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20061 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Onan.2 (William Smith)
… .” Genesis 38:4; 1 Chronicles 2:3. “What he did was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and he slew him also,” as he had slain his elder brother. Genesis 38:9. His death took place …
20062 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Orion.2 (William Smith)
… Job 38:31 .
20063 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Palm tree.2 (William Smith)
… . Genesis 38:6; 2 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 14:27. There is in the Psalms, Psalm 92:12, the familiar comparison, “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree,” which suggests …
20064 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Pashur.3 (William Smith)
… ; Jeremiah 38:1. In the time of Nehemiah this family appears to have become a chief house, and its head the head of a course. Ezra 2:38; Nehemiah 7:41; Nehemiah 10:3. The …
20065 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Persia.2 (William Smith)
… Ezekiel 38:5. Elsewhere the empire is intended. The Persians were of the same race as the Medes, both being branches of the great Aryan stock.
20066 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Pharaoh.10 (William Smith)
… 6:38. This Pharaoh led an expedition into Palestine. 1 Kings 9:16 .
20067 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Pharez.2 (William Smith)
… Genesis 38. Pharez occupied the rank of Judah’s second son, and from two of his sons sprang two new chief houses, those of the Hezronites and Hamulites. From …
20068 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Phut Put.2 (William Smith)
… ; Ezekiel 38:5; Nahum 3:9. Some identify it with Libya, in the northern part of Africa, near the Mediterranean Sea; others, as Mr. Poole, with Nubia, south of Egypt.
20069 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Pilled.2 (William Smith)
Pilled, Genesis 30:37, Genesis 30:38; “peeled,” Isaiah 18:2; Ezekiel 29:18. The verb “to pill” appears in old English as identical in meaning with “to peel, to strip.”
20070 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Pleiades.2 (William Smith)
… ; Job 38:31; Amos 5:8. In the last passage our Authorized Version has “the seven stars,” although the Geneva version translates the word “Pleiades” as in the other …
20071 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Priest.6 (William Smith)
… 29:38-44. They were also to teach the children of Israel the statutes of the Lord. Leviticus 10:11; Deuteronomy 33:10; 2 Chronicles 15:3; Ezekiel 44:23, Ezekiel 44 …
20072 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Prison.2 (William Smith)
… . Jeremiah 38:6-11 .
20073 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Prophet.3 (William Smith)
… 4:38, and elsewhere. 2 Kings 6:1. Their constitution and object were similar to those of theological colleges. Into them were gathered promising students, and …
20074 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Ptolemee.3 (William Smith)
1. “The son of Dorymenes,” 1 Maccabees 3:38; 2 Maccabees 4:45; comp. Polyb. v. 61, a courtier who possessed great influence with Antiochus Epiphanes.
20075 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Punishments.6 (William Smith)
… . Genesis 38:24. Under the law it was ordered in the case of a priest’s daughter. Leviticus 21:9. 4. Death by the sword or spear is named in the law, Exodus 19:13; Exodus …
20076 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Punishments.8 (William Smith)
… ; Jeremiah 38:6; Acts 4:3; Acts 5:18; Acts 12:4 .
20077 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Rabbi.2 (William Smith)
… 1:38, John 1:49; John 3:2, John 3:26; John 4:31; John 6:25; John 9:2; John 11:8. Another form of the title was Rabboni. John 20:16. The titles were used with different degrees …
20078 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Ramoth-gilead.2 (William Smith)
… 21:38, and the residence of one of Solomon’s commissariat officers. 1 Kings 4:13. During the invasion related in 1 Kings 15:20, or some subsequent incursion, this …
20079 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Raven.2 (William Smith)
… . Job 38:41; Luke 12:24. The raven’s carnivorous habits, and especially his readiness to attack the eye, are alluded to in Proverbs 30:17. To the fact of the raven …
20080 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Reuben.2 (William Smith)
… 12:38 .