Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Speaker (chief) * Note: In Act 14:12 the verb hegeomai, “to lead the way, be the chief,” is used in the present participle with the article (together equivalent to a noun), followed by the genitive case of logos, “speech,” with the article, the phrase being rendered “the chief speaker,” lit., “the leader of the discourse.” … Continue reading “Speaker (chief)”

Speak “to say, speak:” see SAY, No. 1. for which see SAY, No. 2, is used several times in 1 Cor. 14; the command prohibiting women from speaking in a church gathering, 1Co 14:34-35, is regarded by some as an injunction against chattering, a meaning which is absent from the use of the verb everywhere … Continue reading “Speak”

Spaulding, Justin a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born at Moretown, Vt., in 1802, and joined the New England Conference in 1823. He served in the capacity of an itinerant preacher, a presiding elder, and a missionary to South America. He was once a member of the General Conference. He sustained a superannuated … Continue reading “Spaulding, Justin”

Spatularia a term found in English inventories of ecclesiastical vestments descriptive of the ornamental apparel placed round the neck and wrists of the alb. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

spatium (Latin: spatium) A notion derived by abstraction from our sense impressions. It is conceived as a medium constituted by extra posed parts in which our perceptions of bodies are localized. In so far as there are really existing bodies possessing quantity and hence extension, space may be regarded as real, but as an abstraction … Continue reading “spatium”

Sparver a richly embroidered cloth used as a canopy over a pulpit, tomb, or bed. SEE TESTER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sparton in Grecian mythology, was (1) the son of Myceneus, who was said to be the founder of the state of Mycene (Pausan. 2, 16, 3); (2) A son of Tisamenus (ibid. 7, 6, 2). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sparta, Spartans SPARTA, SPARTANS.See Laced monians. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Sparta, Spartans sparta, spartanz (, Sparte (1 Macc 14:16), , Spartiatai; Lacedaemonians (the King James Version 1 Macc 12:2, 5, 6, 10, 21; 14:20-23; 15:23; in 2 Macc 5:9, Greek Lakedaimonioi)): The passages in 1 Macc relate to a correspondence initiated by Jonathan, … Continue reading “Sparta, Spartans”

Sparta A celebrated town of the Peloponnesus, mentioned several times under this name or under that of Lacedæmon in the Bible (1 Maccabees 12:2-23; 14:16-23; 15:23; 2 Maccabees 5:9). Letters were exchanged between Onias I, high priest of the Jews, and Arius I, King of Sparta, about the years 309 or 300 B. C. (I … Continue reading “Sparta”

Sparshana (the air which enters into and permeates the human body), in Hindu mythology, is a surname of the wind god, whose usual name is Paruna. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature