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Smith's Bible Dictionary
The Hebrew word thus translated appears in (1 Samuel 17:40) as a synonym for the bag in
which the shepherds of Palestine carried their food or other necessities. The scrip of the Galilean
peasants was of leather, used especially to carry their food on a journey, and slung over their
shoulders. (Matthew 10:10; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 22:35) The English word “scrip” is probably
connected with scrape, scrap, and was used in like manner for articles of food.
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Scythian
occurs in (Colossians 3:11) as a generalized term for rude, ignorant, degraded. The name often
included all the nomadic tribes, who dwelt mostly on the north of the Black and the Caspian Sea,
stretching thence indefinitely into inner Asia, and were regarded by the ancients as standing
extremely low In point of intelligence and civilization.
Scythopolis
[BETH-SHEAN]
Sea
The sea, yam, is used in Scripture to denote—
•“The gathering of the waters,” “the Ocean.” (Genesis 1:2,10; 30:13) etc.
•Some portion of this, as the Mediterranean Sea, called the “hinder,” the “western” and the “utmost”
sea, (11:24; 34:2; Joel 2:20) “sea of the Philistines,” (Exodus 23:31) “the great sea,” (Numbers
36:6,7; Joshua 15:47) “the sea.” Genesis49:13; Psal 80:11 Also frequently of the Red Sea. (Exodus
15:4) [Red Sea SEA]
•Inland lakes termed seas, as the Salt or Dead Sea. [See the special article]
•Any great collection of waters, as the river Nile (Isaiah 19:5) and the Euphrates. (Jeremiah 51:36)
Sea, Molten
In the place of the laver of the tabernacle Solomon caused a laver to be cast for a similar purpose,
which from its size was called a sea. It was made partly or wholly of the brass, or rather copper,
which was captured by David from “Tibhath and Chun, cities of Hadarezer king of Zobah.” (1
Kings 7:23-26; 1 Chronicles 18:8) It is said to have been 15 feet in diameter and 7 1/2 feet deep,
and to have been capable of containing 2000, or according to (2 Chronicles 4:5) 3000 Baths (16,000
to 24,000 gallons). The lever stood on twelve oxen three toward each quarter of the heavens, and
all looking outward. It was mutilated by Ahaz by being removed from its basis of oxen and placed
on a stone base, and was finally broken up by the Assyrians. (2 Kings 16:14,17; 25:13)
Sea, The Salt
the usual and perhaps the most ancient name for the remarkable lake which to the western world
is now generally known as the Dead Sea. I. Names.— (1) The Salt Sea, (Genesis 14:3) (2) Sea of
the Arabah (Authorized Version “sea of the plain,” which is found in (4:49)); (3) The East Sea
(Joel 2:20) (4) The sea, (Ezekiel 47:8) (5) Sodomitish Sea, 2 Esdras; (6) Sea of Salt and Sea of
Sodom, in the Talmud; (7) The Asphaltic Lake, in Josephus; (8) The name “Dead Sea” appears to
have been first used in Greek by Pausanias and Galen, and in Latin (mare mortuum) by Justin xxxvi.
3,6, or rather by the older historian Trogus Pompeius (cir. B.C. 10), whose work he epitomized.
(9) The Arabic name is Bahr Lut, the “Sea of Lot.” II Description .—The so-called Dead Sea is the
final receptacle of the river Jordan, the lowest and largest of the three lakes which interrupt the
rush of its downward course. It is the deepest portion of that very deep natural fissure which runs
like a furrow from the Gulf of Akabah to the range of Lebanon, and from the range of Lebanon to
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