International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Piltai

pil'-ti, pil-ta'-i (pilTay, probably "Yahweh delivers"): One of the priests, described as "the chiefs of the fathers," in the days of Joiakim (Ne 12:17).

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Pin

(yathedh, from yathadh, "to drive in a peg"(?)): A cylindrical piece of wood or metal (e.g. brass,Ex 27:19) such as that used by weavers in beating up the woof in the loom (Jud ...

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Pine

pin.SeePINING SICKNESS.

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Pine Tree

pin tre: (1) `ets shemen, translated the Revised Version (British and American) "wild olive," the King James Version "pine" (Ne 8:15); the Revised Version (British and American)...

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Pining Sickness

pin'-ing, sik'-nes: In the account of the epileptic boy inMr 9:18it is said that "he pineth away." The verb used here (xeraino) means "to dry up," and is the same which is used ...

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Pinion

pin'-yun ('ebher, 'ebhrah): the Revised Version (British and American) has translated these Hebrew words uniformly by "pinion," where the King James Version uses either "wing" o...

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Pinnacle

pin'-a-k'-l (pterugion (Mt 4:5;Lu 4:9, the Revised Version margin "wing")) "The pinnacle of the temple" is named as the place to which the devil took Jesus, and there tempted Hi...

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Pinon

pi'-non (pinon, "darkness"): One of the "chiefs of Edom" (Ge 36:41;1Ch 1:52).

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Pipe

pip.SeeCANDLESTICK;LAMP;MUSIC.

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Pira

pi'-ra (hoi ek Peirds (1 Esdras 5:19)): Thought to be a repetition ofCAPHIRA(which see) earlier in the verse.

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Piram

pi'-ram (pir'am, "indomitable"): King of Jarmuth, one of the five Amorite kings who leagued themselves against Joshua's invasion (Jos 10:3).

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Pirathon; Pirathonite

pir'-a-thon, pir'-a-thon-it (pir`athon, pir`athoni; Codex Vaticanus Pharathom; Codex Alexandrinus Phraathom, Pharathuneites): The home of Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite...

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Pisgah

piz'-ga (ha-picgah; Phasga, to lelaxeumenon, he laxeute): This name, which has always the definite article, appears only in combination either with ro'sh, "head," "top," or 'ash...

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Pishon; Pison

pi'-shon pi'-son (pishon; the King James Version): A river ofEDEN(which see), said to compass the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, bdellium and onyx stone (Ge 2:11), m...

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Pisidia

pi-sid'-i-a (ten Pisidian (Ac 14:24); inAc 13:14, Codices Sinaitica, Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, Ephraemi give Antiocheian ten Pisidian, "the Pisidian Antioch," the other manuscrip...

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Pison

pi'-son.SeePISHON.

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Pispa

pis'-pa (picpa', "dipersion," the King James Version Pispah): A son of Jether, an Asherite (1Ch 7:38).

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Pit

The word translates different Hebrew words of which the most important are:(1) bor, "pit" or "cistern," made by digging, (Ge 37:20); hence, "dungeon" (Jer 38:6, margin "pit");(2...

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Pitch

pich: The translation of the noun kopher, and the verb kaphar, inGe 6:14and of the noun zepheth, inEx 2:3;Isa 34:9. InGe 6:14the words are the ordinary forms for "covering," "co...

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Pitcher

pich'-er (kadh; keramion): The word is found chiefly in the Old Testament in the story of Rebekah inGe 24:13ff; but Gideon's men also had their lamps in pitchers (Jud 7:16,19). ...

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Pithom

pi'-thom (pithom; Peitho (Ex 1:11)):1. Meaning of Name:Champollion (Gesenius, Lexicon, under the word) considered this name to mean "a narrow place" in Coptic, but it is general...

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Pithon

pi'-thon (pithon): A grandson of Meribbaal, or Mephibosheth (1Ch 8:35;9:41).

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Pitiful

pit'-i-fool: As found in Scripture, means "full of pity"; it is expressed by rachamani, from rachamim (plural of racham), "bowels," "compassion" (La 4:10the King James Version, ...

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Pity

pit'-i (chamal, chuc; eleeo): "Pity," probably contracted from "piety," is tender feeling for others in misery or distress. It is allied to compassion (which see), but differs i...

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Place

plas: Normally for maqom, Old Testament, and topos, New Testament, but in the King James Version "place" represents a great number of Hebrew and Greek words, often used with no ...

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Place, Broad; High

See CITY, II, 3, 2; HIGH PLACE; OPEN PLACE.

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Plague

plag (negha`, makkah, maggephah; mastix, plege): This word which occurs more than 120 times is applied, like pestilence, to such sudden outbursts of disease as are regarded in t...