Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Sabaoth | the God of armies | Romans 9:29 |
| Sabeans | an oath, same as Sheba | Job 1:15 |
| Sabeans | drunkards, people of Seba, different Hebrew word from Job 1:15 | Isaiah 45:14 |
| Sabta | striking, same as Sabtah | 1 Chronicles 1:9 |
| Sabtah | striking | Genesis 10:7 |
| Sabtecha | striking | Genesis 10:7 |
| Sacar | wages | 1 Chronicles 11:35 |
| Sadducees | the righteous, followers of Sadoc or Zadok | Matthew 3:7 |
| Sadoc | just, righteous, same as Zadok | Matthew 1:14 |
| Sakkuth | RSV for tabernacle | Amos 5:26 |
| Sala | weapon, missile, same as Salah | Luke 3:35 |
| Salah | a weapon or missile, same as Shelah | Genesis 10:24 |
| Salamis | tossing of the sea | Acts 13:5 |
| Salathiel | asked of God, same as Shealtiel | 1 Chronicles 3:17 |
| Salcah | migration | Joshua 12:5 |
| Salchah | migration, same as Salcah | Deuteronomy 3:10 |
| Salem | peace, same as Shalem | Genesis 14:18 |
| Salim | peace | John 3:23 |
| Sallai | elevation, same as Sallu and Salu | Nehemiah 11:8 |
| Sallu | elevation | 1 Chronicles 9:7 |
| Salma | garment | 1 Chronicles 2:11 |
| Salmai | JPS rendering of "Shalmai" in KJV, and which means "my garments"; see Shalmai below | Ezra 2:46 |
| Salmon | garment | Ruth 4:20 |
| Salmon | shady, same as Zalmon, different from Ruth 4:20 | Psalm 68:14 |
| Salmone | clothed | Acts 27:7 |
| Salome | peaceful | Mark 15:40 |
| Salu | elevation, same as Sallu | Numbers 25:14 |
| Samaria | watch mountain | 1 Kings 13:32 |
| Samaritans | inhabitants of Samaria | 2 Kings 17:29 |
| Samgarnebo | sword of Nebo | Jeremiah 39:3 |
| Samlah | garment | Genesis 36:36 |
| Samos | a sandy bluff | Acts 20:15 |
| Samothracia | a sandy bluff belonging to Thrace | Acts 16:11 |
| Samson | like the sun | Judges 13:24 |
| Samuel | heard of God or name of God, same as Shemuel | 1 Samuel 1:20 |
| Sanballat | strength | Nehemiah 2:10 |
| Sanhedrim | Darby, Young's, etc., for "council" in KJV; means sitting together | Matthew 5:22 |
| Sanhedrin | Weymouth NT, Philips NT, same as Sanhedrim, for "council" in KJV | Acts 4:15 |
| Sansannah | palm branch | Joshua 15:31 |
| Saph | tall | 2 Samuel 21:18 |
| Saphir | beautiful | Micah 1:11 |
| Sapphira | a sapphire, a precious stone | Acts 5:1 |
| Sarah | princess of many nations | Genesis 17:15 |
| Sarai | my princess | Genesis 11:29 |
| Sardis | red ones | Revelation 1:11 |
| Sardites | descendants of Sered | Numbers 26:26 |
| Sarepta | smelting | Luke 4:26 |
| Sargon | prince of the sun | Isaiah 20:1 |
| Sarid | survivor | Joshua 19:10 |
| Saron | plain or level, same as Sharon | Acts 9:35 |
| Sarsechim | prince of Scythians, a Babylonian general | Jeremiah 39:3 |
| Saruch | intertwined, same as Seruch | Luke 3:35 |
| Satan | adversary | 1 Chronicles 21:1 |
| Saul | asked for, desired, same as Shaul | Genesis 36:37 |
| Saviour | deliverer, preserver | Luke 1:47 |
| Sceva | mind reader? | Acts 19:14 |
| Scythian | inhabitant of Scythia | Colossians 3:11 |
| Seba | drink | Genesis 10:7 |
| Sebat | a rod, name of the 11th month | Zechariah 1:7 |
| Secacah | enclosure | Joshua 15:61 |
| Sechu | hill, watchtower | 1 Samuel 19:22 |
| Secundus | second , fortunate | Acts 20:4 |
| Segub | elevated | 1 Kings 16:34 |
| Seir | hairy, rough | Genesis 14:6 |
| Seirath | hairy, shaggy | Judges 3:26 |
| Sela | a rock | Isaiah 16:1 |
| Selah | a rock, same as Sela | 2 Kings 14:7 |
| Selah | the end, a pause, different from 2 Kings 14:7 | Psalms 3:2 |
| Selahammahlekoth | cliff of divisions | 1 Samuel 23:28 |
| Seled | exultation or burning | 1 Chronicles 2:30 |
| Seleucia | white light | Acts 13:4 |
| Sem | renown, same as Shem | Luke 3:36 |
| Semachiah | whom God sustains | 1 Chronicles 26:7 |
| Semei | hearing, my report | Luke 3:26 |
| Senaah | bramble, thorny, same as Hassenaah | Ezra 2:35 |
| Seneh | thorny | 1 Samuel 14:4 |
| Senir | mountain peak, same as Shenir | 1 Chronicles 5:23 |
| Sennacherib | the moon (named Sin) multiplied brothers | 2 Kings 18:13 |
| Senuah | thorny, bristling, same as Hasenuah | Nehemiah 11:9 |
| Seorim | barley | 1 Chronicles 24:8 |
| Sephar | numbering | Genesis 10:30 |
| Sepharad | separated | Obadiah 1:20 |
| Sepharvaim | the two Sipparas, enumeration | 2 Kings 17:24 |
| Sepharvites | inhabitants of Sepharvaim | 2 Kings 17:31 |
| Serah | abundance | Genesis 46:17 |
| Seraiah | soldier of God | 2 Samuel 8:17 |
| Seraphim | burning, fiery | Isaiah 6:2 |
| Sered | fear | Genesis 46:14 |
| Sergius | earth-born | Acts 13:7 |
| Serug | intertwined, branch, same as Saruch | Genesis 11:20 |
| Seth | replacement, same as Sheth | Genesis 4:25 |
| Sethur | hidden | Numbers 13:13 |
| Shaalabbin | place of a foxes, same as Shaalbim | Joshua 19:42 |
| Shaalbim | place of foxes | Judges 1:35 |
| Shaalbonite | inhabitant of Shaalbim | 2 Samuel 23:32 |
| Shaaph | division | 1 Chronicles 2:47 |
| Shaaraim | two gates, same as Sharaim | 1 Samuel 17:52 |
| Shaashgaz | servant of the beautiful | Esther 2:14 |
| Shabbethai | born on the Sabbath | Ezra 10:15 |
| Shachia | wandering | 1 Chronicles 8:10 |
| Shaddai | translated as the Almighty God, El Shaddai | Genesis 17:1 |
| Shadrach | great scribe, perhaps rejoicing in the way | Daniel 1:7 |
| Shage | wandering | 1 Chronicles 11:34 |
| Shaharaim | two dawns | 1 Chronicles 8:8 |
| Shahazimah | lofty places | Joshua 19:22 |
| Shalem | peace, same as Salem | Genesis 33:18 |
| Shalim | region of foxes | 1 Samuel 9:4 |
| Shalisha | three parts | 1 Samuel 9:4 |
| Shalishah | ASV, RSV, JPS, etc. for Shalisha | 1 Samuel 9:4 |
| Shallecheth | cutting down, casting down | 1 Chronicles 26:16 |
| Shallum | retribution | 2 Kings 15:10 |
| Shallun | retribution, probably a corruption of "Shallum" | Nehemiah 3:15 |
| Shalmai | Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7 list the same people who returned with Zerubbabel. The name for the same person "Shalmai" is in the Hebrew spelled correctly in Nehemiah 7:48, and it is spelled incorrectly (with 2 letters transposed) in Ezra 2:46. While the KJV simply ignored this mistake and translated both as "Shalmai", some versions (ASV, RSV, Rotherham, etc.) faithfully transliterated the mistake as "Shamlai". The JPS transliterated both places as "Salmai". The meaning in both places should be "my garments". | Ezra 2:46 Nehemiah 7:48 |
| Shalman | fire worshipper, short form for Shalmaneser | Hosea 10:14 |
| Shalmaneser | fire worshipper | 2 Kings 17:3 |
| Shama | obedient | 1 Chronicles 11:44 |
| Shamariah | guarded by God, same as Shemariah | 2 Chronicles 11:19 |
| Shamed | dregs, which preserve wine kept on the lees, same as Shamer and Shemer | 1 Chronicles 8:12 |
| Shamer | dregs | 1 Chronicles 6:46 |
| Shamgar | perhaps sword? | Judges 3:31 |
| Shamhuth | desolation | 1 Chronicles 27:8 |
| Shamir | thorn | Joshua 15:48 |
| Shamir | guardian, different word from Joshua 15:48 | 1 Chronicles 24:24 |
| Shamlai | ASV, RSV, Rotherham, etc., this is a faithful transliteration for the Hebrew word in Ezra 2:46, the meaning is "my garments"; see "Shalmai" | Ezra 2:46 |
| Shamma | desert | 1 Chronicles 7:37 |
| Shammah | desolation, astonishment | Genesis 36:13 |
| Shammai | laid waste, desolations | 1 Chronicles 2:28 |
| Shammoth | ruins, desolations | 1 Chronicles 11:27 |
| Shammua | renowned | Numbers 13:4 |
| Shamsherai | sunlike | 1 Chronicles 8:26 |
| Shapham | shaven, bald | 1 Chronicles 5:12 |
| Shaphan | coney or hyrax | 2 Kings 22:3 |
| Shaphat | judged | Numbers 13:5 |
| Shapher | elegance, beauty | Numbers 33:23 |
| Sharai | beginning | Ezra 10:40 |
| Sharaim | two gates, same as Shaaraim | Joshua 15:36 |
| Sharar | to be firm, hard, hostile | 2 Samuel 23:33 |
| Sharezer | prince of fire, same as Sherezer | 2 Kings 19:37 |
| Sharon | a plain, same as Lasharon | 1 Chronicles 5:16 |
| Sharonite | inhabitant of the area of Sharon | 1 Chronicles 27:29 |
| Sharuhen | pleasant lodging place | Joshua 19:6 |
| Shashai | whitish | Ezra 10:40 |
| Shashak | desire | 1 Chronicles 8:14 |
| Shaul | asked for, desired, same as Saul | Genesis 46:10 |
| Shaulites | descendants of Saul | Numbers 26:13 |
| Shaveh | plain of two cities | Genesis 14:5 |
| Shavehkiriathaim | RSV, etc ., the plain of two cities | Genesis 14:5 |
| Shavsha | rejoice | 1 Chronicles 18:16 |
| Sheal | prayer | Ezra 10:29 |
| Shealtiel | asked of God, same as Salathiel | Ezra 3:2 |
| Sheariah | whom God values | 1 Chronicles 8:38 |
| Shearjashub | a remnant shall return | Isaiah 7:3 |
| Sheba | an oath, same as Sabeans | Genesis 10:7 |
| Shebah | an oath | Genesis 26:33 |
| Shebam | spice, fragrance, same as Shibmah and Sibmah | Numbers 32:3 |
| Shebaniah | whom God caused to grow up or prosper | 1 Chronicles 15:24 |
| Shebarim | breaches, ruins | Joshua 7:5 |
| Sheber | breaking; hope | 1 Chronicles 2:48 |
| Shebna | tender youth, to grow | 2 Kings 18:18 |
| Shebuel | captive of God, same as Shubael | 1 Chronicles 23:16 |
| Shecaniah | dwelling with God | 1 Chronicles 24:11 |
| Shechaniah | dwelling with God, same as Shecaniah | 1 Chronicles 3:21 |
| Shechem | the upper part of the back, same as Sichem | Genesis 33:18 |
| Shechemites | descendants of Shechem | Numbers 26:31 |
| Shedeur | casting forth of fire | Numbers 1:5 |
| Shedeur | casting forth of fire | Numbers 1:5 |
| Shehariah | whom God seeks for | 1 Chronicles 8:26 |
| Shelah | a weapon or missile, same as Salah | 1 Chronicles 1:18 |
| Shelah | prayer, petition, different word from 1 Chronicles 1:18 | Genesis 38:5 |
| Shelanites | descendant of Shelah | Numbers 26:20 |
| Shelemiah | renumeration, repaid by God | 1 Chronicles 26:14 |
| Sheleph | to draw out | Genesis 10:26 |
| Shelesh | triad | 1 Chronicles 7:35 |
| Shelomi | my peace, peaceful | Numbers 34:27 |
| Shelomith | peaceful | Leviticus 24:11 |
| Shelomoth | peaceful, same as Shelomith | 1 Chronicles 24:22 |
| Shelumiel | friend of God | Numbers 1:6 |
| Shem | name, renown | Genesis 5:32 |
| Shema | hear | Joshua 15:26 |
| Shemaah | fame, rumour | 1 Chronicles 12:3 |
| Shemaiah | whom God has heard | 1 Kings 12:22 |
| Shemariah | guarded by God, same as Shamariah | 1 Chronicles 12:5 |
| Shemeber | soaring on high | Genesis 14:2 |
| Shemer | dregs, same as Shamed and Shamer | 1 Kings 16:24 |
| Shemida | fame of wisdom | Numbers 26:32 |
| Shemidaites | descendants of Shemida | Numbers 26:32 |
| Sheminith | eighth (an eight-stringed instrument) | 1 Chronicles 15:21 |
| Shemiramoth | most high name | 1 Chronicles 15:18 |
| Shemuel | heard of God or name of God , same as Samuel | Numbers 34:20 |
| Shen | crag, rock | 1 Samuel 7:12 |
| Shenazar | splendid leader | 1 Chronicles 3:18 |
| Shenazzar | ASV, RSV, JPS, etc. for Shenazar | 1 Chronicles 3:18 |
| Shenir | mountain peak, same as Senir | Deuteronomy 3:9 |
| Shepham | bald | Numbers 34;10 |
| Shephathiah | whom God defends | 1 Chronicles 9:8 |
| Shephatiah | whom God defends, same as Shephathiah | 2 Samuel 3:4 |
| Shephi | baldness, nakedness | 1 Chronicles 1:40 |
| Shepho | baldness, nakedness, same as Shephi | Genesis 36:23 |
| Shephuphan | serpent-like | 1 Chronicles 8:5 |
| Sherah | kinswoman | 1 Chronicles 7:24 |
| Sherebiah | the heat of God | Ezra 8:18 |
| Sheresh | root | 1 Chronicles 7:16 |
| Sherezer | prince of fire, same as Sharezer | Zechariah 7:2 |
| Sheshach | fine linen, symbolical name for Babylon | Jeremiah 25:26 |
| Sheshai | whitish, perhaps noble? | Numbers 13:22 |
| Sheshan | lily | 1 Chronicles 2:31 |
| Sheshbazzar | worshipper of fire | Ezra 1:8 |
| Sheth | replacement, same as Seth | Numbers 24:17 |
| Shethar | a star | Esther 1:14 |
| Shetharboznai | bright star | Ezra 5:3 |
| Sheva | God contends | 2 Samuel 20:25 |
| Shibboleth | ear of grain, by analogy a branch | Judges 12:6 |
| Shibmah | spice, fragrance, same as Shebam and Sibmah | Numbers 32:38 |
| Shicron | drunkenness | Joshua 15:11 |
| Shiggaion | a song of trouble or comfort, rambling poem | Psalms 7, the title |
| Shigionoth | rambling poem, same as Shiggaion | Habakkuk 3:1 |
| Shihon | Young's, Webster, ruin, same as Sihon | Joshua 19:19 |
| Shihor | black, turbid (the Nile), same as Sihor | 1 Chronicles 13:5 |
| Shihorlibnath | blackness of whiteness, darkish whiteness | Joshua 19:26 |
| Shilhi | armed | 1 Kings 22:42 |
| Shilhim | armed men | Joshua 15:32 |
| Shillem | retribution, ,recompense | Genesis 46:24 |
| Shillemites | descendants of Shillem | Numbers 26:49 |
| Shiloah | sent, same as Siloah | Isaiah 8:6 |
| Shiloh | tranquility, rest; this Hebrew word is only used here, and it refers prophetically to Jesus Christ | Genesis 49:10 |
| Shiloh | a place of rest, a slightly different Hebrew word | Joshua 18:1 |
| Shiloni | inhabitant of Shiloh | Nehemiah 11:5 |
| Shilonite | inhabitant of Shiloh | 1 Kings 11:29 |
| Shilshah | triad, strong | 1 Chronicles 7:37 |
| Shimea | rumour, fame | 2 Samuel 21:21 |
| Shimeah | fame, report | 2 Samuel 13:3 |
| Shimeam | fame | 1 Chronicles 9:38 |
| Shimeath | fame, report | 2 Kings 12:21 |
| Shimeathites | a family of scribes | 1 Chronicles 2:55 |
| Shimei | renowned, same as Shimi and Shimhi | Numbers 3:18 |
| Shimeon | hearing with acceptance, same as Simeon | Ezra 10:31 |
| Shimhi | renowned, same as Shimei | 1 Chronicles 8:21 |
| Shimi | renowned, same as Shimei | Exodus 6:17 |
| Shimites | descendants of Shimei | Numbers 3:21 |
| Shimma | rumour, fame, same as Shimea | 1 Chronicles 2:13 |
| Shimon | desert | 1 Chronicles 4:20 |
| Shimrath | watch, guard | 1 Chronicles 8:21 |
| Shimri | watchful, same as Simri | 1 Chronicles 4:37 |
| Shimrith | vigilant | 2 Chronicles 24:26 |
| Shimron | watch, guardianship | Genesis 46:13 |
| Shimronites | descendants of Shimron | Numbers 26:24 |
| Shimronmeron | guard of Meron | Joshua 12:20 |
| Shimshai | sunny | Ezra 4:8 |
| Shinab | splendour of the father, perhaps father's tooth? | Genesis 14:2 |
| Shinar | country of two rivers | Genesis 10:10 |
| Shion | ruin, overturning | Joshua 19:19 |
| Shiphi | abundant | 1 Chronicles 4:37 |
| Shiphmite | inhabitant of Siphmoth | 1 Chronicles 27:27 |
| Shiphrah | beauty, fair | Exodus 1:15 |
| Shiphtan | judicial | Numbers 34:24 |
| Shisha | whiteness (of marble) | 1 Kings 4:3 |
| Shishak | desirous of fine linen | 1 Kings 11:40 |
| Shitrai | an officer, a magistrate | 1 Chronicles 27:29 |
| Shittah | the acacia tree, thorny | Isaiah 41:19 |
| Shittim | the acacias | Numbers 25:1 |
| Shiza | splendour | 1 Chronicles 11:42 |
| Shoa | rich | Ezekiel 23:23 |
| Shobab | falling away, rebellious | 2 Samuel 5:14 |
| Shobach | entangled branches, expansion | 2 Samuel 10:16 |
| Shobai | turning captivity, captor | Ezra 2:42 |
| Shobal | flowing | Genesis 36:20 |
| Shobek | forsaking | Nehemiah 10:24 |
| Shobi | captor | 2 Samuel 17:27 |
| Shocho | a hedge | 2 Chronicles 28:18 |
| Shochoh | a hedge, same as Shocho | 1 Samuel 17:1 |
| Shoco | a hedge, same as Shocho | 2 Chronicles 11:7 |
| Shofar | Jubilee Bible, ram's horn used as a trumpet | Exodus 19:16 |
| Shoham | onyx, gemstone | 1 Chronicles 24:27 |
| Shomer | keeper | 2 Kings 12:21 |
| Shophach | pouring out, expansion | 1 Chronicles 19:16 |
| Shophan | crowns of Shophan; in ASV, RSV, JPS this name is "Atrothshophan"; the word "Shophan" refers to "hidden treasure" | Numbers 32:35 |
| Shoshannim | lily | Psalm 45, title |
| Shoshannimeduth | lilies, same as Shushaneduth | Psalm 80, title |
| Shua | a pit | 1 Chronicles 2:3 |
| Shuah | a pit, wooded hollow | 1 Chronicles 4:11 |
| Shuah | a different word, perhaps wealth? | Genesis 25:2 |
| Shual | fox, jackal | 1 Samuel 13:17 |
| Shubael | captive of God, same as Shebuel | 1 Chronicles 24:20 |
| Shuham | pit-digger | Numbers 26:42 |
| Shuhamites | descendants of Shuham | Numbers 26:42 |
| Shuhite | descendant of Shuah | Job 2:11 |
| Shulamite | peaceful, perfect | Song 6:13 |
| Shumathites | garlic | 1 Chronicles 2:53 |
| Shunammite | two resting places | 1 Kings 1:3 |
| Shunem | two resting places | Joshua 19:18 |
| Shuni | quiet | Genesis 46:16 |
| Shunites | descendants of Shuni | Numbers 26:15 |
| Shupham | serpent-like, same as Shephuphan | Numbers 26:39 |
| Shuphamites | descendants of Shupham | Numbers 26:39 |
| Shuppim | serpents | 1 Chronicles 7:12 |
| Shur | wall | Genesis 16:7 |
| Shushan | lily, same as Susa | Nehemiah 1:1 |
| Shushaneduth | lilies | Psalm 60, title |
| Shuthalhites | descendants of Shuthelah | Numbers 26:35 |
| Shuthelah | crash of breakage | Numbers 26:35 |
| Sia | congregation, assembly | Nehemiah 7:47 |
| Siaha | congregation, assembly, same as Sia | Ezra 2:44 |
| Sibbecai | the wood of God, same as Sibbechai | 1 Chronicles 11:29 |
| Sibbechai | the wood of God, dense interwoven trees | 2 Samuel 21:18 |
| Sibboleth | ear of grain | Judges 12:6 |
| Sibmah | spice, fragrance, same as Shibmah and Shebam | Joshua 13:19 |
| Sibraim | twofold hope | Ezekiel 47:16 |
| Siccuth | JPS, tabernacle in KJV | Amos 5:26 |
| Sichem | upper part of the back, same as Shechem | Genesis 12:6 |
| Siddim | a field, a plain | Genesis 14:3 |
| Sidon | fishing, hunting, same as Zidon | Genesis 10:15 |
| Sidonians | inhabitants of Sidon | Deuteronomy 3:9 |
| Sihon | sweeping away, a leader carrying everything before him | Numbers 21:21 |
| Sihor | black, turbid (the river Nile), same as Shihor | Joshua 13:3 |
| Sikkuth | NKJV for tabernacle | Amos 5:26 |
| Silas | short for Silvanus, woody | Acts 15:22 |
| Silla | embankment, highway | 2 Kings 12:20 |
| Siloah | a sending (of water), same as Shiloah | Nehemiah 3:15 |
| Siloam | sent, same as Siloah | Luke 13:4 |
| Silvanus | woody, forest | 2 Corinthians 1:19 |
| Simeon | hearing with acceptance, same as Shimeon | Genesis 29:33 |
| Simon | hearing with acceptance, same as Simeon | Matthew 4:18 |
| Simri | watchful, same as Shimri | 1 Chronicles 26:10 |
| Sin | clay, or thorn | Exodus 16:1 |
| Sinai | thorny | Exodus 16:1 |
| Sineonites | descendants of Simeon | Numbers 25:14 |
| Sinim | land of thorns?, a distant country | Isaiah 49:12 |
| Sinites | tribe of Canaanites | Genesis 10:17 |
| Sion | lofty | Deuteronomy 4:48 |
| Siphmoth | fruitful | 1 Samuel 30:28 |
| Sippai | basin-like, bowl | 1 Chronicles 20:4 |
| Sirah | withdrawing | 2 Samuel 3:26 |
| Sirion | breastplate, a name for Mount Hermon | Deuteronomy 3:9 |
| Sisamai | water crane or swallow | 1 Chronicles 2:40 |
| Sisera | a field of battle | Judges 4:2 |
| Sitnah | contention, strife | Genesis 26:21 |
| Sivan | Persian origin, rejoice, name of the 3rd month | Esther 8:9 |
| Smyrna | myrrh | Revelation 1:11 |
| So | concealed, name of an Egyptian king | 2 Kings 17:4 |
| Socho | a hedge, same as Shocho | 1 Chronicles 4:18 |
| Sochoh | a hedge, same as Socho | 1 Kings 4:10 |
| Socoh | a hedge, same as Socho | Joshua 15:35 |
| Sodi | an acquaintance (of God) | Numbers 13:10 |
| Sodom | burning | Genesis 10:19 |
| Sodoma | same as Sodom | Romans 9:29 |
| Sodomite | sexual perverts | Deuteronomy 23:17 |
| Solomon | peace | 2 Samuel 5:14 |
| Sopater | of a safe father, saviour of his father | Acts 20:4 |
| Sophereth | writing, a scribe | Ezra 2:55 |
| Sopherim | scribes, from Ezra's time onwards the body of scribes who made copies of the books of the Old Testament | not in the Bible |
| Sorek | choice vines | Judges 16:4 |
| Sosipater | saviour of his father | Romans 16:21 |
| Sosthenes | saviour of his nation | Acts 18:17 |
| Sotai | roving, changeful | Ezra 2:55 |
| Spain | rare, scarceness, name of the country | Romans 15:24 |
| Stachys | ear of corn | Romans 16:9 |
| Stephanas | crowned | 1 Corinthians 1:16 |
| Stephen | crowned, same as Stephanas | Acts 6:5 |
| Stoic | ASV, RSV, NKJV, etc. for Stoicks | Acts 17:18 |
| Stoicks | philosophers who followed the teachings of Zeno | Acts 17:18 |
| Suah | wiped away, sweeping | 1 Chronicles 7:36 |
| Succoth | tents, tabernacles, coverings | Genesis 33:17 |
| Succothbenoth | the tents of young women, i.e. for prostitution | 2 Kings 17:30 |
| Suchathites | descendants of Sukah | 1 Chronicles 2:55 |
| Sukkiims | hut dwellers | 2 Chronicles 12:3 |
| Suphah | ASV, RSV, JPS, etc., this is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "Red Sea" in the KJV | Numbers 21:14 |
| Sur | turning aside, a temple gate | 2 Kings 11:6 |
| Susa | RSV for Shushan, lily | Nehemiah 1:1 |
| Susanchites | inhabitants of Shushan | Ezra 4:9 |
| Susanna | lily | Luke 8:3 |
| Susi | horseman | Numbers 13:11 |
| Sychar | drunken | John 4:5 |
| Sychem | ridge, shoulder, same as Shechem | Acts 7:16 |
| Syene | opening, key | Ezekiel 29:10 |
| Synagogue | The Hebrew word used here is "mow'ed" and usually refers to Holy Days or to commanded assemblies. Here it refers to the meeting places for Holy Days and for church services. | Psalm 74:8 |
| Synagogue | The Greek word "sunagoge" means meeting places. | Matthew 4:23 |
| Syntyche | accident, with fate | Philippians 4:2 |
| Syracuse | a Syrian hearing | Acts 28:12 |
| Syria | exalted, the nation Aram or Syria | Judges 10:6 |
| Syriadamascus | same as Syria | 1 Chronicles 18:6 |
| Syriamaachah | same as Syria | 1 Chronicles 19:6 |
| Syrian | exalted, same as Aramite | Genesis 25:20 |
| Syrophenician | exalted palm, of mixed race | Mark 7:26 |