Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Strout, George D. a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born at Cape Elizabeth, Me., Jan. 24, 1802, and united with the Church April 23, 1820. He was licensed as a local preacher in September 1827, and was admitted into the Maine Conference in 1830. He was ordained deacon in 1832, and elder in … Continue reading “Strout, George D.”

Stroud, Thomas D. a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was received on trial in the Memphis Conference in 1840. In 1841 he was transferred to the Arkansas Conference, and continued to labor until a few days previous to his death, November 1844. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M.E. Church, South, 1845, … Continue reading “Stroud, Thomas D.”

Stroud, Asa B. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born April 11, 1807. He was converted in 1823, admitted on trial by the Ohio Conference in 1830, and appointed to Kanawha Circuit. The following appointments were filled by him: Letart Falls Circuit, Charleston Circuit, Parkersburg and Athens circuits, New Haven, Eaton, Franklin, Monroe, Urbana, South Charleston, … Continue reading “Stroud, Asa B.”

Stroth, Friedrich Andreas a German scholar, was born at Triebsees, in Pomerania; March 5, 1750. For some time he was director of the gymnasium at Coburg, and died June 26, 1785, at Lauchstadt. He wrote, Dissertatio de Codice Alexandrino (Halle, 1771): Programma, quod Lectiones nonnullas Codicis Groeci V.T. Exhibet, qui Venetiis in Bibliotheca S. Marci … Continue reading “Stroth, Friedrich Andreas”

Strossmayer, Joseph Georg (Josip Juraj), Bishop of Diakovár [Djakovo], born at Essegg [Osijek] in Croatia-Slavonia, 4 February, 1815; died 8 April, 1905. He came from a family of German peasants who had immigrated into Croatia. After attending the gymnasium of his native town, he studied theology in the seminary at Diakovár and the higher seminary … Continue reading “Strossmayer, Joseph Georg”

Strophius the name of several persons in Grecian mythology. 1. The father of Scamander (Homer, 2, 5, 49). 2. A son of Crisus, king of Phocis and father of Pylades (Pindar, Pyth. 11, 53; Eurip. Orest. 33; Pausan. 2, 29, 4). 3. A son of Pylades and Electra (Pausan. 2, 16, 7). Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Strophius”

Strophaeus an epithet applied in Greek mythology to Mercury in the character of porter (Aristoph. Plutus, 1153). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Strongholds “a stronghold, fortress” (akin to ochuroo, “to make firm”), is used metaphorically in 2Co 10:4, of those things in which mere human confidence is imposed. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Stronghold STRONGHOLD.See City, Fortification and Siegecraft. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Stronghold stronghold. See FORTIFIED CITIES, IV., 1. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Strongdsan Gambo in Mongol and Tibetan mythology, is a primeval and celebrated king of Tibet, who had two wives –Dara Aekkae and Kuillingtu Urultu –both of whom were incarnations of good genii. They had rendered especially meritorious service to the race of mankind, inasmuch as they had aided the wise Chutuktu in removing its sin … Continue reading “Strongdsan Gambo”