STERILITY to STONING

STERILITY

-(Of women)

STEWARD

-General scriptures concerning Ge 15:2; 43:19; 1Ch 28:1; Lk 8:3

-FIGURATIVE The faithful steward described Lk 12:35-38, 42 .The unfaithful, described Lk 16:1-8 .See the parable .Of the pounds Lk 19:12-27 .Of the talents Mt 25:14-30 .Must be faithful 1Co 4:1, 2; Tit 1:7; 1Pe 4:10

STICKS

-Used as cymbals Eze 37:16

STIFF-NECKED

-See IMPENITENCE
-See OBDURACY

STOCKS

-Feet fastened in, as a punishment Job 13:27; 33:11; Pr 7:22

-In prisons Jer 20:2; Ac 16:24

STOICISM

-(A Greek philosophy, inculcating doctrines of severe morality, self-denials, and inconvenience)

-Scripture analogies to .John the Baptist wore camel's hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey Mt 3:4 .Came "neither eating nor drinking," Mt 11:18; Lk 7:33

-Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses," Mt 10:38, 39; 16:24; Mr 8:34, 35; Lk 9:23-26; 14:27

-The subordination of natural affection Mt 10:37; Lk 14:26

-Paul teaches .That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members," Ro 7:23 with Ro 7:14-24 .That the body must be kept under subjection 1Co 9:27 .Celibacy 1Co 7:1-9, 25, 26, 32, 33, 39, 40

-School of, at Athens Ac 17:18

-See ASCETICISM

STOICS

-See STOICISM
-See ASCETICISM

STOMACHER

-An article of dress Isa 3:24

STONES

-Commandments engraved upon Ex 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; Deut 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3

-The law of Moses written upon Jos 8:32

-Houses built of Isa 9:10; Am 5:11

-Temple built of 1Ki 5:17, 18; 7:9-12; Mt 24:2; Lk 19:44; 21:5, 6

-Prepared in the quarries 1Ki 6:7

-Hewn (cut) Ex 34:1; Deut 10:1; 1Ki 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Ki 12:12; 22:6; 1Ch 22:2; 2Ch 34:11; La 3:9

-Sawed 1Ki 7:9

-Hewers (stone-cutters) of 1Ki 5:18; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15

-City walls built of Ne 4:3

-Memorial pillars of Ge 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Jos 4:2-9, 20-24; 24:25; 1Sa 7:12

-Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel") 1Sa 6:18

-Ezel 1Sa 20:19

-Zoheleth 1Ki 1:9

-Thrown upon accursed ground 2Ki 3:19, 25

-Used .In building altars Jos 8:31 .For weighing (margin) Le 19:36 .For closing graves Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3

-Tombs hewn in Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3

-Idols made of Deut 4:28; 28:36, 64; 29:17; 2Ki 19:18; Isa 37:19; Eze 20:32

-Great, in Solomon's temple 1Ki 5:17, 18; 7:9-12

-Magnificent, in Herod the Great's temple Mr 13:1

-Skill in throwing Jud 20:16; 1Ch 12:2

-See SLING
-See ADAMANT
-See CHALCEDONY
-See MARBLE
-See ONYX
-See PILLARS

-See PRECIOUS, below

-FIGURATIVE Ge 49:24; Zec 3:9 .Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling," Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8 .Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure Foundation," Isa 28:16 .Of Christ's rejection, the rejected Conerstone Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42-44; Mr 12:10; Lk 20:17, 18; Ac 4:11; 1Pe 2:4 .The True Foundation Isa 28:16; Mt 16:18; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20; Re 21:14 .Of Christ, the Water of Life 1Co 10:4 .Of the impenitent heart Eze 36:26 .Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone Re 2:17

-SYMBOLICAL

Of the kingdom of Christ Da 2:34, 45

-PRECIOUS In the breastplate and ephod Ex 28:9-21; 39:6-14 .Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod Ex 35:27 .Exported from Sheba 1Ki 10:2, 10; 2Ch 9:9, 10; Eze 27:22 .Ophir 1Ki 10:11 .Partial catalogue of Eze 28:13 .Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision Re 21:19, 20 .In the crowns of kings 2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 20:2

-FIGURATIVE Isa 54:11, 12 .

See AGATE
See AMETHYST
See BERYL
See CARBUNCLE
See CHRYSOLYTE
See CHRYSOPRASUS
See CORAL
See CRYSTAL
See DIAMOND
See EMERALD
See JACINTH
See JASPER
See LIGURE
See RUBY
See SAPPHIRE
See SARDIUS
See SARDONYX
See TOPAZ

STONING

-Capital punishment by Ex 19:13; Deut 13:10; 17:5; 22:21; Heb 11:37

-Instances of stoning .Sabbath breaker Nu 15:36 .Achan Jos 7:25 .Naboth 1Ki 21:13 .Stephen Ac 7:59 .Paul Ac 14:19; 2Co 11:25

-See WITNESS