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SPEAKER (chief)
Note:
In Acts 14:12 the verb
, “to lead the way, be the chief,” is used in the
present participle with the article (together equivalent to a noun), followed by the genitive
case of
, “speech,” with the article, the phrase being rendered “the chief speaker,”
lit., “the leader of the discourse.” See
CHIEF
, C.
SPEAKING (evil, much)
$
(
&
, 4180), “loquacity,” “much speaking” (
$
, “much,”
,
“speech”), is used in Matt. 6:7.¶ In the Sept., Prov. 10:19.¶
Note:
For “evil speaking(s),” in Eph. 4:31, see
RAILING
; in 1 Pet. 2:1, see
BACKBITING
. For “shameful speaking” see
COMMUNICATION
, B,
Note
.
SPEAR
(
, 3057), primarily “a spearhead,” then, “a lance or spear,” occurs in
John 19:34; some texts have it in Matt. 27:49.¶ As to John 19:29, there is an old
conjecture, mentioned by Field (
:
!
7
:
) to the effect that the
sponge was put on a spear (
$
, “a javelin,” the Roman
$
, instead of
$
,
“hyssop”).
SPEARMAN
@
(
1
, 1187), from
@
, “the right (hand),” and
, “to lay
hold of,” is used in the plural in Acts 23:23, “spearmen.” Some texts have
@
,
“one who throws with his right hand” (
, “to throw”), “right-handed slingers.”¶
SPECIAL
: &
$
, the 2nd aorist participle of
$
, “to happen, meet with, chance,”
is used with a negative signifying “not common or ordinary, special,” Acts 19:11; so in
28:2. See
COMMON
, B,
Note
(3).
For
SPECIALLY
see
ESPECIALLY
SPECTACLE
(
! $
, 2302), akin to
, “to behold,” denotes (a) “a theater”
(used also as a place of assembly), Acts 19:29, 31; (b) “a spectacle, a show,”
metaphorically in 1 Cor. 4:9. See
THEATER
.¶
SPEECH
1.
(
, 3056), akin to
(SPEAK, No. 1), most frequently rendered
“word” (for an analysis see
WORD
), signifies “speech,” as follows: (a) “discourse,” e.g.,
Luke 20:20,
RV
, “speech” (
KJV
, “words”); Acts 14:12 (see
SPEAKER
); 20:7; 1 Cor. 2:1, 4;
4:19,
KJV
(
RV
, “word”); 2 Cor. 10:10; (b) “the faculty of speech,” e.g., 2 Cor. 11:6; (c)
“the manner of speech,” e.g., Matt. 5:37,
RV
, “speech” (
KJV
, “communication”); Col. 4:6;
(d) “manner of instruction,” Titus 2:8; 1 Cor. 14:9,
RV
(
KJV
, “words”); Eph. 4:29,
RV
(
KJV
, “communication”). See
SAYING
.
2.
(
1
, 2981), akin to
(SPEAK, No. 2), denotes “talk, speech,” (a) of “a
dialect,” Matt. 26:73; Mark 14:70; (b) “utterances,” John 4:42,
RV
, “speaking” (
KJV
,
“saying”); 8:43.¶