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SKULL
(
$
&
, 2898), Lat.,
$
(akin to
, “the head”), is used of the
scene of the Crucifixion, Matt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17; in Luke 23:33,
RV
, “(the
place which is called) The skull,”
KJV
, “Calvary” (from Latin
2
, “a skull”: marg.,
“the place of a skull”). The locality has been identified by the traces of the resemblance
of the hill to a “skull”.¶ In the Sept., Judg. 9:53; 2 Kings 9:35.¶
For
SKY
see
HEAVEN
SLACK (Verb), SLACKNESS
A. Verb.
$
(
$ "
, 1019), used intransitively signifies “to be slow, to tarry” (
$
,
“slow”), said negatively of God, 2 Pet. 3:9, “is (not) slack”; in 1 Tim. 3:15, translated
“(if) I tarry.” See
TARRY
.¶ In the Sept., Gen. 43:10; Deut. 7:10; Isa. 46:13.¶
B. Noun.
$
(
$ "
, 1022), “slowness” (akin to A), is rendered “slackness” in 2 Pet.
3:9.¶
SLANDERER
(
1
, 1228), an adjective, “slanderous, accusing falsely,” is used as a
noun, translated “slanderers” in 1 Tim. 3:11, where the reference is to those who are
given to finding fault with the demeanor and conduct of others and spreading their
innuendos and criticisms in the church; in 2 Tim. 3:3,
RV
(
KJV
, “false accusers”); Titus
2:3 (ditto): see
ACCUSER
,
DEVIL
.
For
SLANDEROUSLY
see
REPORT
, C, No. 5
SLAUGHTER
1.
(
)
, 4967) is used in two quotations from the Sept., Acts 8:32 from Isa.
53:7, and Rom. 8:36 from Ps. 44:22; in the latter the quotation is set in a strain of
triumph, the passage quoted being an utterance of sorrow. In Jas. 5:5 there is an allusion
to Jer. 12:3, the luxurious rich, getting wealth by injustice, spending it on their pleasures,
are “fattening themselves like sheep unconscious of their doom.”¶
2.
(
)
, 2871), “a stroke” (akin to
, “to strike, to cut”), signifies “a
smiting in battle,” in Heb. 7:1.¶ In the Sept., Gen. 14:17; Deut. 28:25; Josh. 10:20.¶
3.
(
, 5408), “a killing, murder,” is rendered “slaughter” in Acts 9:1; see
MURDER
.
SLAVE
(
, 4983), “a body,” is translated “slaves” in Rev. 18:13 (
RV
and
KJV
marg.,
“bodies”), an intimation of the unrighteous control over the bodily activities of “slaves”;
the next word “souls” stands for the whole being. See
BODY
.
SLAY, SLAIN, SLEW
1.
(
&
, 615), the usual word for “to kill,” is so translated in the
RV
wherever possible (e.g., for
KJV
, “to slay,” in Luke 11:49; Acts 7:52; Rev. 2:13; 9:15;
11:13; 19:21); in the following the verb “to kill” would not be appropriate, Rom. 7:11,