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POLYGAMY Polygamy appeared with Lamech (Gen. 4:19), and thus the purity of marriages was stained, as men allowed themselves to be dominated by carnal impulses in...
POETRY Poetry, one of the oldest forms of literature, frequently accompanied dance, giving it rhythm (Ex. 15:20, 21). A young people express their emotions through contrasting...
POWER The two main words translated “power” in the NT are: (a) “dynamis” and (b) “exousia.” It is important to discriminate between the two, because they...
POOR The unequal distribution of material goods does not correspond to the ideal desired by God. By granting the land of Canaan to his people (Ex....
QUILL (Heb. “gêht”: Jb. 19:24; Ps. 45:1; Jer. 8:8; 17:1; and “ghehret”: Ex. 32:4; Is. 8:1). Translated variously in the Reina-Valera version, these two terms denote...
LEAD (Heb. “ophereth”). It was a metal known to the ancients. The Israelites found lead in the loot taken from the Midianites (Num. 31:22). The Egyptians...
PLEIADES The Hebrew term. “Kimah” designates a bright star, or also a constellation (Jb. 9:9; 38:31; Am. 5:8); Most ancient commentators have believed that it refers...
FULLNESS Although it is generally translated as “fullness,” it is also rendered as “fulfillment,” “abundance,” and “full restoration.” Derived from the verb «pleroõ» (to fill), it...
PLAZA The plaza was a widening of the street that in ancient cities was right in front of the wall, behind an access gate to the...
SILVERSMITH The artisans who work silver. The OT quotes refer to the craftsman who worked with gold (cf. Is. 40:19) as well as silver. In the...
