Vine's Expository Dictionary

Pence, Penny, Pennyworth a Roman coin, a denarius, a little less than the value of the Greek drachme (see PIECE), now estimated as amounting to about 9 1/2d. in…

Pentecost an adjective denoting "fifieth," is used as a noun, with "day" understood, i.e., the "fifieth" day after the Passover, counting from the second day of…

Penury * For PENURY (Luk 21:4, AV, RV, "want") see LACK

People Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5971Original Word: ‘amUsage Notes: "people; relative." This common Semitic word has cognates in Akkadian, Amorite, Phoen…

Peradventure Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H194Original Word: ’ûlayUsage Notes: "peradventure; perhaps; suppose; if; less." The 43 occurrences of this word ap…

Perceive Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7200Original Word: ra’âUsage Notes: "to see, observe, perceive, get acquainted with, gain understa…

Perdition * For PERDITION see DESTRUCTION, No. 1

Perfect Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: AdjectiveStrong's Number: H8549Original Word: tamîmUsage Notes: "perfect; blameless; sincerity; entire; whole; complete; …

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly signifies "having reached its end" (telos), "finished, complete, perfect." It is used (I) of persons, (a) primarily of p…

Perfection, Perfecting (Noun), Perfectness "a making fit," is used figuratively in an ethical sense in 2Co 13:9, RV, "perfecting" (AV, "perfection"), implying a…

Perform, Performance "to finish," is translated "performed" in Luk 2:39, AV: see ACCOMPLISH, No. 3. "to bring to an end, accomplish," is translated "I perform" …

Perhaps is translated "perhaps" in Phm 1:15. See PERADVENTURE. a particle, "then," sometimes marking a result about which some uncertainty is felt, is translate…

Peril * For PERIL, see DANGER, Note: PERILOUS see GRIEVOUS

Perish "to destroy," signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to perish," and is thus used (a) of things, e.g., Mat 1:5-30, Luk 5:37, Act 27:34, RV, "perish" (in some t…

Perish (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6Original Word: ’abadUsage Notes: "to perish, die, be lost, go astray, go to ruin, succumb, be …

Perjured person * For PERJURED PERSON see FORSWEAR

Permission lit., "a joint opinion, mind or understanding" (sun, "with," gnome, "an opinion"), "a fellow feeling," hence, "a concession, allowance," is translate…

Permit lit., "to turn to" (epi, "to," trepo, "to turn"), "to entrust," signifies "to permit," Act 26:1, 1Co 14:34, 1Co 16:7, 1Ti 2:12, RV "permit" (AV, "suffer"…

Pernicious * For PERNICIOUS, 2Pe 2:2, AV, see LASCIVIOUS

Perplex, Perplexity is rendered "perplexed" in 2Co 4:8, and in the most authentic mss. in Luk 24:4; see DOUBT, A, No. 1. "was much perplexed" in Luk 9:7; see DO…

Persecute, Persecution has the meanings (a) "to put to flight, drive away," (b) "to pursue," whence the meaning "to persecute," Mat 1:5-12, Mat 5:44, Mat 10:23,…

Persecutor akin to dioko (see above), occurs in 1Ti 1:13.

Perserverance occurs in Eph 6:18. Cp. the verb (and the formation) under ATTEND, No. 2.

Person for the meaning of which see APPEARANCE, No. 2, is translated "person" or "persons" in Mat 22:16, Mar 12:14, Luk 20:21, 2Co 1:11, 2Co 2:10, Gal 2:6, Jud …

Persons (respect of) denotes "a respecter of persons" (prosopon, "a face" or "person," lambano, "to lay hold of"), Act 10:34. (in inferior texts without the let…

Persuade * in the Active Voice, signifies "to apply persuasion, to prevail upon or win over, to persuade," bringing about a change of mind by the influence of r…

Persuasion akin to peitho, is used in Gal 5:8, where the meaning is "this influence that has won you over, or that seems likely to do so;" the use of peitho, in…

Persuasive, Persuasivness an adjective (akin to peitho), not found elsewhere, is translated "persuasive" in 1Co 2:4, RV (AV, "enticing"); see ENTICE, B. "persua…

Pertain to Heb 7:13, AV; see BELONG, Note (c), PARTAKE, B, No. 3. Notes: (1) In Rom 15:17, the phrase ta pros, lit., "the (things) towards" is translated "thing…

Perverse, Pervert "to turn away" (apo, "from," strepho, "to turn"), is used metaphorically in the sense of "perverting" in Luk 23:14 (cp. No. 2 in Luk 23:2). Se…

Pestilence Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1698Original Word: deberUsage Notes: "pestilence." The meaning of the cognate word varies in other Semitic languages…

Pestilence, Pestilent fellow "a pestilence, any deadly infectious malady," is used in the plural in Luk 21:11 (in some mss., Mat 24:7); in Act 24:5, metaphorica…

Petition from aiteo, "to ask" is rendered "petitions" in 1Jo 5:15, see ASK, B, and cp. the distinction between A, Nos. 1 and 2. Cp. deesis (see PRAYER).

Pharisees from an Aramaic word peras (found in Dan 5:28), signifying "to separate," owing to a different manner of life from that of the general public. The "Ph…

Philosopher lit., "loving wisdom" (philos, "loving," sophia, "wisdom"), occurs in Act 17:18.

Philosophy denotes "the love and pursuit of wisdom," hence, "philosophy," the investigation of truth and nature; in Col 2:8, the so-called "philosophy" of false…

Phylactery primarily "an outpost," or "fortification" (phulax, "a guard"), then, "any kind of safeguard," became used especially to denote "an amulet." In the N…

Physician akin to iaomai, "to heal," "a physician," occurs in Mat 9:12, Mar 2:17, Mar 5:26, Luk 4:23, Luk 5:31 (in some mss., Luk 8:43); Col 4:14.

Piece primariy denotes "that which is thrown over, a cover" (epi, "over," ballo, "to throw"); then, "that which is put on, or sewed on, to cover a rent, a patch…

Pierce "to go through, penetrate" (dia, "through," ikneomaia, "to go"), is used of the power of the Word of God, in Heb 4:12, "piercing." In the Sept., Exo 26:2…

Piety (to shew) "to reverence, to show piety" towards any to whom dutiful regard is due (akin to eusebes, "pious, godly, devout"), is used in 1Ti 5:4 of the obl…

Pigeon * For PIGEON see DOVE, No. 1

Pilgrim an adjective signifying "sojourning in a strange place, away from one's own people" (para, "from," expressing a contrary condition, and epidemeo, "to so…

Pillar Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H352Original Word: ’ayilUsage Notes: "pillar." This word appears 22 times and only once outside Ezek. 40-41: "And for the…

Pillow denotes "a pillow, a cushion for the head" (pros, "to," kephale, "a head"), Mar 4:38 (RV, "cushion"). In the Sept., Eze 13:18.

Pine away "to dry up, wither," is rendered "pineth away" in Mar 9:18. See DRY.

Pinnacle denotes (a) "a little wing" (diminutive of pterux, "a wing"); (b) "anything like a wing, a turret, battlement," of the temple in Jerusalem, Mat 4:5, Lu…

Pious Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2623Original Word: h?asîdUsage Notes: "one who is pious, godly." Psalms contains 25 of the 32 appearance of this word. Ba…

Pipe (Noun and Verb) "a wind instrument," e.g., "a flute" (connected with aemi, "to blow"), occurs in 1Co 14:7. "to play on an aulos," is used in Mat 11:17, Luk…

Pipers * For PIPERS, Rev 18:22, AV, see FLUTE PLAYERS