Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Soundings soundingz. See SHIPS AND BOATS, III., 2. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Sounding in Navigation Act 27:28 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Sounding board a board or structure, canopy or tester, with a flat surface, suspended over a pulpit to prevent the sound of the preacher’s voice from ascending, and thus sending it out farther in a horizontal direction. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sound holes perforations in the wooden shutters of the belfry windows in church towers, for the emission of the sound of the bells. In early times they were simply horizontal divisions obtained by the arrangement of the planks. Afterwards the perforations were ornamental in character, shaped like a trefoil or quatrefoil, and harmonized with the … Continue reading “Sound holes”

Sound (Noun and Verb) most frequently “a voice,” is translated “sound” in Mat 24:31 (AV marg., “voice”); Joh 3:8, AV (RV, “voice”); so 1Co 14:7 (1st part), 1Co 14:8; Rev 1:15; Rev 18:22 (2nd part, RV, “voice”); AV and RV in Rev 9:9 (twice); in Act 2:6, RV, “(this) sound (was heard),” AV, “(this) was … Continue reading “Sound (Noun and Verb)”

Sound (Adjective), be Sound “whole, healthy,” is used metaphorically of “sound speech,” Tit 2:8. See WHOLE. “to be healthy, sound in health” (Eng., “hygiene,” etc.), translated “safe and sound” in Luk 15:27, is used metaphorically of doctrine, 1Ti 1:10; 2Ti 4:3; Tit 1:9; Tit 2:1; of words, 1Ti 6:3, RV (AV, “wholesome,” RV marg., “healthful”); … Continue reading “Sound (Adjective), be Sound”

Sound sound: In Isa 63:15 the King James Version has the sounding of thy bowels, a painfully literal translation of hamon meeykha, with the similar phrase, my bowels shall sound like an harp, in Isa 16:11 (compare Jer 48:36). The intestines were considered a seat of emotion, and at times of great excitement were thought … Continue reading “Sound”

Souls, Holy The souls of the departed dying in the grace of God, but still, for certain faults, in purgatory. They are the object of prayers for their release, and also of prayers for their intercession on our behalf, especially on All Souls’ Day and during the entire month of November. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Souls, Cure Of the technical term by which the canon law describes the charge which is given to a pastor, no matter of what degree of divinity, over the spiritual concerns of a flock; and the words especially imply the right of administering the sacraments. In this sense, the phrase is used to mark an … Continue reading “Souls, Cure Of”

Souls Cot, Or Souls Scot the payment made at the grave to the parish priest in whose church the service for the departed had been said. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature