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STEPHANAS - STRANGE

Employment, Extortion, Gold, Kill, Labor, Money, frequently translated “throne” (Ge. 41:40; 2 Sa. 3:10; 1
Possessions, Private Ownership of Property, Purloin, Ki. 1:13; etc.).
Tithe.] STORE. Plenty; abundance (Ge. 26:14).
STEPHANAS (crown). 1 Co. 1:16; 16:15, 17. STOREHOUSE. A place for keeping treasures,
STEPHEN (a crown). The first Christian martyr (Ac. supplies, etc. (De. 28:8; 1 Ch. 29:16). The temple was
6:5 - 7:59). the storehouse for Israel’s tithes (Mal. 3:10). The church
STEWARDSHIP. To be in charge of another’s is the storehouse for the tithes and offerings of God’s
property (Ge. 15:2; 43:19; 1 Ch. 28:1; Mt. 20:8; Lk. people today (1 Co. 9:13-14; 16:1, 2). [See Tithe.]
16:1-8). Christians are stewards of the Gospel (1 Co. STORY. History (2 Ch. 13:22; 24:27).
4:1-2), spiritual gifts and ministries (1 Pe. 4:10, 11), STOUT. Proud; haughty; stubborn; strong (Job 4:11;
and all that they own (1 Ti. 6:17-19). The steward is Is. 9:9; 10:12; Da. 7:20; Mal. 3:13).
responsible for his sphere of service and will give STRAIGHTWAY. At once; directly; immediately (1
account to his master. [See Employment, Judgment, Sa. 9:13; Mt. 3:16; Mk. 1:10). “Straightway” is one of
Labor, Money, Offerings, Possessions, Private Ownership the key words of the Gospel of Mark, signifying the
of Property, Tithe.] servant aspect of the life of Christ (Mk. 1:10, 18, 20, 21;
STIFFHEARTED, STIFFNECKED. Hardness of heart; 2:2; 3:6; 5:29, 42; 6:25, 45, 54; 7:35; 8:10; 9:15, 20,
proud; rebellious (Ex. 32:9; 33:3, 5; 34:9; De. 9:6, 13; 24; 11:3; 14:45; 15:1). The Greek word translated
10:16; 31:27; 2 Ch. 30:8; 36:13; Ps. 35:5; Je. 17:23; “straightway” ( uth eos ) i s a l s o t r a n s l a t e d
Eze. 2:3; Ac. 7:51). [See Humble, Impenitence, “forthwith” (Mk. 1:29, 43; 5:13), “immediately” (Mk.
Impudent, Presumptuous, Pride, Rebellion, Repentance, 1:31, 42; 2:8, 12; 4:5, 15, 16, 17, 29; 5:2, 30; 6:27;
Sin, Stubborn.] 10:52; 14:43), “anon” (Mk. 1:30), “as soon as” (Mk.
STIR. Commotion; tumult (Is. 22:2; Ac. 12:18; 5:36; 11:2), “by and by” (Lk. 17:7), and “shortly” (3 Jn.
19:23). 14).
STOICKS. A sect of Greek philosophers, followers of STRAIN AT. To strain out (Mt. 23:24).
Zeno who taught at Athens from 299-263 BC (Ac. STRAIT. (1) Constricted; restricted; distressed;
17:18). They exalted human reason as supreme. They narrow; restrained (Pr. 4:12; Mi. 2:7; Mt. 7:13-14; Lk.
were fatalists, believing that all things are 12:50). (2) Urgently; forcefully (Ge. 43:7; Mk. 3:12; Ac.
predestinated, and they tried to be indifferent to all 4:17).
circumstances, whether joyful or sorrowful. They STRAITLY. Strictly; closely (Ge. 43:7; Jos. 6:1; Mt.
conceived of God as pantheistic, as the originator of all 9:30).
things and as all things, but not a personal, knowable
STRAITNESS. Narrowness (De. 28:53, 55,57; Job
Creator. 36:16; Je. 19:9).
STOMACHER. An article of women’s dress (Is. 3:24).
There is considerable disagreement among STRANGE. Foreign; unusual; unacquainted; exciting
commentators as to the exact nature of the stomacher, curiosity (Lk. 5:26; Ac. 17:20; 1 Pe. 4:4). A Hebrew
some saying it covered the breast and the pit of the word translated “strange” 23 times is zuwr, and it is also
stomach; others, that it was a type of girdle. The latter translated “stranger” (Ex. 29:33), “estranged” (Job
would appear to fit the context of Isaiah 3:24 most 19:13), “another” (Je. 18:14), and “gone away” (Is.
precisely, for the stomacher was to be exchanged for a 1:4). Another Hebrew word translated “strange” is
“girding of sackcloth.” nekar (17 times) (Ge. 35:4). It is translated “stranger”
17 times (Ge. 17:12) and “alien” one time (Is. 61:5).
STONE. [See Cornerstone, Rock, Stumbling Block, “Strange” is oftentimes used in the sense of foreign, as
Stumblingstone.] in “strange gods” (Ge. 35:2; De. 32:16; Jos. 24:23),
STONING. A method of capital punishment called for “strange land” (Ex. 2:22), “strange language” (Ps.
in the Law of Moses (Ex. 19:13; 21:28, 29, 32; Le. 20:2, 114:1), “strange nation” (Ex. 18:3), “strange waters” (2
27; 24:14, 16, 23; Nu. 15:35, 36; De. 13:10; 17:5; Ki. 19:24), “strange wives” (Ezr. 10:2), “strange children
21:21; 22:21, 24; Jos. 7:25). It also was a common form (Ps. 144:7), “strange speech” (Eze. 3:6), “strange
of murder among the Jews (Ex. 17:4; 1 Sa. 30:6; 1 Ki. cities” (Ac. 26:11). In addition to the sense of
12:18; 21:13-15; 2 Co. 11:25; He. 11:37). [See Kill.] foreignness and uncommonness, the biblical usage of
STOOL. (1) Birthing stool (Ex. 1:16). (2) A chair (2 “strange” refers to that which is contrary to God’s law
Ki. 4:10). The stool which was made for Elijah’s guest and pleasure. The “strange woman” speaks not merely
room was not necessarily a small backless seat as the of the fact that the woman is a foreigner, but that she is
word is commonly used today. The Hebrew word a woman who rejects God’s moral commandments (Pr.
translated “stool” in 2 Ki. 4:10 is the word most 23:27). The “strange fire” is fire offered in God’s service

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