STABILITY #4685
1 OF CHARACTER
Ps 57:7; 108:1; 112:7; Mt 10:22; 24:13; Mr 4:20; 1Co 7:20; 15:58; 2Th 2:15; 3:3; Heb 10:23; 13:9; Jas 1:23-25; Re 22:11
1.3 See PERSEVERANCE
STACHYS #4686
STACTE #4687
1 An unknown spice used in compounding the sacred perfume
STAIRS #4688
STALL #4689
1 For cattle
STAMMERING #4690
1 General scriptures concerning
STANDARD #4691
1 An ensign used by each of the tribes of Israel in camping and marching
2 Banners used as
3 Used in war
4 Used
4.1 To direct the route to cities which were well defended
4.2 To call attention to news
8 FIGURATIVE
STARS #4692
Ge 1:16; Job 26:13; Ps 8:3; 33:6; 136:7,9; Am 5:8
2 Differ in splendor
3 Worship of, forbidden
4 Worshiped
2Ki 17:16; 21:3; 23:5; Jer 19:13; Am 5:26; Zep 1:5; Ac 7:42,43
5 Constellations of
6 Orion
7 Serpent
8 Planets
10 The moon
11 Darkening of
Job 9:7; Ec 12:2; Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joe 2:10; 3:15; Re 8:11,12
12 Comets
13 Falling of
Da 8:10; Mt 24:29; Mr 13:25; Re 6:13; 8:10; 9:1; 12:4
14 FIGURATIVE
14.1 Of the deliverer
14.2 Seven stars of the seven congregations
14.3 Crown of twelve stars
STATE #4693
2 See GOVERNMENT
STATECRAFT #4694
1 Wisdom in
2 School in
3 Skilled in
4 INSTANCES OF
4.1 Joseph
4.2 Samuel
4.3 Nathan
4.4 Jeroboam
4.5 Daniel
4.7 See GOVERNMENT
STAVES (LONG POLES) #4695
1 Used as weapons
2 SYMBOLICAL
STEADFASTNESS #4696
2 See PERSEVERANCE
STEALING #4697
STEEL #4698
1 Bows of
2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24; Ps 18:34
2 Strength of
3 In each of the above references, the R. V. renders the translation as "brass."
STEPHANAS #4699
1 A Christian in Corinth, whose household Paul baptized
STEPHEN #4700
1 (A Christian martyr)
2 Appointed one of the committee of seven to oversee the daily ministration
3 Faith and power of
4 False charges against
5 Defense of
6 Stoned
7 Burial of
8 Gentle and forgiving spirit of
STERILITY #4701
1 (Of women)
2 See BARRENNESS
STEWARD #4702
1 General scriptures concerning
Ge 15:2; 43:19; 1Ch 28:1; Lu 8:3
2 FIGURATIVE
2.1 The faithful steward described
2.2 The unfaithful, described
2.3 See the parable
2.3.1 Of the pounds
2.3.2 Of the talents
2.4 Must be faithful
STICKS #4703
1 Used as cymbals
STIFF-NECKED #4704
1 See IMPENITENT
STOCKS #4705
1 Feet fastened in, as a punishment
2 In prisons
STOICISM #4706
1 (A Greek philosophy, inculcating doctrines of severe morality, self-denials, and inconvenience)
2 Scripture analogies to
2.1 John the Baptist wore camel's hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey
2.2 Came "neither eating nor drinking,"
3 Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses,"
Mt 10:38,39; 16:24; Mr 8:34,35; Lu 9:23-26; 14:27
4 The subordination of natural affection
5 Paul teaches
5.1 That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
5.2 That the body must be kept under subjection
5.3 Celibacy
7 See ASCETICISM
STOICS #4707
2 See ASCETICISM
STOMACHER #4708
1 An article of dress
STONES #4709
1 Commandments engraved upon
Ex 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; De 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3
2 The law of Moses written upon
3 Houses built of
4 Temple built of
1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12; Mt 24:2; Lu 19:44; 21:5,6
5 Prepared in the quarries
6 Hewn (cut)
Ex 34:1; De 10:1; 1Ki 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Ki 12:12; 22:6; 1Ch 22:2; 2Ch 34:11; La 3:9
7 Sawed
8 Hewers (stone-cutters) of
1Ki 5:18; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15
9 City walls built of
10 Memorial pillars of
Ge 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Jos 4:2-9,20-24; 24:25; 1Sa 7:12
11 Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel")
12 Ezel
13 Zoheleth
14 Thrown upon accursed ground
15 Used
15.1 In building altars
15.2 For weighing (margin)
15.3 For closing graves
16 Tombs hewn in
17 Idols made of
De 4:28; 28:36,64; 29:17; 2Ki 19:18; Isa 37:19; Eze 20:32
19 Magnificent, in Herod the Great's temple
20 Skill in throwing
23 See CHALCEDONY
28 FIGURATIVE
28.1 Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling,"
28.2 Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure Foundation,"
28.3 Of Christ's rejection, the rejected Conerstone
Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42-44; Mr 12:10; Lu 20:17,18; Ac 4:11; 1Pe 2:4
Isa 28:16; Mt 16:18; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20; Re 21:14
28.5 Of Christ, the Water of Life
28.6 Of the impenitent heart
28.7 Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone
29 SYMBOLICAL
30 PRECIOUS
30.1 In the breastplate and ephod
30.2 Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod
1Ki 10:2,10; 2Ch 9:9,10; Eze 27:22
30.4 Ophir
30.5 Partial catalogue of
30.6 Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision
30.7 In the crowns of kings
31 FIGURATIVE
31.5 See CHRYSOLITE
31.6 See CHRYSOPRASUS
STONING #4710
1 Capital punishment by
Ex 19:13; De 13:10; 17:5; 22:21; Heb 11:37
2 Instances of stoning
2.1 Sabbath breaker
2.2 Achan
2.3 Naboth
2.4 Stephen
2.5 Paul
STOOL #4711
1 General scriptures concerning
2 FOOTSTOOL: FIGURATIVE
2.1 Of the earth
2.2 Temple
2.3 Sanctuary
Ps 110:1; Mt 22:44; Mr 12:36; Lu 20:43; Ac 2:35; Heb 1:13
STOREHOUSES #4712
1 See TREASURE-HOUSES
STORK #4713
1 Forbidden as food
2 Nest of, in fir trees
3 Migratory
4 FIGURATIVE
STRAIGHT #4714
1 Name of a street in Damascus
2 FIGURATIVE
2.1 Of righteousness, "straight paths,"
STRAIT GATE #4715
1 (The narrow path toward righteousness)
STRANGERS #4716
1 (Aliens, foreigners)
2 Mosaic law relating to
2.1 Authorized bondservice of
2.2 Usury of
2.3 Sale to, of the meat of animals that had died
2.4 Forbid their being made kings over Israel
2.5 Their eating the Passover meal
2.6 Their eating things offered in sacrifice
2.7 Their blaspheming
2.8 Their approaching the tabernacle
2.9 Their eating blood
2.10 Injustice to
Ex 12:49; Le 24:22; Nu 9:11; De 1:16; Jer 22:3
2.11 Oppression of
3 Instances of oppression of
4 Required to observe the Sabbath day
5 Could offer oblations
6 Were buried in separate burial places
7 Kindness to the poor of, required
8 Love of, enjoined
9 Abhorrence of, forbidden
10 Marriage with, forbidden
11 Hospitality to
11.1 See HOSPITALITY
14 See PROSELYTES
STRANGLED #4717
1 Things dying by strangulation, forbidden as food
STRATEGY #4718
1 In war
Ge 14:14,15; 32:7,8; Jos 8:3-25; Jud 7:16-23; 20:29-43; 2Sa 15:32-34; with 17:7-14; Ne 6; Isa 15:1; Jer 6:5
STRAW #4719
1 Used for fodder
2 Used for brick
STRAY #4720
1 Straying animals to be returned
2 Instance of animals straying, Kish's
STRENGTH #4721
STRIFE #4722
1 General scriptures concerning
Ge 13:8; 45:24; De 1:12; Ps 31:20; 55:9; 80:6; Pr 3:20; 6:12-14,16-19; 10:12; 13:10; 15:18; 16:28; 17:1,14,19; 18:6,19; 19:13; 20:3; 21:19; 22:10; 23:29,30; 25:8,24; 26:17,20,21; 27:15; 28:25; 29:22; 30:33; Isa 41:11,12; 58:4; Hab 1:3; Mt 5:25,39-41; 10:34-36; 12:25; 18:15-17; Mr 3:24,25; Lu 11:17; 12:51-53,58,59; Ro 2:8; 12:18; 13:13; 14:1,19,21; 16:17,18; 1Co 1:10-13; 3:1,3,4; 4:6,7; 6:1-7; 11:16-19; 2Co 12:20; Ga 5:10,15,19-21; Php 1:15,16; 2:3,14,15; 1Ti 1:5-7; 2:8; 3:2,3; 6:3-5,20,21; 2Ti 2:14,23-25; Tit 3:1-3,9; Jas 3:14-16; 4:1,2
6 INSTANCES OF
6.1 Between Abraham and Lot's herdsmen
6.2 Abimelech's
6.3 Isaac's and those of Gerar
6.5 Israelites
6.6 Jephthah and his brothers
6.7 Jephthah and the Ephraimites
6.8 Israel and Judah, about David
6.9 Disciples, over who could be the greatest
6.11 Christians at Antioch (in Syria), about circumcision
6.12 Paul and Barnabas, about Mark
6.13 Pharisees and Sadducees, concerning the general resurrection
6.14 The Corinthian Christians
STRIPES #4723
STUBBLE #4724
1 FIGURATIVE
1.1 Of wicked people
Ex 15:7; Job 21:18; Ps 83:13; Isa 5:24; 40:24; 41:2; 47:14; Jer 13:24; Joe 2:5; Na 1:10; Mal 4:1
STUBBORNNESS #4725
STUDENTS #4726
1 Poverty of
2 In a state school
3 In the schools of the prophets
1Sa 19:20; 1Ki 20:35; 2Ki 2:2,3,5,7,15; 4:1
4 See INSTRUCTION
STUMBLING #4727
1 FIGURATIVE
1.1 Causes of
1.2 Stone of
1.3 Stumbling-block
1.4 R. V.)
Isa 57:14; Jer 6:21; Eze 3:20; 7:19; 14:3,4,7; Zep 1:3; Lu 11:52; Ro 11:9; 14:13; 1Co 1:23; 8:9-13; Re 2:14
1.5 See TEMPTATION