Dictionaries :: Peel; PillInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPeel; Pill: pel, pil: "Pill" (Ge 30:37,38; Tobit 11:13 (the Revised Version (British and American) "scaled")) and "peel" (Isa 18:2,7 (the King James Version and the Revised Version margin); Eze 29:18 (the King James Version and the English Revised Version)) are properly two diff

Dictionaries :: OratorNave's Topical BibleOrator: General Scriptures Concerning Isa 3:3Orator: Instances Of: Jonah, Jon 3:4-10. The apostles, Act 2:1-41. Tertullus, Act 24:1. Apollos, Act 18:24-28.Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4489Greek: rhetorOrator:from an obsolete present tense,

Dictionaries :: Plain; PlainlyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPlain; Plainly: plan, plan'-li: In Ge 25:27, the King James Version "plain" represents tam. If a contrast between the vocations of Jacob and Esau is meant, the Revised Version (British and American) ("quiet," margin "harmless") may be right. But elsewhere (Job 1:1; Ps 37:37,

Dictionaries :: Plan of SalvationNave's Topical BiblePlan of Salvation: See JESUS, MISSION OF; REDEMPTION; SALVATION

Dictionaries :: Plant (Noun, Verb, Adjective)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g5451Greek: phuteiaPlant (Noun, Verb, Adjective):firstly, "a planting," then "that which is planted, a plant" (from phuo, "to bring forth, spring up, grow," phuton, "a plant"), occurs in Mat 15:13. In the Sept., 2Ki 19:29; Eze 17:

Dictionaries :: PentecostEaston's Bible DictionaryPentecost: i.e., "fiftieth", found only in the New Testament (Act 2:1; 20:16; 1Cr 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Exd 23:16 as "the feast of harvest," and again in Exd 34:22 as "the day of the firstfruits" (Num 28:26). From the sixteenth of the month of Nisan (the second day of

Dictionaries :: Philemon, Epistle ToEaston's Bible DictionaryPhilemon, Epistle To: was written from Rome at the same time as the epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians, and was sent also by Onesimus. It was addressed to Philemon and the members of his family. It was written for the purpose of interceding for Onesimus (q.v.), who had deserte

Dictionaries :: PeletEaston's Bible DictionaryPelet: deliverance. (1.) A descendant of Judah (1Ch 2:47). (2.) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:3).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPelet: pe'-let (peleT, "deliverance"): (1) Son of Iahdai (1Ch 2:47). (2) Son of Azmaveth, one of those who resorted to David at Zikla

Dictionaries :: PlowInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPlow: plou (charash; arotrioo): No implement of the Bible is more frequently illustrated today than the plow. This is partly because there is every reason to believe that the plows still used throughout Egypt, Palestine, and Syria are counterparts of the ancient ones. The first plows

Dictionaries :: PhariseesEaston's Bible DictionaryPharisees: separatists (Heb. persahin, from parash, "to separate"). They were probably the successors of the Assideans (i.e., the "pious"), a party that originated in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes in revolt against his heathenizing policy. The first mention of them is in a description by Joseph

Dictionaries :: PersiaEaston's Bible DictionaryPersia: an ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The Persians were originally a Medic tribe which settled in Persia, on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf. They were Aryans, their language belonging to the eastern division

Dictionaries :: OrdinanceInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOrdinance: or'-di-nans: 1. Old Testament Use: This word generally represents chuqqah, something prescribed, enactment, usually with reference to matters of ritual. In the King James Version the same word is frequently translated by "statute" or "statutes," which is also the

Dictionaries :: PhanuelEaston's Bible DictionaryPhanuel: face of God, father of the prophetess Anna (q.v.), Luk 2:36.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryPhanuel:face or vision of GodInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPhanuel: fan-u'-el, fan'-u-el (penu'el, "vision of God"; Phanouel): Parent of Anna (Lu 2:36). Smith's Bible DictionaryPhan

Dictionaries :: Philip the EvangelistSmith's Bible DictionaryPhilip the Evangelist: is first mentioned in the account of the dispute between the Hebrew and Hellenistic disciples in Acts 6. He is one of the deacons appointed to superintend the daily distribution of food and alms, and so to remove all suspicion of partiality. The persecution of wh

Dictionaries :: PillarEaston's Bible DictionaryPillar: used to support a building (Jdg 16:26,29); as a trophy or memorial (Gen 28:18; 35:20; Exd 24:4; 1Sa 15:12; in 2Sa 18:18); of fire, by which the Divine Presence was manifested (Exd 13:2). The "plain of the pillar" in Jdg 9:6 ought to be, as in the Revised Version, the "oak of the pillar", i.e

Dictionaries :: Plain of MoabInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPlain of Moab: In De 1:1; 2:8, "plain" is translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "Arabah," and explained, "the deep valley running North and South of the Dead Sea." It was here that Moses delivered his last addresses. Ususally the word is plural (?arebhoth),

Dictionaries :: Pentateuch, 2bInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPentateuch, 2b: 3. Answer to the Critical Analysis: (1) The Veto of Textual Criticism. The first great objection that may be made to the higher criticism is that it starts from the Massoretic text (MT) without investigation. This is not the only text that has come down

Dictionaries :: Our OwnVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1438Greek: heautonOur Own:is sometimes used as a reflexive pronoun of the 1st person plural, signifying "our own selves," translated "our own" in 1Th 2:8, lit., "(the souls) of ourselves."2Strong's Number: g2398Greek: idiosOur Own:"one's own," signifies "ou

Dictionaries :: Phut, PutSmith's Bible DictionaryPhut, Put: (a bow) the third name in the list of the sons of Ham (Genesis 10:6; 1 Chronicles 1:8) elsewhere applied to an African country or people. The few mentions of Phut in the Bible clearly indicate a country or people of Africa, and, it must be added, probably not far from Egypt (Isaiah 66:1

Dictionaries :: PersisEaston's Bible DictionaryPersis: a female Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom 16:12). She is spoken of as "beloved," and as having "laboured much in the Lord."Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryPersis:same as PersiaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPersis: pur'-sis (Persis): The name of a female member of the