Phalti Palti
deliverance, flight
Phaltiel.
PHAL'TIEL. See above.
Phanuel
Face of God, father of the prophetess Anna (q.v.), Luke 2:36.
Pharaoh,
PHA'RAOH, an Egyptian word applied by the Egyptians themselves to their kings as a generic name or title, and adopted into Hebrew, where it was used either alone or with the addition "king of Egypt,"…
Pharaoh, The Wife Of
The wife of one Pharaoh, the king who received Hadad the Edomite, is mentioned in Scripture. She is called “queen,” and her name, Tahpenes, is given. [Tahpenes; Pharaoh, 6]
Pharaohs Daughter
Three Egyptian princesses, daughters of Pharaohs, are mentioned in the Bible:—
Pharaoh’s Daughters
Three princesses are thus mentioned in Scripture: (1.) The princess who adopted the infant Moses (q.v.), Ex. 2:10. She is twice mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 7:21: Heb. 11:24). It would seem t…
Phares
PHA'RES. Matt 1:3; Luke 3:33. See Pharez.
Phares, Pharez Or Perez
The son of Judah. (Matthew 1:3; Luke 3:33)
Pharez
Breach, the elder of the twin sons of Judah (Gen. 38:29). From him the royal line of David sprang (Ruth 4:18-22). “The chief of all the captains of the host” was of the children of Perez (1 Chr. 27:3…
Pharisees
Separatists (Heb. persahin, from parash, “to separate”). They were probably the successors of the Assideans (i.e., the “pious”), a party that originated in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes in revolt a…
Pharisees, The
PHARISEES, THE (from a Hebrew word meaning separated), formed one of the most conspicuous and powerful sects or parties among the Jews in the time of our Lord. The name does not occur before the N.T.…
Pharosh.
PHA'ROSH. Ezr 8:3. See Parosh.
Pharpar
Swift, one of the rivers of Damascus (2 Kings 5:12). It has been identified with the ‘Awaj, “a small lively river.” The whole of the district watered by the ‘Awaj is called the Wady el-‘Ajam, i.e., “…
Pharzites
PHAR'ZITES, a family descending from Pharez, and belonging to the tribe of Judah. Num 26:20.
Pharzites. The
the descendants of Parez the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:20)
Phaseah.
PHASE'AH. See Paseah.
Phaselis,
PHASE'LIS, a town on the border of Lycia and Pamphylia, where the Jews settled. It was at one time a place of considerable importance, but later became a resort of pirates. It is now called Tckrova. …
Phebe
A “deaconess of the church at Cenchrea,” the port of Corinth. She was probably the bearer of Paul’s epistle to the Romans. Paul commended her to the Christians at Rome; “for she hath been,” says he, …
Phenice,
PHEN'ICE, or PHENI'CE. Another and more accurate form for Phoenicia. Acts 11:19; Acts 15:3. See Phoenicia. A town and harbor, more properly Phoenix (from the Greek word for the palm tree, which was i…
Phenicia
(Acts 21:2) = Phenice (11:19; 15:3; R.V., Phoenicia), Gr. phoinix, “a palm”, the land of palm-trees; a strip of land of an average breadth of about 20 miles along the shores of the Mediterranean, fro…
Phi-beseth
PHI-BE'SETH. See Pi-beseth.
Phichol
(strong), chief captain of the army of Abimelech, king of the Philistines of Gerar in the days of both Abraham, (Genesis 21:22,32) and Isaac. (Genesis 28:26) (B.C. 1900.)
Phicol
Great, the chief captain of the army of Abimelech, the Philistine king of Gerar. He entered into an alliance with Abraham with reference to a certain well which, from this circumstance, was called Be…
Philadelphia
Brotherly love, a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, about 25 miles south-east of Sardis. It was the seat of one of the “seven churches” (Rev. 3:7-12). It came into the possession of the Turks in A.D. 1392…
Philemon,
PHILE'MON, a native of Laodicaea and a resident of Colossae, was a man of means and influence, the head of a large household and of a Christian congregation in his own house. He had been converted to…
Philemon, Epistle To
Was written from Rome at the same time as the epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians, and was sent also by Onesimus. It was addressed to Philemon and the members of his family. It was written for t…
Philemon, The Epistle Of Paul To
is one of the letters which the apostle wrote during his first captivity at Rome A.D. 63 or early in A.D. 64. Nothing is wanted to confirm the genuineness of the epistle: the external testimony is un…
Philetus
Amiable, with Hymenaeus, at Ephesus, said that the “resurrection was past already” (2 Tim. 2:17, 18). This was a Gnostic heresy held by the Nicolaitanes. (See ALEXANDER [4].)
Philip
Lover of horses. (1.) One of the twelve apostles; a native of Bethsaida, “the city of Andrew and Peter” (John 1:44). He readily responded to the call of Jesus when first addressed to him (43), and fo…