International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Prayer

prar (deesis, proseuche, (enteuxis; for an excellent discussion of the meaning of these see Thayer's Lexicon, p. 126, under the word deesis; the chief verbs are euchomai, proseu...

407

Prayer Of Habakkuk

See HABAKKUK; BETH-HORON, THE BATTLE OF.

408

Prayer Of Joseph

See JOSEPH, PRAYER OF.

409

Prayer Of Manasses

See MANASSES, THE PRAYER OF.

410

Prayer, Hours Of

SeeHOURS OF PRAYER.

411

Prayer, Lord's

See LORD'S PRAYER, THE.

412

Prayers Of Christ

1. The Lord's Prayer2. Christ's Doctrine of Prayer: Sacredness, Importunity, Conditions3. Prayers Offered by Christ(1) The High-priestly Prayer(2) The Prayer in Gethsemane(3) Th...

413

Preacher; Preaching

prech'-er, prech'-ing (qoheleth, "preacher" (Ec 1:1), basar, "to bring or tell good tidings" (Ps 40:9;Isa 61:1), qara', "to call," "proclaim" (Ne 6:7;Jon 3:2), qeri'ah, "cry," "...

414

Precept

pre'-sept: A commandment, an authoritative rule for action; in the Scriptures generally a divine injunction in which man's obligation is set forth (Latin praeceptum, from praeci...

415

Precious

presh'-us (stands for 17 different words, chief of which are yaqar; timios):(1) Generally in the literal sense, "of great price," "costly," "expensive," of material things (e.g....

416

Precious Stones

See STONES, PRECIOUS.

417

Precipitation

pre-sip-i-ta'-shun.See PUNISHMENTS, III, (5).

418

Predestination

pre-des-ti-na'-shun (prothesis, prognosis proorismos):1. Predestination as a Biblical Question2. Its Fundamental Importance3. The Nature of Predestination4. The Doctrine in Scri...

419

Preeminence

pre-em'-i-nens: Superiority, especially in noble or excellent qualities. The word stands for: (1) mothar, "what is over and above," "excellence"; "Man hath no preeminence above ...

420

Prefer

pre-fur': Does not always have the general meaning "to choose before another." InPs 137:6, it does have this sense and the two versions agree; inEs 2:9, the Revised Version (Bri...

421

Preparation

prep-a-ra'-shun: The concordances indicate that the word "preparation" occurs only twice in the Old Testament, once in1Ch 22:5, where it is used in the ordinary sense "to make p...

422

Presbyter; Presbytery

1. Words Used in the New Testament:This latter word occurs in the New Testament once (1Ti 4:14), so rendered in both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and ...

423

Presence

prez'-ens: In the Old Testament nearly always the rendition of panim, "face" (Ge 3:8;Ex 33:14f; Ps 95:2;Isa 63:9, etc.); occasionally of `ayin, "eye" (Ge 23:11;De 25:9;Jer 28:1,...

424

Present

prez'-ent.SeeGIFT.

425

Presently

prez'-ent-li: The strict meaning is of course "at the present moment," "instantly," and the modern force "after a short interval" is due simply to the procrastinating habits of ...

426

President

prez'-i-dent (carakh): Used only inDa 6:2-7. Probably a Persian derivative from sar, "head," and the Aramaic equivalent for Hebrew shoter. The meaning is self-evident and refers...

427

Press

pres: As a verb is used in the Revised Version (British and American) as a translation of no less than 13 Greek and Hebrew words (rather more in the King James Version). All the...

428

Pressfat

pres'-fat (Hag 2:16in the King James Version, the English Revised Version "winefat," the American Standard Revised Version "winevat").SeeWINE.

429

Presume; Presumptuous; Presumptuously

pre-zum', pre-zump'-tu-us, pre-zump'-tu-us-li: "To presume" ("to take or go beforehand") is to speak or act without warrant or proudly. In the Old Testament the words are for th...

430

Prevent

pre-vent' (qadham; prophthano, phthano): "Prevent" occurs in the King James Version in the literal but obsolete sense of "to come or go before," "to anticipate," not in the sens...

431

Prey

pra (baz, Tereph, shalal): "Prey" is frequent in the Old Testament, chiefly as the translation of baz, "spoil," "plunder" (Nu 14:3,11;De 1:39;Isa 10:6, etc.); of Tereph, "prey o...

432

Price

pris: Represents various words in the Old Testament; time, is the usual Greek word for "price" in the New Testament. "Of great price" is polutimos, inMt 13:46, and poluteles, in...