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(
$
, 3576), for which see
SLOTHFUL
, is translated “sluggish in Heb.
6:12,
RV
; here it is set in contrast to confident and constant hope; in 5:11 (“dull”) to
vigorous growth in knowledge. See
DULL
.¶
For
SLUMBER
(Noun) see
STUPOR
SLUMBER (Verb)
$
(
1
, 3573) denotes “to nod in sleep” (akin to
$
, “to nod”), “fall
asleep,” and is used (a) of natural slumber, Matt. 25:5; (b) metaphorically in 2 Pet. 2:3,
negatively, of the destruction awaiting false teachers.¶
SMALL
1.
(
$
, 3398), “little, small” (of age, quantity, size, space), is translated
“small” in Acts 26:22; Rev. 11:18; 13:16; 19:5, 18; 20:12. See
LITTLE
.
2.
(
A &
, 3641), “little, small” (of amount, number, time), is translated
“small” in Acts 12:18; 15:2; 19:23; v. 24;
KJV
(
RV
, “little”); 27:20.
Notes:
(1) For “very small” and “smallest” see
LEAST
. (2) For combinations with
other words, see
CORD
,
FISH
,
ISLAND
.
For
SMELL
see
SAVOR
SMELLING
(
7 $
, 3750) denotes “the sense of smell,” 1 Cor. 12:17, “smelling.”¶
SMITE
1.
(
1
, 3960), “to strike, smite,” is used (I) literally, of giving a blow
with the hand, or fist or a weapon, Matt. 26:51,
RV
, “smote” (
KJV
, “struck”); Luke 22:49,
50; Acts 7:24; 12:7; (II) metaphorically, (a) of judgment meted out to Christ, Matt. 26:31;
Mark 14:27; (b) of the infliction of disease, by an angel, Acts 12:23; of plagues to be
inflicted upon men by two divinely appointed witnesses, Rev. 11:6; (c) of judgment to be
executed by Christ upon the nations, Rev. 19:15, the instrument being His Word,
described as a sword.¶
2.
$
(
"
, 5180), “to strike, smite, beat,” is rendered “to smite” in Matt. 24:49,
KJV
(
RV
, “beat”); 27:30; Mark 15:19; Luke 6:29; 18:13; in some texts in 22:64 (1st part:
RV
omits; for the 2nd part see No. 3); 23:48; Acts 23:2, 3 (twice). See
BEAT
, No. 2.
3.
(
&
, 3817) signifies “to strike or smite” (a) with the hand or fist, Matt.
26:68; Luke 22:64 (see No. 2); (b) with a sword, Mark 14:47; John 18:10,
KJV
(
RV
,
“struck”); (c) with a sting, Rev. 9:5, “striketh.”¶
4.
(
!$
, 1194), “to flay, to beat,” akin to
, “skin,” is translated “to smite”
in Luke 22:63,
KJV
(
RV
, “beat”); John 18:23; 2 Cor. 11:20. See
BEAT
, No. 1.
5.
(
)
, 4141), akin to
, “a plague, stripe, wound,” is uscd
figuratively of the effect upon sun, moon and stars, after the sounding of the trumpet by
the fourth angel, in the series of divine judgments upon the world hereafter, Rev. 8:12.¶
6.
(
: &
, 4474), primarily “to strike with a rod” (
, “a rod”), then, “to
strike the face with the palm of the hand or the clenched fist,” is uscd in Matt. 5:39;
26:67, where the marg. of
KJV
and
RV
has “with rods.” Cf.
,
Note
(2), below.¶