quadrans
A quadrans is a Roman coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day's wages for an agricultural laborer.
rabbi
Rabbi is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "my teacher," used as a title of respect for Jewish teachers.
Rahab
Rahab is either (1) The prostitute who hid Joshua's 2 spies in Jericho (Joshua 2,6) and later became an ancestor of Jesus (Matthew 1:5) and an example of faith (Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25). (2) Literally, "pride" or "arrogance" -- possibly a reference to a large aquatic creature (Job 9:13; 26:12; Isaiah 51:9) or symbolically referring to Egypt (Psalm 87:4; 89:10; Isaiah 30:7).
Rhabboni
Rhabboni: a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "great teacher."
Sabbath
The seventh day of the week, set aside by God for man to rest.
saints
The Greek word for "saints" literally means "holy ones." Saints are people set apart for service to God as holy and separate, living in righteousness. Used in the Bible to refer to all Christians and to all of those who worship Yahweh in Old Testament times.
Samaritan
A Samaritan is a resident of Samaria. The Samaritans and the Jews generally detested each other during the time that Jesus walked the Earth.
sata
A sata is: a dry measure of capacity approximately equal to 13 liters or 1.5 pecks.
Satan
Satan means "accuser." This is one name for the devil, an enemy of God and God's people.
scribe
A scribe is one who copies God's law. They were often respected as teachers and authorities on God's law.
selah
Selah is a musical term indicating a pause or instrumental interlude for reflection.
sexual immorality
The term "sexual immorality" in the New Testament comes from the Greek "porneia," which refers to any sexual activity besides that between a husband and his wife. In other words, prostitution (male or female), bestiality, homosexual activity, any sexual intercourse outside of marriage, and the production and consumption of pornography all are included in this term.
shekel
A measure of weight, and when referring to that weight in gold, silver, or brass, of money. A shekel is approximately 16 grams, about a half an ounce, or 20 gerahs (Ezekiel 45:12).
Sheol
Sheol is the place of the dead.
Shibah
Shibah is Hebrew for "oath" or "seven." See Beersheba.
shigionoth
Victorious music.
soul
"Soul" refers to the emotions and intellect of a living person, as well as that person's very life. It is distinguished in the Bible from a person's spirit and body. (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12)
span
The length from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is stretched out (about 9 inches or 22.8 cm.).
spirit
Spirit, breath, and wind all derive from the same Hebrew and Greek words. A person's spirit is the very essence of that person's life, which comes from God, who is a Spirit being (John 4:24, Genesis 1:2; 2:7). The Bible distinguishes between a person's spirit, soul, and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12). Some beings may exist as spirits without necessarily having a visible body, such as angels and demons (Luke 9:39, 1 John 4:1-3).
stadia
stadia: plural for "stadion," a linear measure of about 184.9 meters or 606.6 feet (the length of the race course at Olympia).
stater
A stater is a Greek silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel Temple Tax for two people.
talent
A measure of weight or mass of 3000 shekels.
Tartarus
Tartarus is the Greek name for an underworld for the wicked dead; another name for Gehenna or Hell.
teraphim
Teraphim are household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
Yah
"Yah" is a shortened form of "Yahweh," which is God's proper name. This form is used occasionally in the Old Testament, mostly in the Psalms.
See "Yahweh."