PERFECT; PERFECTION pur'-fekt, per-fek'-shun (shalem, tamim; teleios, teleiotes): 1. In the Old Testament: "Perfect" in the Old Testament is the translation of shalem, "finished," "whole," "complete," used (except in Deuteronomy 25:15, "perfect weight") of persons, e.g. a "perfect heart," i.e. wholly or completely devoted to Yahweh (1 Kings 8:61,

PERFORM per-form' (Fr. parfournir, "to furnish completely," "to complete" "finish entirely"): In modern English, through a mistaken connection with "form," "perform" usually suggests an act in its continuity, while the word properly should emphasize only the completion of the act. the King James Version seems to have used the word in order to conv

PEREZ; PHAREZ pe'-rez, fa'-rez (perets, "breach"): One of the twins born to Judah by Tamar, Zerah's brother (Genesis 38:29,30). In the King James Version Matthew 1:3 and Luke 3:33, he is called "Phares," the name in 1 Esdras 5:5. He is "Pharez" in the King James Version Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:20,21; Ruth 4:12,18; 1 Chronicles 2:4,5; 4:1; 9:4. I

PEREZ-UZZA pe-rez-uz'-za. See UZZA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PEREZ-UZZA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PERESH pe'-resh (peresh, "dung"): Son of Machir, grandson of Manasseh through his Aramitish concubine (1 Chronicles 7:14,16). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PERESH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

PERDITION per-dish'-un (apoleia, "ruin" or "loss," physical or eternal): The word "perdition" occurs in the English Bible 8 times (John 17:12; Philippians 1:28; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; 1 Timothy 6:9; Hebrews 10:39; 2 Peter 3:7; Revelation 17:11,18). In each of these cases it denotes the final state of ruin and punishment which forms the opposite to s

PERAZIM, MOUNT per'-a-zim, pe-ra'-zim (har-peratsim): "Yahweh will rise up as in mount Perazim" (Isaiah 28:21). It is usually considered to be identical with BAAL-PERAZIM (which see), where David obtained a victory over the Philistines (2 Samuel 5:20; 1 Chronicles 14:11). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information

PEOR pe'-or (ha-pe`or; Phogor): (1) A mountain in the land of Moab, the last of the three heights to which Balaam was guided by Balak in order that he might curse Israel (Numbers 23:28). It is placed by Eusebius, Onomasticon on the way between Livias and Heshbon, 7 Roman miles from the latter. Buhl would identify it with Jebel el-Mashaqqar, on whi

PERAEA pe-re'-a (he Peraia, Peraios, Peraites): 1. The Country: This is not a Scriptural name, but the term used by Josephus to denote the district to which the rabbis habitually refer as "the land beyond Jordan." This corresponds to the New Testament phrase peran tou Iordanou (Matthew 4:15; 19:1, etc.). The boundaries of the province are given b

PENURY pen'-u-ri (machcor): In Proverbs 14:23, with sense of "poverty," "want": "The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." In the New Testament the word in Luke 21:4 (husterema) is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "want" (of the widow's mites). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information

PEOPLE pe'-p'-l: In English Versions of the Bible represents something over a dozen Hebrew and Greek words. Of these, in the Old Testament, `am, is overwhelmingly the most common (about 2,000 times), with le'om, and goy, next in order; but the various Hebrew words are used with very little or no difference in force (e.g. Proverbs 14:28; but, on th

PENUEL pe-nu'-el, pen'-u-el. See PENIEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PENUEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PENTECOST pen'-te-kost: 1. In the Old Testament: As the name indicates (pentekoste), this second of the great Jewish national festivals was observed on the 50th day, or 7 weeks, from the Paschal Feast, and therefore in the Old Testament it was called "the feast of weeks." It is but once mentioned in the historical books of the Old Testament (2 Ch

PENTATEUCH, 3 III. Some Literary Points. 1. Style of Legislation: No general estimate of the Pentateuch as literature can or need be attempted. Probably most readers are fully sensible to its literary beauties. Anybody who is not would do well to compare the chapter on Joseph in the Koran (12) with the Biblical narrative. A few words must be said

PENTATEUCH, THE SAMARITAN sa-mar'-i-tan: I. KNOWLEDGE OF SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH 1. In Older Times 2. Revived Knowledge II. CODICES AND SCRIPT 1. Nablus Roll 2. The Script 3. Peculiarities of Writing 4. The Tarikh 5. The Mode of Pronunciation 6. Age of the Nablus Roll III. RELATION OF THE SAMARITAN RECENSION TO THE MASSORETIC TEXT AND TO TH

PENTATEUCH, 2B 3. Answer to the Critical Analysis: (1) The Veto of Textual Criticism. The first great objection that may be made to the higher criticism is that it starts from the Massoretic text (MT) without investigation. This is not the only text that has come down to us, and in some instances it can be shown that alternative readings that hav

PENTATEUCH, 1 pen'-ta-tuk: I. TITLE, DIVISION, CONTENTS II. AUTHORSHIP, COMPOSITION, DATE 1. The Current Critical Scheme 2. The Evidence for the Current Critical Scheme (1) Astruc's Clue (2) Signs of Post-Mosaic Date (3) Narrative Discrepancies (4) Doublets (5) The Laws (6) The Argument from Style (7) Props of the Development Hypothesis

PENTATEUCH, 2A II. Authorship, Composition, Date. 1. The Current Critical Scheme: The view that Moses was the author of the Pentateuch, with the exception of the concluding verses of Deuteronomy, was once held universally. It is still believed by the great mass of Jews and Christians, but in most universities of Northern Europe and North America

PENSION pen'-shun (1 Esdras 4:56, the King James Version "and he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages"; kleros, "allotted portion," usually (here certainly) of lands (the Revised Version (British and American) "lands")): Literally it means simply "payment," and the King James Version seems to have used the word in order t