Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Seal (Ecclesiastical Use Of) a piece of metal or other hard substance, e.g. bone or ivory, usually round or elliptical, on which is engraved some device, used for making impressions on wax. The wax set or affixed to an ecclesiastical or legal instrument, duly impressed or stamped with a seal, is likewise designated by the … Continue reading “Seal (Ecclesiastical Use Of)”

Seal (, vb. ) A seal is (1) the graven implement with which an impression is made on wax, clay, or other soft substance; and (2) the impression itself. The use of seals can be traced back almost to the dawn of civilization. The scarab seal was peculiar to Egypt and the cylinder to Babylonia. … Continue reading “Seal”

Seah (, seah, from the obsolete , saah, to ‘expand), a Hebrew measure, properly for grain (A.V. always “measure;” Gen 18:6; 1Sa 25:18; 1Ki 18:32; 2Ki 7:1; 2Ki 7:16; 2Ki 7:18); containing, according to the rabbins, the third of an ephab, i.e. nearly one and a half pecks English; according to Jerome (On Mat 13:33), … Continue reading “Seah”

Seager, Schuyler, D.D. a minister and educator of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Simsbury, Conn., July 26, 1807. He graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middletown, in 1836, and took his degree of M.A. in 1839. After his graduation he became principal of the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, N. Y., and held that position until … Continue reading “Seager, Schuyler, D.D.”

Seager, Micah a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Simsbury, Conn., in July, 1800, and was converted in 1816. In 1818 he was received on trial by the Genesee Conference, in which he performed more than thirty years of active service. He was superannuated in 1854, and held that relation until his … Continue reading “Seager, Micah”

SEACONS See CANAAN Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Seabury, Samuel, D.D. an efficient Episcopal minister, and afterwards bishop of Connecticut, was born at Ledyard, Groton, Conn., Nov. 30, 1729, and received his degree of A.B. at Yale College in 1748. In 1751 he went to Scotland, and was ordained in London in 1753. On his return to America, he was successively rector of … Continue reading “Seabury, Samuel, D.D.”

Sea, Western western. See MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Sea, The Salt Now the “Dead Sea”. Midway in the great valley stretching from Mount Hermon to the gulf of Akabah (Gen 14:3; Num 34:3; Num 34:12). “The sea of the plain” (Arabah): Deu 3:17; Deu 4:49; Jos 3:16. “The East Sea” (Eze 47:8; Eze 47:10-11; Joe 2:20). “The former sea,” in opposition to “the … Continue reading “Sea, The Salt”

Sea, The Molten or Brazen molt’n, or ( , yam mucak, , yam ha-nehosheth): This was a large brazen (bronze) reservoir for water which stood in the court of Solomon’s Temple between the altar and the temple porch, toward the South (1Ki 7:23-26; 2Ch 4:2-5, 2Ch 4:10). The bronze from which it was made is … Continue reading “Sea, The Molten or Brazen”