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ZEPHANIAH (Heb. “Sephania”: “Jehovah has hidden, protected”). (a) Kohathite Levite, of the house of Izhar (1 Chron. 6:36, 38). (b) Priest son of Maaseiah. One of...
SODOM One of the five cities of the Jordan plain (Gen. 13:10). Lot, separating from Abraham, decided to settle in Sodom, despite the terrible reputation of...
SOCO “thorn”, “thorny hedge”. (a) City of Shephelah (low country) of Judah (Josh. 15:35). Soco was on the rugged edge of the valley of Elah; Isolated...
SOBI Ammonite son of Nahash; inhabitant of Rabbah. Sobi brought supplies to David when he was fleeing from Absalom (2 Sam. 17:27-29).
PRIDE (Iat. “superbia”). A desire and claim for superiority over others, along with a refusal to submit to God; pretension of self-sufficiency and self-exaltation. It is...
SOBAC “he who pours.” General of the army of Hadad-ezer, king of Zobah (2 Sam. 10:16). In 1 Chron. 19:16, 18 he is called Sophach.
SOBA Principality located between the Euphrates and the Orontes, in Anti-Lebanon. Their kings were defeated by Saul and David (2 Sam. 10:6, 8). Archaeological discoveries have...
SIVAN (Heb. “sîwãn”, from the ac. “sîmãnu”). The third month of the Babylonian and Jewish year (Est. 8:9); It ran from the new moon in May...
ACACIA “acacias.” (a) Important Israelite camp in the fields of Moab, east of the Jordan, opposite Jericho (Num. 22:1; 25:1). After the defeat of Sihon and...
SISERA General of a Canaanite army, which occupied northern Israel. Defeated at the Kishon River, Sisera fled further north, probably to join the leader of the...
