Dictionaries :: OverboardVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Overboard:For OVERBOARD, Act 27:18, RV, see FREIGHT, and, in Act 27:43, RV, see CAST, No. 11.

Dictionaries :: PersonalityInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPersonality: 

Dictionaries :: PenuelEaston's Bible DictionaryPenuel: face of God, a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan and north of the river Jabbok. It is also called "Peniel." Here Jacob wrestled (Gen 32:24-32) "with a man" (Hsa 12:4. Jacob says of him, "I have seen God face to face") "till the break of day." A town was afterwards buil

Dictionaries :: Pi-BesethEaston's Bible DictionaryPi-Beseth: (Eze 30:17), supposed to mean. "a cat," or a deity in the form of a cat, worshipped by the Egyptians. It was called by the Greeks Bubastis. The hieroglyphic name is "Pe-bast", i.e., the house of Bast, the Artemis of the Egyptians. The town of Bubasts was situated on the Pelusian branch

Dictionaries :: PerseusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPerseus: pur'-sus, pur'-se-us (Perseus): In 1 Macc 8:5 the conquest of "Perseus, king of the Citims" (the Revised Version (British and American) "king of Chittim") was part of the "fame of the Romans" which reached the ears of Judas. This Perseus, the son and successor of Philip II

Dictionaries :: OutroadsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOutroads: out'-rodz (exodeuo, "to go forth," "to make a military expedition"; the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) in 1 Macc 15:41, "horsemen.... that they might make outroads upon the ways of Judah"; 1 Esdras 4:23, the Revised Version (British and

Dictionaries :: PisonEaston's Bible DictionaryPison: Babylonian, the current, broad-flowing, one of the "four heads" into which the river which watered the garden of Eden was divided (Gen 2:11). Some identify it with the modern Phasis, others with the Halys, others the Jorak or Acampis, others the Jaab, the Indus, the Ganges, etc.Hitchcock's Bib

Dictionaries :: Plaiting (Of the Hair)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Plaiting (Of the Hair):For PLAITING (of the hair) see BRAIDED, Note (1)

Dictionaries :: Place, Broad; HighInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPlace, Broad; High:

Dictionaries :: PekahiahEaston's Bible DictionaryPekahiah: the Lord opened his eyes, the son and successor of Menahem on the throne of Israel. He was murdered in the royal palace of Samaria by Pekah, one of the captains of his army (2Ki 15:23-26), after a reign of two years (B.C. 761-759). He "did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord."Hi

Dictionaries :: Philippians, the Epistle to TheInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPhilippians, the Epistle to The: fi-lip'-i-anz I. PAUL AND THE CHURCH AT PHILIPPI II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHURCH AT PHILIPPI III. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EPISTLE 1. A Letter 2. A Letter of Love 3. A Letter of Joy 4. Importance Theologi

Dictionaries :: Ordain; OrdinationInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOrdain; Ordination: or-dan', or-di-na-shun (Latin ordinare, "to set in order" "to arrange"; in post-Augustan Latin "to appoint to office"; from ordo, gen. ordinis, "order," "arrangement"): In the King James Version the verb "to ordain" renders as many as 35 different wor

Dictionaries :: OrnamentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOrnament: or'-na-ment (‘adhi, "adornment"): In common with all the Orientals, the Hebrews were very fond of wearing ornaments, and their tendency to extravagance of this kind often met with stern prophetic rebuke (Isa 3:16-24; Eze 13:18-20). On this subject, little is said in

Dictionaries :: Pergamos; PergamumInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPergamos; Pergamum: pur'-ga-mos, or pur'-ga-mum (he Pergamos, or to Pergamon): 1. History: Pergamos, to which the ancient writers also gave the neuter form of the name, was a city of Mysia of the ancient Roman province of Asia, in the Caicus valley, 3 miles from th

Dictionaries :: Owl, LittleInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOwl, Little: (koc; nuktikorax; Latin Athene meridionalis): A night bird of prey distinguished by a round head, and extremely large eyes. The little owl is left in the Revised Version (British and American) only in the lists of abominations (see Le 11:17; De 14:16).

Dictionaries :: PilhaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPilha: pil'-ha (pilcha'," ploughman" (plowman); the King James Version Pileha): One of those who signed Nehemiah's covenant (Ne 10:24)

Dictionaries :: Own (Adjective)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Own (Adjective):Notes: (1) Gnesios, primarily, "lawfully begotten," and hence "true, genuine," is translated "own" in the AV of 1Ti 1:2; Tts 1:4 (RV, "true"). See SINCERITY, TRUE. (2) In Act 5:4, "was it not thine own?" is, lit., "did it not remain (meno)

Dictionaries :: PhiladelphiaEaston's Bible DictionaryPhiladelphia: brotherly love, a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, about 25 miles south-east of Sardis. It was the seat of one of the "seven churches" (Rev 3:7-12). It came into the possession of the Turks in A.D. 1392. It has several times been nearly destroyed by earthquakes. It is still a town of

Dictionaries :: PloughingTorrey's New Topical TextbookPloughing: The Breaking up or Tilling of the Earth Jer 4:3; Hsa 10:12Ploughing: Noah the Supposed Inventor Of Gen 5:29Ploughing: Performed By a plough Luk 9:62 With oxen 1Sa 14:14; Job 1:14 During the cold winter season Pro 20:4 In long and straight furrows Psa 129:

Dictionaries :: PeorEaston's Bible DictionaryPeor: opening. (1.) A mountain peak (Num 23:28) to which Balak led Balaam as a last effort to induce him to pronounce a curse upon Israel. When he looked on the tribes encamped in the acacia groves below him, he could not refrain from giving utterance to a remarkable benediction (24:1-9). Balak was mo