Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

SISERA A general in the army of Jabin king of Hazor, sent by his master against Barak and Deborah, who occupied Mount Tabor with an army. Being defeated, he fled on foot, and was ingloriously slain by Jael, Jdg 4:1-5 :31. See JAEL. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Sisera (Heb. Sisera’, , battle-array [Gesenius], … Continue reading “SISERA”

Siscidenses a sect of the Waldenses which is mentioned by Reinerius as agreeing with them in everything except that they received the sacrament of the eucharist (Reiner. Contr. Waldens. in Bibl. Max. Lugd. 25, 266 sq.). Gieseler (Eccl. Hist. 3, 446, n. 6, Clark’s ed.) thinks that their name is properly spelled Sifridenses, and that … Continue reading “Siscidenses”

Sisamai [most Sisanm’ai’, some Sisama’i] (Heb. Sismay’, , of uncertain ctymology, perhaps distinguished; Sept. ), son of Eleasah, and father of Shallum, descendants of Sheshan, of the line of Jerahmeel, the grandson of Judah (1Ch 1:40). B.C. apparently not long ante 1618. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Sisamai 1Ch 2:40. Fuente: Fausset’s … Continue reading “Sisamai”

Sis SEE CRANE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sirpad SEE BRIER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sirona in Roman mythology, is a name designating a goddess mentioned in several inscriptions in connection with Apollo Grannus. Some writers regard the name as a local appellative of Diana, while others think that it designates a Gallic divinity. The most recent inscription was discovered by the side of a mineral spring at Nierstein, on … Continue reading “Sirona”

Sirname SEE SURNAME. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sirmond, Jacques One of the greatest scholars of the seventeenth century, born at Riom in the Department of Puy-de-Dome, France, October, 1559; died in Paris, 7 October 1651. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1576 and was appointed in 1581 professor of classical languages in Paris, where he numbered St. Francis de Sales among … Continue reading “Sirmond, Jacques”

Sirmond, Antoine a French Jesuit, nephew of the following, was born at Riom in 1591, and admitted at the age of seventeen to the Order of the Jesuits, in which he taught philosophy, and afterwards devoted himself to preaching. He died at Paris, Jan. 12, 1643, leaving several religious works, which are mentioned in Hoefer, … Continue reading “Sirmond, Antoine”

Sirmium, Stonemasons of Sirmium, Stonemasons of. The Acts giving the history of the martyrdom of the five stonemasons of Sirmium have been known for centuries, being found in substance in Ado’s Martyrology, but only last century was their relation to the history of Diocletian’s period recognized. They were stonemasons belonging to Pannonia, engaged in the … Continue reading “Sirmium, Stonemasons of”