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Softly

Softly * For SOFTLY see BLOW (Verb), No. 2

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Softly * For SOFTLY see BLOW (Verb), No. 2

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Soft

Soft * For SOFT see EFFEMINATE

So * Notes: (1) Houtos or houto, "thus," is the usual word (see THUS). (2) Some form of houstos, "this," is sometimes rendered "so," e.g., Act 23:7, Rom 12:20. (3) It translates homoios, "likewise," e.g., in L...

Of * Note: (1) In addition to the rendering of a number of prepositions, "of" translates the genitive case of nouns, with various shades of meaning. Of these the subjective and objective are mentioned here, wh...

Sabachthani

Sabachthani an Aramaic word signifying "Thou hast forsaken Me," is recorded as part of the utterance of Christ on the Cross, Mat 27:46, Mar 15:34, a quotation from Psa 22:1. Recently proposed renderings which...

Sabaoth

Sabaoth is the transliteration of a Hebrew word which denotes "hosts" or "armies," Rom 9:29, Jam 5:4. While the word "hosts" probably had special reference to angels, the title "the Lord of hosts" became used...

Sabbath

Sabbath the latter, the plural form was transliterated from the Aramaic word, which was mistaken for a plural; hence the singular, sabbaton, was formed from it. The root means "to cease, desist" (Heb., shabath...

Sackcloth

Sackcloth "a warm material woven from goat's or camel's hair," and hence of a dark color, Rev 6:12; Jerome renders it saccus cilicinus (being made from the hair of the black goat of Cilicia; the Romans called...

Sacred

Sacred denotes "consecrated to God," e.g., the Scriptures, 2Ti 3:15, RV, "sacred" (AV "holy"); it is used as a noun in the neuter plural in 1Co 9:13, RV, "sacred things" (AV, "holy things"). The neuter singula...

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