GLOSSARY.
SOUL Heb. nephesh,( 1) Ps. 33. 18 & 44. 25& 74. 20& 121. 7& 124. 4.6, life, the vital principle,' anima; ( 2) Ps. 42. 1& 63. 2& 86. 4, the mind, especially as emotional, as loving, hating, trusting, grieving; Ps. 11. 6, used of Jehovah.
SOUL, XI.; XV.; 2 L. c; xXII., inner, the invisible in man as distinguished from the visible body; the reasonable, moral, immortal part of man.
SPAN, Ps. 39. 6, lit. handbreadths ( R.V.); see Aids( art. MEASURES); O.E. spann, from a root the primary meaning of which was to extend.3
SPECTACLE, XXI.,' daily spectacles of mortality,' proofs of our liability to death daily seen; Lat. spectaculum( Vulg.).
SPENT, xv. r, consumed.
Their vitaille is consumed and spent. Hall, Hen. V.( W.B.W.).
SPIKENARD, Mon. b. E. g, the root of a small plant with an aromatic smell, an ingredient in ointments; see Aids( art. PLANTS OF BIBLE); M.E.spikenard( Wyclif, Mark 14. 3); Lat. nardus spicatus ( Vulg.), nard furnished with spikes; Gk. vapdós; Heb. nerd; Skt. nalada, the spikenard of the Himalaya.
SPIRIT Heb. ruach( 1) Ps. 32. 2& 34. 18& 78. 9& 139. 6, the mind as feeling and perceiving;( 2) Ps. 104. 4,' He maketh his angels spirits,' rather,' Who maketh winds his messengers; so R.V. Lat. spiritus, breath( Vulg.).
SPIRIT, XXIX. 9,' the flesh lusteth contrary to the spirit'( Gal. 5. 17), the Holy Spirit, the governing principle in man, the animating principle of Christian life; xxII.,
the last Adam a quickening spirit,' Christ a spirit of influence, giving life to others( 1 Cor. 15. 45); XXII.,' the spirits of them that depart,' denoting that which is immortal in man.
SPOIL, Ps. 68. 12, booty, plunder from an enemy's camp; Lat. spolium, orig. the skin of an animal stripped off.
SPOUSE, xx., his spouse the Church,' a betrothed, a wife; O.Fr. espouse; Lat. sponsa, a betrothed woman, one promised.
STABLISH, Ps. 119. 38, make firm; O. Fr. establir; Lat. stabilire ( Vulg.) from stabilis, standing firmly.
STATURE, 1 a. Epi. g, height; but perhaps the Greek should be rendered by' age, time of life;' see R.V.marg. Lat. statura( Vulg.). STATUTES, Ps. 119. 5, ordinances; Lat. statutum, something set, established.
The statutes of the Lord are right. Geneva, Ps. 19. 8.
STAY, Tu. b. E. e, to rely upon; 0. Fr. estayer( now étayer), to
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STEWARD, 3 A. e; S. a. As. e, one entrusted with property to be dispensed to others, one who has charge of a household; M. E. steward, stiward; O.E. stigweard, lit. a sty- ward, a keeper of the sty or cattle pen, one who looked after the domestic animals.
There was a certayne ryche man which had a steward. Mathew, Luke 16. 1.
STOCK, E. Tu. e, family. So frequently in Shakspere.
STOCKS, Ps. 105. 18, R.V. renders ' fetters.'
Thei maden lowe hise feet in stockis. Wyclif. STOMACH, Ps. 101. 7,' whoso hath a high stomach,' a proud heart; so R.V.; the Heb. means literally one wide of heart.
A man of an unbounded stomach, ever ranking himself with princes. Shaks. Henry VIII. iv. 2. 34. STOOL, Ps. 94. 20,' the stool of wickedness;' Heb.kisse', generally denoting the throne of a king, but applied here to the elevated seat occupied by a judge; Luther uses the cognate Germ. stuhl.
STRANGE CHILDREN, Ps. 18. 45, the sons of a foreign land, the foreigners, the enemy, the strangers; so R.V.
STRANGERS, Wh. S. e, sojourners ( from Rome); so R.V.; people from Rome who were sojourning at Jerusalem.