Vine's Expository Dictionary

Punishment for 1Pe 2:14, AV, "punishment" (RV, "vengeance"), see AVENGE, B, No. 2. in the NT denotes "penalty, punishment," 2Co 2:6. Originally it signified the…

Purchase see OBTAIN, A, No. 4. signifies "to gain" or "get for oneself, purchase;" Middle Voice in Act 20:28, 1Ti 3:13 (RV "gain"); see GAIN. is rendered "to pu…

Pure, Pureness, Purity "pure from defilement, not contaminated" (from the same root as hagios, "holy"), is rendered "pure" in Phi 4:8, 1Ti 5:22, Jam 3:17, 1Jo 3…

Purge akin to katharos (see PURE, A, No. 2), "to cleanse," is used of pruning, Joh 15:2, AV, "purgeth" (RV, "cleanseth"). In the Sept., 2Sa 4:6, Isa 28:27, Jer …

Purification, Purity, Purifying is rendered "a cleansing" (akin to No. 4, above), Mar 1:44, Luk 5:14; in Heb 1:3, RV, "purification." "cleansing," Heb 9:13. See…

Purloin is translated "purloining" in Tit 2:10. See KEEP, A, No. 10.

Purple originally denoted the "purple-fish," then, "purple dye" (extracted from certain shell fish): hence, "a purple garment," Mar 15:17, Mar 15:20, Luk 16:19,…

Purple (seller of) denotes "a seller of purple fabrics" (from porphura, and poleo, "to sell"), Act 16:14.

Purpose (Noun and Verb) "a purpose or will" (akin to boulomai, "to will, wish, purpose"), "a deliberate intention," occurs in Act 27:43, "purpose;" Rom 9:19, "w…

Purse * For PURSE see BAG, No. 2 and Note

Pursue "to put to flight, pursue, persecute," is rendered "to pursue" in 2Co 4:9, RV (AV, "persecute"), and is used metaphorically of "seeking eagerly" after pe…

Pursue (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7291Original Word: radapUsage Notes: "to pursue, follow after, pass away, persecute." This verb also appears in Cop…

Put "to place, lay, set, put," is translated "to put" in Mat 5:15, Mat 12:18; in Mat 22:44, RV, "put (underneath Thy feet);" Mar 4:21 (1st part), in the 2nd par…

Putting "a putting on" (akin to enduo, PUT, No. 26), is used of apparel, 1Pe 3:3. In the Sept., Est 5:1, Job 41:4. "a putting on" (akin to epitithemi, PUT, No. …