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Peacemaker
pes'-mak-er: Occurs only in the plural (Mt 5:9, "Blessed are the peacemakers (eirenopoioi): for they shall be called sons of God" (who is "the God of peace")). We have also what...
Peacock
pe'-kok (tukkiyim (plural); Latin Pavo cristatus): A bird of the genus Pavo. Japan is the native home of the plainer peafowl; Siam, Ceylon and India produce the commonest and mo...
Pearl
purl.See STONES, PRECIOUS.
Peculiar
pe-kul'-yar: The Latin peculium means "private property," so that "peculiar" properly equals "pertaining to the individual." In modern English the word has usually degenerated i...
Pedahel
ped'-a-hel, pe-da'-el (pedhah'-el, "whom God redeems"): A prince of Naphtali; one of the tribal chiefs who apportioned the land of Canaan (Nu 34:28; compareNu 34:17).
Pedahzur
pe-da'zur (pedhahtsur): Mentioned inNu 1:10;2:20;7:54,59;10:23as the father of Gamaliel, head of the tribe of Manasseh, at the time of the exodus. See The Expository Times, VIII...
Pedaiah
pe-da'-ya, pe-di'-a (pedhayahu, "Yah redeems"):(1) Father of Joel, who was ruler of Western Manasseh in David's reign (1Ch 27:20). Form pedhayah (see above).(2) Pedaiah of Rumah...
Pedestal
ped'-es-tal (ken): In two places (1Ki 7:29,31) the Revised Version (British and American) gives this word for the King James Version "base" (in Solomon's "Sea").
Pedias
ped'-i-as, pe-di'-as (Pedias; Codex Alexandrinus Paideias; the King James Version by mistake Pelias): One of those who had taken "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:34) equals "Bedeiah"...
Pedigree
ped'-i-gre (hithyalledh, "to show one's birth"): The English word "pedigree" occurs only once in the Bible, according to the concordance. InNu 1:18, it is said: "They declared t...
Peel; Pill
pel, pil: "Pill" (Ge 30:37,38; Tobit 11:13 (the Revised Version (British and American) "scaled")) and "peel" (Isa 18:2,7(the King James Version and the Revised Version margin);E...
Peep
pep (tsphaph; the King James VersionIsa 8:19;10:14(the Revised Version (British and American) "chirp")): In 10:14, the word describes the sound made by a nestling bird; in 8:19,...
Pekah
1. Accession:Son of Remaliah, and 18th king of Israel. Pekah murdered his predecessor, Pekahiah, and seized the reins of power (2Ki 15:25). His usurpation of the throne is said ...
Pekahiah
pek-a-hi'-a, pe-ka'-ya (peqachyah, "Yah hath opened" (the eyes) (2Ki 15:23-26); Phakesias; Codex Alexandrinus Phakeias):1. Accession:Son of Menahem, and 17th king of Israel. He ...
Pekod
pe'-kod (peqodh): A name applied inJer 50:21andEze 23:23to the Chaldeans. Various English Versions of the Bible (margins) in the former passage gives the meaning as "visitation."
Pelaiah
pe-la'-ya, pe-li'-a (pela'yah):(1) A son of Elioenai, of the royal house of Judah (1Ch 3:24).(2) A Levite who assisted Ezra by expounding the Law (Ne 8:7), and was one of those ...
Pelaliah
pel-a-li'-a (pelalyah, "Yahweh judges"): A priest, father of Jeroham, one of the "workers" in the Lord's house (Ne 11:12).
Pelatiah
pel-a-ti'-a (pelatyah, "Yahweh delivers"):(1) One who "sealed" the covenant (Ne 10:22).(2) A descendant of Solomon, grandson of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:21).(3) A Simeonite, one of the...
Peleg
pe'-leg (pelegh, "watercourse," "division"): A son of Eber, and brother of Joktan. The derivation of the name is given: "for in his days was the earth divided" (niphleghah) (Ge ...
Pelet
pe'-let (peleT, "deliverance"):(1) Son of Iahdai (1Ch 2:47).(2) Son of Azmaveth, one of those who resorted to David at Ziklag while he was hiding from Saul (1Ch 12:3).
Peleth
pe'-leth (peleth, "swiftness"):(1) Father of On, one of the rebels against Moses and Aaron (Nu 16:1); probably same asPALLU(which see).(2) A descendant of Jerahmeel (1Ch 2:33).
Pelethites
pel'-e-thits, pe'-leth-its (pelethi): A company of David's bodyguard, like theCHERETHITES(which see) (2Sa 8:18;15:18); probably a corrupt form of "Philistines."
Pelias
pe-li'-as: the King James Version equals the Revised Version (British and American) "Pedias."
Pelican
pel'-kan (qa'ath; Latin Pelecanus onocrotalus Septuagint reads pelekan, in Leviticus and Psalms, but has 3 other readings, that are rather confusing, in the other places)): Any ...
Pelishtim
pel'-ish-tim, pe-lish'-tim (pelishtim (the Revised Version margin ofGe 10:14)).SeePHILISTINES.
Pelonite
pel'-o-nit, pe'-lo-nit, pe-lo'-nit (peloni, a place-name): Two of David's heroes are thus described: (1) "Helez the Pelonite" (1Ch 11:27) (see PALTITE); and (2) "Ahijah the Pelo...