Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
Sodomites
Sin & Judgment - Both
Sodomites were persons who practiced the immoral and unnatural conduct associated with Sodom, sometimes as part of pagan religious practice. Israel’s kings were repeatedly commended or condemned according to whether they removed such practices.
Solemn meeting
Festivals & Holy Days - Old Testament
A solemn meeting was a sacred closing assembly held during certain Israelite festivals, especially the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles and the seventh day of Passover.
Solomon
People & Groups - Old Testament
Solomon was David’s son and successor and the third king of Israel. Known for wisdom, wealth, building the temple, and a long peaceful reign, he later fell into idolatry through his foreign wives.
Solomon, Song of
Scripture - Old Testament
The Song of Solomon, or Canticles, is a poetic book celebrating the love of bride and bridegroom. In traditional Christian interpretation, it also portrays the faithful love of Christ for his people.
Solomon, Wisdom Of
Scripture - Inter-testament
The Wisdom of Solomon is a book associated with Solomon in the later Jewish wisdom tradition and included among the inter-testamental writings.
Solomon’s Porch
Temple & Tabernacle - New Testament
Solomon’s Porch was a colonnade or covered walkway on the eastern side of the temple. It was a setting for teaching and public gathering in Jerusalem.
Solomons Porch
Temple & Tabernacle - New Testament
Solomon’s Porch was a covered colonnade associated with the temple precincts and mentioned in the New Testament as a place where people gathered.
Solomons Servants
People & Groups - Old Testament
Solomon’s servants were descendants of Canaanite laborers whom Solomon employed in royal building works. Their descendants returned from the Babylonian captivity as a distinct group.
Solomons Song
Scripture - Old Testament
Solomon’s Song is another title for the Song of Solomon, also called Canticles.
Son
Other - Both
Son can describe physical descent, relationship, membership, or succession. Biblical expressions such as “son of a year” and “son of a bow” use the term in extended senses.
Son of God
Jesus Christ - Both
Son of God is the distinctive title of Jesus Christ, declaring his unique and eternal relationship with the Father and his true deity. In plural forms, “sons of God” can refer to angels or people related to God by grace.
SON OF GOD, THE
Jesus Christ - Both
“The Son of God” is a title applied in various senses to angels, Israel, kings, and believers, but in its fullest New Testament sense it identifies Jesus Christ as the divine Son, equal with the Father and worthy of faith and worship.
Son of man
Jesus Christ - Both
Son of man can refer generally to human beings in their weakness, to the prophet Ezekiel, and especially to Jesus Christ. Applied to Jesus, it emphasizes his true humanity and also recalls Daniel’s promised heavenly ruler.
SON OF MAN, THE
Jesus Christ - Both
“The Son of Man” is Jesus’ characteristic self-designation in the Gospels. Drawing especially on Daniel’s vision, the title presents Him as the promised Messiah who would suffer, give His life for many, receive authority, and come in glory to judge.
SONG
Worship & Prayer - Both
A song is a vocal or poetic composition, whether sacred or secular. Scripture includes songs of worship, thanksgiving, lament, victory, instruction, and national celebration, with the Psalms forming the chief collection of sacred songs.
SONG OF SONGS
Scripture - Old Testament
The Song of Songs is a poetic book celebrating love and marriage. It has traditionally been read both as a beautiful expression of human love and, by many Jewish and Christian interpreters, as suggestive of the love between God and His people or Christ and His church.
Songs
Worship & Prayer - Both
Scripture records songs of praise, victory, prayer, prophecy, and thanksgiving from Moses, Deborah, David, Hannah, Mary, angels, and others. These songs express God’s mighty works and the worship of his people.
SONS OF GOD
Angels & Spiritual Beings - Both
“Sons of God” chiefly refers in Job and the Psalms to heavenly beings or angels who stand before God and serve Him. In Genesis 6:2,4 the expression is debated, with interpretations referring either to human groups or to supernatural beings.
SONS OF GOD (NEW TESTAMENT)
Salvation - New Testament
In the New Testament, believers become sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ, by spiritual birth and adoption. This sonship brings God’s love, care, discipline, inheritance, and a family likeness, and will be fully revealed at Christ’s coming.
Soothsayer
Sin & Judgment - Both
A soothsayer is one who claims to predict future events through divination, astrology, omens, or related practices. Scripture condemns such practices as false and contrary to trusting God.
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