Vine's Expository Dictionary

Preserve is translated "to preserve" in 1Th 5:23, where the verb is in the singular number, as the threefold subject, "spirit and soul and body," is regarded as…

Press (Noun) * For PRESS (Noun) see CROWD, A

Press (Verb) "to press, distress, trouble," is translated "pressed" in 2Co 4:8, RV (AV, "troubled"). See AFFLICT, No. 4. translated "press" in Luk 8:45 (end): s…

Presumptuous * For PRESUMPTUOUS see DARING, B

Pretense see CLOKE (Pretense), No. 2.

Prevail "to be strong, powerful," is translated "to prevail" in Act 19:16, Act 19:20, Rev 12:8. See ABLE, B, No. 4. "to be strong against" (kata, "against," and…

Prevent * For PREVENT, 1Th 4:15, AV, see PRECEDE: Mat 17:25, AV, see SPEAK No. 11

Price denotes "a valuing," hence, objectively, (a) "price paid or received," Mat 27:6, Mat 27:9, Act 4:34 (plural); Act 1:5-3, Act 7:16, RV, "price (in silver),…

Prick (Noun) * For PRICK (Noun) see GOAD

Prick (Verb) primarily, "to strike or prick violently, to stun," is used of strong emotion, in Act 2:37 (Passive Voice), "they were pricked (in their heart)." C…

Pride Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1342Original Word: ga’âUsage Notes: "to be proud, be exalted." This verb appears 7 times in biblical …

Priest Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H3548Original Word: kohenUsage Notes: "priest." This word is found 741 times in the Old Testament. Mo…

Priesthood Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H3548Original Word: kohenUsage Notes: "priest." This word is found 741 times in the Old Testament…

Priesthood, Priest's Office denotes "a priesthood" (akin to hierateuo, see below), "a body of priests," consisting of all believers, the whole church (not a spe…

Prince Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H5387Original Word: nasî’Usage Notes: "prince; chief; leader." This noun appears 129 times in biblica…

Principal "first," is translated "principal men" in the RV of Luk 19:47, Act 25:2. See CHIEF, A. Note: In Act 25:23 the phrase kat' exochen, lit., "according to…

Principality "beginning, government, rule," is used of supramundane beings who exercise rule, called "principalities;" (a) of holy angels, Eph 3:10, the Church …

Principles "beginning," is used in Heb 6:1, in its relative significance, of the beginning of the thing spoken of; here "the first principles of Christ," lit., …

Print for which see ENSAMPLE, No. 1, is translated "print" in Joh 20:25 (twice), of the marks made by the nails in the hands of Christ.

Prison Keeper * For PRISON KEEPER see JAILOR

Prison, Prison-house "a place of bonds" (from desmos, "a bond," deo, "to bind"), "a prison," occurs in Mat 11:2; in Act 5:21, Act 5:23, Act 16:26, RV, "prison h…

Prisoner an adjective, primarily denotes "binding, bound," then, as a noun, "the person bound, a captive, prisoner" (akin to deo, "to bind"), Mat 1:27-16, Mar 1…

Private, Privately one's own, is translated "private" in 2Pe 1:20 (see under INTERPRETATION). See BUSINESS, B.

Privily "secretly, covertly" (from a root lath--, indicating "unnoticed, unknown," seen in lanthano, "to escape notice," lethe, "forgetfulness"), is translated …

Privy see KNOW, No. 6

Prize "a prize bestowed in connection with the games" (akin to brabeus, "an umpire," and brabeuo, "to decide, arbitrate," "rule," Col 3:15), 1Co 9:24, is used m…

Probation * For PROBATION, RV in Rom 5:4, see EXPERIENCE, No. 2

Proceed "to go forth," is translated "to proceed out of" in Mat 4:4, Mat 15:11, RV; Mat 15:18, Mar 7:15, RV; Mar 7:20, RV; Mar 7:21, Mar 7:23, RV; Luk 4:22, Joh…

Proclaim is translated "to proclaim" in the RV, for AV, "to preach," in Mat 10:27, Luk 4:19, Act 8:5, Act 9:20. See PREACH, No. 2. "to declare, proclaim," is tr…

Proconsul from anti, "instead of," and hupatos, "supreme," denotes "a consul, one acting in place of a consul, a proconsul, the governor of a senatorial provinc…

Profane (Adjective and Verb) primarily, "permitted to be trodden, accessible" (from baino, "to go," whence belos, "a threshold"), hence, "unhallowed, profane" (…

Profess, Profession "to announce, proclaim, profess," is rendered "to profess" in 1Ti 2:10, of godliness, and 1Ti 6:21, of "the knowledge ... falsely so called.…

Profit (Noun and Verb), Profitable, Profiting primarily denotes "assistance;" then, "advantage, benefit,;" "profit," in Rom 3:1. See ADVANTAGE, No. 3. "profit" …

Progress is translated "progress" in Phi 1:12, Phi 1:25, 1Ti 4:15, see FURTHERANCE.

Prolong "to stretch out along" (para, "along," teino, "to stretch"), is translated "prolonged" in Act 20:7, RV, of Paul's discourse: see CONTINUE, Note (1).

Promise (Noun and Verb) primarily a law term, denoting "a summons" (epi, "upon," angello, "to proclaim, announce"), also meant "an undertaking to do or give som…

Pronounce "to say, declare," is rendered "pronounceth (blessing)" in Rom 4:6, RV, which necessarily repeats the verb in Rom 4:9 (it is absent from the original)…

Proof see EXPERIENCE, No. 2. "a test, a proof," is rendered "proof" in Jam 1:3, RV (AV, "trying"); it is regarded by some as equivalent to dokimeion, "a crucibl…

Proper is translated "proper" in Heb 11:23, RV, "goodly:" see BEAUTIFUL, No. 2. "one's own," is found in some mss. in Act 1:19, AV, "proper;" in 1Co 7:7, RV, "o…

Property Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H272Original Word: ’ah?uzzâUsage Notes: "property; possession." This word appears 66 times, with mo…

Prophecy, Prophesy, Prophesying signifies "the speaking forth of the mind and counsel of God" (pro, "forth," phemi, "to speak:" see PROPHET); in the NT it is us…

Prophesy (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5012Original Word: naba’Usage Notes: "to prophesy." This word appears in all periods of the H…

Prophet "one who speaks forth or openly" (see PROPHECY, A), "a proclaimer of a divine message," denoted among the Greeks an interpreter of the oracles of the go…

Prophetess the feminine of prophetes (see above), is used of Anna, Luk 2:36; of the self-assumed title of "the woman Jezebel" in Rev 2:20.

Propitiation was used amongst the Greeks with the significance "to make the gods propitious, to appease, propitiate," inasmuch as their good will was not concei…

Proportion Cp. Eng., "analogy," signified in classical Greek "the right relation, the concidence or agreement existing or demanded according to the standard of …

Proselyte akin to proserchomai, "to come to," primarily signifies "one who has arrived, a stranger;" in the NT it is used of converts to Judaism, or foreign con…

Prosper "to help on one's way" (eu, "well," hodos, "a way or journey"), is used in the Passive Voice signifying "to have a prosperous journey," Rom 1:10; metaph…

Prosper (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6743Original Word: s?alah?Usage Notes: "to succeed, prosper." This word is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew…

Protest * Note: In 1Co 15:31, "I protest by" is a rendering of ne, a particle of strong affirmation used in oaths. In the Sept., Gen 1:42-16.