International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

514

Purification

pu-ri-fi-ka'-shun.SeePURGE;PURITY;UNCLEANNESS.

515

Purim; Pur

pur'-rim, pur (purim, "lots"; Septuagint Phrourai): The name of a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th and 15th days of the month Adar, the final month of the Biblical year, c...

516

Purity

pu'-ri-ti: The Bible bears witness to the long struggle over and in man to secure physical, mental, and moral cleanliness. The various forms of purity have relation to each othe...

517

Purloining

pur-loin'-ing: Lit. "for far off," hence, to carry away or steal; the word is the translation of nosphizomai, "to take away for oneself," "to secrete," "to steal," a word approp...

518

Purple

pur'-p'-l ('argaman; Chaldaic 'argewan (2Ch 2:7); compare Arabic 'urjuwan, and Persian 'arghawan; porphura, porphureos Septuagint and New Testament)):Purple dye was manufactured...

519

Purpose, Of God

pur'-pus (prothesis (Ro 9:11;Eph 1:11)): The word "purpose" seems to be an equivalent of the word "decree" as used in regard to man's relation to eternity. More correctly stated...

520

Purse

purs.SeeBAG.

521

Purslain; Juice

purs'-lan, joos, jus.SeeJUICE.

522

Purtenance

pur'-te-nans: With the significance of "belongings," this word occurs in the King James Version ofEx 12:9as the translation of qerebh, "within" "inward," "roast.... with the pur...

523

Put

put (puT; Phoud, in Genesis and Chronicles, variant for Genesis Phout, for Chronicles, Phouth):1. Renderings:In consequence of the identification at the time, the prophets have ...

524

Puteoli

pu-te'-o-li (Potioloi, "sulphur springs" (Ac 28:13, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek), the modern Pozzuoli): A maritime city of Campania, which occupied a central p...

525

Puthites

pu'-thits (puthi, "simple"; the King James Version Puhites): One of the families of Kiriath-jearim, grandchildren of Caleb (1Ch 2:50,53).

526

Putiel

pu'-ti-el (puTi'el, "contemned by El"): Father of the wife of Eleazar, Aaron's son, and thus grandfather of Phinehas, Eleazar's son (Ex 6:25).See PHINEHAS, (3).

527

Puvah

pu'-va.SeePUAH.

528

Pygarg

pi'-garg (dishon; Septuagint pugargos; compare proper nouns, "Dishon" and "Dishan" (Ge 36:21-30;1Ch 1:38-42); according to BDB, Hommel, Saugethiere, derives... from dush, Arabic...

529

Pyramid

pir'-a-mid puramis: Pyramids are mentioned in connection with the splendid monument reared by Simon Maccabeus in memory of his parents and brethren at Modin (1 Macc 13:28; compa...

530

Pyrrhus

pir'-us (Purros, "fiery-red"): The name is inserted in the text of the Revised Version (British and American) inAc 20:4as that of the father ofSOPATER(which see).

531

Python

pi'-thon: Occurs only inAc 16:16, where the Revised Version (British and American) reads, "a certain maid having a spirit of divination (margin "a spirit, a Python") met us." Pu...