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POTIPHAR (Egyptian: “he whom Ra [solar god] has given”). Pharaoh’s officer and head of the guard. The Midianites sold Joseph to him. Potiphar’s wife tried to...
POWERS (gr. “exousia”). Angelic degree mentioned in the NT in passages such as: Eph. 1:21 (“authority”), Eph. 3 10 (“powers”), Eph. 6:12 (“powers”), Col. 1:16 (“powers”),...
POST-TRIBULATIONISM In this view, the Church goes through the tribulation. Its defenders proclaim that it is the historical faith of the Christian Church. It is further...
POSTS (Heb. “mezuza”). Timbers to which the doors were secured (1 Kings 6:33). Sometimes there was a stone column instead of a piece of wood. The...
PORTICO Walkway covered by a roof supported by columns. There were mansions that had porches of this kind (1 Kings 7:6, 7). There was a magnificent...
GATEKEEPER In 1 Chr. 9:19-24 and 16:38 reference is made to the Levites serving the tent of the Tabernacle. There were guards to guard the gates...
PONTUS Maritime district in the northeast of Asia Minor, bathed by the waters of the Ponto-Euxino (Black Sea). Together with Bithynia it formed a Roman province....
DUST Small particles of matter that make up the earth; Man was formed from dust, and when he fell into sin he was told: “You are...
MOTH Night butterfly, destroyer (Jb. 13:28; Mt. 6:19; Jas. 5:2), it feeds on wool, grains, skins (Is. 51:8). The larva is wrapped in a woolen lining,...
POLYGLOT This name is given to any edition of the Bible in several languages (“polys” + “glotta”). It is very useful in the critical study of...
