Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Savour SAVOUR.The word savour is used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] literally for taste, as Mat 5:19 If the salt have lost his savour, and for smell, as 2Es 2:12 an ointment of sweet savour. It is also used figuratively in the sense of reputation, Exo 5:21 Ye have made our savour to be abhorred … Continue reading “Savour”

Savory Meat (, matammim, from , to taste, Gen 27:4 sq.; and so , matammoth, dainties, Pro 23:3; Pro 23:6). The patriarchal cookery, like that of the modern Arabs, appears to have been generally very simple, but in dressing a favorite joint the latter frequently use every variety of fruits and vegetables which they can … Continue reading “Savory Meat”

Savor (Noun and Verb) “fragrance” (eu, “well,” ozo, “to smell”), is used metaphorically (a) of those who in the testimony of the gospel are to God “a sweet savor of Christ,” 2Co 2:15; (b) of the giving up of His life by Christ for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor … Continue reading “Savor (Noun and Verb)”

SAVOR An agreeable taste or odor, or that quality of objects which appeals to the sense of smell or of taste, Mat 5:13 . The sacrifice of Noah and that of Christ were acceptable to God, like the odor of a sweet incense to a man, Gen 8:21 Zep 5:2 . The chief savor of … Continue reading “Savor”

Savonarola, Girolamo Dominican preacher and reformer. Born on 21 September 1452 in Ferrara, Italy; died on 23 May 1498 in F!orence, Italy. Elected prior to San’ Marco in 1491, he preached sermons denouncing laxity of morals, and gained great influence. Opposing the Medici, he welcomed Charles VIII of France, and favored the establishment at Florence … Continue reading “Savonarola, Girolamo”

Savona and Noli (SAVONENSIS ET NAULENSIS) Province of Genoa, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small but safe harbour. In addition to its maritime trade and ship-building, the population is chiefly engaged in manufactures of steel, glass, delph, majolica, and in the quarrying of lignite and marble. The cathedral, dating from 1589, restored in … Continue reading “Savona and Noli”

Saviour See Salvation; Christ, Christology. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church SAVIOUR A person who delivers from danger and misery. Thus Jesus Christ is called the Saviour, as he delivers us from the greatest evils, and brings us into the possession of the greatest good. See JESUS CHRIST, LIBERTY, PROPITIATION, REDEMPTION. Order of St. Saviour, … Continue reading “Saviour”

Savior, St., Order Of a name applied to the Order of St. Bridget (q.v.), because it was pretended that our Savior personally dictated to the founders the rules and constitution of the order. Gardner, Faiths of the World, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

SAVIOR Is a term applied preeminently to our Lord Jesus Christ, because, as the angel expressed it, he came to “save his people from their sins,” Mat 1:21 . He was therefore called JESUS, which signifies Savior, Joh 4:42 Mal 4:15 5:31. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Savior a title applied in Scripture, in … Continue reading “Savior”

Saving (Preposition) used as a preposition, denotes “saving,” Mat 5:32 (in some mss. Mat 19:9). See EXCEPT. Note: In Luk 4:27; Rev 2:17, AV, ei me (lit., “if not”), is translated “saving” (RV, “but only” and “but”). Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words