SAMSON'S MOTHER:

 

Judges 13:23

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1) SALOME (Greek= )

Etymology: perfect

The wife of Zebedee and mother of James and John (Matt. 27:56), and probably the sister of Mary, the mother of our Lord (John 19:25). She sought for her sons places of honor in Christ's kingdom (Matt. 20:20, 21; compare 19:28). She witnessed the crucifixion (Mark 15:40), and was present with the other women at the sepulchre (Matt. 27:56).

 

 

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2) SALOME: (Greek= )

Etymology: perfect

"The daughter of Herodias,” not named in the New Testament. On the occasion of the birthday festival held by Herod Antipas, who had married her mother Herodias, in the fortress of Machaerus, she “came in and danced, and pleased Herod” (Mark 6:14-29). John the Baptist, at that time a prisoner in the dungeons underneath the castle, was at her request beheadedby order of Herod, and his head given to the damsel in a charger, “and the damsel gave it to her mother,” whose revengeful spirit was thus gratified. “A luxurious feast of the period” (says Farrar, Life of Christ) “was not regarded as complete unless it closed with some gross pantomimic representation; and doubtless Herod had adopted the evil fashion of his day. But he had not anticipated for his guests the rare luxury of seeing a princess, his own niece, a grand-daughter of Herod the Great and of Mariamne, a descendant, therefore, of Simon the high priest and the great line of Maccabean princes, a princess who afterwards became the wife of a tetrarch [Philip, tetrarch of Trachonitis] and the mother of a king, honoring them by degrading herself into a scenic dancer.”

 

 

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SAPPHIRA: (Greek= )

Etymology: beautiful

 

the wife of Ananias (q.v.)

 

She was a partner in his guilt and also in his punishment (Acts 5:1-11).

 

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SARAH / SARAH (Hebrew= )

Etymology: princess

SARA or SARAI: - see Sarah

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Sarah is a real woman of the old testament (but before the Law of Moses) the wife of Abraham. He name is exceptionally important to study, along with Hagar, as they represent two covenants, the new (Sarah) and old (Hagar).

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There are two Hagar's in the bible - the woman in the old testament, and the spiritualised woman in the new testament (Galatians 4) still under bondage. Similarly there are two Sarah's.

A few spiritualised women (either good or evil) are Jezebel, Hagar, Sarah, and the whore of Babylon.

 

Her original name was Sarai (Genesis 11:29). She was the wife and at the same time the half-sister of Abraham (Gen. 11:29; 20:12).

 

The name “Sarah” name was given to her at the time that it was announced to Abraham that she should be the mother of the promised child (Genesis 17:15). Her story is from her marriage identified with that of the patriarch till the time of her death.

 

Her death, at the age of one hundred and twenty-seven years (the only instance in Scripture where the age of a woman is recorded), was the occasion of Abraham's purchasing the cave of Machpelah as a family burying-place.

 

In the allegory of Gal. 4:22-31, she is the type of the “Jerusalem which is above.” She is also mentioned as Sara in Hebrews 11:11 among the Old Testament worthies, who “all died in faith.”

 

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SARAI (Hebrew= )

Etymology: my princess

the name originally borne by Sarah (Gen. 11:31; 17:15)

 

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SERAH: (Hebrew= )

Etymology: abundance; princess

 

the daughter of Asher and grand-daughter of Jacob (Gen. 46:17); called also Sarah (Num. 26:46; Revised Version, “Serah”)

 

 

 

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SHEERAH or SHERAH: (Hebrew= ) (alternative spelling of Sherah)

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a relationship by blood; near kinsperson

a daughter of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:24)

Sheerah was notable for having built three towns: Bethhoron (the lower and upper) and Uzzensherah. Her brothers included Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan, Laadan, Ammihud, Elishama,Non, and Jehoshuah.

 

 

 

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1) SHELOMITH: (Hebrew= ) (Shelomoth)

Etymology: Peacefulness; peaceableness; peaceful; love of peace; at peace; complete (from a root word meaning: “to be perfect”)

mother of a blasphemer (Leviticus 24:11) / This Israelite woman was the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan, and was married to an Egyptian (whose name is not provided in Scripture). Her son is not named either. After he was heard blaspheming God, he was brought to Moses for a decision about what should be done with him. God Himself passed the sentence and set a precedent: “Let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him” (Leviticus 24:14).

 

 

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2) SHELOMITH: (Hebrew= ) (Shelomoth)

Etymology: Peacefulness; peaceableness; peaceful; love of peace; at peace; complete (from a root word meaning: “to be perfect”)

a woman in the royal line of David / She was the daughter of a man named Zerubbabel, son of Pedaiah (family of Jeconiah) (1 Chronicles 3:19) / Her brothers were Meshullam, Hananiah, Hashubah, Ohel,Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushabhesed.

 

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3) SHELOMITH: ??? (Hebrew= ) (Shelomoth)

Etymology: Peacefulness; peaceableness; peaceful; love of peace; at peace; complete (from a root word meaning: “to be perfect”)

a grandchild of King Solomon and greatgrandchild of King David / This person was a son (or possibly a daughter) of King Rehoboam by his favorite wife Maachah (daughter of Absalom) (2 Chronicles 11:20).

 

 

 

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SHERAH: (Hebrew= ) (alternative spelling of Sheerah)

Etymology: a relationship by blood; near kinsperson

a daughter of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:24)

Sheerah was notable for having built three towns: Bethhoron (the lower and upper) and Uzzensherah. Her brothers included Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan, Laadan, Ammihud, Elishama,Non, and Jehoshuah.

 

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SHELOMOTH: (Hebrew= ) (Shelomith)

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variant spelling of Shelosmith - see 3

 

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SHIMEATH: (Hebrew= )

Etymology: Famous; fame; hearing; annunciation

mother of a servant named Jozachar (also called Zabad), who was one of the assassins of King Joash (2 Kings 12:21, 2 Chronicles 24:26)

She was an Ammonite.

 

 

 

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SHIMRITH: (Hebrew= ) (other name = Shomer)

Etymology: Female guard; guarded (of the Lord); watch; vigilant (from the root word: “to guard”)

the mother of Jehozabad, a man who helped murder King Joash (2 Chronicles 24:26)

She was also called Shomer (2 Kings 12:21). She was a Moabitess.

 

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SHIPRAH: (Hebrew= )

Etymology: beauty

if her name was Egyptian, it would have to be translated from Egyptian into Hebrew, so even if Shiprah is a Hebrew name, it does not prove that the race of Shiprah was an Hebrew woman, and not of Egyptian blood. For instance YHWH was rendered Theos in the new testament, which is NOTHING like YHWH phonetically.

one of the Egyptian midwives (Ex. 1:15)

 

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SHOMER: - see Shimrith

 

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1) SHUA: (Hebrew= )

Etymology: wealth

 

a Canaanite who was married to Judah (1 Chr. 2:3). She bore him three sons, in this order: Er, and Onan, and Shelah.

 

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2) SHUA: (Hebrew= )

Etymology: wealth

a daughter of Heber the Asherite (1 Chr. 7:32)

 

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1) SHULAMITE: (Hebrew= ) (Shulammite)

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This beautiful young woman (the Shulamite) is a unnamed love of Solomon described in the Song of Solomon (real or poetic is debatable - some say it represents the church). Some believe that this term is the equivalent of “Shunammite,” meaning from “Shunem.” (If not, the meaning is unknown.) The word “Shulamite” appears in only one Bible verse, Song of Songs 6:13.

 

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2) SHULAMITE: (Hebrew= ) (Shulammite)

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King David was served in his elderly years by a young woman named Abishag (1 Kings 1:1-4, 15) who was a Shunammite (a woman from the city of Shunem). King Solomon's first wife was a Shulamite. Therefore, it is possible that beautiful Abishag who served David, later became the wife of King Solomon.

 

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SHUNAMMITE WOMAN:

 

4 Kings 4:8-38

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SOLOMON'S WIVES:

 

2 Kings 11:1-11

Nehemiah 13:26

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SUCCOTH-BENOTH: (Hebrew= ) (false goddess)

Etymology: tents of daughters

supposed to be the name of a Babylonian deity, the goddess Zir-banit, the wife of Merodach, worshipped by the colonists in Samaria (2 Kings 17:30)

 

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SUSANNA: (Greek= )

Etymology: lily

with other pious women, ministered to Jesus (Luke 8:3)

 

There is an apocryphal OT book by this name also

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SYNTYCHE: (Greek= )

Etymology: fortunate; affable

a female member of the church at Philippi, whom Paul beseeches to be of one mind with Euodias (Phil. 4:2,3)

 

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SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN: (Greek= )

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“a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation” (Mark 7:26), i.e., a Gentile born in the Phoenician part of Syria (See Phenicia)

When our Lord retired into the borderland of Tyre and Sidon (Matt. 15:21), a Syro-phoenician woman came to him, and earnestly besought him, in behalf of her daughter, who was grievously afflicted with a demon. Her faith in him was severely tested by his silence (Matt. 15:23), refusal (24), and seeming reproach that it was not meet to cast the children's bread to dogs (26). But it stood the test, and her petition was graciously granted, because of the greatness of her faith (28).

 

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