Porcius Festus
por'-shus.SeeFESTUS.
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Porcupine
por'-ku-pin (qippodh (Isa 14:23;34:11;Ze 2:14) the King James Version "bittern," the Revised Version (British and American) "porcupine"; Septuagint echinos "hedgehog"; qippoz (I...
Porphyry
por'-fi-ri (inEs 1:6, the Revised Version margin has "porphyry" (the King James Version margin "porphyre") for bahaT, English Versions of the Bible "red (marble)"; the Septuagin...
Porpoise
por'-pus (the Revised Version margin has "porpoise-skin" for `or tachash, the Revised Version (British and American) "sealskin," the King James Version "badgers' skins" (Ex 25:5...
Port; Porter
port, por'-ter: "Port" in the sense of "gate" (of a city or building) is obsolete in modern English, and even in the King James Version is found only inNe 2:13. "Porter," as "ga...
Portion; Part
por'-shun: As far as a distinction between these words is possible in English, it lies in the fact that a "portion" is a "part" about whose destiny something is implied (Ps 142:...
Posidonius
pos-i-do'-ni-us (Posidonios, al. Posidonios and Poseidon): One of the three envoys sent by the Syrian general Nicanor to treat with the Jews under Judas during his invasion of J...
Possess; Possession
po-zes', po-zesh'-un: "Possess" in modern English means normally only "keep in one's possession." But in Elizabethan English it means also "take into possession," and, in fact, ...
Possession, Demoniacal
de-mo-ni'-a-kal (Mt 4:24;8:16, etc.).See DEMON, DEMONIAC, DEMONOLOGY.
Post
post (ruts, "to run," ratsim, "runners"): The "runners" formed the royal guard (1Sa 22:17;1Ki 14:27;2Ki 11:4,13; see GUARD). From them were chosen the couriers who carried royal...
Pot
pot: A term used as the translation of a number of Hebrew and Greek words whose fundamental meaning seems to describe them as intended for the most part to hold liquid or semi-l...
Potentate
po'-ten-tat (dunastes, "mighty one," from dunamai, "to be able"): A person who possesses great power and authority. Only in1Ti 6:15, "the blessed and only Potentate" (= God). Th...
Poti-Phera
po-tif'-e-ra (poTi phera`; Egyptian Padipara, "the (one) given of the sun-god"; compare Hebrew Nathaniel, "the gift of God,"Ge 41:45,50;46:20): There is no certain evidence from...
Potiphar
pot'-i-far (poTiphar; compare Egyptian Potiphera (Ge 39:1f)): A high Egyptian official who became the master of Joseph. It is particularly mentioned that he was an Egyptian, i.e...
Potsherd
pot'-shurd (cheres): A piece of earthenware (Job 2:8;Ps 22:15;Isa 45:9). the Revised Version (British and American) renders the word inPr 26:23, "an earthen vessel," and inJob 4...
Potsherd Gate
(Jer 19:2).SeeHARSITH.
Pottage
pot'-aj.See FOOD, III.
Potter; Pottery
pot'-er, pot'-er-i:1. Historical Development2. Forms3. Methods of Production4. Uses5. Biblical Terms6. Archaeological SignificanceLITERATURE1. Historical Development:(1) Prehist...
Potter's Field
pot'-erz.SeeACELDAMA.
Pound
pound (maneh; mna, litra; Latin, libra): Pound does not correctly represent the Hebrew maneh, which was more than a pound (see MANEH). The litra ofJoh 12:3and 19:39 is the Roman...
Poverty
pov'-er-ti:1. Old Testament References:This word, found but once in the Old Testament (Ge 45:11) outside of the Book of Proverbs in which it occurs 11 times (6:11; 10:15; 11:24 ...
Powders
pou'-derz ('abheqath rokhel): The "powders of the merchant" inSo 3:6were probably perfumes, as they are associated with myrrh and frankincense in the account of the festal proce...
Power
pou'-er: This word, indicative of might, strength, force, is used in the Old Testament to render very many Hebrew terms, the translation in numerous instances being varied in th...
Power Of Keys
See KEYS, POWER OF THE.
Praetorian Guard
pre-to'-ri-an: "My bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other, places" (Php 1:13the King James Version). This verse is translated in the Revised Version (B...
Praetorium
pre-to'-ri-um praitorion,Mt 27:27(the King James Version "common hall");Mr 15:16;Joh 18:28,33;19:9(in all margins "palace," and in the last three the King James Version "judgmen...
Praise
praz (tehillah, "psalm," "praise," todhah, "confession" "thanksgiving," shabhach, "to praise" "glorify," zamar, yadhah, "to stretch out the hand," "confess"; aineo, epaineo, (ep...