδη, signifies a Pome-granate, or the Tree.
,צידןSIDON, Son of Canaan, Gen. x. 15. Hunting, Fishing, Venison; from צודtsid, or צידה tsidah.
,צידניσιδώνιος, SIDONIAN, an Inhabitant or Native of the City or Territory of Sidon, Judg. iii. 3. From the same.
SIENE, a City.
SIGIONOTH, or Shiggaion.
SIGN.
SIGO, a City. Joseph.
,סיחוןSIHON, King of the Amorites, Numb. xxi. 21. Rooting out; from נסחnasak : otherwise, Conclusion.
,שיחורσυὼρ, SIHOR, otherwise, the Nile, a River of Egypt, Josh. xix. 26. Black, Trouble, or early in the Morning; from שחרshacar.
Σίλας, SILAS, one of the Companions of St. Paul and Barnabas, Acts xv. 22. The Third; from שלשshalash, Three, or the Third. He is thought to be the same as Silvanus, which signifies one that loves the Woods or Forests.
SILK.
,סלאSILLA, the Name of a Place, 2 Kings xii. 20. Estimation; from the Word סלאsala: otherwise, Elevation, lifting up; from סלל salal: or Contempt, to be trod under foot; from סלהsalah, or silah, according to different Readings: or Basket, according to the Syriac.
SILLEUS, a Man’s Name. Joseph.
,שלךσιλωὰμ, SILOAM, or Shiloah, a Fountain, or Pond, Isai. viii. 6. Sent, or who sends: otherwise, Dart, Branch, or whatever is sent; from שלחshalac: otherwise, according to the Syriac, that spoils, or is spoiled.
Σιλβανὸς, SILVANUS, a Disciple of St. Paul, 2 Cor. i. 19. Who loves the Woods or Forests; from the Latin Word Silva, a Wood.
Ἐιμαγκαὶ, SIMALCUE, Elmalchuel, one of the chief of the Arabians, 1 Macc. xi. 39. God is his King; from מלךmelec, a King, and אלel, God: otherwise, sent of God; from מלאךmalac, to send.
,שמעוןSIMEON, the second Son of Jacob and Leah, Gen. xxix. 33. That bears, that obeys, or is heard; from שמעshamah. His Mother named him thus, because God had heard her.
,שמעוניSIMEONITES, the Children of Simeon, 1 Chron. xxvii. 19.
Σίμων, SIMON, Son of Mattathias, 1 Macc. ii. 3. That bears, or obeys; from שמעshammah, to bear, to obey.
SIMONIANS, Hereticks.
SIMONIAS, a Village. Joseph.
,שמריSIMRI, Son of Shemaiah, 1 Chron. iv. 37. My Guardian, my Diamond, my Bush; from שמרshamar.
SIMYRA, a City.
,סיןSIN, a Desart, and the eighth Station or Encampment of the Israelites, Exod. xvi. 1. Bush; from סנהsenah.
SIN, Peccatum.
,סיניSINAI, a Mountain in the Wilderness of Paran, Deut. xix. 2. Bush; from סנהsenah. According to the Syriac, Enmity.
,הסיניSINITE, or Sinaus, the Son of Canaan, Gen. x. 17. Bush, Enmity. ,שיאןσιὼν, SION, a Mountain of the Country of the Amorites, the same as Hermon, Deut. iv. 48. Noise, Tumult; from שאוןshaon, or שאה shaah.
,שפמותSIPMOTH, a City, 1 Sam. xxx. 28. The Beards, or Brims.
,סרהSIRA, a Cistern, 2 Sam. iii. 26. Caldrons, Pots, Thorns; from סירsir: or Treason, Rebellion; from סררsarar.
Σιράχ, SIRACH, Father of Jesus, the Author of the Book of Ecclesiasticus, Eccluf. i. 29. Song of the Brother; from שירshir, or שורshur, a Song, and אחהachah, Brother.
SIRACIDES, the Son of Sirach.
SIRBON, a Lake.
,שריוןSIRION, a Mountain, call’d otherwise, Shenir, Deut. iii. 9. A Breast-Plate; from שריהshiriah, or שריוןshirion: otherwise, Deliverance, or Song of the Dove; from שרהsharah, to unty, or from שורshur, a Song, and יונהjonah, a Dove.
,ששיσεσί, SISAI, Son of Anak, Numb. iii. 23. Six, or the Sixth, or fine Linen, or Cotton; from ששshesh: otherwise, Joy; from שושshish.
,ססמיSISAMAI, Son of Eleasah, 1 Chron. ii. 40. Horse, or Swallow of the Waters; from סוסsus, a Horse, &c. and מיםmajim, Waters: or Blindness, according to the Syriac.
,סיסראSISERA, Captain of the Army of the Canaanites, Judg. iv. 2. That sees a Horse, a Swallow; from ראהraah, to see, and סוסsus, a Horse, &c.
,סיוןνισὰν, SIVAN, the Babylonian Name of the third Month of the Year of the Hebrews, which answers in part to our May and June; Esth. viii. 9. Bush; from סנהsene: or Thorn; from סןsin. These Etymologies are violent, and uncertain.
SMERDIS, a King of Persia.
SMIRIS, a Burnish-stone.
Σμύρνα, SMYRNA, a City, Rev. i. 11. From a Greek Word that signifies Myrrh.
SNUFFERS. ,סואσαυὰ, SO, a King of Egypt, 2 Kings xvii. 4. A Measure for Grain, or dry Matters. Heb. Seah, which the Greeks translate by σάτον. But it is better to acknowledge, that the true Etymology of this Egyptian Word is not to be found in the Hebrew Tongue.
,צובהSOBA, the Name of a Kingdom, 1 Sam. xiv. 47. Army, or Battle; from צבאtsaba: otherwise, Swelling, or Tumor; from צבה tsabah.
,שבלSOBAL, Son of Seir, Gen. xxxvi. 20. Way, Spike, Thigh; from שבלshobel: otherwise, Old-age, vain; from בלהbalah, to grow old, and שואshove, vain.
SOBER, Sobriety.
,סכותSOCOH, or Soceth, a City, Gen. xxxiii. 17. Tents, Tabernacles; from סךsoc. ,סודיSODI, Father of Gaddiel, Numb. xiii.
- My Secret; from סודsod, Secret, and the Pronoun יi, my.
,שדמהSODOM, a City, Gen. x. 19. Their Secret, their Lime, their Cement; from סודsod, secret, and the Pronoun הah, theirs; or from שודshud, Lime, but improperly, for Sodom is written with a סsamech.
,שדםσόδομοι, SODOMITES, People of Sodom, Gen. xiii. 13. From the same Root.
SOGANE, a Village. Joseph. ,שחםSOHEM, a precious Stone.
SOLIMA, Jerusalem.
SOLITUDE, Wilderness.
,שלמהSOLOMON, Son of David and Bethshebah, 2 Sam. v. 15. Peaceable, or perfect, or that recompences; from .שלם SOLYME, a Town. Joseph.
SOLYMI, a People.
Σώπατρος, SOPATER, a Disciple of St. Paul’s, Acts xx. 4. Who defends the Father, or the Health of the Father; from the Greek Word σώζω, I save, and πατήρ, Father.
SOPHA, a Place, Epiphan.
,ספרγραμματεύς, SOPHER, 2 Kings xxv. 19. Scribe; from ספרsepher, a Book: or he that writes, relates, or tells.
,ספרתSOPHERETH, one of the chief of the Families of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 55. from ספרshepher, a Book.
,שורקSOREK, a Valley or Brook, Judg. xvi. 4. Vine, Hissing, a Colour inclining to Yellow; from שרקshorec.
Σωσίπατρος, SOSIPATER, one of the principal Captains that commanded under the Maccabees, 2 Macc. xii. 19. That saves the Father, or Safety of the Father; from the Greek Word σώζω, I preserve, or Saviour, and πατήρ, Father.
SOSIUS, a Roman General.
Σωσθένης, SOSTHENES, Chief of a Synagogue, Acts xviii. 17. Saviour, strong and powerful; from the Greek Word σώζω, I save, and σθένος, Strength, Force.
Σώστρατος, SOSTRATUS, Commander of the Citadel of Jerusalem, 2 Macc. iv. 27. That saves the Army, or the Safety of the Army; from σώζω, to save, and στρατός, an Army.
,סוטיSOTAI, one of the chief of the Families of the Nethinims, Ezr. ii. 55. Who declines, falls, or prevaricates; from מוטmut.
SOUL.
Ἱσπανία, SPAIN, a Kingdom, a considerable Part of Europe; Rom. xv. 25. In Greek, rare, or precious.
SPARROW, a Bird.
Σπαρτιανοί, SPARTANS, People of Lacedemonia, 1 Macc. xiv. 20. That sow; from σπαρτός.
SPECULA, a Watch-Tower.
SPIKENARD, an odoriferous Plant.
SPITHAMA, a Measure of Length.
SPY.
STACTE, a Gum.
Στάχυς, STACHYS, a Friend of St. Paul’s, Rom. xvi. 9. Spike; from στάχυς.
STADIUM, a Measure of Length.
STATER, a Piece of Money.
STATUE.
Στεφανᾶς, STEPHANAS, one of St. Paul’s Disciples, whom he baptized, and all his Family, 1 Cor. i. 16. Crown, or Crowned; from the Greek Word στεφανή, a Crown.
Στέφανος, STEPHANUS, one of the seven Deacons, Acts vi. 5.
Στωικοί, STOICKS, Philosophers, Acts xvii. 18. Thus call’d by the Greeks, because they assembled and conversed together under a Porch, or Portico, call’d in Greek στοά.
STORK. STRANGE Worship.
STUDIES, of the Hebrews.
,סּוהSUAH, Son of Zophah, 1 Chron. vii. 36. That tears up by the Roots; from שחהsacab, or from נסחnasak: otherwise, to despise.
,סכותSUCCOTH, a City, Gen. xxxiii. 17. Tents, Tabernacles; from .סך בנות- ,סכותSUCCOTH-BENOTH, 2 Kings xvii. 30. The Tabernacles of young Women, or the Tents of Prostitutes; from סךsoc, a Tent, a Tabernacle, and בתbath, a Daughter.
Σουδί, SUD, a River, Baruch i. 4. From סוד jod, secret.
SUN.
,סוףSUPH; Jam Suph, the Sea of Rushes; the Red-Sea.
,סורΠύλη τῶν ὁδῶν, SUR, the Name of one of the Gates of Solomon’s Temple, 2 Kings xi. 6. That withdraws, or departs; from סורsur.
,סרניםSURENA, Seranim, Lords of the Philistines. ,שושןSUSAN, a City. See Shushan.
,שושנכיאSUSANCHITES, Vulgate; Sasanechei, Ezr. iv. 9. A People that were Enemies to the Israelites, and opposed their Rebuilding of the Temple. Lily, or Rose, or Joy of the Lame, or of those that strike; from שושןshoshan, a Lily, or Rose; or נכהnaka, lame, or that beats or strikes. This Word is a Foreigner, and it is not possible to find its true Etymology in the holy Language.
Σωσάννα, SUSANNA, Wife of Joakin. Hist. Susan. Lily, or Rose, or Joy, from שושן shoshan.
,סוסיSUSI, Father of Gaddi, Numb. xiii. 12. Horse, or Swallow; from סוסsus: otherwise, Moth; from ססsas.
,סונהSYENE, a City, Ezek. xxix. 10. Bush; from מנהsenah: or Enmity, according to the Syriac.
SYLLÆUS, an Arabian Prince.
SYLVANUS, that loves the Woods; from Sylva, a Forest.
Συντύχη, SYNTYCHE, a holy Widow mention’d by St. Paul, Philip. iv. 2. That speaks or discourses: from the Greek Word συντυγχάνω, to converse.
Συρακῶσαι, SYRACUSE, a City, Acts xxviii. 12. That draws violently, from the Greek Words, σύρω, and ἄκυσα.
,ארםσυρία, SYRIA, in Hebrew, Aram, Syria, or Mesopotamia, 2 Sam. viii. 5. Sublime, or that deceives; from רמהramah. ,ארם־צובהSYRIA-ZOBAH, Syria of Zobah, Psalm. lx. 2. In Hebrew, Aram-Sobah. Lifted up, and Fighting, Συροφοινίσσα, SYROPHŒNISSA, who is a Syro-phenician, Mark vii. 26. Red, or Purple, drawn to; from the Greek Word σύρω*, I draw*, and φοίνιξ*, red, Palm-tree, or of Purple*: or perhaps Syro may come from Zur, Tyre, and Phœnix; from בני ענקbene Anak, Sons of Anak, or the Anakim, Giants of the Land of Canaan.
Σύρτις, SYRTIS, a Bank of Sand in the deep Sea, Acts xxvii. 17. That draws, or Attraction; from the Greek Word σύρω*, I draw*.
,ארםσύρος, SYRUS, in Hebrew, Aram, who is of Syria, Gen. xxii. 21. Raised, sublime: or that deceives: a Rock, Tyrian.
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