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BETHEL is the name of a Canaanite city in the ancient region of Samaria, located in the center of the land of Canaan, northwest of Ai...
PUTEOLI (lat.: “small fountains”). Two days after arriving in Rhegium, the ship carrying Paul arrived at Puteoli, which was then an important maritime city. The apostle...
PUT Name of a nation related to the Egyptians and neighbors of their country (Gen. 10:6). Put is mentioned with Egypt and other African countries, especially...
PURPLE A coloring substance that is extracted from various species of mollusks. The ancient Tyrians used two types of them: the “Murex trunculus”, from which the...
PURIM (Heb., plural of “luck”). Haman cast lots to determine a day of good omen for the destruction of the Jews. As Haman’s designs were undone,...
PURIFICATION, PURITY In the Mosaic Law four ways to purify oneself from contamination were indicated: (a) Purification of contamination contracted by touching a dead person (Num....
FLEA Diptera insect, Heb. “parosh” (1 Sam. 24:15; 26:20). In Palestine they constitute such a scourge that a proverb states that their king lives in Tiberias...
PUL King of Assyria who invaded Israel during the reign of Manahem, who gave him a thousand talents to confirm him in the kingdom (2 Kings...
PORT (Heb. “hõph”: Gen. 49:13; “machoz”, “refuge”: Ps. 107:30; Gr. “limên”, “port”: Acts 27:12. The Gr. term was used for designate a port. Instead, the primary...
DOOR (a) The fortified cities and palaces had one or more gates that allowed the entry and exit of their inhabitants and that prevented, if necessary,...
