Also see Footsteps and Walking.

(1) Josh. 3:13; (2) Num. 13:30; 1 John 4:4; (3) Acts 4:31; (4) 2 Cor. 3:18.

Stepping-stones: (1) Progressive revelatory words; (2) Moving in faith; (3) In transition; (4) Crossing over.

(1-2) Josh. 1:3; 1 Sam. 16:1 (G.o.d didn't tell him who he was to anoint); Heb. 11:8; (3) Isa. 40:3; Acts 22:21; (4) Josh. 4:7.

Steps (Going Down): (1) Stairway to death/h.e.l.l; (2) Going away from G.o.d; (3) Self-indulgence; (4) Being seduced away from G.o.d; (5) Loss of heart; (6) Condemned (thrown down stairs/steps); (7) Becoming progressively more unG.o.dly (steps becoming further apart as you go down).

Also see South and Steps (Going Up).

(1) 1 Sam. 20:3; Prov. 5:5; (2) Ps. 44:18; 73:2; (3) Luke 12:16-21; (4) Prov. 7:25-27; (5) Judg. 20:42-43; (6) 2 Chron. 36:3; Isa. 54:17; Matt. 12:41-42; 2 Pet. 2:6; (7) Ps. 1:1; Prov. 5:3-5; Song. 2:15.

Steps (Going Up): (1) Stairway to Heaven/G.o.d; (2) Jesus Christ; (3) Flesh; (4) Established by G.o.d; (5) Discipleship (effort required); (6) G.o.d may be bringing you to a place of being mindful of the things of the Spirit; (7) Growing in the Spirit; (8) Praise; (9) Going from faith to faith/glory to glory; (10) A church.

Also see Angels Ascending, Footsteps, Ladder, Lift, Steps (Going Down), and Walking.

(1-2) Gen. 28:12; John 1:51; (3) Exod. 20:26; (cf. 1 Kings 10:19-20 (six steps) with Ezek. 40:22 (seven steps)); (4) Ps. 37:23; (5) Matt. 5:1-2; (6-7) Isa. 40:31; Eph. 2:6; (8) Ps. 68:4 (AMP); (9) Rom. 1:17; 2 Cor. 3:18; (10) Matt. 16:18-19; John 1:51 (as the Body of Christ); Eph. 3:10.

Step-Sister: (1) Church on another level (positive or negative); (2) Church merger/transfer growth; (3) Fellow believer from another church.

Also see Sister.

(1) Rev. 3:8-10; (2) Judg. 21:21; Acts 15:22; (3) Acts 10:34-35.

Stereo: (1) Witness of the Spirit; (2) Witness.

See Radio.

(1) Mark 16:20; Rom. 8:16; (2) Matt. 18:16.

Sticks: (1) Discipline; (2) The Word of G.o.d; (3) An individual or group of people; (4) United (sticks bunched or tied together); (5) Turning the Word of G.o.d to their advantage (spinning sticks); (6) Firewood.

(1) Prov. 13:24; (2) 1 Sam. 17:40, 43 (Here the staff is called a stick); Exod. 14:16 (Here the rod or staff (Hebrew: matteh) divides); (3-4) Ezek. 37:16-22; (5) 1 Tim. 6:3-5; 2 Pet. 2:1, 3:16; (6) 1 Kings 17:10, 12; Acts 28:3.

Stilts: (1) Making yourself look more spiritual (higher); (2) Claiming to be more than you really are spiritually; (3) Elevating self; (4) Spiritual giant.

(1) 1 Sam. 15:17, 21; (2) 1 Sam. 9:2; 2 Chron. 26:16; Acts 8:9; (3) Acts 8:9, 19-20; (4) 1 Sam. 17:43-51.

Sting: (1) Painful consequences; (2) Deadly consequences; (3) Sin; (4) Hurt; (5) Rebuke; (6) Criticism.

Also see Bees.

(1) Prov. 23:32; (2-3) 1 Cor. 15:55-56; (4) Rev. 9:10; (5) Ezek. 5:15 (NIV) As in, "He gave them a stinging rebuke"; (6) Ps. 64:3-4.

Stink: See Odor and Smell.

Stolen: See Steal/Stealing and Thief.

Stomach: See Belly.

Stone/s: (1) Heart; (2) Words; (3) Believers; (4) People; (5) Jesus Christ or G.o.d; (6) Flesh; (7) Strong enough to build on; (8) Hardened heart or dead; (9) Blockage of heart (well); (10) Witness; (11) Memorial; (12) Law; (13) Death or dead; (14) Stumbling offense; (15) Judgment (throwing stones).

Also see Brick, Foundation, Precious Stones, and Stony.

(1) Prov. 3:3; 2 Cor. 3:3; (2) 1 Sam. 17:40, 49; Matt. 16:17-19; (3) Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:5-8; (4) Matt. 24:2; Luke 19:40, 43-44; John 2:6; Eccl. 3:5; (5) Gen. 28:11-18 & John 1:51 (Jacob's actions symbolize the death [sleep] and resurrection [pillar]); Gen. 49:24; Dan. 2:34-35; (6) Ezek. 11:19, 36:26; (7) John 1:42; (8) 1 Sam. 25:37-38; Job 41:24; Ezek. 11:19; 36:26; Zech. 7:12 (KJV); (9) Gen. 29:2-3, 8-10; (10) Gen. 31:46-49; Josh. 24:26-27; (11) Josh. 4:7-9; (12) Josh. 8:32; (13) John 8:59; 10:31; (14) Isa. 8:14; (15) Lev. 20:27; John 8:59; 10:31.

Stone/s (A Stone's Throw): (1) The distance a voice heard.

(1) Luke 22:41.

Stone/s (Cut & Uncut Stone): (1) Spirit ordained (uncut stone); (2) Human works (cut stone); (3) Idolatry (cut stone).

(1-2) Josh. 8:31; Isa. 37:19; Lam. 3:9; (3) Dan. 5:4, 23.

Stone/s (Falling on a Stone): (1) Brokenness.

(1) Matt. 21:44.

Stone/s (Stone Falling Upon): (1) Crushing; (2) Grinding; (3) Judgment. (1-3) Matt. 21:44.

Stone/s (Throwing/Slinging Stones): (1) Words.

Judg. 20:16; 2 Sam. 16:6, 13.

Stone/s (White Stone): (1) Pure heart; (2) New name.

(1-2) Rev. 2:17.

Stoney: (1) Hardened heart; (2) No depth; (3) No heart experience; (4) Wilt under pressure; (5) Offended in affliction and persecution.

(1) Ezek.11:19; Zech. 7:11-12; (2-5) Matt. 13:5-6; Mark 4:5-6, 16-17.

Store: See Shop and Warehouse.

Store Clerk: (1) Pastor; (2) Hired shepherd.

Also see Salesman.

(1) Matt. 18:12-13 (keeping account of the stock); (2) John 10:12-13.

Stork: (1) Timing of G.o.d (sensitive to the seasons); (2) Revival (ma.s.s immigration); (3) Settled in righteousness.

Also see Birds and Fir Tree.

(1-2) Jer. 8:7; (3) Ps. 104:17.

Storm: (1) Trouble; (2) Test; (3) Adversity; (4) Judgment; (5) Purging or separating; (6) Words against you (opposition); (7) Spiritual opposition.

(1) Ps. 107:25-26, 28; (2) Mark 4:37, 40; Luke 8:23-25; (3) Isa. 25:4; (4) Ps. 83:14-15; Isa. 28:2; 296; Jer. 23:19-20; 25:32; Ezek. 13:13; (5) Job 21:18; (6) Ps. 55:3, 8; (7) Mark 4:35-37.

Storm Clouds: Forecasting and foreseeing of imminent: (1) Trouble; (2) Test; (3) Adversity; (4) Opposition; (5) Judgment.

Also see Storm for Scriptures.

Stove: See Oven.

Straight: (1) Of G.o.d; (2) Faithful spiritual progress; (3) Trusting G.o.d; (4) Prepared or open hearts; (5) Without deviation or detour; (6) Upright in spirit; (7) Resolve to go ahead; (8) Not turning aside; (9) Righteous; (10) Obedient.

Also see Upright.

(1) James 1:17; (2) Prov. 3:5-6; John 1:23; (3) Prov. 3:5-6 ("He shall direct your paths" = "make straight your paths"); (4) Isa. 40:3-4; Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:3; John 1:23; (5) Acts 16:11; 21:1; (6) Luke 13:11-13; (7) Heb. 12:12-13; (8) 1 Sam. 6:12; Prov. 4:25; (9) Ezek. 1:7; (10) Ezek. 1:12.

Straitjacket: (1) Unable to do anything about the situation (helpless); (2) Unable to do anything in your own strength; (3) Under control; (4) Disarmed or wounded; (5) No threat; (6) Controlling spirit; (7) Loss of strength and influence; (8) Wild and out of control; (9) Fool.

Also see Arms.

(1) Lam. 1:14; (2) Judg. 15:12-14; Dan. 3:21, 23-27; Eph. 6:10-11; (3-4) 2 Sam. 23:21; 1 Kings 22:34; (5) Judg. 15:12-14; (6) 1 Kings 21:7; Eccl. 7:26; (7) 1 Kings 13:4; (8) Mark 5:3-5; (9) Prov. 7:22b; 14:16-17a; 20:3.

Strange: (1) Foreign; (2) Unrecognized/not known/disguised; (3) Not of G.o.d; (4) Not home; (5) Worldly; (6) Profane; (7) False; (8) Wronged; (9) Offensive; (10) Liar; (11) Non-believing; (12) Unusual; (13) h.o.m.os.e.xuality.

Also see Foreign, Stranger, and Unfamiliar.

(1) Gen. 35:2, 4 (KJV); Exod. 2:22; Ps. 137:4 (KJV); (2) Gen. 42:7 Josh. 24:23 (KJV); Ps. 114:1; Acts 17:20; (3) Gen. 35:2, 4 (KJV); Exod. 30:9; Lev. 10:1; Heb. 13:9; (4) Exod. 2:22; Heb. 11:9-10 (KJV); (5) Exod. 22:21; Deut. 32:12; Josh. 24:20 (KJV); (6) Lev. 10:1 (cf. KJV & NKJV); (7) Deut.32:16; (8) Job 19:3 (cf. KJV & NKJV); (9) Job 19:17 (cf. KJV & NKJV); (10) Ps. 144:7, 11; (11) Prov. 2:16-17; 6:23-24; 22:14; 27:13; (12) 1 Pet. 4:4, 12; (13) Jude 1:7.

Stranger: (1) Non-believer (not of the household of faith); (2) Not belonging; (3) Christ (If Christ appears as a stranger, it is either a test, as per the Scripture below, or a serious warning because it says you do not know Him); (4) Angel; (5) Sojourner or pilgrim; (6) Not of the family (alien); (7) Not at home; (8) An outcast; (9) One without their own provision; (10) Not yourself; (11) Not known or not knowing; (12) Not from the "in crowd."

Also see Aliens, Foreign, Foreigner, and Strange.

(1) Gen. 17:12 (KJV); Exod. 12:42-43, 48 (KJV); 29:33 (KJV); Lev. 22:25 (KJV); Deut. 17:15 (KJV); Ps. 18:45 (KJV); Ps.54:3; Prov. 2:16-17 (KJV); 6:1; 11:15; 27:13; Isa. 1:7; Luke 17:18 (KJV); Eph. 2:19; (2) Gen. 15:13; (3) Matt. 25:38, 40, 45; (4) Heb. 13:2; (5) Gen. 17:8; 234 (KJV); 28:4; 36:7; 37:1; Lev. 25:23; Exod. 6:4; Heb. 11:13; 1 Pet. 2:11; (6) Gen. 31:15; Exod. 18:3; Job 19:15; Ps. 69:8; Matt. 17:25; (7-8) Exod. 2:22; Ps. 119:19; (9) Lev. 19:10; 23:22; (10) Prov. 27:2; (11) Luke 24:18; John 10:5; (12) Matt. 25:35-36.

Strangle/d: (1) Having your spiritual life choked out of you; (2) Python spirit; (3) The cares of the world choking faith; (4) Stopping the flow of the Holy Spirit.

Also see Choke/ing, Kill/Killing, Murder, and Python.

(1) Job 7:15; (2) Acts 16:16-18; (3) Matt. 13:22; (4) 1 Thess. 5:19.

Strawberries: (1) Romance; (2) Love and friendship; (3) Good fruit; (4) Temptation.

Also see Berries.

(1) Song. 2:3b; (2) As a "heart-shaped" fruit with a sweet fragrance; (3) Matt. 7:17; (4) Gen. 3:6.

Stream: (1) A believer or church; (2) Outpouring of the Word or Spirit; (3) Place of refreshing; (4) Revival (streams in the desert); (5) Righteousness; (6) A flow of testing words; (7) Fickle person (changing stream); (8) Overwhelmed (overflowing stream); (9) Judgment (stream of fire).

Also see Brook, Creek, River, and Water.

(1) Song. 4:12-15; Isa. 66:12; (2) Ps. 46:4; 78:16, 20; (3) Ps. 126:4; (4) Isa. 35:6; (5) Amos 5:24; (6) Luke 6:48-49; (7) Job 6:15; (8) Ps. 124:4; (9) Isa. 30:28, 33; Dan. 7:10.

Street: (1) Exposed; (2) Bring out into the open (make public); (3) Public announcement or proclamation; (4) Well-known; (5) A person's path of life; (6) What lies ahead; (7) Gathering place; (8) Call to trust G.o.d (straight street); (9) Pure and without agenda (gold and transparent); (10) Destructive path (broad street); (11) The street may be a measure of a city's morality, prosperity, or spiritual condition; (12) The world (The street is contrasted with the house with the scarlet cord [the Church]); (13) The place of dirt (sin); (14) Uncared for (out on the street); (15) The place of busyness/diligence; (16) Place to be walked over.

Also see Road, Walk, Path, and Highway.

(1) Matt. 6:5; (2) 2 Sam. 21:12; Esther 6:9 (KJV); Prov. 1:20 (KJV); Eccl. 12:4; Song. 3:2; Isa. 15:3; Mark 6:56; Acts 5:15; 12:10; (3) 2 Sam. 1:20; Neh. 8:3 (KJV); Esther 6:11 (KJV); Prov. 1:20-21 (KJV); Eccl.12:5; Isa. 42:2; Jer. 11:6; Matt. 6:2; 12:19; Luke 10:10-11; (4) Luke 13:25b-26; (5) Prov. 7:8; 26:13; (6) Ps. 119:105; Prov. 4:18; Isa. 42:16 (G.o.d's path is lit); (7) Neh. 8:1 (KJV); Job 29:7; Luke 14:21; (8) Prov. 3:5-6 & Acts 9:11-15; (9) Rev. 21:21; (10) Song. 3:2 & Matt. 7:13-14; (11) Gen. 19:2; Judg. 19:15-27; Ps. 55:11; 144:13-14; Isa. 59:14; Jer. 5:1; 7:17; (12) Josh. 2:19; Prov. 7:12; (13) 2 Sam. 22:43; Ps. 18:42; Isa. 10:6; (14) Job 31:32; Jer. 14:16; As in, "on the streets"; (15) Prov. 22:13; 26:13; (16) Isa. 51:23.

Street Directory: (1) Lost; (2) Seeking directions; (3) Guidance; (4) Wanting to know the way; (5) Where someone is at.

(1-5) Exod. 33:13; Ps. 25:4; Jer. 42:3; Acts 16:17.

Street Light: See Light Pole.

Strength: (1) G.o.d; (2) Spiritual power; (3) Boldness; (4) Strength of heart, soul, or spirit; (5) Firstborn.

Also see Hill and Power.

(1) 1 Sam. 15:29; (2) Judg. 16:6, 19-20; Luke 1:80; (3) Ps. 138:3; (4) Ps. 27:14; 31:24; 73:26; 138:3; Luke 1:80; Eph. 3:16; (5) Gen. 49:3; Deut. 21:17; Ps. 78:51; 105:36.

Stretcher: (1) Casualty of spiritual warfare (because of ignorance).

(1) 1 Sam. 31:3.

Stretching: (1) Enlarging; (2) Exaggeration; (3) Preparing for ministry (stretching muscles); (4) Extending one's area of influence; (5) Exercising (or exerting) spiritual or physical power and dominion over (often forcibly); (6) Covering; (7) Waking up spiritually; (8) Being taken to the next spiritual level; (9) Reaching out (hand); (10) Embracing (hand); (11) a.s.sisting (hand); (12) Exercising faith; (13) Displaying dominion; (14) Judgment (hand); (15) Forcibly; (16) Reaching out to (entreating); (17) Performing signs and wonders (exercising power); (18) Identifying with (body-to-body); (19) Entreating G.o.d (or a false G.o.d); (20) Defiance; (21) Expressing mercy or grace; (22) Haughtiness (necks).

Also see Taller.

(1) Isa. 54:2; (2) As in exaggerating the size of a fish with your hands; (3) Luke 1:80; (4) Isa. 8:8; (5) Exod. 14:16, 21, 26-27; 15:12; Deut. 4:34; 5:15; 9:29; Josh. 8:18-19; 1 Sam. 24:6; 26:9, 11; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Kings 8:42 (directed by prayer); Isa. 8:8; 23:11; (6) Exod. 25:20; 1 Kings 6:27; (7) Song. 5:2; Isa. 50:4; Zech. 4:1; (8) Rom. 1:17; 2 Cor. 3:18; (9) Matt. 12:13; 2 Cor. 10:14 (KJV); (10) Matt. 12:49; (11) Matt. 14:30-31; (12) Mark 3:5; (13) Acts 4:30; (14) Exod. 3:20; 6:6b; 7:5, 19; 8:5-6; 2 Kings 21:13 (measured and wanting); Isa. 5:25; 9:12, 17, 21; 10:4; (15) Exod. 6:6b; (16) Prov. 1:24; Rom. 10:21; (17) Deut. 7:19; Acts 4:30; (18) 1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 4:34-35; (19) Job 11:13; Ps. 44:20; 68:31; 88:9; 143:6; (20) Job 15:25; (21) Prov. 31:20; (22) Isa. 3:16.

Stripes: (1) Healing; (2) Iniquity; (3) Discipline; (4) Peace; (5) Purified; (6) Speaks of the bearing of one's cross (wearing stripes); (7) Speaks of doublemindedness (wearing stripes).

Also see individual colors.

(1) Isa. 53:5; 1 Pet. 2:24; (2-3) 2 Sam. 7:14; Ps. 89:32; (4) Isa. 53:5; (5) Lev. 8:15; (6) Col. 1:24; Matt. 16:24; (7) James 1:8; 4:8.

Stroke: (1) Bad blood; (2) Family relational problem; (3) Attack of the enemy; (4) Judgment.

(1) Judg. 5:26-27; (2) Isa. 1:5; (3) 2 Kings 4:17-37; (4) Jer. 30:23.

Stuffed Toy: (1) Not real/false (not truth); (2) False comfort; (3) Looking for comfort; (4) Harmless/innocent or looks harmless/innocent.

(1) Matt. 7:15; (2) Ps. 69:20; Zech. 10:2; (3) 2 Cor. 1:3-4; (4) Matt. 10:16; Acts 28:5.

Stumble: See Falling.

Stump: (1) A person cut down; (2) Judgment; (3) Humbling.

(1-3) Dan. 4:15-26.

Subdividing Land: (1) Moving into your inheritance.