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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Paarai
Pace
Pachon
Padan
Morrish Bible Dictionary
Padan, [Pa'dan] Padanaram. [Pa'dan-a'ram]A cultivated district in Mesopotamia, in which was the city of Nahor, to which Terah and his family migrated from Ur of the Chaldees; and from whence Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel, the wives of Isaac and Jacob, were obtained. Gen. 25:20; Gen. 28:2-7; Gen. 31:18; Gen. 33:18; Gen. 35:9, 26; Gen. 46:15. It is strictly Paddan-aram, signifying 'table land of Aram.' Mesopotamia is the translation of Padan-aram both in the LXX and the Vulgate. In Gen. 48:7 it is simply PADAN.
Paddle
Padon
Pagiel
Pahath-Moab
Pahathmoab
Pahathmoab, [Pa'hath-mo'ab]'Governor of Moab.' A family who returned from exile, one of whom sealed the covenant, and several had married strange wives. Ezra 2:6; Ezra 8:4; Ezra 10:30; Neh. 3:11; Neh. 7:11; Neh. 10:14.
Pai
Painfulness
Painting
Painting.Only once applied to a house: 'painted with vermilion.' Jer. 22:14. Jezebel 'painted her eyes,' as 2 Kings 9:30 should read. Israel is compared to a lewd woman who painted her eyes. Ezek. 23:40. "Thou rentest thy face with painting" in Jer. 4:30 is 'enlarging the eyes.' The eyelids and eyebrows were painted with antimony or some other pigment, which made the eyes look larger. Small bottles and the short sticks which were used to apply the moistened powder have been found in the tombs of Egypt.
Palace
Palal
Palestina
Palestine
Pallu
Palm
Palm.See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Palm, Palm Tree
Palm, Palm Tree,tamar. This is a lofty tree without lateral branches, with a large tuft of leafy branches clustering at the top several feet long. At the base of the branches grow the dates in large clusters. Ex. 15:27; Num. 33:9; Judges 4:5; Cant. 7:7-8; Jer. 10:5; Joel 1:12. The branches were used to construct the booths at the feast of tabernacles. Lev. 23:40; Neh. 8:15; and were strewn in the path on the Lord's last entrance into Jerusalem. John 12:13. There were many representations of palm-trees in the decorations of the temple, as there will also be in the future temple. 1 Kings 6:29-35; 1 Kings 7:36; 2 Chr. 3:5; Ezek. 40:16-37; Ezek. 41:18-26. The palm-tree is used as an emblem of fertility in Ps. 92:12; some trees will bear yearly more than a hundred-weight of dates and for a period of about seventy years. The palm-branches are a token of rest and peace after sorrow. Rev. 7:9. The palm is the Phoenix dactylifera. CITY OF PALM-TREES. Name given several times to Jericho because of the palms that grew there. Deut. 34:3; Judges 1:16; Judges 3:13, etc.
Palmer-Worm
Palsy
Palti
Paltiel
Paltite
Paltite. [Pal'tite]Designation of Helez, one of David's mighty men. 2 Sam. 23:26. Connected by some with Beth-palet; but in 1 Chr. 11:27 Helez is called 'the Pelonite.'
Pamphylia
Pan
Panelled
Pannag
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