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Sisera in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Captain of a Canaanite army, defeated by Barak; killed by Jael Jud 4; 5:20-31; 1Sa 12:9; Ps 83:9 -2. One of the Nethinim Ezr 2:53; Ne 7:55...

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So in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Nubian, Sabako), an Ethiopian king who brought Egypt under his sway. He was bribed by Hoshea to help him against the Assyrian monarch Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:4). This was a return to the policy that had been successful in the reign of Jeroboam I....

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Solomon in Hitchcock's Bible Names

peaceable; perfect; one who recompenses...

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Shuah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

ditch; swimming; humiliation...

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Silas in Naves Topical Bible

-(The short form of the name) Also called SILVANUS (the long form of the name) Sent to Paul, in Antioch (of Syria), from Jerusalem Ac 15:22-34 -Becomes Paul's companion Ac 15:40,41; 2Co 1:19; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:1 -Imprisoned with Paul in Philippi Ac 16:19-40 -Driven, with Paul, from Thessalonica Ac 17:4-10 -Left by Paul at Berea Ac 17:14 -R...

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Simeon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

hearing. (1.) The second son of Jacob by Leah (Gen. 29:33). He was associated with Levi in the terrible act of vengeance against Hamor and the Shechemites (34:25, 26). He was detained by Joseph in Egypt as a hostage (42:24). His father, when dying, pronounced a malediction against him (49:5-7). The words in the Authorized Version (49:6), ...

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Simon in Hitchcock's Bible Names

that hears; that obeys...

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Sibbecai in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sib'-e-ki, sib-e-ka'-i (cibbekhay): One of the valiant men in David's army (2 Sam 21:18; 1 Ch 11:29; 20:4; 27:11)....

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Silas in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(contracted form of Silvanus, woody), an eminent member of the early Christian Church, described under that name in the Acts but as Silvanus in St. Paul's epistles. He first appears as one of the leaders of the church at Jerusalem Ac 15:22 holding the office of an inspired teacher. Ac 15:32 His name, derived from the Latin silva, "wood," betok...

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Simeon in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. (See LEVI.) Jacob's second son by Leah, Genesis 29:33. From shaama, "hear"; as the birth of Reuben ("see a son") her firstborn convinced Leah that God saw her, so that of Simeon that God heard her. Levi's and Simeon's slaughter of the Shechemites (Genesis 34:25; Genesis 34:30) incurred Jacob's reproof (Genesis 49:5-7). Judah and Simeon join...

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