Shobai [some Shoba’i] (Heb. Shobay’, [but always in pause, as ], taking captive [Gesen.], or glorious [Furst]; Sept. v v.r. , etc.), one of the heads of the Levitical family of doorkeepers of the Temple, whose posterity returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45). B.C. long ante 536. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Shobai”
Shobach
Shobach (Heb. Shobak’, , expansion; Sept. v.r. ; Vulg. Sobach), the general of Hadarezer king of the Syrians of Zoba, who was in command of the army summoned from beyond the Euphrates against the Hebrews after the defeat of the combined forces of Syria and the Ammonites before the gates of Rabbah. He was met … Continue reading “Shobach”
Shobab
Shobab (Heb. Shobab’, , rebellious, as in Jer 3:14; Jer 3:21; Isa 57:17; Sept. v.r. , etc.), the name of two Hebrews. 1. Apparently the second named of the three sons of Caleb the son of Hezron by his first wife Azubah (1Ch 2:18). B.C. post 1874. 2. Second named of the sons of David … Continue reading “Shobab”
Shoaff, David
Shoaff, David a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, was born in Juniata County, Pa., July 17, 1823, . and was converted Aug. 23, 1844. In March, 1848, he was admitted on trial into the Baltimore Conference. At the division of the Baltimore Conference in 1857, he became a member of the East Baltimore … Continue reading “Shoaff, David”
Shoa
Shoa (Heb. id. , a cry for help, or rich, or liberal; Sept. v.r. ; Vulg. tyranni), a proper name which occurs only in Eze 23:23, in connection with Pekod and Koa. The three apparently denote districts of Assyria with which the southern kingdom of Judah had been intimately connected, and which were to be … Continue reading “Shoa”
Shiza
Shiza (Heb. Shiza’, , perhaps splendor; Sept. , v.r. , , etc.), a Reubenite, father of Adina (q.v.), one of David’s warriors (1Ch 11:42). B.C. ante 1043.. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Shiza 1Ch 11:42. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Shiza SHIZA.Father of a Reubenite chief (1Ch 11:42). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the … Continue reading “Shiza”
Shivers
Shivers * For SHIVERS (Rev 2:27) see BREAK, A, No. 5 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Shivararti
Shivararti in Hindu mythology, is a festival celebrated in the month of March in honor of Siva, in which the grossest indecencies. accompanied with lascivious songs, are publicly perpetrated without shocking or offending observers, since everything of the kind is regarded as highly pleasing to the god. The Linga (q.v.), Siva’s most eminent symbol, is … Continue reading “Shivararti”
Shivaism, Sivaism, Saivism
Shivaism, Sivaism, Saivism One of the major groups of Hinduism which has evolved, in addition to religious doctrines and observances, also philosophical systems of note, based upon certain Agamas (q.v.). Shiva, as one aspect of the trimurti (q.v.), has inspired cosmological speculations no less than psychological and logical ones. As philosophy it attained its greatest … Continue reading “Shivaism, Sivaism, Saivism”
Shiva, Siva
Shiva, Siva (Skr. the kind one) Euphemistic name of the God Rudra, the ultimate destructive principle in the philosophies of Shivaism (q.v.). One of the trimurti (q.v.) — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy