opening of the Lord, “the Arbite,“ one of David's heroes (2 Sam. 23:35); called also Naarai, 1 Chr. 11:37.
Padan:
a plain, occurring only in Gen. 48:7, where it designates Padan-aram.
Padan-aram:
the plain of Aram, or the plain of the highlands, (Gen. 25:20; 28:2, 5-7; 31:18, etc.), commonly regarded as the district of Mesopotamia (q.v.) lying around Haran.
Pagiel:
God allots, a prince of the tribe of Asher (Num. 1:13), in the wilderness.
Pahath-moab:
governor of Moab, a person whose descendants returned from the Captivity and assisted in rebuilding Jerusalem (Ezra 2:6; 8:4; 10:30).
Paint:
Jezebel “painted her face“ (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the name ...
Palace:
Used now only of royal dwellings, although originally meaning simply (as the Latin word palatium, from which it is derived, shows) a building surrounded by a fence or a paling. In the Authorized Vers ...
Palestine:
originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered “Ph ...
Pallu:
separated, the second son of Reuben (1 Chr. 5:3); called Phallu, Gen. 46:9. He was the father of the Phalluites (Ex. 6:14; Num. 26:5, 8).
Palmer-worm:
(Heb. gazam). The English word may denote either a caterpillar (as rendered by the LXX.), which wanders like a palmer or pilgrim, or which travels like pilgrims in bands (Joel 1:4; 2:25), the wingles ...
Palm tree:
(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as “flourishing“ (Ps. 92:12), tall (Cant. 7:7), “upright“ (Jer. 10:5). Its branches are a symbol of victory (Rev. 7:9) ...
Palm trees, The city of:
the name given to Jericho (q.v.), Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13.
Palsy:
a shorter form of “paralysis.“ Many persons thus afflicted were cured by our Lord (Matt. 4:24; 8:5-13; 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-11; Luke 7:2-10; John 5:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 8:7; 9:33, 34).
Palti:
deliverance from the Lord, one of the spies representing the tribe of Benjamin (Num. 13:9).
Paltiel:
deliverance of God, the prince of Issachar who assisted “to divide the land by inheritance“ (Num. 34:26).
Paltite:
the designation of one of David's heroes (2 Sam. 23:26); called also the Pelonite (1 Chr. 11:27).
Pamphylia:
Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia (Acts 13:13, 14), a province about the middle of the southern sea-board of Asia Minor. It lay ...
Pan:
a vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Lev. 2:5; 6:21; Num. 11:8; 1 Sam. 2:14, etc.). The “ash-pans†...
Pannag:
(Ezek. 27:17; marg. R.V., “perhaps a kind of confection“) the Jews explain as the name of a kind of sweet pastry. Others take it as the name of some place, identifying it with Pingi, on the road ...
Paper:
The expression in the Authorized Version (Isa. 19:7), “the paper reeds by the brooks,“ is in the Revised Version more correctly “the meadows by the Nile.“ The words undoubtedly refer to a gra ...
Paphos:
the capital of the island of Cyprus, and therefore the residence of the Roman governor. It was visited by Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary tour (Acts 13:6). It is new Paphos which is here ...
Parable:
(Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a prophe ...
Paradise:
a Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a “pleasure-ground“ or “park“ or “king's garden.“ It came in course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness and rest hereafter (L ...
Parah:
the heifer, a town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far'ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far'ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.
Paran:
abounding in foliage, or abounding in caverns, (Gen. 21:21), a desert tract forming the north-eastern division of the peninsula of Sinai, lying between the 'Arabah on the east and the wilderness of S ...
Paran, Mount:
probably the hilly region or upland wilderness on the north of the desert of Paran forming the southern boundary of the Promised Land (Deut. 33:2; Hab. 3:3).
Parbar:
(1 Chr. 26:18), a place apparently connected with the temple, probably a “suburb“ (q.v.), as the word is rendered in 2 Kings 23:11; a space between the temple wall and the wall of the court; an o ...
Parched ground:
(Isa. 35:7), Heb. sharab, a “mirage“, a phenomenon caused by the refraction of the rays of the sun on the glowing sands of the desert, causing them suddenly to assume the appearance of a beautifu ...
Parchment:
a skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.), where this was first done (2 Tim. 4:13).
Pardon:
the forgiveness of sins granted freely (Isa. 43:25), readily (Neh. 9:17; Ps. 86:5), abundantly (Isa. 55:7; Rom. 5:20). Pardon is an act of a sovereign, in pure sovereignty, granting simply a remissio ...
Parlour:
(from the Fr. parler, “to speak“) denotes an “audience chamber,“ but that is not the import of the Hebrew word so rendered. It corresponds to what the Turks call a kiosk, as in Judg. 3:20 (th ...
Parmashta:
strong-fisted, a son of Haman, slain in Shushan (Esther 9:9).
Parmenas:
constant, one of the seven “deacons“ (Acts 6:5).
Parshandatha:
an interpreter of the law, the eldest of Haman's sons, slain in Shushan (Esther 9:7).
Parthians:
were present in Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:9). Parthia lay on the east of Media and south of Hyrcania, which separated it from the Caspian Sea. It corresponded with the western half of the modern ...
Partridge:
(Heb. kore, i.e., “caller“). This bird, unlike our own partridge, is distinguished by “its ringing call-note, which in early morning echoes from cliff to cliff amidst the barrenness of the wild ...
Paruah:
flourishing, the father of Jehoshaphat, appointed to provide monthly supplies for Solomon from the tribe of Issachar (1 Kings 4:17).
Parvaim:
the name of a country from which Solomon obtained gold for the temple (2 Chr. 3:6). Some have identified it with Ophir, but it is uncertain whether it is even the name of a place. It may simply, as s ...
Pasach:
clearing, one of the sons of Japhlet, of the tribe of Asher (1 Chr. 7:33).
Pas-dammim:
the border of blood = Ephes-dammim (q.v.), between Shochoh and Azekah (1 Sam. 17:1; 1 Chr. 11:13).