Plain
Plain (plan). Several Hebrew Words Are Thus Translated: 1. Aw-bale' (heb. ;?,.`). This Word Perhaps Answers More Nearly To Our Word "meadow"than Any Other. It Occurs In The Names Of Abel-maim, Abel-meholah, Abel-shittim, And Is Rendered "plain;" In Judg. Xi:33, "plain Of Vineyards." 2. Shef-ay-law(heb. The Invariable Desig Nation Of ...
Pontiits Pilate
Pontiits Pilate (pon' Shi -us Pilate), (gr. Ildprios, Pon'tee-os). See Pilate, Pontius. Pontus (pon'tus), (gr.116vros, Pon'tos, The Sea), The Northeastern Province Of Asia Minor, Which Took Its Name From The Sea (pontus Euxinus) That Formed Its Northern Frontier. On The East It Was Bounded By Colchis, On The South By ...
Pontius Pilate
Pilate, Pontius (pi'late, P6n'ti-us), (gr. Iltatiros, 115mo% Pon'tee-os), Was The Sixth Roman Procurator Of Judea (matt. Xxvii:2; Mark Xv:i; Luke John Xviii-xix), Under Whom Our Lord Taught, Suffered, And Died (acts Iii:i3; Iv:27; Xiii:28; I Tim. Vi:i3; Tacit. Anna/ Xv:44). The Testimony Of Tacitus On This Point Is No Less ...
Pools Of Water
Pools Of Water (eccl. Ii:6). See Cis Tern; Water. Poor (purr), (heb. Eb•one', Desirous, Needy, Poor). This Word Often Denotes The Humble, Afflicted, Mean In Their Own Eyes, Low In The Eyes Of God. Not So Much A Man Destitute Of The Good Things Of The Earth As A Man ...
Portion
Portion (por'shiln), (heb. P5n, Khay'lek). 1. An Allowance, As Of Food, Clothing, Etc. (gen. Xiv :24 ; Xlvii :22 ; Neh. Xi :23 R Sam. I :5 ; Ps. Xvii :14 ; Prov. Xxxi :15 ; Is. Liii :12 ; Dan. I :8, Sq.) 2. One's Lot, Destiny, Etc. (job ...
Possession
Possession (0z-zesli'-on), (heb. Yer Ay-shaue, Occupancy, Possession). It Is Either (1) The Actual Enjoyment Of Things (t Kings Xxi :10 Or (2) The Thing Enjoyed, Whether Lands, Houses, Goods, Or Servants (eccl. :7 ; Matt. Xix :22). Figurative. (i) God Is The Possession Of Ezekiel's Priests ; Saints Have A ...
Potter
Potter (p6t'ter), (heb. Yaw-tsar', To Mold; Gr. Nepaaeth, Ker-am-yooce', Fashioner, Pot Ter). The Potter, And The Produce Of His Labors, Are Often Alluded To In The Scriptures. The First Dis Tinct Mention Of Earthenware Vessels Is In Tin_ Case Of The Pitchers In Which Gideon's Men Concealed Their Lamps, And ...
Praise
Praise (praz). Several Hebrew And Greek Words Are Thus Rendered. It Means : (i) A Confession Of The Wonderful Excellencies Of God (ps. Cxxxviii:t ; Rev. Xix :5). (2) A Declaring Of The Good Qualifications Of Men (ps. Xxxvii :2) ; And The Fancied Excellencies Of Idols (dan. V :4). ...
Preacher Preach
Preach, Preacher, Preaching (prech, Prech'er, Prech'ing). By Preaching Is Gen Erally Understood The Delivering Of A Religious Discourse Based Upon A Text Of Scripture. 1. Scripture Germs. 1. Baw-sar' (heb. To He Cheerful, Joyful, Ps. Xi:9; Is. Lxi:t). 2. Kaw-raw' (heb. To Call Out, To Pro Claim, Neh. Vi:7; Viii:8; ...
Predestination
Predestination (pre-des'ff-na-shiin). No Doctrine Of The Bible Has Been A More Fruitful Theme Of Controversy Than That Of Predestina Tion. The Fiercest And Most Relentless Battles Of Polemics Have Been Waged In Defense Of The Ten Ets Of Those Holding Opposite Views. Dr. Mcclin Tock Says, "the Word Election In ...
Presbyter
Presbyter (prez'bt-ter), (gr. Rpecrfierrrpos, Pres-boover-os), Usually Occurs In The Plural And Is Universally Translated "elders" Throughout The New Testament. (1) Significance. Its Primary Signification Is "advanced In Life,""older Than Others," A "senior." Originally Therefore The Word Indicates Age, But It Came To Be Used As A Term Of Rank Or ...
Presbyterian Church South In
Presbyterian Church South In The United States. The Presbyterian Church In The United States Of America Had, Owing To The Prevalence Of Lati Tudinarian Views In Theology And Ecclesiastical Polity, Been Divided, In 1838, Into The Old School, And The New School Churches. The New School Church Suffered Another Divison ...
Presbyterian Church In The
Presbyterian Church In The Uni Ted States. In Dealing With The History Of The Presbyterian Churches In America, It Will Be Helpful To Note First, The Constituent Principles Of The Presbyterian System Of Theology, Worship And Government, The Relation Of These Principles To The Formation Of The American Republic, And ...
Presumption
Presumption (pre-ztimp'shiln) As It Relates To The Mind, Is A Supposition Formed Before Exam Ination. As It Relates To The Conduct Or Moral Ac Tion, It Implies Arrogance And Irreverence. As It Relates To Religion In General, It Is A Bold And Daring Confidence In The Goodness Of God, Without ...
Prince
Prince (prince), (heb. Na-sik'), The Translation Of Several Hebrew And Greek Words. 1. The Fathers Who Were The Heads Of The Tribes (exod. Xxxiv :31 ; Xxxv :27). 2. Princes Of Provinces (1 Kings Xx:14). 3. Princes Mentioned In Dan. Vi :i (see Esth. I : 1) Who Were Succeeded ...
Prisoner Prison
Prison, Prisoner (priz'n, Perener). As, According To The Mosaic Law, Trial Followed Im Mediately After Apprehension, And Imprisonment Was Not Used As A Punishment, We Hear Very Little Of Prisons Among The Hebrews Until The Times Of The Kings. During The Passage Through The Wilderness Two Persons Were Put "in ...
Proconsul
Proconsul (pro-ken'st1). A Roman Officer Appointed To The Government Of A Province With Consular Authority. He Was Chosen Out Of The Body Of The Senate ; And It Was Customary, When Any One's Consulate Ex Pired, To Send Him As A Proconsul Into Some Prov Ince. He Enjoyed The Same ...
Profane
Profane (pro-fan), (heb. From Blow Lal' To Open, Give Access To; Gr. Peflon6to, Ld'o, To Desecrate). To Profane Is To Make Common, To Defile. It Has Various Shades Of Meanings. (i) Profane Persons Are Such As Defile Them Selves By Shameful Actions, Particularly A Con Tempt Of Things Sacred (lev. ...
Promise
Promise (prorn'is), (hebrew, Some Form Of Aw-mar', To Say, Or Daw-bar, To Speak; Gr. Oh, Announcement). I. An Engagement To Bestow Some Benefit (2 Pet. Ii :19) ; So God's Promise Is His Declaration Of His Readiness To Bestow His Favors On Men (1 Kings Viii :56). 2. The Good ...
Prophecy
Prophecy (gr. Rpoorreta, Piro Fa An Interpretation, A Foretelling). Prophecy Is A Foretelling Of Such Events As Could Be Known Only To God. It Is Beyond Dis Pute That There Is A Power Which Governs The World By The Exercise Of His Will ; Governments Are Born And Nations Rise ...
Prophecy In The Old
Prophecy In The Old Testament. "prophecy Conic Not In Old Time By The Will Of Man: But Holy Men Of God Spoke As They Were Moved By The Holy Ghost" (2 Pet. I:2t). The Importance Of This Subject Cannot Well Be Overestimated, For A Proper Conception Of It Is Necessary ...
Propitiation
Propitiation (pro-pish'i-a'shiln), (gr. Ixao I.l6s, Hil-as-mos'), That Which Appeases, Propitiates T John Ii:2; Iv:io). This Word Is Used In The Lxx As The Translation Of The Hebrew Word (kaft Po' Rah), A Covering. It Is The Averting The Punishment Due To Any One, By Undergoing The Penalty In The Room ...
Proseiicha
Proseiicha (pros'ii-ka), (gr. Rpocreva Firos Yoo-kay', Prayer), A Word Signifying 'prayer,' And Always So Translated In The Auth. Version. It Is, However, Applied, Per Meton., To A Place Of Prayer,—a Place Where Assemblies For Prayer Were Held, Whether A Building Or Not. In This Sense It Seems Also To Be ...
Protestant Episcopal Church
Protestant Episcopal Church (prot'es-tant E-pteko-pal Chfircb). 1. Relations Andorganization. Before The American Revolution The Organization Now Desig Nated By The Above Title Was Known As"the Church Of England In The American Colonies." It Is A Very Curious Fact That The Name Which Has Come To Be Official Was Never Formally ...
Providence
Providence (provq-dens), (lat. Firovidentia, Foreseeing). The Word Providence Is Derived From The Latin (providentia, Pro-vidcre), And Originally Meant Foresight. The Corresponding Greek Word, Rpopota, Pro-noy-ya, Means Forethought. By A Well-known Figure Of Speech, Called Metonymy, We Use A Word Denoting The Means By Which We Accom Plish Anything To Denote ...
Prtorium
Pr..torium (prt-to'rl-um), (gr. Ilpairdi Piov, Prahee-to'ree-on, Belonging To A Prxtor). This Word Denotes The General's Tent In The Field, And Also The House Or Palace Of The Gov Ernor Of A Province, Whether A Pretor Or Not. In The Gospels It Is Applied To Three Places : I. At Jerusalem ...
Pruning Hook
Pruning-hook (prpn'ing-h66k). See Vine. Psalms, Book Of (samz, Bciok Ov), (heb. Teth "praises"). This Collection Of Sacred Poetry Received Its Name (gr. *axi.lol, Psalms). In Consequence Of The Lyrical Character Of The Pieces Of Which It Con Sists, As Intended To Be Sung To Stringed And Other Instruments Of Music. ...
Ptolemy
Ptolemy (ptol'e-n4) (-tol'-). This Common Name Of The Greek Kings Of Egypt Dues Not Occur In The Canonical Scripture, But Is Frequent In The Books Of Maccabees And In Josephus. (1) Ptolemy I, Soter (b. C. 323-285), The Founder Of The Dynasty ; Probably An Illegitimate Son Of Philip By ...
Publican
Publican (pith'it-kan), (gr. Textlinis, Tel-o' Nary, A Collector Of The Roman Revenue; Or Lat. Revenue Collector). A Person Who Farmed The Taxes And Public Revenues. This Office Was Usually Held By Roman Knights, An Order Instituted As Early As The Time Of Rom Ulus, And Composed Of Men Of Great ...
Punishments
Punishments This Subject Is Properly Restricted To The Penalty Imposed For The Commission Of Some Crime Or Offense Against Law. It Is Thus Distinguished From Private Retaliation Or Revenge, Cruelty, Torture, Popular Violence, Cer Tain Customs Of Waf, Etc. Human Punishments Are Such As Are Inflicted Immediately On The Per ...
Puriivi
Puriivi (pri'rim), (heb, Poo-reene, Lots, Esther Iii:7; Ix:26, Sq., From A Word Supposed To Be 'lot'), J The Persic For A O , A Celebrated Jewish Festi Val Instituted By Mordecai, At The Suggestion Of Esther, In The Reign Of Ahasuerus, King Of Persia,• To Commemorate The Deliverance Of The ...
Quail
Quail (kw5.1), Sel'awv; Sept. Artryon Rfrpa,or-itt-gom-ay'lrah, Land-rail), Occurs In Exod. Xvi:13; Num. Xi:31, 32; Ps. Cv. 4o. (1) Classification. Quails Form A Subdivision Of The Or Grouse Family, Being Dis Tinguished From Partridges By Their Smaller Size. Finer Bill, Shorter Tail, And The Want Of A Red Naked Eyebrow And ...
Queen
Queen (men). The Hebrews Had No Word Properly Answering To Our Term 'queen,' Which Is The Feminine Of 'king;' Neither Had They The Dignity Which That Word Denotes. The Hebrew Word Usually Translated 'queen' Is Gheb-ee-raw', Mistress, Or Lady, Being The Feminine Of Master, Or Lord. The Feminine Is To ...
Quicksand
Quicksand (kwilesind), (gr. Crisris, Soor'lis, Drawn). In Acts Xxvii :17, It Is Mentioned That When The Ship In Which Paul Was Embarked Was Driven Past The Isle Of Clauda On The South, The Mariners, As Would Now Be Said, Struck The Sails And Scudded Under Bare Poles, Lest They 'should ...
Raa3shakeh
Raa3shakeh (heb. Rab-shaw-kay', Sept. 'palpdrois, Raksak' As). This Name Is Aramaic, And Signifies Chief Cup Bearer. Notwithstanding Its Seemingly Official Significance, It Appears To Have Been Used As A Proper Name, As Butler With Us; For The Person Who Bore It Was A Military Chief In High Com Mand, Under ...
Rabbah
Rabbah (rab'bah), (heb. Rab-baw', Great). 1. This Name, Which Properly Denotes A Great City Or Metropolis, Is Given In Scripture To The The Inhabitants Expatriated To Media. The Am Monities Then Recovered Possession Of Rabbah And The Other Cities And Territories Which Had In For Mer Times Been Taken From ...
Rachel
Rachel (ra'clal), (heb. Raw-khale', A Ewe; Sept. 'pax4x, Rachel), One And The Most Beloved Of The Two Daughters Of Laban, Whom Jacob Married (gen. Xxix:16,sq.), And Who Became The Mother Of Joseph And Benjamin, In Giving Birth To The Latter Of Whom She Died Near Bethlehem, Where Her Sepulcher Is ...
Rahab
Raha_b (rd'h'313), (hebxfi, Rah'khab, Proud). 1. A Name, Signifying 'sea Monster,' Which Is Applied As An Appellation To _egypt In Ps. Lxxiv: 13, 14; Lxxxvii :4; Lxxxix :to; Is. Li :9 (and Some Times To Its King, Ezek. Xxix :3 ; Xxxiii :3), Which Metaphorical Designation Probably Involves An Al ...
Ramah
Ramah (rd'rnah), (heb. Raw-maw', A High Place, Height), The Name Of Several Towns And Villages In Palestine, Which It Is Not In All Cases Easy To Distinguish From One Another. 1. A Town Of Benjamin (josh. Xviii :25), In The Vicinity Of Gibeah And Geba (judg. Xix ; Is. X ...
Ramoth Gilead
Ramoth-gilead (ra'rnoth- Gtl'e-ad), (het). Raw-moth' Gil-awd',heights Of Gilead), Called Also Ramoth-mizpeli, Or Simply Ramoth, A Town In Gilead, Within The Borders Of Gad (josh. Xiii:26), Which Belonged To The Levites (josh. Xxi:38; I Citron. Vi:65, 8o). • It Was One Of The Cities Of Refuge (dent. Iv :43; Josh. Xx ...
Raven
Raven (ra'v'n), (heb. O-rabe' ; Latin, Corvus; Sept. K6pat Raven; Also Luke Xii:24, Only). The Hebrew Word Occurs In Gen. Viii:7; Lev. Xi :is; Deut. Xiv :14; T Kings Xvii :4-6; Job Xxxviii :4r, Etc. The Raven Is So Generally Con Founded With The Carrion Crow, That Even In The ...
Recension
Recension (re-sen'shiln). After The Critical Materials Lying At The Basis Of The New Testament Text Had Accumulated In The Hands Of Mill And Wetstein, They Began To Be Surveyed With Philo Sophic Eye. Important Readings In Different Docu Ments Were Seen To Possess Resemblance More Or Less Striking. Passages Were ...
Rechab
Rechab (re-kab), Ray-kazub% Rider; Sept.'pnxdp, Rechab). 1- The Son Of Hemath The Kenite, And Probably A Descendant Of Jethro (see Kenites) ; He Is Only Known As The Father Of Jonadab, The Founder Of The Sect Of Rechabites, Which Took From Him Its Name (2 Kings X :15; 1 Chron. ...
Redeemer
Redeemer (re-dem'er), (heb. Go-ale', A Primitive Root, To Redeem). The Hebrew "goale," Or Kinsnzon-redecnter, Who Was Also The Nearest Of Kin, Was To Exert Him Self In Favor Of His Destitute Kinsman. If He Had, Through Poverty, Mortgaged His Inheritance, The Goale Was To Buy It Back. If He Had ...
Redemption
Redemption A'avi , To Sever), In Theology, Denotes Our Recovery From Sin And Death By The Obedience And Sacrifice Of Christ, Who, On This Account, Is Called The Re Deemer (is. Lix :2o; Job Xix:25). (i) Our English Word Redemption Is From The Latin Redcmptio, And Signifies Buying Again; And ...
Reelaiab
Reelaiab (re-el'a-ya), (heb. Reh-ay Law-yaw', Trembling Caused By Jehovah), One Of Those Who Returned From Babylon With Zerubbabel And Jeshua (ezra Ii:2); Called Raamiah Vii: 7), B. C. About 545. Reek (rem), (heb. Reh•ame', Unicorn; Or Wild Bull; Vulg. Rhinoceros; And In Several Versions Of The Bible, Unicorn, R. V. ...
Reformed Episcopal Church 1
Reformed Episcopal Church. 1. Organization And Principles. On The Sec Ond Day Of December, 1873, Certain Clergymen And Laymen, Formerly Connected With The Protes Tant Episcopal Church In The United States Of America, Met In New York And Organized The Re Formed Episcopal Church, With Bishop Cummins As Its First ...
Rehoboam
Rehoboam (re-ho-bo'am), (heb. Rekh Ab-awie , He Enlarges The People). The Son And Successor Of Solomon, Born By One Naamah (b. C. About 934), An Ammonitess, About The End Of David's Reign. It Appears, From The Book Of Proverbs, That His Father Was At No Small Pains To Teach Him ...
Rehoboth
Rehoboth (re-hb'both), (heb. Rekh-o Both', Broad Land). 1. The "city Rehoboth." One Of The Four Found Ed By Asher Or Nimrod (gen. X :1 T. 12) The Text Has Been Variously Explained. Some Regard It As Denoting, Not A Separate City, But The "streets Of The City"— That Is, Of ...
Remphan
Remphan (rern'phan) Or Rephan (gr. 'pezactulv, Hrem-fan'), A Name Quoted In Acts From Amos V:26. But, According To The Received Pointing, It Would Better Read, 'ye Bore The Tabernacle Of Your King (idol), And The Statue (or Statues) Of Your Idols, The Star Of Your God, Which Ye Make To ...
Repentance
Repentance (re-pent'ans). In General, Re Pentance Is Sorrow For Anything Past. Theologi Cally And Ethically It Signifies That Sorrow For Sin Which Produces Newness Of Life. The Term Most Frequently Used In The New Tcsta Ment Is The Greek Word Ferdvoia, Met-an'oy-ah, A Change Of Mind. In Other Words, It ...
Reproach
Reproach (re-proch'), (heb. Kher Paw' ; Grapetoos, On'i-dos). It Denotes: 1. The Bad Character Of One, Whether Procured By His Own Wicked Deeds, Or Occasioned By False Accusation, Outrageous Upbraiding, Or Scornful De Rision ( Neh. Ii :17 ; Pros-. Vi :33 ; Is. Li :7 ; Ezck. Xxxvi :3o). ...
Reproof
Reproof (re-praf'), (heb. Ps. Xxxviii:14), Answer, Rejoinder, Argu Ment. See Job Xxii:4; Prov. Xxix:15. In General It Means Blame Or Reprehension Spoken To A Person's Face. It Is Distinguished From A Reprimand Thus: He Who Reproves Another, Points Out His Fault, And Blames Him. He Who Reprimands, Affects To Punish, ...
Resurrection Of Christ
Resurrection Of Christ (rez'ur-rele Shim Ov Krist). After Our Lord Had Completed The Work Of Redemption By His Death Upon The Cross, He Rose Victorious From The Grave, And To Those Who Through Faith In Him Should Become Members •of His Body, He Became 'the Prince Of Life.' 1. Sicepticism ...
Resurrection Of The Body
Resurrection Of The Body. This Expression Is Used To Denote The Revivifica Tion Of The Human Body After It Has Been Forsaken By The Soul, Or The Reunion Of The Soul Hereafter To The Body Which It Had Occupied In The Present World. (1) Not Taught In Earliest Works. It ...
Reuben
Reuben (reu'ben), (heb. Reh-oo-bane', Behold A Son). The Eldest Son Of Jacob By Leah (gen. Xxix :32; Xxxv :23; Xlvi :8) . (1) His Crime. His Improper Intercourse With Bilhah, His Father's Concubine Wife, Was An Enor Mity Too Great For Jacob Ever To Forget, And He Spoke Of It ...
Rhodes
Rhodes (rodz), (gr. 'paos, Hrod'os, Rose). An Island In The Mediterranean, Near The Coast Of Asia Minor, Celebrated From The Remotest An Tiquity As The Seat Of Commerce, Navigation, Litera Ture, And The Arts, But Now Reduced To A State Of Abject Poverty By The Devastations Of War And The ...
Riddle
Riddle (ricl'd'i). (heb. Khee-daw', Liter Ally Tied In A Knot, Something Intricate Or Compli Cated), Elsewhere "dark Sentence," "hard Question," "dark Saying," Etc. (1) Meaning. The Hebrew Word Is Derived From An Arabic Root Meaning "to Bend Off," To Twist," And Is Used For Artifice (dan. Viii :23), A Proverb ...
Rimmon
Rimmon (rim'mon), (heb. Pr, Rim-mane', Pomegranate). 1. A Tree Mentioned In Numerous Places In The Old Testament, And Universally Acknowledged To Denote The Pomegranate-tree And Fruit, Being De Scribed In The Works Of The Arabs By The Name Rooman. The Pomegranate Is A Native Of Asia; And We May Trace ...
River
River ( Riv'er). All The Rivers Mentioned In Scripture Are In This Work Described Under Their Respective Names, Except Such As Are Included In The Article Palestine. The Nile Is Also Described Under Egypt; River Of Egypt; And Ge Iion And Pison Are Also Considered Under Paradise. It May Be ...
River Of Egypt
River Of Egypt (riv'er Ov E'4pt), (heb. Tr.n.:>? Neh-har Mils-rah'yim). (1) The Nile (gen. Xv A), And Specifically The Most Eastcrn Channel, The Pelusiac Branch (gen. Xv :18). (see Sifina.) In This Passage The Two Great Rivers, The Nile And The Euphrates, Are Named Broadly As The Boundaries Of The ...
Rizpah
Rizpah (riz'pah), (heb.ncr, Coal). A Concubine Of Saul,memorable For The Touching Example Of Maternal Affection Which She Afforded, In Watching The Dead Bodies Of Her Sons, And Driv Ing The Birds Away From Them, When They Had Been Gibbeted By The Gibeonites (2 Sam. Iii:7; Xxi :8, To, Ii), B. ...
Roboam
Roboam (ro-136'5.m), (gr. 'potloda, Hrob-d-am'), Grecized Form (matt. I:7) Of King Rehoboam. See Rehoboam. Rocs (r6k), (heb.11s', !soar, A Cliff Or Sharp Rock, A Hill). Indicative Of Large Masses Of Stone, Connected Together, Either Above Or Below The Surface Of The Ground. Rocks Standing Out Above The Surface Of The ...