PATHEUS pa-the'-us (Pathaios, Phathaios): One of the Levites who had married a foreign wife (1 Esdras 9:23) equals "Pethahiah" of Ezra 10:23. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PATHEUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PATH; PATHWAY path, path'-wa (orach, nethibhah, etc.; tribos, trochia): (1) In the Old Testament.--In addition to its obvious literal sense (e.g. Genesis 49:17), it has very frequently a figurative meaning. (a) As applied to man, a course or manner of life: (i) man's outward lot in life, his career or destiny, whether of the just man (Isaiah 26:

PATARA pat'-a-ra (ta Patara): A coast city of ancient Lycia, from which, according to Acts 21:1, Paul took a ship for Phoenicia. Because of its excellent harbor, many of the coast trading ships stopped at Patara, which therefore became an important and wealthy port of entry to the towns of the interior. As early as 440 BC autonomous coins were str

PATE pat (qodhqodh): The word usually translated "crown," "crown of the head" (Genesis 49:26; Deuteronomy 28:35; 33:16,20; 2 Samuel 14:25; Job 2:7; Isaiah 3:17; Jeremiah 2:16; 48:45) and "scalp" (Psalms 68:21) is rendered "pate" in Psalms 7:16 in agreement with earlier English translators since Coverdale: "His mischief shall return upon his own he

PASTURAGE; PASTURE pas'-tur-aj, pas'-tur. See SHEEP TENDING. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PASTURAGE; PASTURE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PASTORAL EPISTLES pas'-tor-al, I. GENUINENESS 1. External Evidence 2. Genuineness Questioned II. ALLEGED DIFFICULTIES AGAINST PAULINE AUTHORSHIP 1. Relative to Paul's Experiences (1) Data in 1 Timothy (2) Data in 2 Timothy (3) Data in Titus 2. Subject-Matter Post-Pauline (1) Difficulty Regarding Church Organization (2) The Doctrinal Diff

PASTOR pas'-ter (ro`eh; poimen; literally, a helper, or feeder of the sheep (the King James Version Jeremiah 2:8; 3:15; 10:21; 12:10; 17:16; 22:22; 23:1,2, and in Ephesians 4:11, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American))): Besides the literal sense the word has now a figurative meaning and refers to the minister appoin

PASSION, PASSIONS pash'-un, pash'-unz: "Passion" is derived from Latin passio, which in turn is derived from the verb patior, with the root, pat-. The Latin words are connected with the Greek root, path-, which appears in a large number of derivatives. And in Greek, Latin, and English (with other languages in addition) words connected with this ro

PASSOVER pas'-o-ver (pecach, from pacach, "to pass" or "spring over" or "to spare" (Exodus 12:13,23,17; compare Isaiah 31:5. Other conjectures connect the word with the "passing over" into a new year, with assyr pasahu, meaning "to placate," with Hebrew pacah, meaning "to dance," and even with the skipping motions of a young lamb; Aramaic [~paccha'

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

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

PASHHUR, PASHUR pash'-hur, pash'-ur (pashchur, "splitter," "cleaver"): The name of several persons difficult to individuate: (1) A priest, son of Immer, and "chief governor in the house of the Lord" (Jeremiah 20:1), who persecuted Jeremiah, putting him in "the stocks" hard by the "house of Yahweh" in the "gate of Benjamin" (Jeremiah 20:2). When r

PASS, PASSAGE, PASSENGER pas, pas'-aj, pas'-en-jer: "To pass" bears different meanings and corresponds to various words in Hebrew and Greek. It occurs frequently in the phrase "and it came to pass" (literally, "and it was"). This is simply a Hebrew idiom linking together the different paragraphs of a continuous narrative. As a rule "pass" renders

PASEAH pa-se'-a, pas'-e-a (paceach "limping"): (1) A son of Eshton, descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:12). (2) The eponym of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:51, the King James Version "Phaseah" equals "Phinoe" (1 Esdras 5:31). (3) Father of Joiada, who helped to repair the old gate (Nehemiah 3:6). Copyright Statement These files ar

PASACH pa'-sak (pacakh, "divider"): Son of Japhlet, descendant of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:33). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PASACH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PAS-DAMMIM pas-dam'-im. See EPHES-DAMMIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PAS-DAMMIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

PARUAH pa-roo'-a (paruach "blooming"): Father of Jehoshaphat, who was one of Solomon's twelve victualers or providers, and had charge in Isaachar of this function (1 Kings 4:17). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PARUAH'". "International Standard Bible Enc

PARVAIM par-va'-im (parwayim; Septuagint Pharouaim): The word occurs only in 2 Chronicles 3:6, as the place from which Solomon obtained gold for the decoration of his Temple. A derivation is given from the Sanskrit purva, "eastern," so that the name might be a vague term for the East (Gesenius, Thesaurus, 1125). Whether there was such a place in a

PARTRIDGE par'-trij (qore; Latin perdix; Septuagint, 1 Samuel 26:20, nuktikorax, "owl," Jeremiah 17:11, perdix): a bird of the family Tetraonidae. The Hebrew word for this bird, qore', means "a caller," and the Latin perdix is supposed to be an imitation of its cry, and as all other nations base their name for the bird on the Latin, it becomes qui

PARTITION, THE MIDDLE WALL OF par-tish'-un, par-tish'-un (to mesotoichon tou phragmou (Ephesians 2:14)): 1. The Barrier in the Temple What Paul here asserts is that Christ is our peace, the peace of both Jewish and Gentile believers. He has made them both to be one in Himself, and has broken down the middle wall of partition which divided them fr