Saul
The first king of Israel.
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SCRIBE
A scribe is a person paid to write books or documents by hand. In Jesus’ time, scribes were credentialed interpreters of Jewish law. Scribes in…
SECOND ISAIAH
Second IsaiahSecond Isaiah refers chapters 40-55 of the book of Isaiah. This work was likely written during Israel’s exile in Babylon (597-538 B.C.E.). Second Isaiah…
SELAH
The actual meaning of SelahThe actual meaning of Selah is elusive. It is found most often in some of the psalms (and also in the…
Sennacherib
Sennacherib was the Assyrian king who besieged Jerusalem during the reign of Hezekiah.
SEPTUAGINT
The SeptuagintThe Septuagint is a pre-Christian (third to first century BCE) Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures. It is believed that the term Septuagint derives…
SERAPHIM
Seraphim are a class of celestial beings mentioned in the story of the call of Isaiah. In Christian theology these beings are the highest rank…