Dictionaries :: Prison, Spirits InInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPrison, Spirits In: The phrase occurs in the much-disputed passage, 1Pe 3:18-20, where the apostle, exhorting Christians to endurance under suffering for well-doing, says: "Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring

Dictionaries :: ReeliasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaReelias: re-el'-i-as (Codex Alexandrinus Rheelias (Fritzschel); Codex Vaticanus followed by Swete, Boroleias; the King James Version Reelius): One of the "leaders" with Zerubbabel in the return from exile (1 Esdras 5:8, margin "Reelaiah"). It occupies the place of "Bigvai" in Ezr 2

Dictionaries :: Pruning-HookInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPruning-Hook: proon'-ing-hook.

Dictionaries :: QuiriniusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaQuirinius: kwi-rin'-i-us. Nave's Topical BibleQuirinius: Governor of Syria When Jesus was born, Luk 2:2.Quirinius: Reference Concerning See CYRENIUS

Dictionaries :: QophInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaQoph: kof (qoph): The 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as q (intense k). It came also to be used for the number 100.

Dictionaries :: Prophecy; Prophets, 4International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaProphecy; Prophets, 4: IV. Analogous Phenomena among the Gentiles. 1. Necromancy and Technical Witchcraft: The uniqueness of Biblical prophecy is grasped fully only when we try to find analogies among the Gentile peoples. Here we find everywhere indeed the art o

Dictionaries :: PretenseVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4392Greek: prophasisPretense:See CLOKE (Pretense), No. 2.

Dictionaries :: Postdiluvian ChronologyCondensed Biblical CyclopediaPostdiluvian Chronology: We have already seen that it was one thousand six hundred and fifty-six years (1656) from the creation of Adam to the flood. Now in order to find how long it was from the flood to the death of Terah we must add to the two years from the flood to the birt

Dictionaries :: Public, PubliclyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g1219Greek: demosiosPublic, Publicly:"belonging to the people" (demos, "the people"), is translated "public" in Act 5:18, RV, "public (ward)," AV, "common (prison)."B-1AdverbStrong's Number: g5318Greek: phanerosPublic, Publicly:See OPENLY

Dictionaries :: PuhitesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPuhites: pu'-hits (puthi).

Dictionaries :: PossessorVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2935Greek: ktetorPossessor:"a possessor, an owner" (akin to ktaomai, see POSSESS, No. 2), occurs in Act 4:34.

Dictionaries :: PresumptuousVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Presumptuous:For PRESUMPTUOUS see DARING, B

Dictionaries :: PolytheismNave's Topical BiblePolytheism: General Scriptures Concerning Gen 31:19; 35:2, 4; Jos 24:2, 23; Jdg 2:13; 3:7; 10:16; 17:5; Jer 2:28; 11:13; Dan 4:8; 1Cr 8:5

Dictionaries :: ProsperityNave's Topical BibleProsperity: From God Gen 33:11; 49:24-26; Psa 127:1; 128:1, 2Prosperity: Design Of Ecc 7:14Prosperity: Dangers Of Deu 8:10-18; 31:20; 32:15; Jer 5:7; Hsa 13:6Prosperity: Evil Effects Of Hsa 4:7Prosperity: Pride In 2Ch 32:25Prosperity: Forgetfulnesss of God In 2Ch 12:1; 26:16Prosperity:

Dictionaries :: PolicyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPolicy: pol'-i-si: Literally "method of government," and so "ability to manage affairs." In a bad sense, "cunning," "craft," in Da 8:25 (sekhel, "understanding"); in a good sense in 1 Macc 8:4 (boule, "counsel"); also in the King James Version 2 Macc 13:18; 14:29,31 (methodos, strat

Dictionaries :: PuahEaston's Bible DictionaryPuah: splendid. (1.) One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth (Exd 1:15-21). (2.) A descendant of Issachar (Jdg 10:1).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryPuah:mouth; corner; bush of hairNave's Topical BiblePuah: 1. A Hebrew Midwife Exd

Dictionaries :: Possess; PossessionInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPossess; Possession: po-zes', po-zesh'-un: "Possess" in modern English means normally only "keep in one's possession." But in Elizabethan English it means also "take into possession," and, in fact, the word in the Old Testament always represents Hebrew verbs with the la

Dictionaries :: Reconciliation (Make)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Reconciliation (Make):For RECONCILIATION (make), Hbr 2:17, AV, see PROPITIATION

Dictionaries :: ProstitutionInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaProstitution: pros-ti-tu'-shun. Nave's Topical BibleProstitution: Definition Of Lascivious (behavior)Prostitution: Forbidden Lev 19:29; Deu 23:17Prostitution: References Concerning See ADULTERY; LASCIVIOUSNESS

Dictionaries :: ReconnoissanceNave's Topical BibleReconnoissance: Of Jericho, Jos 2:1-24; Beth-El, Jdg 1:23; Laish, Jdg 18:2-10.