PROMISE prom'-is (most frequently in the Old Testament dabhar, "speaking," "speech," and dabhar, "to speak" also 'amar, "to say," once in Psalms 77:8, 'omer, "speech"; in the New Testament epaggelia, and the verbs epaggellomai, and compounds): Promise holds an important place in the Scriptures and in the development of the religion that culminated

PROLOGUE pro'-log, prol'-og (prologos, "foreword," "preface," "introduction"): The word occurs in the preface to Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), and is commonly applied to John 1:1-18. See ECCLESIASTICUS; JOHN, GOSPEL OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROLOG

PROLONG pro-long' ('arakh, mashakh): "Prolong," "prolonged" are the translations of 'arakh, "to stretch," "to make long" (Deuteronomy 4:26, and frequently, "prolong days"; Deuteronomy 4:40, etc.; Job 6:11 the King James Version; Proverbs 28:16; Ecclesiastes 7:15; 8:13; Isaiah 53:10); of mashakh, "to draw out" (Isaiah 13:22; Ezekiel 12:25,28 the Ki

PROGNOSTICATORS, MONTHLY prog-nos'-ti-ka-terz. See ASTROLOGY, 6. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROGNOSTICATORS, MONTHLY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PROFANE pro-fan' (verb chalal, adjective chalal, chol; bebeloo, bebelos): From profanus, "before (i.e. outside) the temple," therefore unholy, polluted, secular, is of frequent occurrence (verb and adjective) in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. It occurs as the translation of chol in the King James Version only in Eze (22:26, the Revi

PROFESS; PROFESSION pro-fes', pro-fesh'-un (naghadh; homologeo, homologia): "Profess" means literally "to own before," hence, to make open or public announcement; it occurs only once in the Old Testament as the translation of naghadh, "to put before," often "to tell," "to show," "to declare" (Deuteronomy 26:3); in the New Testament it is the trans

PROCONSUL pro-kon'-sul (anthupatos (Acts 13:7; 18:12); the King James Version deputy). See PROVINCE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROCONSUL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PROCURATOR prok'-u-ra-ter (epitropos): This word signified in a general sense a steward or bailiff of a private estate, or a financial agent with power of attorney, and the development of the special usage of the word to denote an imperial functionary or official is characteristic of the origin of many departments of administration under the Roman

PROCHORUS prok'-o-rus (Prochoros) : One of "the seven" chosen by the Christian community in Jerusalem to superintend the dispensing of charity to the widows and other poor (Acts 6:5). The name is Greek, and he may have been a Hellenist. According to tradition he became bishop of Nicomedia and died a martyr at Antioch. Copyright Statement These fil

PRIZE priz: Two Greek words are so rendered in English Versions of the Bible: (1) brabeion, the award to the victor in the Greek games, consisting of a garland of bay, olive, or pine; so called because it was given by the brabeus, the adjudicator who assigned the prize at the games (Vulgate bravium, from which may be derived the English "brave" =

PROBATION, SECOND pro-ba'-shun, sek'-und. See ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PROBATION, SECOND'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PRISON; PRISONER priz'-n, priz'-'-n-er, priz'-ner (there are various Hebrew words which are rendered "prison" in the King James Version, among them: 1. Hebrew Words: (1) cohar, "round house," "fortress" (8 times in Genesis), (2) kele' "restraint," "confinement" (12 times: in historic books, Isaiah, Jeremiah, with "house"), (3) maTTarah, "guard,"

PRIVY; PRIVILY priv'-i, priv'-i-li: These words are obsolete in modern English and are replaced by "secret," "secretly," rather than by the cognates "private," "privately." the Revised Version (British and American) usually has not altered the King James Version's use of the word, but in Psalms 11:2 has substituted "in darkness" and in Judges 9:31

PRISON, SPIRITS IN The phrase occurs in the much-disputed passage, 1 Peter 3:18-20, where the apostle, exhorting Christians to endurance under suffering for well-doing, says: "Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

PRISCA; PRISCILLA pris'-ka, pri-sil'-a. See AQUILA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PRISCA; PRISCILLA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

PRINCIPLES prin'-si-p'-lz: Found twice (Hebrews 5:12; 6:1). The Greek word (stoicheion) is also translated in the King James Version as "elements" and "rudiments." As rendered in He, its meaning is clearly related to the elementary knowledge of Christian truth or doctrine. See ELEMENTS; RUDIMENTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain

PRINT; PRINTING; PRINTED print, prin'-ting, prin'-ted: Printing is the art of multiplying records--the "art of writing with many pens" (Jewish Encyclopedia, XII, 295), or wholesale writing. The art of making original records is writing. This, however, is a slow process. It involves tracing each letter and part of a letter through from beginning t

PRINCIPALITY prin-si-pal'-i-ti: In the Old Testament the word occurs but once (Jeremiah 13:18, "your principalities shall come down"). Here the King James Version margin "head tires" is properly preferred by the Revised Version (British and American) for mera'ashoth (from ro'sh, "head"), "head-parts." In the New Testament "principality" occurs fo

PRINCESS prin'-ses: The Hebrew term is sarah (compare sar, prince, and "Sarah"); it means (1) a queen (Isaiah 49:23, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) both "queen"); (2) the consort of a king contrasted with his concubines (1 Kings 11:3, "He had seven hundred wives. princesses, and three hundred concubines");