Vine's Expository Dictionary

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…

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…