Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sedekias SEDEKIAS.1. An ancestor of Baruch (Bar 1:1). 2. 1Es 1:46, Bar 1:8 = Zedekiah (wh. see), king of Judah. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Sedekias sed-e-kas: (1) (Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus , Sedekas; the King James Version Zedechias): 1 Esdras 1:46 (44) = Zedekiah king of Judah; also in Baruch 1:8 where … Continue reading “Sedekias”

Sedecias (), the Graecized form of the Hebrew name Zedekiah (q.v.), applied in the Apocrypha to two men 1. A person mentioned (Baruch 1, 1) as the father of Maaseiah, himself the grandfather of Baruch, and apparently identical with the false prophet Zedekiah in Jer 29:21-22; Jeremiah 2. The son of Josiah, king of Judah … Continue reading “Sedecias”

Secwepemcs Also known as the Secwepemcs. North American Indian tribe (Su-khapmuh), most important of Salishan limguistic stock in British Columbia, including groups at Kamloops, Adams Lake, Alkali Lake, Canoe Creek, Neskaintith, Spallumcheen, and Williams Lake. In their primitive condition the Shuswaps lived by hunting, fishing, and gathering berries. Their semi-subterranean houses were built of logs … Continue reading “Secwepemcs”

SECURITY-INSECURITY (A) SECURITY of the saints (1) General References to Job 11:18; Psa 91:5; Psa 112:7; Psa 125:1; Pro 1:33; Pro 3:24; Isa 33:16; Isa 43:2 Heb 13:6; 1Pe 3:13 –SEE Safety, SAFETY Divine Protection, BATTLE OF LIFE& BATTLE OF LIFEGod a Fortress, BATTLE OF LIFEDivine Keeper, PROVIDENCE DIVINEDivine Refuge, BATTLE OF LIFEGod a Shield, … Continue reading “SECURITY-INSECURITY”

Security It is only in Act 17:9 that the word concerns us at present: And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. The idiom is and is translation of the Latin satis accipere. Cf. in Mar 15:15, which occurs as early as polybius (J. H. Moulton, A. Grammar … Continue reading “Security”

Securitas in Roman mythology, was a personification of security, represented on coins as a quietly gazing matron, with the nether limbs crossed, the left elbow braced against a column, and the right hand placed over the head. She is furnished with a spear, a cornucopia, and an olive or palm branch. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Securitas”

Secure, Security se-kur, se-kuri-ti: The word batah and its derivatives in Hebrew point to security, either real or imaginary. Thus we read of a host that was secure (Jdg 8:11) and of those that provoke God (and) are secure (Job 12:6); but also of a security that rests in hope and is safe (Job 11:18). … Continue reading “Secure, Security”

Secure (Verb) an adjective, signifies “having full command of” (peri, “around, about,” krateo, “to be strong, to rule”); it is used with ginomai, “to become,” in Act 27:16, RV, “to secure (the boat),” AV, “to come by.” Note: In Mat 28:14, AV, amerimnos, “without anxiety,” with poieo, “to make,” is translated “we will … secure … Continue reading “Secure (Verb)”

Secure SECURE.To be secure, in the language of AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , does not mean to be free from danger; it means not to anticipate danger. Thus, Jdg 8:11 Gideon smote the host, for the host was secure. The vb. to secure occurs in Mat 28:14 And if this come to the governors ears, … Continue reading “Secure”

Secundus, bp. of Tigisis Secundus (4), bp. of Tigisis, a fortified town of Numidia, in the neighbourhood of Lambese and Thamagada (Procop. Vandal. ii. 13). The persecution under Diocletian appears to have reached its height in Feb. 304, and on May 19 Paulus, bp. of Cirta, committed the act of “tradition” which partly gave rise … Continue reading “Secundus, bp. of Tigisis”