Dictionaries :: PontusEaston's Bible DictionaryPontus: a province of Asia Minor, stretching along the southern coast of the Euxine Sea, corresponding nearly to the modern province of Trebizond. In the time of the apostles it was a Roman province. Strangers from this province were at Jerusalem at Pentecost (Act 2:9), and to "strangers scattered t

Dictionaries :: PotipharEaston's Bible DictionaryPotiphar: dedicated to Ra; i.e., to the sun-god, the Egyptian to whom the Ishmaelites sold Joseph (Gen 39:1). He was "captain of the guard", i.e., chief, probably, of the state police, who, while they formed part of the Egyptian army, were also largely employed in civil duties (37:36; marg., "chie

Dictionaries :: PrickInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPrick: prik: As a noun (= any slender pointed thing, a thorn, a sting) it translates two words: (1) sekh, a "thorn" or "prickle." Only in Nu 33:55, "those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes," i.e. "shall be a source of painful trouble to you." (2) kentron "an

Dictionaries :: Rebuke (Verb and Noun)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g2008Greek: epitimaoRebuke (Verb and Noun):primarily, "to put honor upon," then, "to adjudge," hence signifies "to rebuke." Except for 2Ti 4:2; Jud 1:9, it is confined in the NT to the Synoptic Gospels, where it is frequently used of the

Dictionaries :: PurHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryPur:Purim, lotInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPur: pur (Es 3:7; 9:26). Nave's Topical BiblePur: The Lot Est 3:7Pur: Reference Concerning See PURIM

Dictionaries :: ProphecyEaston's Bible DictionaryProphecy: or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a "miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human sagacity to foresee, discern, or conjecture." (See PROPHET.) The great prediction which

Dictionaries :: PsalteryEaston's Bible DictionaryPsaltery: a musical instrument, supposed to have been a kind of lyre, or a harp with twelve strings. The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered, is translated "viol" in (Isa 5:12 [R.V., "lute"]; 14:11). In (Dan 3:5,7,10,15), the word thus rendered is Chaldaic, pesanterin, which is supposed to be a word o

Dictionaries :: RearwardInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRearward: rer'-word ('acaph, "to gather," Nu 10:25; Jos 6:9 (the King James Version margin "gathering host"); Isa 52:12).

Dictionaries :: Property Given to ReligionCondensed Biblical CyclopediaProperty Given to Religion: The firstborn of man and beast was by Divine requirement given to the Lord (Exodus 13:2). In addition to this the Hebrews were required to give, one-tenth of the products of their land (Leviticus 27:30); one-tenth of the i

Dictionaries :: ReesaiasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaReesaias: re-e-sa'-yas, re-e-si'-as: the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) RESAIAS (which see).

Dictionaries :: Puah; PuvahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPuah; Puvah: pu'-a, pu'-va: (1) pu'ah: One of the Hebrew midwives whom the king of Egypt commanded to kill all male children of the Hebrews at birth. The midwives, fearing God, refused to obey, pretending that the children of the Hebrew women were usually born before they ar

Dictionaries :: Ptolemaeus, or PtolemySmith's Bible DictionaryPtolemaeus, or Ptolemy: was the common name of the Greek dynasty of Egyptian kings. PTOLEMAEUS I. SOTER, the son of Lagus, a Macedonian of low rank, distinguished himself greatly during the campaigns of Alexander; at whose death he secured for himself the government of Egypt, where

Dictionaries :: Provide, Providence, ProvisionVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g2090Greek: hetoimazoProvide, Providence, Provision:"to prepare," is translated "hast provided" in Luk 12:20, AV. See PREPARE.A-2VerbStrong's Number: g2932Greek: ktaomaiProvide, Providence, Provision:"to get, to gain," is rendere

Dictionaries :: Prick (Verb)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2660Greek: katanussoPrick (Verb):primarily, "to strike or prick violently, to stun," is used of strong emotion, in Act 2:37 (Passive Voice), "they were pricked (in their heart)." Cp. katanuxis, "stupor, torpor of mind," Rom 11:8.

Dictionaries :: PottageEaston's Bible DictionaryPottage: Heb. nazid, "boiled", a dish of boiled food, as of lentils (Gen 25:29; 2Ki 4:38).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPottage: pot'-aj. King James DictionaryPottage: Any Boiled Dish or Food.If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or PO

Dictionaries :: Preach, PreachingVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1VerbStrong's Number: g2097Greek: euangelizoPreach, Preaching:is almost always used of "the good news" concerning the Son of God as proclaimed in the Gospel [exceptions are e.g., Luk 1:19; 1Th 3:6, in which the phrase "to bring (or show) good (or glad) tidings" do

Dictionaries :: ProchorusHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryProchorus:he that presides over the choirsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaProchorus: prok'-o-rus (Prochoros) :One of "the seven" chosen by the Christian community in Jerusalem to superintend the dispensing of charity to the widows and other poor (Ac 6:5). The name is Greek, and

Dictionaries :: Quotations and AllusionsNave's Topical BibleQuotations and Allusions: In the New Testament From, and to, the Old Testament: Mat 1:23; with Isa 7:14 Mat 2:6; with Mic 5:2 Mat 2:15; with Hsa 11:1 Mat 2:18; with Jer 31:15 Mat 3:3; with Isa 40:3 Mat 4:4; with Deu 8:3 Mat 4:6; with Psa 91:11, 12 Mat 4:7;

Dictionaries :: Pools of SolomonEaston's Bible DictionaryPools of Solomon: the name given to three large open cisterns at Etam, at the head of the Wady Urtas, having an average length of 400 feet by 220 in breadth, and 20 to 30 in depth. These pools derive their chief supply of water from a spring called "the sealed fountain," about 200 yards to

Dictionaries :: ProselyteEaston's Bible DictionaryProselyte: is used in the LXX. for "stranger" (1Ch 22:2), i.e., a comer to Palestine; a sojourner in the land (Exd 12:48; 20:10; 22:21), and in the New Testament for a convert to Judaism. There were such converts from early times (Isa 56:3; Neh 10:28; Est 8:17). The law of Moses made specific reg