PIRAM
(like a wild ass; fleet) the Amorite king of Jarmuth at the time of Joshua’s conquest of Canaan. (Joshua 10:3) (B.C. 1450.)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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PIRATHON
(princely), "in the land of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite," a place in (Judges 12:15) Its site, now called Fer’ata, is about one mile and a half south of the road from J...
PIRATHONITE
a native of or dweller in Pirathon. Two such are named in the Bible:--Abdon ben-Hillel. (Judges 12:13,15)"Benaiah the Pirathonite of the children of Ephraim," (1 Chronicles 27:14)
PISGAH
(section, i.e. peak), (Numbers 21:20; 23:14; 3:27; 34:1) a mountain range or district, the same as or a part of, that called the mountains of Abarim. Comp. (32:49) with Deuteron...
PISIDIA
(pitchy) was a district in Asia Minor north of Pamphylia, and reached to and was partly included in Phrygia. Thus Antioch in Pisidia was sometimes called a Phrygian town. St. Pa...
PISON
[EDEN]
PIT
[HELL]
PITCH
The three Hebrew words so translated all represent the same object, viz., mineral pitch or asphalt in its different aspects. Asphalt is an opaque, inflammable substance which bu...
PITCHER
This word is used in the Authorized Version to denote the earthen water-jars or pitchers with one or two handles, used chiefly by women for carrying water, as in the story of Re...
PITHOM
(the city of justice), one of the store-cites Israelites for the first oppressor, the Pharaoh "which knew not Joseph." (Exodus 1:11) It is probably the Patumus of Herodotus (ii....
PITHON
(harmless), one of the four sons of Micah, the son of Mephibosheth. (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:41) (B.C. 1050.)
PLAGUE, THE
The plague is considered to be a severe kind of typhus, accompanied by buboes (tumors). --Like the cholera, it is most violent at the first outbreak, causing almost instant deat...
PLAGUES, THE TEN
The occasion on which the plagues were sent is described in Exod 3-12.The plague of blood.When Moses and Aaron came before Pharaoh, a miracle was required of them. Then Aaron’s ...
PLAINS
This one term does duty in the Authorized Version for no less than seven distinct Hebrew words.Abel. This word perhaps answers more nearly to our word "meadow" than any other. I...
PLEDGE
[LOAN]
PLEIADES
The Hebrew word (cimah) so rendered occurs in (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 6:8) In the last passage our Authorized Version has "the seven stars," although the Geneva version translates...
PLOUGH
The ploughs of ancient Egypt consisted of a share-often pointed with iron or bronze--two handles and a pole which was inserted into the base of the two handles. Ploughs in Pales...
POCHERETH
The children of Pochereth of Zebaim were among the children of Solomon’s servants who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59)
POETRY, HEBREW
Lyrical poetry. --Of the three kinds of poetry which are illustrated by the Hebrew literature, the lyric occupies the foremost place. That literature abounds with illustrations ...
POLLUX
[CASTOR AND POLLUX AND POLLUX]
POLYGAMY
[MARRIAGE]
POMEGRANATE
The pomegranate tree, Punicu granatum, derives its name from the Latin pomum granatum, "grained apple." The Romans gave it the name of Punica, as the tree was introduced from Ca...
POMMELS
only in (2 Chronicles 4:12,13) In (1 Kings 7:41) "bowls." The word signifies convex projections belonging to the capitals of pillars.
POND
The ponds of Egypt, (Exodus 7:19; 13:5) were doubtless water left by the inundation of the Nile. Ponds for fish mentioned in (Isaiah 19:10)
PONTIUS PILATE
[PILATE]
PONTUS
a large district in the north of Asia Minor, extending along the coast of the Pontus Euxinus Sea (Pontus), from which circumstance the name was derived. It corresponds nearly to...
POOL
Pools, like the tanks of India, are in many parts of Palestine and Syria the only resource for water during the dry season, and the failure of them involves drought and calamity...