International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Phylactery

fi-lak'-ter-i (phulakterion, "guard"):1. Bible References:This word is found only inMt 23:5in our Lord's denunciation of the Pharisees, who, in order that their works might "be ...

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Phylarch

fi'-lark (phularches): Given in the King James Version of 2 Macc 8:32 as a proper name "Philarches," but in the Revised Version (British and American) "the phylarch of Timotheus...

273

Phylarches

fi-lar'-kez (the King James Version Philarches).SeePHYLARCH.

274

Physician

fi-zish'-an (rophi; iatros): To the pious Jew at all times God was the healer (De 32:39): "It was neither herb nor mollifying plaister that cured them, but thy word, O Lord, whi...

275

Pi-Beseth

pi-be'-seth (pi-be'seth;(pi-bheceth; Septuagint Bubastos; Egyptian Pi-Basht, "the house of Basht," the cat-headed goddess; the Egyptian form is usually Ha-Basht; it is doubtful ...

276

Pi-Hahiroth

pi-ha-hi'-roth (pi-ha-chiroth (Ex 14:2-9;Nu 33:7-8)):1. Meaning of Name:Nothing is known of the meaning of the name. Pi-Hahiroth Some attempts toward an Egyptian etymology for i...

277

Picture

pik'-tur: This word (in the plural) is found 3 times in the King James Version, namely,Nu 33:52;Isa 2:16;Pr 25:11. In Numbers and Proverbs "pictures" represents the Hebrew word ...

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Piece

pes: In the King James Version the word (singular and plural) represents a large number of different Hebrew words, many of which have more or less the same significance, e.g. pi...

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Piece Of Gold

The word "pieces" is supplied in2Ki 5:5(story of Naaman), "6,000 pieces of gold," where the Revised Version margin more correctly suggests "shekels" (compare1Ki 10:16).SeeMONEY.

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Piece Of Money

Two words are thus rendered in the King James Version (qesiTah; stater). the Revised Version (British and American) gives only the first this rendering (Job 42:11). It is suppos...

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Piece Of Silver

Two words are thus rendered in the Old Testament (ratstse-khaceph, and qesiTah) and two in the New Testament argurion, and drachme). The first expression means pieces of silver ...

282

Piety

pi'-e-ti: Only in1Ti 5:4: "Let them learn first to show piety toward their own family," where "let them show piety" represents a single Greek verb (eusebeo), in its only other o...

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Pigeon

The rich provided large and expensive cotes of molded pottery for their birds, each section big enough for the home of one pair of birds, the regular rows of openings resembling...

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Pilate, Acts Of

See following article, 4, and APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.

285

Pilate; Pontius

pi'-lat, pi'-lat, pon'-shi-us (Pontios Peilatos):1. Name and Office2. Pilate's Procuratorship3. Pilate and Jesus Christ4. Pilate in Tradition and Legend5. Character of PilateLIT...

286

Pildash

pil'-dash (pildash, "steely"): Nephew of Abram (Ge 22:22).

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Pile

pil (medhurah, from dur, "heap up"):Isa 30:33, "The pile thereof is fire and much wood";Eze 24:9,10, "I also will make the pile great. Heap on the wood, make the fire hot."Isa 3...

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Pileha

pil'-e-ha, pi'-le-ha.SeePILHA.

289

Pilgrim; Pilgrimage

pil'-grim, pil'-grimaj: "Pilgrim" in English Versions of the Bible for parepidemos (Heb 11:13;1Pe 2:11). "Pilgrimage" for maghor (Ge 47:9(the Revised Version margin "sojournings...

290

Pilha

pil'-ha (pilcha', "ploughman" (plowman); the King James Version Pileha): One of those who signed Nehemiah's covenant (Ne 10:24).

291

Pill

SeePEEL.

292

Pillar

pil'-ar (matstsebhah, `ammudh; stulos): In a good many cases the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "pillars" for the King James Version "images" (matstsebhoth,E...

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Pillar Of Salt

SeeSLIME;LOT.

294

Pillar, Plain Of The

SeePLAIN OF THE PILLAR.

295

Pillars Of The Earth

See ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 2.

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Pillow

pil'-o.SeeBOLSTER;CUSHION.

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Pilot

pi'-lot.SeeSHIPS AND BOATS.