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For
SURGE,
Jas. 1:6
,
RV
, see
RAGE
and
WAVE
For
SURMISE, SURMISINGS,
see
DEEM
SURNAME
(
#
!
, 1941), “to put a name upon” ( , “upon,”
, “to call”),
“to surname,” is used in this sense in the passive voice, in some texts in Matt. 10:3 (it is
absent in the best); in Luke 22:3, in some texts (the best have
, “to call”); Acts 1:23;
4:36; 10:5, 18, 32; 11:13; 12:12, 25; in some texts, 15:22 (the best have
).
Notes:
(1) In Mark 3:16, 17, “He surnamed” is a translation of
, “to put
upon, to add to,” with
, “a name,” as the object. (2) In Acts 15:37,
KJV
,
, “to
call” (
RV
, “called”), is rendered “whose surname was.” (3) The verb
,
translated “bearest the name” in Rom. 2:17,
RV
, finds a literal correspondence in the word
“surname” ( , “upon,” =
$
), and had this significance in Classical Greek.¶
For
SURPASS,
2 Cor. 3:10
, see
EXCEED
, A, No. 1
For
SUSPENSE (hold in)
see
DOUBT
, No. 6
SUSTENANCE
(
$
, 5527), “fodder” (akin to
, to feed, fill, see
FEED
, No.
4), is used in the plural in Acts 7:11, “sustenance.”¶ In the Sept., Gen. 24:25, 32; 42:27;
43:24; Deut. 11:15; Jud 19:19.¶
SWADDLING CLOTHES
(
$
, 4683), “to swathe” (from
, “a swathing band”),
signifies “to wrap in swaddling clothes” in Luke 2:7, 12. The idea that the word means
“rags” is without foundation.¶ In the Sept., Job 38:9; Ezek. 16:4.¶
SWALLOW (Verb)
(
&
, 2666), “to drink down” (
, and
, “to drink”), “to
swallow,” is used with this meaning (a) physically, but figuratively, Matt. 23:24; Rev.
12:16; (b) metaphorically, in the passive voice, of death (by victory), 1 Cor. 15:54; of
being overwhelmed by sorrow, 2 Cor. 2:7; of the mortal body (by life), 5:4. See
DEVOUR
,
No. 3,
DROWN
, No. 2.
SWEAR, SWORN
$
or
$
(
A
"
, 3660) is used of “affirming or denying by an oath,” e.g.,
Matt. 26:74; Mark 6:23; Luke 1:73; Heb. 3:11, 18; 4:3; 7:21; accompanied by that by
which one swears, e.g., Matt. 5:34, 36; 23:16; Heb. 6:13, 16; Jas. 5:12; Rev. 10:6. Cf.
ADJURE.
Note:
For “false swearers,” 1 Tim. 1:10, see
FORSWEAR
.
SWEAT
(
, $0
, 2402) is used in Luke 22:44.¶ In the Sept., Gen. 3:19.¶
SWEEP
(
$
, 4563) occurs in Matt. 12:44; Luke 11:25; 15:8.¶
SWEET