Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Spring, Gardner, D.D a noted Presbyterian minister, son of Dr. Samuel Spring, Sen., was born at Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 24, 1785. At the age of twelve he entered the Berwick Academy, and commenced the study of Latin and Greek under the tutorship of Dr. Gillet, then a young man studying divinity with his father. After … Continue reading “Spring, Gardner, D.D”

Spring (Noun and Verb) “to become,” is used in the best texts in Heb 11:12, “sprang” (some have gennao, in the Passive Voice, rendered in the same way). “to arise,” is rendered by the verb “to spring,” or “spring up,” in Mat 4:16; Heb 7:14. See ARISE, No. 9. ek or ex, “out,” and No. … Continue reading “Spring (Noun and Verb)”

Spring SEE FOUNTAIN; SEE SEASON. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Spring (Heb. ‘ain, “the bright open source, the eye of the landscape”). To be carefully distinguished from “well” (q.v.). “Springs” mentioned in Josh. 10:40 (Heb. ‘ashdoth) should rather be “declivities” or “slopes” (R.V.), i.e., the undulating ground lying between the lowlands (the … Continue reading “Spring”

Spriggs, Joseph a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Lancaster County, Va., July 6, 1804, and united with the Church in 1824. He was licensed to preach in January 1828, and was admitted into the Baltimore Conference in March of the same year. He was ordained deacon in 1830, and elder … Continue reading “Spriggs, Joseph”

Sprig (, peorah, Eze 17:6, a branch, as elsewhere rendered; , zalzal, a shoot of a vine, Isa 18:5). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sprenger, Jacob a Dominican monk of Cologne, provincial of his order (A.D. 1495), and one of the two inquisitors-general appointed by Innocent VIII (1484) for the destruction of witches, which he declared were overrunning Germany. From confessions extorted on the rack a perfect dogmatic and historical system was framed, in which the various compacts made … Continue reading “Sprenger, Jacob”

Spreng, Jacques a Flemish theologian, was born at Ypres about 1485 of parents in ordinary circumstances, who early devoted him to a religious life, and he accordingly set out as an Augustin monk on a pilgrimage, which at length led him to Erfurt, and he there embraced Luther’s views. He afterwards returned to his native … Continue reading “Spreng, Jacques”

Spread, Spreading spred, spreding: Alone, or in phrases like spread abroad, spread forth, etc., spread represents very many Hebrew terms, principally , paras; in the New Testament the act of spreading is , stronnumi, where in Mat 21:8 the King James Version has strawed (which see); compound in Luk 19:36. For spread abroad in Mar … Continue reading “Spread, Spreading”

Spread “to spread,” is so rendered in Mat 21:8, RV, twice; Mar 11:8, RV, once. See FURNISH. “to spread under” (hupo), of clothes, is used in Luk 19:36. “to distribute,” is used in the Passive Voice in Act 4:17, “spread,” lit., “be spread about” (dia). In the Sept., Deu 29:26, “to assign” or “divide” (concerning … Continue reading “Spread”

Sprat, Thomas a learned English prelate, was born at Tallaton (Tallerton), Devonshire, in 1636, and from a school in his native place became a commoner of Wadham College, Oxford, in 1651, taking his degree in 1657. He obtained a fellowship, and after the Restoration took orders, becoming chaplain to the duke of Buckingham, and also … Continue reading “Sprat, Thomas”