Bible Encyclopedias
Succeed; Success

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

suk - sēd ´, suk - ses ´ ( ירשׁ , yārash , שׂכל , sākhal ; εὐημερία , euēmerı́a ): "To succeed" means, (1) and originally, "to follow after"; (2) mostly in modern English, "to prosper"; in the King James Version, with one exception, the word has a qualifying adjective. (1) In the first sense it is the translation of yārash , "to seize" or "to take possession" ( Deuteronomy 2:12; Deuteronomy 12:29 , the American Standard Revised Version "dispossessest," the English Revised Version "possessest"); of ḳūm , "to rise up" (Deuteronomy 25:6 , "shall succeed in the name of his brother"); of diadéchomai (Ecclesiasticus 48:8, "prophets to succeed after him"). (2) In the sense of prospering, "success" is the translation of sākhal , "to be wise," "to prosper" (Joshua 1:8 , "Thou shalt have good success," the King James Version margin "do wisely," the Revised Version margin "deal wisely"; compare the King James Version margin Job 22:2; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 3:4 ); "good success" occurs in Tobit 7:12, euodṓsei tá kállista ; The Wisdom of Solomon 13:19, epituchı́a ; Ecclesiasticus 20:9, euodı́a , the Revised Version (British and American) "prosperity," "There is a prosperity that a man findeth in misfortunes; and there is a gain that turneth to loss"; Ecclesiasticus 38:13, euōdı́a (so Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Ephraemi - this word = "sweet savior," "fragrance"; compare Philippians 4:18; Ephesians 5:2; 2 Corinthians 2:15 ). See further EUODIA . the Revised Version (British and American) "the issue for good" 1 Macc 4:55, euodóō ; 8:23, kalṓs , etc. "Success," simply (as "prosperity," euēmeria ), 2 Macc 10:28, "a pledge of success and victory"; "successor" occurs (Ecclesiasticus 46:1, "Joshua ... was the successor diádochos of Moses"; 2 Macc 9:23; 14:26).