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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter S, section Sion to Speaking. (The other sections under S are Sabaoth to Saints, Salem to Saraphs, Sardis to Seditions, Seed to Shushan, Sick to Sins, Spirit to Structures and Studies to Syriac.)

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Sion – Look under the heading "Zion".

Sir

• The title "Sir" (from sire, "father"), if used in the religious context. → ea08b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function

Six, sixth, six thousand – Look under the heading "6".

Skandalon (Romans 16:17) → ea10c.htm

Skênopoios, skênopoioi (tent-maker, tent-makers, Acts 18:3) – Look under the heading "Tent, tents, tentmaker, tentmakers".

Skin deep

• Religion must not be skin-deep only. Believers must take the matters of faith seriously. → eb12b.htm
• Look also under the heading "Righteous, righteousness", and see the essay eg08b.htm.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function

Skubalon (Philippians 3:8) → eo11c.htm – eo12c.htm – eo13b.htm

Skuthai, skuthês (Colossians 3:11) → eg01c.htm

Slave, slaves, slavery

• A note: In the Bible the words "bond" and "bondage" often refer to slavery, or to imprisonment – but not always. Also marriage is sometimes called "a bond" – nothing negative in that – the logic probably being that the husband and the wife are bound to each other, through their marriage covenant. Bible-translators have at times failed to discern that certain related passages with the word "bound" refer to the marriage bond and not to slavery. The essay eo16b.htm considers some such passages.
• Deuteronomy 5:15, "And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day". → ex03c.htm
• Some have claimed that the apostle Paul upheld slavery. Is that true? → eo16b.htm
• Matthew 24:45, "What then is that faithful and wise slave whom his master has set to give food to his household at the right time?" → ee04c.htm
• Romans 6:6, "knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin". → eb06b.htm
• Are you a TV-slave? → ew06b.htm
• Romans 6:16, "Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?" → eo11c.htm
• Romans 7:6, "But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are slaves not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit". → ec12c.htm
• 2 Corinthians 4:5, "For we do not proclaim ourselves, but the anointed Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your slaves for the sake of Jesus". → ea06c.htm
• Hagar, the slave-woman of the allegory of Galatians 4. → ec10c.htm – ea02d.htm
• Galatians 3:24-25 – Paul described the Old Covenant as a paidagôgos (tutor-slave). → eo11c.htm – ec06f.htm
• On the slave woman and the freewoman of Galatians 4, and the bondage of Galatians 5:1. → ec10c.htm
• Galatians 4:24, "Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery". → ec10c.htm – ea02d.htm – eo11c.htm
• Look also under the heading "Yoke".
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Slavic

• Regarding Anglo-Israelism – What if Russia and her Slavic sisters are the lost ten tribes of Israel? → ey16b.htm
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Sleep, sleeping, slept

• Several NT passages talk about death as "falling asleep"; for instance Acts 7:60 says that Stephen "fell asleep" (Greek ekoimêthê, a form of the verb koimaô) – but that was merely an euphemistic expression in the Greek language which referred to death. (Similar passages: 1 Corinthians 11:30, 15:6, 15:18, 15:20 and 15:51, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14-15, Matthew 27:52, John 11:11-14, 2 Peter 3:4.) → eb09c.htm
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Smyrna (Smurna, Zmurna)

• Smyrna (Greek, Smurna) was a coastal town in what today is the western part of Asiatic Turkey. The word smurna meant "myrrh".
• The city-name Smurna occurs 1 time in the New Testament, in Revelation 1:11. The adjective-form smurnaios occurs 1 time, in Revelation 2:8.
• The word smurna occurs also in Matthew 2:11 and John 19:39, in the meaning "myrrh". Mark 15:23 contains the verb-form smurnizô.
• In Revelation 2:8, the words tô angelô tês ekklêsias smurnaiôn are to be interpreted literally, "the messenger of the assembly in Smyrna". Not "angel", but simply "messenger" which is what the word angelos (αγγελος) literally meant. In other words, those words in Revelation 2:8 obviously refer to some person (courier) who transported the words of the Lord in a letter written down by the apostle John, to the saints and believers in the town Smyrna. → See the footnote in the essay ea03d.htm.
• Some talk about "church eras", and call one of them "the Smyrna era". Apparently, the "church eras" dogma was invented by the American Freemason and Baptist preacher William Miller (1782-1849). For more on this, see the essay ea03d.htm and look also under the heading "Era, eras".
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Snake, snakes – Look under the headings "Serpent, serpents" and "Dragon, dragons, drakôn".

Snare

• On "the snare of the Devil" (1 Timothy 3:7 and 6:9-10). → em08c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Social behaviour – Look under the heading "Righteous, righteousness"; see also the essay eg08b.htm.

Social welfare

• 1 Timothy 5 and the social welfare system regarding which Paul gave instructions. → em07b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Widow, widows", "Good works", "Charitable, charities, charity", "Love, loving", "Sick, sickness, sickly" and "Righteousness".
• On the seven men whom the saints in Jerusalem put to serve at the social welfare tables (Acts 6). → ee01c.htm – ee02b.htm – ea08b.htm – ea13b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Sodom, Sodoma, sodomite, sodomites, sodomy

• On one occasion, Abraham freed the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, from the warlords who had captured them. That story is found in Genesis 14:8-24. It was after Abraham and his men had saved the people of Sodom, that "Melchizedek the king of Salem brought forth bread and wine" (verse 18).
• The destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, along with a number of others, is recorded in Genesis 19:24-28.
• The word "sodomy" is not found in the Bible.
  • A note: Do not misunderstand this. The Bible condemns all kinds of sexual immorality. This statement simply means what it says: The word "sodomy" is not found in the Bible. Regarding the word "sodomite", see the next point.
• The word "sodomite" was introduced in the 1560 Geneva bible, in 1 Kings 14:24, 15:12 and 22:46 and 2 Kings 23:7; in 1611 the makers of the KJ version (1611) put that word even to Deuteronomy 23:17. But, those verses do not refer to Sodom. It is not correct to put the word "sodomite" in those passages; the Hebrew word in question is qadesh which has no connection with Sodom.
• Despite preconceived ideas, the facts are that the Bible does not tell us the exact nature of the wickedness of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah and the other cities in the area that was destroyed. Read on, for more.
• Genesis 18:20 tells us that their sin was "very grievous" – but again, the nature of their wickedness is not stated.
  • We do know that the inhabitants of Sodom wanted to rape the angels whom the Lord had sent there, but, that is the only mention of such things in connection with Sodom. The cry regarding their wickedness had gone out before that. See Genesis 18:20-21 – again, that passage simply does not tell us what kind of wickedness the "cry of their sin" referred to. Also: The Bible does not say that the inhabitants of Sodom normally were homosexuals. Genesis 18:20 says that their sin was "very grievous" – but again, what the nature of their wickedness really was, is not stated. It could even be that they were so wicked that they wanted to rape those messengers, merely for the reason that they knew that they Lord had sent them – that is, it could be that they wanted to "point a finger at God" and express their hate against him, through such an incredibly heinous act. But, they were destroyed.
  • Again, the Bible condemns all kinds of sexual immorality, but the Scriptures do not say that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed for that particular reason.
  • In short: The Bible does not tell us the exact reason for the destruction of those cities. Compare with the reason why the Lord caused the Flood to destroy the inhabitants of the Earth – see Genesis 6:1-7 (read all of that passage, with care). See also the essay ew11c.htm which is about a certain wicked group who will be destroyed in a similar way.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Sojourn, sojourner, sojourners

• Regarding sojourners in the meaning "foreigners", look under the heading "Foreign, foreigners".
• Regarding ancient Israel's 40-year wilderness sojourn (where it really took place). → eo06f.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Sol Mithras Deus Invictus – Look under the headings "Mithra" and "Constantine".

Solar equinox

• Some have claimed that the solar equinoxes were a factor in the timing of the Old Covenant's high days. Is that true – does the Bible say that? → ex09c.htm – ex02c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Solomon

• The Hebrew form of the name was Shelomoh. In the LXX Greek that was transcribed as Salômôn, but in the NT Greek as Solomôn.
• Regarding the bible-book called the Song of Solomon, look below, under the heading "Song", subheading "The Song of Solomon".
• The talk about "Star of Solomon" (pentagram) and "Star of David" (hexagram) is deception: Neither are biblical symbols, but both are used as occult signs with a sinister meaning. → (ew04d.htm) – (ew05c.htm)
• Freemasons talk about "Solomon's temple", but that is a deceiving code-word that points to something totally different. → ew04d.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Son, sons, sonship

• On Jesus the Son of God – look under the heading "Jesus".
• On angels as "sons of God" – look under the heading "Angels".
• On the saints as sons of God, look under the heading "Saint, saints, sainthood".
• The sons of Jacob
  • The sons of Jacob and the matter of the birthright. → ey04c.htm
  • The names of Jacob's children are found in Genesis 35:22-26; see even Genesis 30:21.
  • Look also under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• The sons of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh). → ey04c.htm
• Son of David (kingly lineages). → ey12b.htm
• The "son of the morning" (Isaiah 14:12). → ed02c.htm
• The two sons of oil (Zechariah 4:14). → et01e.htm
• The sons of the Kingdom (Matthew 13:38). → ew11c.htm
• The sons of the wicked one (Matthew 13:36). → ew11c.htm
• The "sons of hell" (Matthew 23:15). → eo12c.htm
• The "sons of disobedience" (Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 5:6). → ew11c.htm
• Galatians 4:22, "For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman". → ec10c.htm – ea02d.htm
• Look also under the headings "Children", "Parent, parents", "Father", "Mother", "Daughters", "Elderly" and "Seed, seeds".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Song, songs (and singing)

• The Song of Solomon (also called "Song of songs")
  • The Jews sort the book called Song of Solomon under the section "Kethuvim", "the Writings". → (ec01c.htm)
  • On the use of the word entos in the LXX in Song of Solomon 3:10 and certain other passages (in regard to Luke 17:21). → (eo01b.htm)
  • No other passages in the Song of Solomon are mentioned at this site.
• The Song of the Lamb, the song of Moses, the new song
  • Revelation 15:3, "And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb". → eb04c.htm
  • The new song of Revelation 5:9. → eo03d.htm
  • The new song of Revelation 14:3. → et03c.htm – eb04c.htm
  • The new song of Revelation 15:3. → eb04c.htm
• The bitter, mocking song against the king of Babylon (Isaiah 14:4-12, and onward). → ed05c.htm – ew08b.htm
• The mocking, lamenting song over the king of Babylon (Ezekiel 27:1 and 28:12 and so on. → ed05c.htm – ed01c.htm
• In the New Testament, songs and singing are mentioned in around 11 passages (Matthew 26:30, Mark 14:26, Acts 16:25, 1 Corinthians 14:15 and 26, Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16, James 5:13, Revelation 5:9, 14:3 and 15:3).
• Look also under the heading "Psalms".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Sons and sonship – Look above, under the heading "Son".

Sorcerer, sorcerers, sorceries, sorcery

• Was Simon of Acts 8:9-24 really a "sorcerer" as he is popularly called – or, does the Greek text and context in Acts 8 perhaps refer to something else? → ea12c.htm
• It is said that the names "Jannes and Jambres" in 2 Timothy 3 are traditional names of some Egyptian tricksters and sorcerers of the days of Moses. → ea15c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Soul, souls

• Regarding the origin of the English word "soul" – etymology-lexicons give only dubious explanations, if any. But, some note that the word "soul" (Middle English soule, Old English sawol) is related to the Middle-Dutch siele and the Swedish själ. And then, it might be worth noting that while the Swedish word själ is translated as "soul", the word själv means "self".
• In numerous bible-passages where English bible-translators have put in the word "soul", the meaning is "a person", "an individual"; in some other passages, the meaning is more like "life", "mind", or similar. More:
• What bible-translators have rendered as "soul", is often the Hebrew nephesh or the Greek psuchê. Those words had a wide usage with many different meanings.
  • The 1769 KJ version translates nephesh in various ways, such as "soul", "life", "person", "mind", "heart", "creature", "body", "himself", "yourselves", "dead", "will", "desire", "man", "themselves", "any" and "appetite", and psuchê as "soul", "life", "mind" and "heart".
    • Nephesh occurs 753 times in the OT. It meant such things as "breath", "life", "mind", "person", "being", et cetera.
    • A note: KJV-1769 never translates the Hebrew noun nephesh as "spirit" or "ghost", except in Job 11:20 and Jeremiah 15:9 where it talks about "giving up the ghost". (Some versions note in the margin of Job 11:20, "or, a puff of breath"; some others make it to a "sigh", and so on. In the case of Jeremiah 15:9, there are numerous different interpretations – guesses – as to what the Hebrew wording might have meant, such as "breathe her last", "gasps for breath", "her breathing is laboured", and so on.)
• Humans do not have any "immortal soul". They are mortal and do not have everlasting life in themselves; that is something they must be given by God. The talk about an "immortal souls" is an unbiblical dogma of Catholic origin. → (eb09c.htm)
• Look also under the heading "Spirit".
• On the translation "let every soul be subject to the higher powers" (Romans 13:1) – what was Paul really talking about? → ew02c.htm – ea09b.htm
• Matthew 22:37, "Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind". → eb13e.htm – ec07d.htm – eg08b.htm
• Luke 10:27, "And he answering said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself". → (ec06f.htm)
• Luke 21:19-20, Jesus to his disciples: "By your endurance you will gain your souls. When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near." When did those things happen? → eg04b.htm
• Hebrews 6:19-20, Paul to the Jewish saints: "And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil; Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek." → ex05b.htm
• On the misleading translation "obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves, for they watch for your souls" (Hebrews 13:17). → ee04c.htm
• Peter to some saints: "You are now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls (1 Peter 2:25). → ea08b.htm – ee01c.htm
• Deuteronomy 10:22, "Thy fathers went down into Egypt, in souls, seventy". → ey01b.htm – ey02c.htm
• Look also under the heading "Spirit".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Sourdough (leaven)

• The Old Covenant's Days of Unleavened Bread, their symbolism and prophetic message, and what leaven symbolised. → ex01c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

South Africa

• Are the Anglo-Saxon people (in South Africa and elsewhere) "the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh", as some Anglo-Israelists have claimed? Bible facts. → ey04c.htm – ey11b.htm – ey01b.htm
• Look also under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Sow, sower, sowing, sown, sows

• Galatians 6:8, "For he who sows to his own flesh, that one shall reap corruption of the flesh. But he who sows to the Spirit, shall reap everlasting life through the Spirit". → em04c.htm – em07b.htm
• Matthew 13:37 "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man". → ew11c.htm
• The parable of the sower (Matthew 13:3-23) – a warning against the deceitfulness of riches. → em08c.htm
• 1 Corinthians 15:35 and the seed which was sown and had to die, for producing new life. → eb06b.htm
• Matthew 13, the parable of the darnel, the wicked seed which the enemy sowed. → ew11c.htm
• Exodus 23:16 calls Pentecost "the Feast of Harvest, the first-fruits of your labours, which you have sown in the field". → ex02c.htm
• Jeremiah 31:27, "Behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast". → ey06b.htm
• Hosea 2:22 – Jezreel is thought to mean "God sows". → ey06b.htm
• Hosea 2:23, "And I will sow her unto me in the land; and I will have mercy upon Lo-ruhamah; and I will say to Lo-ammi, You are my people; and they shall say, My God." → ey06b.htm
• Isaiah 66:17, the mention of eating the flesh of the sow. → ef01b.htm – Look also under the heading "Health".
• Loo also under the headings "Grain", "Seeds", "Wheat", "Barley", "Reap, reapers, reaping" and "Harvest".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Speak, speaks, speaking (and spoke, spoken)

• Luke 6:45, "For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of". → em08c.htm
• 1 Corinthians 1:10, "speaking the same thing". What did Paul mean? → ea06c.htm – Look also under the heading "Assembly".
• Who can speak for God? Who has biblical, spiritual or religious authority? → es06d.htm
• Should believers speak lies? → eo05c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Languages, tongues", "Glossolalia", "Greek", "Aramaic" and "Hebrew".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

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