Dictionaries :: Persian Language and Literature (Ancient)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPersian Language and Literature (Ancient): pur'-shan, pur'-zhan, RATURE (ANCIENT): I. LANGUAGE (Introductory) Dialects II. OLD PERSIAN INSCRIPTIONS III. MEDIC DIALECT 1. Ordinary Ayestic 2. Gathic IV. ZOROASTER 1. His Date,

Dictionaries :: PergamosEaston's Bible DictionaryPergamos: the chief city of Mysia, in Asia Minor. One of the "seven churches" was planted here (Rev 1:11; 2:17). It was noted for its wickedness, insomuch that our Lord says "Satan's seat" was there. The church of Pergamos was rebuked for swerving from the truth and embracing the doctrines of Bala

Dictionaries :: OseasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOseas: o-ze'-as, o-se'-as: "Osee" in 2 Esdras 1:39; the prophet Hosea.

Dictionaries :: PileInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPile: pil (medhurah, from dur, "heap up"): Isa 30:33, "The pile thereof is fire and much wood"; Eze 24:9,10, "I also will make the pile great. Heap on the wood, make the fire hot." Isa 30:33 may be paraphrased, ‘the pyre thereof is of much wood, burning fiercely.'

Dictionaries :: PenielHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryPeniel:face or vision of God; that sees GodInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPeniel: pe-ni'-el, pen'-i-el, pe'-ni-el (peni'el, "face of God"; Eidos theou): This is the form of the name in Ge 32:30. In the next verse and elsewhere it appears as "Penuel." The name is said to have been

Dictionaries :: PermissionVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4774Greek: sungnomePermission:lit., "a joint opinion, mind or understanding" (sun, "with," gnome, "an opinion"), "a fellow feeling," hence, "a concession, allowance," is translated "permission," in contrast to "commandment," in 1Cr 7:6.

Dictionaries :: OrionEaston's Bible DictionaryOrion: Heb. Kesil; i.e., "the fool", the name of a constellation (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amo 5:8) consisting of about eighty stars. The Vulgate renders thus, but the LXX. renders by Hesperus, i.e., "the evening-star," Venus. The Orientals "appear to have conceived of this constellation under the figure of a

Dictionaries :: PlantsNave's Topical BiblePlants: See BOTANY

Dictionaries :: PerezEaston's Bible DictionaryPerez: =Pharez, (q.v.), breach, the son of Judah (Neh 11:4). "The chief of all the captains of the host for the first month" in the reign of David was taken from his family (1Ch 27:3). Four hundred and sixty-eight of his "sons" came back from captivity with Zerubbabel, who himself was one of them (1C

Dictionaries :: PhorosInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPhoros: fo'-ros (Phoros; Codex Vaticanus (Swete) Phares (1 Esdras 8:30, where the King James Version Pharez)): Name of one of the families, part of whom went up from the exile with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:9) and part with Ezra (8:30 the Revised Version (British and American)) equals

Dictionaries :: PethahiahEaston's Bible DictionaryPethahiah: loosed of the Lord. (1.) The chief of one of the priestly courses (the nineteenth) in the time of David (1Ch 24:16). (2.) A Levite (Ezr 10:23). (3.) Neh 9:5. (4.) A descendant of Judah who had some office at the court of Persia (Neh 11:24).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryPethahiah:th

Dictionaries :: OtherwiseVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g243Greek: allosOtherwise:is used, in its neuter form, allo, in Gal 5:10, lit., "another thing," with the meaning "otherwise." See OTHER, No. 1.2Strong's Number: g243Greek: allosOtherwise:the adverb corresponding to No. 1, is translated "otherwise" in 1Ti

Dictionaries :: Peter, the Second Epistle OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPeter, the Second Epistle Of: I. EXTERNAL EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF ITS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY 1. Ancient Opinion 2. Modern Opinion 3. Dr. Chase's View II. INTERNAL EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF ITS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY 1. Style and Diction 2. Reason of Dissi

Dictionaries :: OzoraInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaOzora: o-zo'-ra.

Dictionaries :: PhylacteriesEaston's Bible DictionaryPhylacteries: (Gr. phulakteria; i.e., "defences" or "protections"), called by modern Jews tephillin (i.e., "prayers") are mentioned only in Mat 23:5. They consisted of strips of parchment on which were inscribed these four texts: (1.) Exd 13:1-10; (2.) 11-16; (3.) Deu 6:4-9; (4.) 11:18-21, and

Dictionaries :: PinInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPin: (yathedh, from yathadh, "to drive in a peg"(?)): A cylindrical piece of wood or metal (e.g. brass, Ex 27:19) such as that used by weavers in beating up the woof in the loom (Jud 16:14, where Delilah fastened Samson's hair with the "pin"); or as a peg for hanging (Eze 15:3; compare

Dictionaries :: Peace-OfferingsTorrey's New Topical TextbookPeace-Offerings: A Male or Female of Herd or Flock Lev 3:1,6,12Peace-Offerings: The Offerer Required To give it freely Lev 19:5 To bring it himself Lev 7:29,30 To lay his hand upon its head Lev 3:2,8,13 To kill it at tabernacle door Lev 3:2; 8:13Peace-Offerings:

Dictionaries :: PedahelEaston's Bible DictionaryPedahel: redeemed of God, the son of Ammihud, a prince of Naphtali (Num 34:28).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPedahel: ped'-a-hel, pe-da'-el (pedhah'-el, "whom God redeems"): A prince of Naphtali; one of the tribal chiefs who apportioned the land of Canaan (Nu 34:28; compare Nu 34:17)

Dictionaries :: PledgeEaston's Bible DictionaryPledge: See LOAN.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPledge: plej (verbs chabhal (10 times), ‘arabh (2Ki 18:23 equals Isa 36:8); nouns chahal (Eze 18:12,16; 33:15), chabcholah (Eze 18:7), ‘arubbah), (1Sa 17:18), erabhon (Ge 38:17,18,20); also abhoT (De 24:10-13) and (the Revised V

Dictionaries :: PhrygiaEaston's Bible DictionaryPhrygia: dry, an irregular and ill-defined district in Asia Minor. It was divided into two parts, the Greater Phrygia on the south, and the Lesser Phrygia on the west. It is the Greater Phrygia that is spoken of in the New Testament. The towns of Antioch in Pisidia (Act 13:14), Colosse, Hierapolis,