Smith's Bible Dictionary

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PEREZ

(breach). The "children of Perez," or Pharez, the son of Judah, appear to have been a family of importance for many centuries. (1 Chronicles 27:3; Nehemiah 11:4,6)

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PEREZUZZA

(breaking of Uzzah), (1 Chronicles 13:11) and PEREZ-UZZAH (2 Samuel 6:8) the title which David conferred on the threshing-floor of Nachon or Cidon, in commemoration of the sudde...

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PERFUMES

The free use of perfumes was peculiarly grateful to the Orientals, (Proverbs 27:9) whose olfactory nerves are more than usually sensitive to the offensive smells engendered by t...

85

PERGA

(earthy), a city of Pamphylia, (Acts 13:13) situated on the river Cestius, at a distance of 60 stadia (7 1/2 miles) from its mouth, and celebrated in antiquity for the worship o...

86

PERGAMOS

(in Revised Version Pergamum) (height, elevation), a city of Mysia, about 3 miles to the north of the river Caicus, and 20 miles from its present mouth. It was the residence of ...

87

PERGAMUM

In the Revised Version for Pergamos. (Revelation 1:11) Pergamum is the form usual in the classic writers.

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PERIDA

(grain, kernel), The children of Perida returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:57) (B.C. before 536.)

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PERIZZITE, THE

and Per’izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before and at the time of its conquest by Israel. (B.C. 1450.) They are continually m...

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PERSEPOLIS

mentioned only in 2 Macc. 9:2, was the capital of Persia proper, and the occasional residence of the Persian court from the time of Darius Hystaspes, who seems to have been its ...

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PERSIA

(pure, splended), Per’sians. Persia proper was a tract of no very large dimensions on the Persian Gulf, which is still known as Fars or Farsistan, a corruption of the ancient ap...

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PERSIS

(a Persian woman), a Christian woman at Rome, (Romans 16:12) whom St. Paul salutes. (A.D. 55.)

93

PERUDA

The same as PERIDA. (Ezra 2:55)

94

PESTILENCE

[PLAGUE, THE, THE]

95

PETER

(a rock or stone). The original name of this disciple was Simon, i.e. "hearer." He was the son of a man named Jonas, (Matthew 16:17; John 1:42; 21:16) and was brought up in his ...

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PETER, FIRST EPISTLE OF

The external evidence of authenticity of this epistle is of the strongest kind and the internal is equally strong. It was addressed to the churches of Asia Minor which had for t...

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PETER, SECOND EPISTLE OF

The following is a brief outline of the contents of this epistle: The customary opening salutation is followed by an enumeration of Christian blessings and exhortation to Christ...

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PETHAHIAH

(freed by Jehovah).A priest, over the nineteenth course in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 24:16) (B.C. 1020.)A Levite in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. (Ez...

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PETHOR

(soothsayer), a town of Mesopotamia, where Balaam resided, and situated "upon the river," possibly the Euphrates. (Numbers 22:5; 23:4) Its position is wholly unknown.

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PETHUEL

(vision of God), the father of the prophet Joel. (Joel 1:1) (B.C. before 800.)

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PEULTHAI

(my wages) properly Peullethai, the eighth son of Obed-edom. (1 Chronicles 26:5) (B.C. 1020.)

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PHALEC

(division). Peleg the son of Eber. (Luke 3:35)

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PHALLU

(distinguished), Pallu the son of Reuben is so called in the Authorized Version of (Genesis 46:9) (B.C. about 1706.)

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PHALTI

(my deliverance), the son of Laish of Gallim, to whom Saul gave Michal in marriage after his mad jealousy had driven David forth as an outlaw. (1 Samuel 25:4-1) In (2 Samuel 3:1...

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PHALTIEL

The same as Phalti. (2 Samuel 5:15)

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PHANUEL

(face of God), the father of Anna, the prophetess of the tribe of Aser. (Luke 2:36) (B.C. about 80.)

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PHARAOH

the common title of the native kings of Egypt in the Bible, corresponding to P-ra or Ph-ra "the sun," of the hieroglyphics. Brugsch, Ebers and other modern Egyptologists define ...

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PHARAOH, THE WIFE OF

The wife of one Pharaoh, the king who received Hadad the Edomite, is mentioned in Scripture. She is called "queen," and her name, Tahpenes, is given. [TAHPENES; PHARAOH, 6]