Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Strip “to take off, strip off,” is used especially of clothes, and rendered “to strip” in Mat 27:28 (some mss. have enduo, “to clothe”), and Luk 10:30; to take off, Mat 27:31; Mar 15:20; figuratively, 2Co 5:4, “unclothed” (Middle Voice), of putting off the body at death (the believer’s state of being unclothed does not … Continue reading “Strip”

Stringfield, Thomas a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Kentucky in 1796. He embraced religion when only eight years of age, and in his twelfth year removed to Alabama. In the War of 1812 he became a soldier under Gen. Jackson, and maintained his Christian character throughout. He joined the Tennessee … Continue reading “Stringfield, Thomas”

Stringfield, James King a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Nashville, Tenn., March 27, 1839. After receiving a liberal education, he was licensed to preach in June 1858, and admitted on trial into the Holston Conference in October 1858. In 1862 he became chaplain in the Confederate army, and in 1869 … Continue reading “Stringfield, James King”

Stringed Instruments stringd. See MUSIC. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Stringed Instrument is the rendering, in the A.V., of two Heb. words 1. , neginah (Habakkuk 3, 19), which likewise denotes the music of such an instrument (and so rendered in Lam 5:14), or a song adapted to such an accompaniment (and so rendered in the titles of many psalms), or in derision (Job 30:9; … Continue reading “Stringed Instrument”

String (Or String Course) a projecting horizontal band or line of moldings in a building. Round the exterior of a building the string is carried round the buttresses, and sometimes over the windows, forming the drip stone. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

String * For STRING see BOND, No. 1 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

striking of the breast A symbol of sorrow for sin. During the Mass the priest strikes his breast moderately with his right hand at times when the prayers express consciousness of sin, for instance, at the confession and at the thrice-repeated words “Lord, I am not worthy.” Catholics ordinarily do this also at Mass. Fuente: … Continue reading “Striking of the Breast”

Striker “a striker, a brawler” (akin to plesso, “to strike,” smite), occurs in 1Ti 3:3; Tit 1:7. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Strike strk: The verbs to strike and to stroke (latter not in English Versions) have the same derivation, and originally strike was the intrans, stroke the transitive form. Strike however, became used in both senses (always transitive in English Versions of the Bible), while to stroke took on the meaning to, rub gently. But in … Continue reading “Strike”