International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Prognosticators, Monthly

prog-nos'-ti-ka-terz.See ASTROLOGY, 6.

Prologue

pro'-log, prol'-og (prologos, "foreword," "preface," "introduction"): The word occurs in the preface to Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), and is commonly applied toJoh 1:1-18.See ECCLESI...

Prolong

pro-long' ('arakh, mashakh): "Prolong," "prolonged" are the translations of 'arakh, "to stretch," "to make long" (De 4:26, and frequently, "prolong days";De 4:40, etc.;Job 6:11t...

Promise

prom'-is (most frequently in the Old Testament dabhar, "speaking," "speech," and dabhar, "to speak" also 'amar, "to say," once inPs 77:8, 'omer, "speech"; in the New Testament e...

Proper

prop'-er: For the King James Version "proper" (child), inHeb 11:23, the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "goodly"; in1Ch 29:3;1Co 7:7, the Revised Version (Bri...

Proper Names

See NAMES, PROPER.

Property

prop'-er-ti.SeeAGRARIAN LAWS;JUBILEE;POOR;PORTION;PRIMOGENITURE;WEALTH.

Prophecy, Gift Of

SeeSPIRITUAL GIFTS.

Prophecy; Prophets

prof'-e-si, prof'-e-si, prof'-ets:I. THE IDEA OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY1. The Seer and Speaker of God2. Prophetical Inspiration3. Relation to Dreams4. Freedom of Inspiration5. Supern...

Prophesyings, False

prof'-e-si-ingz: The distinction between the true and the false prophecy and prophets is very difficult to state. Broadly speaking, the false prophesying related itself to the n...

Prophet, The Old

See OLD PROPHET, THE.

Prophetess

prof'-et-es (nebhi'ah; prophetis): Women were not excluded from the prophetic office in the Old Testament, and were honored with the right of prophetic utterance in the New Test...

Propitiation

pro-pish-i-a'-shun:1. Terms and Meaning:The word is Latin and brings into its English use the atmosphere of heathen rites for winning the favor, or averting the anger, of the go...

Proportion

pro-por'-shun: Occurs once in the sense of "space" as the translation of ma`-ar, "void or open space" (1Ki 7:36the King James Version margin "Hebrew `nakedness,' " the Revised V...

Proselyte

pros'-e-lit (proselutos, from proserchomai, "I approach"): Found 4 times in the New Testament. In the Septuagint it often occurs as the translation of ger. The Hebrew verb gur m...

Proseuche; Proseucha

pro-su'-ke, prosu'-ka (proseuche): "A place in the open air where the Jews were wont to pray, outside of those cities where they had no synagogue,"Ac 16:13,16(Thayer, Lexicon of...

Prostitution

pros-ti-tu'-shun.SeeCRIMES;HARLOT;PUNISHMENTS.

Prostration

Protevangelium, Of James

pro-te-van-jel'-i-um.See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS, III, 1, (a).

Prove

proov (bachan, nacah; dokimazo, peirazo): Means (1) to test or try; (2) to establish, demonstrate; (3) to find by experience. It is for the most part in the first (original) sen...

Provender

prov'-en-der(1) micpo', from obsolete capha', "to feed," fodder for cattle in general (Ge 24:25,32;42:27;Jud 19:19,21);(2) belil, from balal, "to mix": "Loweth the ox over his f...

Proverb

prov'-erb (mashal, chidhah; parabole (Lu 4:23), paroimia (Joh 16:25,29)):I. FOLK MEANING AND USE1. The Primitive Sense2. The Communal Origin3. Animus of ProverbsII. LITERARY DEV...

Proverbs, The Book Of

prov'-erbz:I. THE BOOK'S ACCOUNT OF ITSELF1. Title and Headings2. Authorship or Literary Species?II. THE SUCCESSIVE COMPILATIONS1. The Introductory Section2. The Classic Nucleus...

Providence

prov'-i-dens:I. PROVIDENCE DEFINEDII. DIFFERENT SPHERES OF PROVIDENTIAL ACTIVITY DISTINGUISHEDIII. BIBLICAL PRESENTATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE1. Divine Providence in the...

Province

prov'-ins (medhinah, "jurisdiction"; eparchia (English Versions of the Bible, province) (Ac 23:34;25:1)):1. Meaning of the Term2. Roman Provincial Administration(1) First Period...

Provocation; Provoke

prov-o-ka'-shun, pro-vok': "Provoke," literally, "to call forth," hence, to excite or stir up, whether in a good or bad sense, appears frequently in the Old Testament as the tra...

Prudence; Prudent

proo'-dens, proo'-dent: In the Old Testament "prudence" is the translation of `ormah (Pr 8:12); also in the King James Version of sekhel (2Ch 2:12, the Revised Version (British ...