Vine's Expository Dictionary

Pain (Noun and Verb) is translated "pain" in Rev 16:10, Rev 21:4; "pains" in Rev 16:11. See LABOR. "a birth pang, travail pain," is rendered "travail," metaphor…

Painfulness * For PAINFULNESS (2Co 11:27, AV) see TRAVAIL

Pair "a yoke" (akin to zeugnumi, "to yoke"), is used (a) of beasts, Luk 14:19; (b) of a pair of anything; in Luk 2:24, of turtledoves. See YOKE. Note: In Rev 6:…

Palace "a court, dwelling, palace:" see COURT. signified originally "a general's (praetor's) tent." Then it was applied to "the council of army officers;" then …

Pale "pale green," is translated "pale" (of a horse) in Rev 6:8, symbolizing death. See GREEN.

Palm (of Hand) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H3709Original Word: kapUsage Notes: "palm (of hand)." Cognates of this noun are attested in A…

Palm (of the hand) * Note: For rhapizo, "to strike with a rod or with the palm of the hand," Mat 26:67 (cp. Mat 5:39), see SMITE. For rhapisma, "a blow," with d…

Palm (palm tree) denotes "the date palm;" it is used of "palm" trees in Joh 12:13, from which branches were taken; of the branches themselves in Rev 7:9. The "p…

Palsy (sick of) "paralytic, sick of the palsy," is found in Mat 4:24 (RV, "palsied"); Mat 8:6, Mat 9:2 (twice), Mat 9:6, Mar 1:2-5, Mar 1:2-10; in some mss. Luk…

Pangs * For PANGS, Act 2:24, RV, see PAIN

Paper "a sheet of paper made of strips of papyrus" (whence Eng., "paper"), Eng., "chart," "charter," etc.; the word is used in 2Jo 1:12. The papyrus reed grew i…

Paps * For PAPS see BREAST

Parable lit. denotes "a placing beside" (akin to paraballo, "to throw" or "lay beside, to compare"). It signifies "a placing of one thing beside another" with a…

Paradise is an Oriental word, first used by the historian Xenophon, denoting "the parks of Perisian kings and nobles." It is of Persian origin (Old Pers. pairid…

Parcel * For PARCEL see GROUND, No. 4

Parchment is a Latin word, properly an adjective, from membrum, "a limb," but denoting "skin, parchment." The Eng. word "parchment" is a form of pergamena, an a…

Parents "a begetter, a father" (akin to ginomai, "to come into being, become"), is used in the plural in the NT, Mat 10:21, Mar 13:12; six times in Luke (in Luk…

Part Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: ParticleStrong's Number: H905Original Word: badUsage Notes: "part; portion; limbs; piece of cloth; pole; shoot; alone; by th…

Part (Noun, a portion; Verb, to give or divide, partake) denotes (a) "a part, portion," of the whole, e.g., Joh 13:8, Rev 20:6, Rev 22:19; hence, "a lot" or "de…

Part (Verb, to separate) "to part among, to distribute," is translated by the verb "to part" (a) in the Middle Voice, with reference to the Lord's garments, Mat…

Partake, Partaker an adjective, signifying "having in common" (koinos, "common"), is used as a noun, denoting "a companion, partner, partaker," translated "part…

Partial, Partiality "to separate, distinguish, discern, judge, decide" (dia, "asunder," krino, "to judge"), also came to mean "to be divided in one's mind, to h…

Particular and Particularly * For PARTICULAR and PARTICULARLY see EVERY, No. 3, SEVERALLY Note: In Act 21:19, for the AV "particularly" the RV has "one by one,"…

Parting * For PARTING see HIGHWAY

Partition primarily "a fencing in" (akin to phrasso, "to fence in, stop, close"), is used metaphorically in Eph 2:14, of "the middle wall of partition;" "the pa…

Partly * Notes: (1) In the statement "I partly believe it," 1Co 11:18, "partly" represents the phrase "meros (part) ti (some)," used adverbially, i.e., "in some…

Partner an adjective, signifying "having in common" (koinos), is used as a noun, "partners" in Luk 5:10, "partner" in 2Co 8:23, Phm 1:17 (in spiritual life and …

Pass Away Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2498Original Word: h?alapUsage Notes: "to pass on, pass away, change, overstep, transgress." Common to both biblical …

Pass on (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2498Original Word: h?alapUsage Notes: "to pass on, pass away, change, overstep, transgress." Common to both biblic…

Pass Over (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5674Original Word: ‘abarUsage Notes: "to pass away, pass over." This verb occurs in all Semi…

Pass, come to Pass from para, "by," erchomai, "to come" or "go," denotes (I), literally, "to pass, pass by," (a) of persons, Mat 8:28, Mar 6:48, Luk 18:37, Act …

Passing over primarily "a letting go, dismissal" (akin to pariemi, "to let alone, loosen"), denotes "a passing by" or "praetermission (of sin)," "a suspension o…

Passion "a suffering" or "a passive emotion," is translated "passions" in Rom 7:5, RV, "(sinful) passions," AV, "motions," and Gal 5:24, RV; see AFFECTION, A, N…

Passover the Greek spelling of the Aramaic word for the Passover, from the Hebrew pasach, "to pass over, to spare," a feast instituted by God in commemoration o…

Past "to become, come to pass," is translated "was past" in Luk 9:36, AV, and RV marg. (RV, "came"), of the voice of God the Father at the Transfiguration; "is …

Pastor "a shepherd, one who tends herds or flocks" (not merely one who feeds them), is used metaphorically of Christian "pastors," Eph 4:11. "Pastors" guide as …

Pasture denotes (a) "pasture, pasturage," figuratively in Joh 10:9; (b) "grazing, feeding," figuratively in 2Ti 2:17, of the doctrines of false teachers, lit., …

Path "a beaten track" (akin to tribo, "to rub, wear down"), "a path," is used in Mat 3:3, Mar 1:3, Luk 3:4. "the track of a wheel" (trochos, "a wheel;" trecho, …

Patience, Patient, Patiently lit., "an abiding under" (hupo, "under," meno, "to abide"), is almost invariably rendered "patience." "Patience, which grows only i…

Patriarch from patria, "a family," and archo, "to rule," is found in Act 2:29, Act 1:7-9, Heb 7:4. In the Sept., 1Ch 24:31, 1Ch 27:22, 2Ch 19:8, 2Ch 23:20, 2Ch …

Pattern is translated "pattern" in Tit 2:7, AV; Heb 8:5 (AV and RV). See ENSAMPLE. is translated "pattern" in 1Ti 1:16, AV; 2Ti 1:13, RV. See ENSAMPLE, FORM. is…

Pavement an adjective, denoting "paved with stones" (lithos, "a stone," and stronnuo, "to spread"), especially of tessellated work, is used as a noun in Joh 19:…

Pay (Verb), Payment "to give back, to render what is due, to pay," used of various obligations in this respect, is translated "to pay, to make payment," in Mat …

Peace Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H7965Original Word: shalômUsage Notes: "peace; completeness; welfare; health." The root is a common Se…

Peace (hold one's) signifies (a), used intransitively, "to be silent" (from sige, "silence"), translated "to hold one's peace," in Luk 9:36, Luk 18:39, Luk 20:2…

Peace, Peaceable, Peaceably "occurs in each of the books of the NT, save 1 John and save in Act 7:26 ['(at) one again'] it is translated "peace" in the RV. It d…

Peacemaker an adjective signifying peace making (eirene, and poieo, "to make"), is used in Mat 5:9, "peacemakers." Cp. PEACE, B, No. 2.

Pearl "a pearl" (Eng., Margaret), occurs in Mat 7:6 (proverbially and figuratively); Mat 1:13-46, 1Ti 2:9, Rev 17:4, Rev 18:12, Rev 18:16, Rev 21:21 (twice).

Peculiar * For PECULIAR see POSSESSION, B, No. 3, and C

Pen "a reed, reed pipe, flute, staff, measuring rod," is used of a "writing-reed" or "pen" in 3Jo 1:13. This was used on papyrus. Different instruments were use…