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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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
