Prick
prik: As a noun (= any slender pointed thing, a thorn, a sting) it translates two words:(1) sekh, a "thorn" or "prickle." Only inNu 33:55, "those that ye let remain of them be a...
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Priest
prest (kohen, "priest," "prince," "minister"; hiereus archiereus; for hiereus megas, ofHeb 10:21, see Thayer's Lexicon, under the word hiereus:I. NATURE OF THE PRIESTLY OFFICE1....
Priest, Christ As
See CHRIST, OFFICES OF.
Priest, High
(ha-kohen, ho hiereus; ha-kohen ha-mashiach, ho hiereus ho christos; ha-kohen ha-gadhol, ho hiereus ho megas; kohen ha-ro'sh, ho hiereus hegoumenos; New Testament archiereus):I....
Priesthood
prest'-hood:1. Priesthood Is an Office2. In the Old Testament3. Hereditary Priesthood4. In the New Testament5. ConclusionsLITERATUREAll worship is based on priesthood, for the p...
Priesthood In The New Testament
1. The Jewish Priesthood2. The Priesthood and High-Priesthood of Jesus Christ3. The Priesthood of Believers1. The Jewish Priesthood:In the New Testament hierateuma (1Pe 2:5,9), ...
Priests And Levites
(kohen, "priest"; nothing is definitely known as to the origin of the word; Lewi, "Levite," on which see LEVI):I. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE HISTORY1. The Old View2. The Graf-Wellha...
Primogeniture
1. Recognition of Doctrine:The right of the firstborn to inherit the headship of the family, carrying with it certain property rights and usually such titles as those of the hig...
Prince
prins: This word occurs quite frequently in our English Bible, mostly in the Old Testament. While it is never used to denote royal parentage (compare1Ch 29:24), it often indicat...
Princes, The Seven
prin'-sez, -siz.See PRINCE, (1), (b).
Princess
prin'-ses: The Hebrew term is sarah (compare sar, prince, and "Sarah"); it means(1) a queen (Isa 49:23, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) bot...
Principal
prin'-si-pal: Appears in the King James Version as a translation of nine Hebrew words (fewer in the Revised Version (British and American)), in one case (Isa 28:25) being used q...
Principality
prin-si-pal'-i-ti: In the Old Testament the word occurs but once (Jer 13:18, "your principalities shall come down"). Here the King James Version margin "head tires" is properly ...
Principles
prin'-si-p'-lz: Found twice (Heb 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 meanin...
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 ma...
Prisca; Priscilla
pris'-ka, pri-sil'-a.SeeAQUILA.
Prison Garments
See preceding article.
Prison, Spirits In
The phrase occurs in the much-disputed passage,1Pe 3:18-20, where the apostle, exhorting Christians to endurance under suffering for well-doing, says: "Because Christ also suffe...
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," "for...
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...
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; ...
Probation, Second
pro-ba'-shun, sek'-und.SeeESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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 (Ac 6:5). The na...
Proconsul
pro-kon'-sul (anthupatos (Ac 13:7;18:12); the King James Version deputy).SeePROVINCE.
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 ...
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 occurren...
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 Tes...