PUDENS pu'-denz, pu'-dens (Poudes, literally, "bashful" (2 Timothy 4:21)): 1. Faithful to Paul: One of the Christians in Rome who remained loyal to Paul during his second and last imprisonment there, when most of the members of the church "forsook him." The pressure under which they acted must have been very great, as the apostle's final trial be

PUBLICAN pub'-li-kan. See TAX, TAXING. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PUBLICAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PTOLEMY tol'-e-mi (Ptolemaios, but usually called Ptolemy--"the Warlike"): The name Ptolemy is rather common from the days of Alexander the Great, but is best known as the dynastic name of the 13 (14) Macedonian kings of Egypt (323-43 BC) (as Pharaoh in the Old Testament). Those of interest to the Biblical student are: (1) Ptolemy I, surnamed Sot

PUAH; PUVAH pu'-a, pu'-va: (1) pu'ah: One of the Hebrew midwives whom the king of Egypt commanded to kill all male children of the Hebrews at birth. The midwives, fearing God, refused to obey, pretending that the children of the Hebrew women were usually born before they arrived. Their act is spoken of as being meritorious in the eyes of the Lord,

PSYCHOLOGY si-kol'-o-ji: 1. Introduction: Scope of Biblical Psychology 2. Nature and Origin of the Soul 3. False Theories 4. Creationism and Traducianism 5. Trichotomy 6. Scriptural Terms 7. Pauline Expressions 8. Monism and Other Theories 9. The Fall of Man 10. Effects of the Fall 11. Death as a Problem 12. Immortality of the Soul LI

PTOLEMAIS tol-e-ma'-is (Ptolemais): Same as "Acco" in Judges 1:31. Ptolemais was the most prominent town on the Phoenician seacoast in Maccabean times (1 Macc 5:15,55; 10:1,58,60; 12:48), and is once mentioned in the New Testament in Acts 21:7 as a seaport at which Paul landed for one day, visiting the "brethren" in the place. See ACCO; PHOENICIA

PSEUDO-MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF su'-do-math'-u. See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS, III, 1, (b). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PSEUDO-MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PSALTERY sol'-ter-i. See MUSIC. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PSALTERY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PSALTIEL sol'-ti-el: Syriac and the Revised Version margin = "Phaltiel" of 2 Esdras 5:16. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PSALTIEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PSALTER, (PSALMS), OF SOLOMON sol'-ter. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. III, 1; BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS, sec. IV, 1, (1), (b). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PSALTER, (PSALMS), OF SOLOMON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PSALMS, IMPRECATORY im'-pre-ka-to-ri, im-pre-ka'-ter-i. See PSALMS, VI, 7. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PSALMS, IMPRECATORY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PRUNING-HOOK proon'-ing-hook. See HOOK, (3); VINE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PRUNING-HOOK'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PSALMS, BOOK OF samz, (tehillim, "praises," cepher tehillim, "book of praises"; Psalmoi, Psalterion): I. INTRODUCTORY TOPICS 1. Title 2. Place in the Canon 3. Number of Psalms 4. Titles in the Hebrew Text II. AUTHORSHIP AND AGE OF THE PSALMS 1. David as a Psalmist 2. Psalmody after David III. GROWTH OF THE PSALTER 1. Division into Five Bo

PRUDENCE; PRUDENT proo'-dens, proo'-dent: In the Old Testament "prudence" is the translation of `ormah (Proverbs 8:12); also in the King James Version of sekhel (2 Chronicles 2:12, the Revised Version (British and American) "discretion"); and "prudent" is the translation of `arum, "subtle" (Proverbs 12:16,23; 13:16, etc.; compare Genesis 3:1; Job

PROVINCE prov'-ins (medhinah, "jurisdiction"; eparchia (English Versions of the Bible, province) (Acts 23:34; 25:1)): 1. Meaning of the Term 2. Roman Provincial Administration (1) First Period (2) Second Period (3) Third Period 3. Division of Provinces 4. Province of Judea 5. Revenue LITERATURE 1. Meaning of the Term: Province (provincia

PROVOCATION; PROVOKE prov-o-ka'-shun, pro-vok': "Provoke," literally, "to call forth," hence, to excite or stir up, whether in a good or bad sense, appears frequently in the Old Testament as the translation of Piel, or Hiphil of ka`ac (noun, ka`ac), in the sense of "to make angry" (Deuteronomy 4:25; 9:18; 1 Kings 14:9,15, etc.); sometimes of marah

PROVIDENCE, 1 prov'-i-dens: I. PROVIDENCE DEFINED II. DIFFERENT SPHERES OF PROVIDENTIAL ACTIVITY DISTINGUISHED III. BIBLICAL PRESENTATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE 1. Divine Providence in the Old Testament Scriptures (1) Providence in the Pentateuch (2) The Historical Books of the Old Testament (3) The Psalms (4) The Wisdom Literature

PROVIDENCE, 2 IV. Discussion of the Contents of the Biblical Doctrine. 1. Different Views of Providence Compared: There are four distinct conceptions of providence as it concerns God's relation to the ongoing of the world and to man, the rational and moral free agent whom He has placed upon it, namely, the atheistic, the deistic, the pantheistic,

PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF prov'-erbz: I. THE BOOK'S ACCOUNT OF ITSELF 1. Title and Headings 2. Authorship or Literary Species? II. THE SUCCESSIVE COMPILATIONS 1. The Introductory Section 2. The Classic Nucleus 3. A Body of Solicited Counsel 4. Some Left-over Precepts 5. The Hezekian Collection 6. Words of Agur 7. Words of King Lemuel 8. An

PROVENDER prov'-en-der (1) micpo', from obsolete capha', "to feed," fodder for cattle in general (Genesis 24:25,32; 42:27; Judges 19:19,21); (2) belil, from balal, "to mix": "Loweth the ox over his fodder?" (Job 6:5); belil chamits: "The young asses that till the ground shall eat savory (Hebrew "salted") provender" (Isaiah 30:24); this is fodder