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SCALE
(
&
, 3013), from
, “to peel,” occurs in Acts 9:18.¶
For
SCARCE, SCARCELY
see
DIFFICULTY
SCARLET
(
, 2847) is derived from
, used of the “berries” (clusters of
the eggs of an insect) collected from the
@
7 ;
the color, however, is obtained
from the cochineal insect, which attaches itself to the leaves and twigs of the coccifera
oak; another species is raised on the leaves of the
$
7 $
. The Arabic name for this
insect is
%
, whence the word “crimson.” It is used (a) of “scarlet” wool, Heb. 9:19;
cf. in connection with the cleansing of a leper, Lev. 14:4, 6, “scarlet”; with the offering of
the red heifer, Num. 19:6; (b) of the robe put on Christ by the soldiers, Matt. 27:28; (c) of
the “beast” seen in symbolic vision in Rev. 17:3, “scarlet-colored”; (d) of the clothing of
the “woman” as seen sitting on the “beast,” 17:4; (e) of part of the merchandise of
Babylon, 18:12; (f) figuratively, of the glory of the city itself, 18:16; the neuter is used in
the last three instances.¶
SCATTER
A. Verbs.
1.
(
$ &
, 4650) is used in Matt. 12:30; Luke 11:23; John 10:12; 16:32;
2 Cor. 9:9,
RV
. See
DISPERSE
, No. 2.¶
2.
(
$ &
, 1287), “to scatter abroad,” is rendered “to scatter” in
Matt. 25:24, 26,
RV
(
KJV
, “strawed”); 26:31; Mark 14:27; Luke 1:51; John 11:52; Acts
5:37,
RV
. See
DISPERSE
, No. 3.
3.
(
&$
, 1289), “to scatter abroad” ( , “throughout,”
, “to
sow seed”), is used in Acts 8:1, 4; 11:19, all of the church in Jerusalem “scattered”
through persecution; the word in general is suggestive of the effects of the “scattering” in
the sowing of the spiritual seed of the Word of life. See
DISPERSE
, No. 4.¶
4.
(
:&
, 4496), “to throw, cast, hurl, to be cast down, prostrate,” is used in
Matt. 9:36 of people who were “scattered” as sheep without a shepherd. See
CAST
, No. 2,
THROW
.
5.
(
1
, 3039), “to winnow” (
, “a winnowing fan”), is rendered
“will scatter … as dust” in Matt. 21:44 and Luke 20:18,
RV
(
KJV
, “will grind … to
powder”). See
GRIND
, Note.¶
6.
$
(
"
, 1262), “to dissolve,” is translated “scattered” in Acts 5:36,
KJV
;
see
DISPERSE
, No. 1.¶
B. Noun.
(
$1
, 1290), “a dispersion,” is rendered “scattered abroad” in Jas. 1:1,
KJV
; “scattered” in 1 Pet. 1:1,
KJV
; see
DISPERSION
, B.
For
SCEPTRE
see
ROD
SCHISM