Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Salma, Salmon [Sal’ma] [Sal’mon] Son of Nahshon and father of Boaz, the husband of Ruth. Rth 4:20-21; 1Ch 2:11; Mat 1:4-5; Luk 3:32. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Salma (Heb. , Salma’, a garment; Sept. , , v.r. ), the name of two men. 1. An ancestor of David and Christ (1 Chronicles 2, 11); elsewhere SALMON SEE SALMON (q.v.). 2. The second-named of three sons of Caleb the son of Hur, called the father (i.e. founder) of Bethlehem and of the Netophathites … Continue reading “Salma”

Sallumus ( v.r. ), a Graecized form (1Es 9:25) of the name SHALLUM SEE SHALLUM (q.v.) of the Heb. (Ezr 10:24). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Sallumus SALLUMUS (1Es 9:25) = Shallum, Ezr 10:24; called Salum, 1Es 5:28. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Sallumus sa-lumus, salu-mus (, Salloumos): One of the … Continue reading “Sallumus”

Sallu the name of two Hebrews, differently spelled in the original. 1. (Heb. , Sallu’ [ in Neh 11:7], weighed; Sept. , v.r. , .) A Benjaminite, son of Meshullam, dwelling in Jerusalem after the return from exile (Neh 11:7; 1Ch 9:7), B.C. cir. 459. 2. (Heb. , Sallu’, weighed; Sept. v.r. v.) Another name … Continue reading “Sallu”

Sallow Sunday Sunday before Easter, the sixth and last of Lent, and the beginning of Holy Week, commemorating Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem when olive and palm branches were strewn in His path. Before the Mass of the day the Palms are to be solemnly blessed. In connection with this blessing a procession is prescribed. … Continue reading “Sallow Sunday”

Salle, Saint John Baptist de la Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, educational reformer, and father of modern pedagogy, was born at Reims, 30 April, 1651, and died at Saint-Yon, Rouen, on Good Friday, 7 April, 1719. The family of de la Salle traces its origin to Johan Salla, who, … Continue reading “Salle, Saint John Baptist de la”

Salle, John Baptist De La founder of the order of Christian Brothers, was born at Rheims, France, April 30, 1651. At the age of seventeen he was made canon of the Cathedral of his native city, and after studying some time at the Sulpician Seminary in Paris, he took the degree of doctor of divinity, … Continue reading “Salle, John Baptist De La”

Sallai (Heb. , Sallay’, perhaps lifted up, from , salal; or basket-maker; Sept. , v, v.r. ), the name of two Hebrews. 1. One of the leaders of the sons of Benjamin, who settled at Jerusalem with 928 tribesmen on the return from captivity (Neh 11:8), B.C. cir. 459. 2. One of the chiefs of … Continue reading “Sallai”

Salkinson, Isaac E a missionary among the Jews, and an excellent Hebrew scholar, who died June 15, 1883, at Presburg, in the employ of the British Society for Jewish Missions, is the author of a Hebrew translation of Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation (Altona, 1858). Besides translating into Hebrew Milton’s Paradise Lost, Shakespeare’s Romeo … Continue reading “Salkinson, Isaac E”

Salkeld, John who flourished from 1575 to 1659, was educated partly at Oxford, and, after being for many years a Jesuit in Spain and Portugal, was converted by the eloquence of James I, and by him made vicar of Wellington, Somersetshire. From 1635 to 1645 he was minister of the church at Taunton, Devonshire, from … Continue reading “Salkeld, John”