Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

SOBRIETY Freedom from any inordinate passion. “Sobriety, ” as one observes, “is both the ornament and the defense of a Christian. It is requisite in every situation, and in every enterprise; indeed nothing can be done well without it. The want of sobriety is seen and felt by multitudes every day. Without sobriety a man … Continue reading “Sobriety”

Sobieski, John Polish soldier, born in 1629 in Olesko, Galima; diedin 1696 in Willanow. He fought in the great Cossack rebellion (1648), accompanied Czarniecki’s expedition to Denmark, and fought the Muscovites at Cudnow. As commander-in-chief, he beat the Turks at Chocim and Lemberg. His greatest exploit was the rescue of Vienna besieged by the Turks … Continue reading “Sobieski, John”

Soberness Sobriety The object of this article is to determine the meanings of the two word-groups, () and (and cognates), which are translated sober in the NT. (The term is discussed in the article Temperance.) These two groups of words differ both in their original and in their secondary meanings and are accordingly treated separately … Continue reading “Soberness, Sobriety”

SOBERNESS enjoined 1Th 5:6; 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 3:11; Tit 1:8; Tit 2:2; Tit 2:12; 1Pe 1:13; 1Pe 4:7 –SEE Watchfulness (2), WATCHFULNESS Keep Thyself, CONDUCT Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Sober, Sobriety, Soberness sober, so-bre-ti, sober-nes (Greek adjective sophron, and its related nouns, sophrosune, sophronismos; verbs sophroneo and sophronzo; adverb sophronos, of sound mind, and sophronzo; self-possessed, without excesses of any kind, moderate and discreet): In Mar 5:15; Luk 8:35, sane, said of one out of whom demons had just been cast. In the Pastoral … Continue reading “Sober, Sobriety, Soberness”

Sober, Soberly, Soberminded denotes “of sound mind” (sozo, “to save,” phren, “the mind”); hence, “self-controlled, soberminded,” always rendered “sober-minded” in the RV; in 1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:8, AV, “sober;” in Tit 2:2, AV, “temperate;” in Tit 2:5, AV, “discreet.” Note: For nephalios (akin to B, No. 1), translated “sober” in 1Ti 3:11; Tit 2:2, see … Continue reading “Sober, Soberly, Soberminded”

Sobaipura Indians Once an important tribe of the Piman branch of the great Shoshonean linguistic stock, occupying the territory of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro Rivers, in southeastern Arizona and adjacent portion of Sonora, Mexico. In dialect and general custom they seem to have closely resembled the Pápago, by whom and by the closely … Continue reading “Sobaipura Indians”

Soap, Sope Spoken of as used for cleansing the person, and as employed by the fuller. Jer 2:22; Mal 3:2. What its composition was is not now known. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

SOAP Mal 3:2, Hebrew, borith, the cleanser; in Jer 2:22 distinguished from nitre, which see. It is well known that the ancient used certain vegetables and their ashes for the purpose of cleansing linen, etc. The ashes of seashore plants contain carbonate of potash. Combined with oil or fat the alkalies produced soap; but it … Continue reading “Soap”

Soanen, Jean a French prelate, was born in Riom, Jan. 6, 1647, and entered the Congregation of the Oratory at Paris in 1661, where he chose father Quesnel for his confessor. Leaving that establishment, he taught ethics and rhetoric in several provincial towns, and devoted himself afterwards to the pulpit, for which he had great … Continue reading “Soanen, Jean”