STIR, STIR UP
To stir or stir up means to awaken, trouble, excite, move, or urge into action. The New Testament uses the expression both for reviving spiritual zeal and for provoking confusion or hostility.
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STOCK
Stock may mean the stem or trunk of a tree, a family line, or an instrument of punishment. In some biblical passages it is associated with idolatrous wooden objects; elsewhere it denotes ancestry or confinement.
Stocks
Stocks were wooden instruments used to restrain prisoners, usually by fastening the feet and sometimes the neck and arms. They were used as a form of imprisonment and punishment in biblical times.
Stoics
The Stoics were a Greek philosophical school founded by Zeno that taught living according to reason and the order of nature, with endurance of pain and hardship. Paul encountered Stoic philosophers in Athens and proclaimed the true God and resurrection.
STOMACH
The stomach is the sac-like part of the digestive tract where food begins to be prepared for nourishment. Scripture also uses related language figuratively for pride, courage, or strong feeling.
Stomacher
A stomacher was an article of women’s clothing, probably worn around or over the breast. The precise meaning of the Hebrew term in Isaiah 3:24 is uncertain.
Stone
Stones were used for buildings, memorials, boundary or covenant signs, and graves. Figuratively, Scripture uses stone for hardness of heart, firmness, believers as living stones, and Christ as the chief cornerstone.
STONE-SQUARERS
Stone-squarers were workers associated with preparing stones for construction. In 1 Kings, the Revised Version identifies the term more specifically as the Gebalites.
STONE, STONES
Stones are rocks or pieces of stone used in buildings, memorials, altars, weapons, precious objects, and signs. Scripture also uses stone figuratively for hardness, heaviness, dumbness, judgment, and the exalted cornerstone.
Stones
Stones could mark important events, confirm agreements, cover graves, or symbolize strength and hardness. Believers are called living stones built into a spiritual house, with Christ as the chief cornerstone.
Stones, Precious
Precious stones were highly valued for beauty, durability, and worth. They adorned the high priest’s breastplate and are used figuratively for splendor, purity, wealth, and the glory of God’s people and heavenly city.
Stoning
Stoning was a form of execution or punishment prescribed for certain offenses under the Mosaic law. It was also carried out against individuals such as Achan, Naboth, Stephen, and, unsuccessfully, Paul.
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