Vine's Expository Dictionary

Proud signifies "showing oneself above others, preeminent" (huper, "above," phainomai, "to appear, be manifest"); it is always used in Scripture in the bad sens…

Prove "to test, prove," with the expectation of approving, is translated "to prove" in Luk 14:19, Rom 12:2, 1Co 3:13, RV (AV, "shall try"); 1Co 11:28, RV (AV, "…

Proverb * For PROVERB see PARABLE, No. 2

Provide, Providence, Provision "to prepare," is translated "hast provided" in Luk 12:20, AV. See PREPARE. "to get, to gain," is rendered "provide" in Mat 10:9. …

Province was a technical term for the administrative divisions of the Roman Empire. The original meaning was the district within which a magistrate, whether con…

Proving * For PROVING (elenchos) see REPROOF, A

Provocation, Provoke from para, "amiss" or "from," used intensively, and pikraino, "to make bitter" (pikros, "sharp, bitter"), "provocation," occurs in Heb 3:8,…

Provoke (Anger) (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3707Original Word: ka‘asUsage Notes: "to provoke, vex, make angry." This word is common throughout the his…

Prudence, Prudent akin to phroneo, "to have understanding" (phren, "the mind"), denotes "practical wisdom, prudence in the management of affairs." It is transla…

Psalm primarily denoted "a striking or twitching with the fingers (on musical strings);" then, "a sacred song, sung to musical accompaniment, a psalm." It is us…

Public, Publicly "belonging to the people" (demos, "the people"), is translated "public" in Act 5:18, RV, "public (ward)," AV, "common (prison)." see OPENLY, No…

Publican primarily denoted "a farmer of the tax" (from telos, "toll, custom, tax"), then, as in the NT, a subsequent subordinate of such, who collected taxes in…

Publish "to be a herald, to proclaim, preach," is translated "to publish" in Mar 1:45, Mar 5:20, Mar 7:36, Mar 13:10, AV (RV, "preached"); Luk 8:39. See PREACH,…

Puff (up) "to puff up, blow up, inflate" (from phusa, "bellows"), is used metaphorically in the NT, in the sense of being "puffed" up with pride, 1Co 4:6, 1Co 1…

Pull (down) "to take down," is translated "I will pull down" in Luk 12:18. See DESTROY, No. 3. Notes: (1) In Jud 1:23, AV, harpazo, "to seize, snatch away," is …

Punish Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6485Original Word: paqadUsage Notes: "to number, visit, be concerned with, look after, make a search…

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. …

Quake an adjective signifying "trembling with fear" (en, "in," tremo, "to tremble"), is used with eimi, "to be," in Heb 12:21 (some mss. have ektromos, with the…

Quarrel * For QUARREL See COMPLAINT, No. 2, and SET, No. 15, Mar 6:19, RV

Quarter "from all sides," is translated "from every quarter" in Mar 1:45. See EVERY SIDE, ROUND ABOUT. Notes: (1) In Rev 20:8, AV, gonia, "an angle, corner," is…

Quaternion "a group of four" (tetra--, "four"), occurs in Act 12:4. A "quaternion" was a set of four men occupied in the work of a guard, two soldiers being cha…

Queen the feminine of basileus, "a king," is used (a) of the "Queen of Sheba," Mat 12:42, Luk 11:31; of "Candace," Act 8:27; (b) metaphorically, of "Babylon," R…

Quench, Unquenchable is used (a) of "quenching" fire or things on fire, Mat 12:20, quoted from Isa 42:3, figurative of the condition of the feeble; Heb 11:34; i…

Question (Noun and Verb), Questioning primarily "a seeking, search" (zeteo, "to seek"), for which see DISPUTATION, is used in Joh 3:25, Act 25:20, RV, "(being p…

Quick * For QUICK, see DISCERN, C, LIVE, No. 3, Note

Quicken "to make alive:" see LIFE, C. "to endue with life, produce alive, preserve alive:" see LIVE, No. 6. "to quicken together with, make alive with" (sun, "w…

Quickly the neuter of tachus, "swift, quick," signifies "quickly," Mat 5:25, Mat 1:28-8, Mar 9:39, RV (AV, "lightly"); Luk 15:22, Joh 11:29, Rev 2:16 (Rev 2:5 i…

Quicksands * Note: This is the AV rendering in Act 27:17 of Surtis, "Syrtis" (RV). The Syrtes, Major and Minor, lie on the north coast of Africa, between the he…

Quiet, Quietness "quiet, tranquil," occurs in 1Ti 2:2, RV, "tranquil" (AV, "quiet"); it indicates tranquillity arising from without. has much the same meaning a…

Quit "to free from," is used in the Passive Voice in Luk 12:58, RV, "to be quit" (AV, "to be delivered"). See DELIVER, A, No. 6. signifies "to make a man of" (a…

Rabbi from a word rab, primarily denoting "master" in contrast to a slave; this with the added pronominal suffix signified "my master" and was a title of respec…

Rabble * For RABBLE see COURT, No. 1 12 (AV, "silence"); in Act 22:2, RV, "(they were the more) quiet," AV, "(they kept the more) silence," lit., "they kept qui…

Rabboni formed in a similar way to the above, was an Aramaic form of a title almost entirely applied to the president of the Sanhedrin, if such was a descendant…

Raca is an Aramaic word akin to the Heb. req, "empty," the first "a" being due to a Galilean change. In the AV of 1611 it was spelled racha; in the edition of 1…

Race (contest) is translated "race" in Heb 12:1, one of the modes of athletic contest, this being the secondary meaning of the word. See CONFLICT. "a stadium," …

Race (kindred) * For RACE (kindred) see KIND

Rage, Raging was primarily used of "the snorting, neighing and prancing of horses;" hence, metaphorically, of "the haughtiness and insolence of men," Act 4:25. …