Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Shepard, Samuel (2), D.D. a Congregational minister, was born in Portland, Conn., November, 1772 He graduated at Yale College in 1793 and was ordained, April 30, 1795, pastor in Lenox, Mass., where he remained until the close of his life. He was a member of the corporations of Middlebury and Williams colleges and vice-president of … Continue reading “Shepard, Samuel (2), D.D.”

Shepard, Mase a Congregational minister, was born May 28, 1759. When about twenty- one years of age he was led to Christ, and immediately his thoughts were turned towards the ministry. He prepared for college under the direction of the Rev. William Conant, of Lyme, N.H., entered Dartmouth College in 1781, and graduated in 1785. … Continue reading “Shepard, Mase”

Shepard, Lewis Morris a Presbyterian minister, was born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co. N.Y., in 1810. He was converted at the age of sixteen; was educated at the Oneida Institute at Whitesborough, N.Y.; studied theology privately; was licensed to preach by Watertown Presbytery, Aug. 29, 1838, and ordained and installed by the same body at … Continue reading “Shepard, Lewis Morris”

Shepard, Hiram a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Turin, Lewis Co., N.Y., July 8, 1804, and at the age of eighteen he made a profession of religion. In 1830 he was licensed to preach, and was admitted into the Black River Conference. He continued to be actively engaged in preaching until … Continue reading “Shepard, Hiram”

Shepard, George, D.D a Congregational minister, was born in Connecticut in 1802. He graduated from Amherst College in 1824, from Andover Theological Seminary in 1827, and was ordained February 5, 1828, pastor at Hallowell, Maine. He became professor of sacred rhetoric in the Theological Seminary at Bangor in 1836, and died there, March 23, 1868. … Continue reading “Shepard, George, D.D”

Shepard, David A. a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Augusta, Oneida Co., N.Y., June 2, 1802. He professed conversion in his sixteenth year, and received license as a local preacher when twenty. In 1824 he was admitted on trial in the Genesee Conference. During his active ministry he served as presiding … Continue reading “Shepard, David A.”

Sheol, Hades The state which we call death, i.e. the condition consequent up on the act of dying, is to be viewed in three aspects:–First, there is the tomb, or sepulchre, the local habitation of the physical frame, which is called Kever (, Ass. qabru), Gen 50:5; secondly, there is the corruption whereby the body … Continue reading “Sheol, Hades”

Sheol (Hebrew: a cave) In the Old Testament times it was the place where the souls of the dead abide: the land of oblivion (Psalm 87); called Hades in the Greek New Testament (Luke 16), and later used as a synonym for Gehenna, the hell of torments, the Latin infernus. Souls were treated according to … Continue reading “Sheol”

SHENIR See HERMON. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Shenir (Heb., Shenir’ [so in Deu 3:9 Son 4:8 but in 1Ch 5:23, Eze 27:5, Senir’ ], Gesenius, coat of mail, or cataract; Furst, either a projecting mountain peak or snow mountain Sept. v.r. ), the Amoritish name for the mountain in the north of Palestine … Continue reading “Shenir”

Sheng (jen) (a) A person of the highest wisdom. (b) A sage (Confucianism). A great man who exercises a transforming influence (as in Mencius). (c) Confucius. (d) The ideal ruler. (Lao Tzu). (e) One who “regards nature as the essential, the character of Tao (te) as the basis, Tao as the way, and follows the … Continue reading “Sheng (jen)”