A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part SM
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Small]
Referred to quantity, is litle, Exod. 16. 14. to number, it is few, Isa. 1. 9. & 16. 14.
It is put for no moment, Gen. 30. 15. Exod. 18. 26.
2. For still and low, 1 King. 19. 12.
3. For weak, 2 King. 19. 26.
4. Contemptible, Psal. 119. 141.
5. …, Isa. 54. 7.
6. For affliction and trouble, Zech. 4. 10.
Small]
Prov. 24. 10. Heb. narrow, marg.
Small Grapes]
;;True believers, being yet but young and weak in faith, and in the fruits thereof, Cant. 2. 14. For our Vines have small Grapes.
Small and great]
;;Persons of all ages, stature and degree. Rev. 20. 21. And I saw the dead, great and small, &c.
Small of power, Isa. 37. 27. Heb. short of hand, marg.
Smart]
Prov. 11. 15. Shall smart for it. Heb. shall be sore broken, or be broken by breaking; that is, broken to shivers, as an earthen pot with a fall: and we call it breaking when men are undone. Annot.
Smell]
For the sense of Smelling, Psal. 115. 6.
2. For the savour of any thing, Cant. 4. 11.
3. Acceptable, Lev. 26. 31. Phil. 4. 18. Gen. 8. 21. Eph. 5. 2.
4. The naturall power and virtue, Dan. 3. 26.
Smell]
;;The sweet savour of Christ (like … the smell of precious Spikenard) greatly delighting the Church therewith, Cant. 1. 11. My Spiknard gave the smell thereof.
To smell]
;;To accept and take favourably. Gen. 8. 23. God smelled a savour of rest.
To smite]
;;To strike one with the hand, or with a rod. Mat. 26. 27. They smote him with a rod. And to chastise, Jer. 5. 3. Isa. 4. 25.
;;2. To witnesse soul-grief and sorrow for sin, Jer. 31. 19. And Ephraim smote his thigh.
;;3. To kill. Gen. 32. 11. Lest he will come to smite me. Gen. 14. 5, 17. & Exod. 2. 12. It signifieth to oppresse Tyrant-like, Isa. 10. 20, 4.
It's also put for, to subdue. 2 King. 13. 27, 18. To hurt and annoy, Psal. 121. 6. To reprove, Psal. 141. 5. Prov. 19. 25. To use cruelty, Isa. 58. 4. & 10. 20, 24. To destroy, Exod. 12. 12, 13. To oppresse, Isa. 58. 4. To slander and back-bite, Jer. 18. 18. To blast, Exod. 9. 31, 32. To afflict with diseases, 1 Sam. 5. 12. To be be … and sore afflicted, Psal. 102. 4. Isa. 53. 4.
To smite with …]
;;To strike and plague men with darknesse, not of the bodily eyes onelyonly, but of minde, so troubling their wits, and … their sight. Gen. 19. 11. And be smote them with blindnesse.
Smite]
They (the Watchmen) smote me, Cant. 5. 7. smiting is not only with the hand or other like instrument, but with the tongue, Jer. 18. 18. and generally to smite is to afflict by what means so ever, Isa. 53. 4. Psal. 69. 27. Here the watchmen are more injurious then in chap. 3. neither inquireth she of these for her Beloved; but being by them found out of the common course, is smitten and wounded as an evill doer, judged as a dishonest woman, whose feet would not abide in her house, no not by night, is rebuked, censured, &c. Aynsw.
Those that should have been defensive, prove most offensive. They smote the Church and wounded her many wayes, as with their ill and scandalous life, and sometime with corrupt doctrine, and other whiles with bitter words, and their unjust censures, as the Romish Church, they have excommunicated Churches and Princes. Sibs.
To smite the earth]
;;To inflict plagues, both spirituall and visible, on men which dwel in the earth, for the corruption of his doctrine and worship. Rev. 11. 6. To smite the earth with all manner of plagues. Thus do Gods true Ministers, as his Instruments. Therefore let all reverence them greatly.
And smite the hindmost, Josh. 10. 19. Heb. cut off the tail, mar.
Smiters]
Isa. 50. 6. Such by whom our Saviour was beaten and buffered. See Mat. 26. 27. & 27. 26. Luk. 22. 63, 64. Joh. 18. 22. See Annot.
Smith]
One that worketh in Iron, Gen. 4. 22. Silver, Act. 19. 24. Copper, 2 Tim. 4. 14.
It is taken for the Executioners of Gods judgements, Isa. 54. 16. Zech. 1. 20. and the cruell enemies of the Church, …. & Ezek. 21. 36.
Smitten]
2 King. 14. 12. Put to the worse. Comp. the marg. with the text.
They were smitten, 2 Chr. 20. 22. or they smote one another, marg.
Smoak]
;;The … and vapour arising out of the fire, being hurtfull unto the eyes, and suddenly vanishing to nothing.
;;2. The unstable and vanishing condition of the wicked. Psal. 37. 20. Even with the smoak shall they consume away.
;;3. A sloathfull Messenger, who is as irksome and grievous to him that sendeth him, as smoak is to the eye. Prov. 10. 26. As smoak to the eyes, so is a sloathfull man to him that sends him. Also a mighty King, Hezekiah, bitter as smoak, Isa. 14. 31.
;;4. The hot and fiery anger of God against the wicked. Psal. 18. 8. Smoak went out at his nosethrils. Isa. 6. 4. Filled with smoak; that is, the great wrath of God was abundantly declared.
;;5. A visible signe and token of Gods presence, Isa. 4. 5 A cloud and smoak by day.
Smoak is taken for false doctrine and filthy lives, Rev. 9. 2, 3, 17, 18.
2. Great calamities and afflictions, Isa. 14. 31. Gen. 15. 17.
3. Spirituall blindnesse, Isa 6, 4. Rev. 15. 8.
4. A great desolation, Isa. 34. 10.
5. For the torment of the damned in hell, Rev. 14. 11.
6. The small beginnings of grace in the heart of the regenerate. Isa. 42. 3. Mat. 12. 20.
Smoak of her burning]
;;The destruction of Rome, (that great City) by fire, sending forth a Smoak, which shall astonish her friends standing afar off, and looking upon her with sorrowfull hearts. Rev. 18. 18. When they shall see that smoak of her burning.
To create clouds and smoak]
;;To raise up unlooked for helps and aids for defence of his own people in Babylon, as sometime he did protect them in thhe wildernesse, by a cloud in the day, and fire in the night. Isa. 4. 5. The Lord will create a cloud, &c See Exod. 13. 21. & 14. 19, 24. Gods protection whereby he defendeth his owne in affliction and dangers, is elegantly set forth by many Metaphors of Cloud, Smoak, Flaming fire, Shadow, Place of refuge, Covering, Isa. 4. 5, 6. by Tower, Buckler, Shield, Fortresse, Horn, &c. Psal. 18. 1, 2. & 144. 1, 2. by such … up of words, the All-sufficiency of Gods protection is signified.
Smeak of odors, or of the Incense]
;;Prayers of the godly … toward heaven (as Smoak) and having pierced the heavens, prevail with God (through the intercession of Christ, sweetning them as …) to obtain things asked. Rev. 8. 3. The smoak of the odours (… of the incense) with the prayers of the Saints went up, &c.
Smoak]
Like pillars of smoak, Cant. 3. 6. or Vapours of smoak, as Act. 2. 19. from Joel 2. 30. In … it hath the name of palm tree (such as the stature of the Church is likened unto Cant. 7. 7.) which are upright and tall like pillars; and smoaky vapours mounting upright are so called by similitude. And whereas in Joel 2. 30. & 2. 19. bloud, and fire, and pillars of smoak, are signes of Gods wrath against the contemners of his Word and Church; (and smoak in the Scriptures is usually a sign of anger) here also the like may be implyed. Again as smoak is dark and hindereth from seeing, and the clowdy pillar was dark to the Egyptians, Exod. 14. 20. So is the Church and the glory thereof obscure unto the world, by reason of her afflictions in this life, which were resembled unto Abraham by a smokie Oven, Gen. 15. 17. but chiefly this seemeth to denote the … of the Church, who as a spiritual sacrifice ascended up to God on the Altar Christ, by the fire of the Spirit, resolving the earthly matter to ashes, remaining beneath, and the other unto smoak mounting up unto God. Aynsw. See Frankincense and Pillars.
Smoak out of the pit]
;;The darkness of Satans kingdom, ignorance, of the Ministers of Christ his …, heresies and superstitions arising from blind errors. Rev. 9. 2. There arose a smoak out of the pit, as the smoak … a great furnace. How fitly doth this agree to Popery, where many and manifold traditions, errors, lies, superstitions, …, darkened the Sun and light of Gospel many years? shew if they can, any Kingdome that did the like; or that this can be meant of any other darkning then of the Gospel.
Smoak of their torment]
;;That the torments and pain of the Servants, and followers of Antichrist shall be perpetuall, as men know the fire never to be quenched, so long as the smoak ascends. Rev. 14. 11. And the smoak of their torment ascended up for ever and ever.
Two smoaking firebrands]
;;The two Kings, one of Syria, the other of Israel, so called, because Fire-brands quickly are put out, and can do no great hurt; so the anger of these two Kings against Judah, should be vain and short. Isa. 7. 4. Fear not the two tails of these smoaking firebrands.
Smoaking]
Smoaking flax shall … not quench, Mat. 12. 20. The reed is the weak infirm man, the bruising of that reed is falling … sin, and the flax on fire, i. e. burning in the lamp (See Judg. 15. 14. & 16. 9. Isa. 43. 17.) is the man again, the smoaking flax is when the flame is out, or burns darkly for want of oyl, and yet there remains some fire in the flax, and that smoaks or shines dimly in stead of …; and answerable to that is the man in whom grace is decayed, but yet not desperately or irrevocably gone out, some smoak of good being still left in him, and this person in this estate, Christ is so far from destroying or triumphing over, that he doth most tenderly cherish and labour to restore such an one in the Spirit of … to a firm habit of Christian practise again. Dr. Ham. Annot. d.
Smooth]
Without hair or other roughnesse, Gen. 27. 11, 16. 1 Sam. 17. 40.
2. It is put for straight and eaven, Luk. 3. 5.
3. For flattering words in false Teachers, Isa. 30. 10. Whores, Prov. 5. 3 and the wicked back-biters, Psa. 55. 21.
Smooth]
To polish, or make sleek, Isa. 41. 7.
She smote, Judg. 5. 26. Hebr. hammered, marg.
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Myrrhe. A City in Asia the lesser, wherein the Gospel once flourished, Rev. 1. 11.
Smyrna]
Rev. 1. 11. A City of Ionia, neer which were the Olympian games celebrated. Annot.