Dictionaries :: Pharaoh's DaughterInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPharaoh's Daughter: (bath-par‘oh): The princess who rescued Moses (Ex 2:5-10; Heb 11:24). This is probably a title as well as an appellation, indicating not only one of the daughters of a Pharaoh, but also some very distinguished rank, thought to be most probably th

Dictionaries :: PestilenceInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPestilence: pes'-ti-lens (debher; loimos): Any sudden fatal epidemic is designated by this word, and in its Biblical use it generally indicates that these are divine visitations. The word is most frequently used in the prophetic books, and it occurs 25 times in Jeremiah and Ezek

Dictionaries :: PietyEaston's Bible DictionaryPiety: Lat. pietas, properly honour and respect toward parents (1Ti 5:4). In Act 17:23 the Greek verb is rendered "ye worship," as applicable to God.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPiety: pi'-e-ti: Only in 1Ti 5:4: "Let them learn first to show piety toward their own family," where "let

Dictionaries :: Pilate, PontiusEaston's Bible DictionaryPilate, Pontius: probably connected with the Roman family of the Pontii, and called "Pilate" from the Latin pileatus, i.e., "wearing the pileus", which was the "cap or badge of a manumitted slave," as indicating that he was a "freedman," or the descendant of one. He was the sixth in the ord

Dictionaries :: OsaiasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOsaias: o-za'-yas, o-sa'-yas (Osaias; Codex Vaticanus omits): In 1 Esdras 8:48 a corruption of Jeshaiah (compare Ezr 8:19).

Dictionaries :: PhuvahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPhuvah: fu'-va. Nave's Topical BiblePhuvah: Names Of Called also Pua and PuahPhuvah: Son of Issachar Gen 46:13; Num 26:23; 1Ch 7:1Phuvah: Descendants Of Num 26:23Smith's Bible DictionaryPhuvah: (mouth) one of the sons of Issachar (Genesis 46:13) and founder of the family

Dictionaries :: PedarhzurSmith's Bible DictionaryPedarhzur: (whom the rock (i.e. God) redeems) father of Gamaliel, the chief of the tribe of Manasseh at the time of the exodus (Numbers 1:10; 2:20; 7:54; 7:59; 10:23). (B.C. 1491)

Dictionaries :: OstracaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOstraca: os'-tra-ka: The word ostracon ("potsherd," Hebrew cheres) occurs in Job 2:8 (Septuagint), kai elaben ostrakon, "and he took him a potsherd." Earthen vessels were in universal use in antiquity (they are twice mentioned in the New Testament: skeue ostrakina (2Co 4:7; 2Ti 2:2

Dictionaries :: Pitch (Verb)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4078Greek: pegnumiPitch (Verb):"to make fast, to fix" (cp. prospegnumi, Act 2:23, of crucifixion), is used of "pitching" a tent; in Hbr 8:2, of the "true tabernacle," the heavenly and spiritual, which "the Lord pitched."

Dictionaries :: Peter, the First Epistle OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPeter, the First Epistle Of: I. CANONICITY OF 1 PETER 1. External Evidence 2. Internal Evidence II. THE ADDRESS Silvanus III. PLACE AND TIME OF COMPOSITION 1. Babylon: Which? 2. Babylon Not Rome IV. DESIGN 1. Persecution 2. Example

Dictionaries :: PhurimSmith's Bible DictionaryPhurim: (Esther 9:26). SEE [PURIM].

Dictionaries :: Perfidy (Treachery)Nave's Topical BiblePerfidy (Treachery): See CONSPIRACY; HYPOCRISY; TREACHERY

Dictionaries :: PerseveranceInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPerseverance: pur-se-ver'-ans: The word occurs only once in the King James Version (Eph 6:18), where it refers quite simply to persistence in prayer. In theology (especially in the phrase "final perseverance") the word has come to denote a special persistency, the undying cont

Dictionaries :: Over-RipeVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3583Greek: xerainoOver-Ripe:denotes "to dry up, wither," translated in Rev 14:15, "over-ripe," RV (AV, "ripe"), said figuratively of the harvest of the earth, symbolizing the condition of the world, political, especially connected with Israel (Joe 3:9, 14

Dictionaries :: PenitentNave's Topical BiblePenitent: Promises To: Lev 26:40-42; Num 5:6, 7; Deu 4:29-31; 5:29; 30:1-10; 2Ki 22:19; 1Ch 28:9; Job 22:23-29; 23:6; 33:26-28; Psa 6:8, 9; 9:10; 22:26; 24:3-6; 32:5, 6; 34:18; 51:17; 70:4; 90:14, 15; 145:18, 19; 147:3; Isa 27:5; Eze 18:21-23; 33:10-16; Mat 5:4; 6:14, 15; 7:7-11; 11:28-30; 12:20, 31; 1

Dictionaries :: PelicansEaston's Bible DictionaryPelicans: are frequently met with at the waters of Merom and the Sea of Galilee. The pelican is ranked among unclean birds (Lev 11:18; Deu 14:17). It is of an enormous size, being about 6 feet long, with wings stretching out over 12 feet. The Hebrew name (kaath, i.e., "vomiter") of this bird is in

Dictionaries :: Outrage; OutrageousInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOutrage; Outrageous: out'-raj, out-ra'-jus: The noun (from the French outre plus age, "that which goes beyond") only in the heading to Ps 10 the King James Version; the adjective in Pr 27:4, the King James Version and the English Revised Version, for sheTeph, "flood." "

Dictionaries :: PlaneInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPlane: plan (Isa 44:13). Nave's Topical BiblePlane: A Tool Isa 44:13

Dictionaries :: Pilgrims and StrangersTorrey's New Topical TextbookPilgrims and Strangers: Described Jhn 17:16Pilgrims and Strangers: Saints Are Called to Be Gen 12:1; Act 7:3; Luk 14:26,27,33Pilgrims and Strangers: All Saints Are Psa 39:12; 1Pe 1:1Pilgrims and Strangers: Saints Confess Themselves 1Ch 29:15; Psa 39:12; 119:19; Hbr 11:13

Dictionaries :: OziasEaston's Bible DictionaryOzias: son of Joram (Mat 1:8); called also Uzziah (2Ki 15:32,34).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryOzias:strength from the LordInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOzias: o-zi'-as: (1) (Ozeias, Ozias, Codex Vaticanus a b): The son of Micah, a Simeonite, one of the 3 rulers of Bethulia in t