Our Daily Devotional

PROSELYTE (gr.: “that has come to join”). Person of pagan origin, but converted to Judaism. The Pharisees traveled sea and land to make a proselyte (Mt. 23:15). The Latin poet Horace considers proselytism a characteristic

PROPITIATORY Cover of the ark (Heb. “kapporeth”, “cover”; Gk. “hilasterion” (Ex. 26:34; Heb. 9:5). This term did not designate only the cover of the ark, but also evoked the place and the act by which

PROPITIATION (gr. “hilasmos”, from the verb “to be propitious”). Propitiation denotes, in the Scriptures, that aspect of Christ’s death in which he vindicated the holy and upright character of God, and in virtue of which

PROMISE (Heb. “omer,” said, “promise,” Ps. 77:8; “dabar”, word, “promise”, 1 Kings 8:56; gr.: “epangelia”, “promise”, Lc. 24:49; “epangelma”, “promise”, 2 Pet. 1:4; There are also several derived and compound terms). In the Bible we

MARCIONITE PROLOGUES In several of the ancient codices of the Vulgate there appear prologues that precede the epistles of the apostle Paul, and it is believed that they originated in Marcionite circles, followers of the

NEIGHBOR (Heb. “rea”, “friend”, “companion”, “neighbor”, Ex. 2:13; 21:14, etc.; «’amith», «neighbor», «equal», «companion», Lv. 6:2; 18:20; 19:15, etc.; “karob”, “near”, Ps. 15:3; gr. “hoplêsion”, “one near”, Mt. 5:43; 19:19; Lk. 10:27, 29, 36, etc.).

PROPHETESS (a) Woman called by God to the prophetic ministry. Miriam, the sister of Aaron and Moses, was a prophetess (Ex. 15:20, 21; Num. 12:2; Mi. 6:4); Deborah was another prophetess (Judges 4:4). The Israelites

MINOR PROPHETS This name, in contrast to the so-called major prophets, is given to the shorter writings of the following twelve prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.

MAJOR PROPHETS Designation by which the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel are known, and which refers primarily to their length. In the Jewish canon Daniel is located, not in the Prophets, but in

PROPHET The one whom God invests with His authority to communicate His will to men and instruct them. (a) Institution of prophetism: God promised that He would raise up from among the chosen people inspired