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(
&
, 4978), “a rent, division,” is translated “schism” in 1 Cor. 12:25,
metaphorically of the contrary condition to that which God has designed for a local
church in “tempering the body together” (v. 24), the members having “the same care one
for another” (“the same” being emphatic). See
DIVISION
, No. 3,
RENT
.
SCHOOL
(
)
, 4981) (whence Eng., “school”) primarily denotes “leisure,” then, “that
for which leisure was employed, a disputation, lecture”; hence, by metonymy, “the place
where lectures are delivered, a school,” Acts 19:9.¶
For
SCHOOLMASTER,
Gal. 3:24
,
25
, see
INSTRUCTOR
, B, No. 1
SCIENCE
(
, 1108) is translated “science” in the
KJV
of 1 Tim. 6:20; the word
simply means “knowledge” (
RV
), where the reference is to the teaching of the Gnostics
(lit., “the knowers”) “falsely called knowledge.” Science in the modern sense of the
word, viz., the investigation, discovery, and classification of secondary laws, is unknown
in Scripture. See
KNOW
, C, No. 1.
SCOFF
$
(
#
$&
, 1592), “to hold up the nose in derision at” ( , “from,”
used intensively,
$
, “to mock”; from
$
, “the nose”), is translated “scoffed
at” in Luke 16:14,
RV
(
KJV
, “derided”), of the Pharisees in their derision of Christ on
account of His teaching; in 23:35 (ditto), of the mockery of Christ on the cross by the
rulers of the people.¶ In the Sept., Ps. 2:4; 22:7; 35:16.¶ For SCOFFERS, 2 Pet. 3:3,
KJV
,
see
MOCKERS
SCORCH, SCORCHING
A. Verb.
$
(
&
, 2739), “to scorch” (from
$
, “heat”), is used (a) of seed
that had not much earth, Matt. 13:6; Mark 4:6; (b) of men, stricken retributively by the
sun’s heat, Rev. 16:8, 9.¶
B. Noun.
$
(
"
, 2742), “burning heat” (akin to
, “to burn”), is translated
“scorching heat” in Matt. 20:12 (
KJV
, “heat”); Luke 12:55 (ditto); in Jas. 1:11,
RV
,
“scorching wind” (
KJV
, “burning heat”), here the reference is to a hot wind from the east
(cf. Job 1:19). See
HEAT
.¶ In the Sept., Job 27:21; Jer. 18:17; 51:1; Ezek. 17:10; 19:12;
Hos. 12:1; 13:15; Jonah 4:8.¶
For
SCORN
see
LAUGH
SCORPION
(
$ &
, 4651), akin to
, “to scatter” (which see), is a small
animal (the largest of the several species is 6 in. long) like a lobster, but with a long tail,
at the end of which is its venomous sting; the pain, the position of the sting, and the effect
are mentioned in Rev. 9:3, 5, 10. The Lord’s rhetorical question as to the provision of a
“scorpion” instead of an egg, Luke 11:12, is, firstly, an allusion to the egg-like shape of
the creature when at rest; secondly, an indication of the abhorrence with which it is
regarded. In Luke 10:19, the Lord’s assurance to the disciples of the authority given them