PROVERB prov'-erb (mashal, chidhah; parabole (Luke 4:23), paroimia (John 16:25,29)): I. FOLK MEANING AND USE 1. The Primitive Sense 2. The Communal Origin 3. Animus of Proverbs II. LITERARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROVERB 1. Discovery of Literary Value 2. The Differentiation III. AS UNIT OF A STRAIN OF LITERATURE 1. From Detachment to Continuit

PROTEVANGELIUM, OF JAMES pro-te-van-jel'-i-um. See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS, III, 1, (a). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROTEVANGELIUM, OF JAMES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PROVE proov (bachan, nacah; dokimazo, peirazo): Means (1) to test or try; (2) to establish, demonstrate; (3) to find by experience. It is for the most part in the first (original) sense that the word is found in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is most frequently the translation of nacah, primarily "to lift," hence, to weigh (Genesis 42:15,16, e

PROSTRATION pros-tra'-shun. See ATTITUDES.Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROSTRATION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PROSTITUTION pros-ti-tu'-shun. See CRIMES; HARLOT; PUNISHMENTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROSTITUTION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PROSEUCHE; PROSEUCHA pro-su'-ke, prosu'-ka (proseuche): "A place in the open air where the Jews were wont to pray, outside of those cities where they had no synagogue," Acts 16:13,16 (Thayer, Lexicon of the New Testament). See PHILIPPI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Edit

PROPORTION pro-por'-shun: Occurs once in the sense of "space" as the translation of ma`-ar, "void or open space" (1 Kings 7:36 the King James Version margin "Hebrew `nakedness,' " the Revised Version (British and American) "space"); once in the obsolete sense of "form" as the translation of `erekh, "array," or "row" (Job 41:12, the Revised Version

PROSELYTE pros'-e-lit (proselutos, from proserchomai, "I approach"): Found 4 times in the New Testament. In the Septuagint it often occurs as the translation of ger. The Hebrew verb gur means "to sojourn"; ger accordingly means a stranger who has come to settle in the land, as distinguished on the one hand from 'ezrach, "a homeborn" or "native," a

PROPHETESS prof'-et-es (nebhi'ah; prophetis): Women were not excluded from the prophetic office in the Old Testament, and were honored with the right of prophetic utterance in the New Testament. It should be noted, however, that women like Miriam (Exodus 15:20), Deborah (Judges 4:4) and Huldah (2 Kings 22:14) were not credited with the seer's insi

PROPITIATION pro-pish-i-a'-shun: 1. Terms and Meaning: The word is Latin and brings into its English use the atmosphere of heathen rites for winning the favor, or averting the anger, of the gods. In the Old Testament it represents a number of Hebrew words--ten, including derivatives--which are sufficiently discussed under ATONEMENT (which see), o

PROPHET, THE OLD See OLD PROPHET, THE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROPHET, THE OLD'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 4 IV. Analogous Phenomena among the Gentiles. 1. Necromancy and Technical Witchcraft: The uniqueness of Biblical prophecy is grasped fully only when we try to find analogies among the Gentile peoples. Here we find everywhere indeed the art of sooth-saying, the headquarters for which was Babylon. But with this art the prophecy

PROPHESYINGS, FALSE prof'-e-si-ingz: The distinction between the true and the false prophecy and prophets is very difficult to state. Broadly speaking, the false prophesying related itself to the national ideal independently of any spiritual quality, while the true prophesying ever kept uppermost the spiritual conception of the national life. Amon

PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2 II. Historical Development of the Prophetic Office. 1. Abraham: It is a characteristic peculiarity of the religion of the Old Testament that its very elementary beginnings are of a prophetical nature. The fathers, above all Abraham, but also Isaac and Jacob, are the recipients of visions and of divine revelations. Especially

PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 3 III. Historical Development of Prophecy. 1. Contents of Prophecy: The contents of prophecy are by no means merely predictions concerning the future. That which is given by the Spirit to the prophet can refer to the past and to the present as well as to the future. However, that which is revealed to the prophet finds its inne

PROPHECY, GIFT OF See SPIRITUAL GIFTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROPHECY, GIFT OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 1 prof'-e-si, prof'-e-si, prof'-ets: I. THE IDEA OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY 1. The Seer and Speaker of God 2. Prophetical Inspiration 3. Relation to Dreams 4. Freedom of Inspiration 5. Supernatural Visions of the Future 6. The Fulfillment II. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE 1. Abraham 2. Moses 3. Period of th

PROPERTY prop'-er-ti. See AGRARIAN LAWS; JUBILEE; POOR; PORTION; PRIMOGENITURE; WEALTH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROPERTY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PROPER prop'-er: For the King James Version "proper" (child), in Hebrews 11:23, the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "goodly"; in 1 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Corinthians 7:7, the Revised Version (British and American) "own" is employed, and for the too emphatic "their proper tongue" in Acts 1:19 "their language" is written. But none of

PROPER NAMES See NAMES, PROPER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROPER NAMES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.