The World English Bible (WEB) Part 147

quadrans

A quadrans is a Roman coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day's wages for an agricultural laborer.

rabbi

Rabbi is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "my teacher," used as a t.i.tle of respect for Jewish teachers.

Rahab

Rahab is either (1) The prost.i.tute who hid Joshua's 2 spies in Jericho (Joshua 2,6) and later became an ancestor of Jesus (Matthew 1:5) and an example of faith (Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25). (2) Literally, "pride" or "arrogance" -- possibly a reference to a large aquatic creature (Job 9:13; 26:12; Isaiah 51:9) or symbolically referring to Egypt (Psalm 87:4; 89:10; Isaiah 30:7).

Rhabboni

Rhabboni: a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "great teacher."

Sabbath

The seventh day of the week, set aside by G.o.d for man to rest.

saints

The Greek word for "saints" literally means "holy ones." Saints are people set apart for service to G.o.d as holy and separate, living in righteousness. Used in the Bible to refer to all Christians and to all of those who worship Yahweh in Old Testament times.

Samaritan

A Samaritan is a resident of Samaria. The Samaritans and the Jews generally detested each other during the time that Jesus walked the Earth.

sata

A sata is: a dry measure of capacity approximately equal to 13 liters or 1.5 pecks.

Satan

Satan means "accuser." This is one name for the devil, an enemy of G.o.d and G.o.d's people.

scribe

A scribe is one who copies G.o.d's law. They were often respected as teachers and authorities on G.o.d's law.

selah

Selah is a musical term indicating a pause or instrumental interlude for reflection.

s.e.xual immorality

The term "s.e.xual immorality" in the New Testament comes from the Greek "p.o.r.neia," which refers to any s.e.xual activity besides that between a husband and his wife. In other words, prost.i.tution (male or female), b.e.s.t.i.a.lity, h.o.m.os.e.xual activity, any s.e.xual intercourse outside of marriage, and the production and consumption of p.o.r.nography all are included in this term.

shekel

A measure of weight, and when referring to that weight in gold, silver, or bra.s.s, of money. A shekel is approximately 16 grams, about a half an ounce, or 20 gerahs (Ezekiel 45:12).

Sheol

Sheol is the place of the dead.

Shibah

Shibah is Hebrew for "oath" or "seven." See Beersheba.

shigionoth

Victorious music.

soul

"Soul" refers to the emotions and intellect of a living person, as well as that person's very life. It is distinguished in the Bible from a person's spirit and body. (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12)

span

The length from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is stretched out (about 9 inches or 22.8 cm.).

spirit

Spirit, breath, and wind all derive from the same Hebrew and Greek words. A person's spirit is the very essence of that person's life, which comes from G.o.d, who is a Spirit being (John 4:24, Genesis 1:2; 2:7). The Bible distinguishes between a person's spirit, soul, and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12). Some beings may exist as spirits without necessarily having a visible body, such as angels and demons (Luke 9:39, 1 John 4:1-3).

stadia

stadia: plural for "stadion," a linear measure of about 184.9 meters or 606.6 feet (the length of the race course at Olympia).

stater

A stater is a Greek silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel Temple Tax for two people.

talent

A measure of weight or ma.s.s of 3000 shekels.

Tartarus

Tartarus is the Greek name for an underworld for the wicked dead; another name for Gehenna or h.e.l.l.

teraphim

Teraphim are household idols that may have been a.s.sociated with inheritance rights to the household property.

Yah

"Yah" is a shortened form of "Yahweh," which is G.o.d's proper name. This form is used occasionally in the Old Testament, mostly in the Psalms.

See "Yahweh."