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Quirinius in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kwi-rin'-i-us. See CHRONOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, sec. I, 1, (2); LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF, sec. 5....

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Raamiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ra-a-mi'-a (ra`amyah; Codex Vaticanus Naamia; Codex Alexandrinus, Rheelma): One of the leading men who returned with Zerubbabel from captivity (Neh 7:7). In the corresponding passage in Ezr 2:2, where the same list is named, a slight variation in form is given. "Reelaiah" is the name found in this passage. Doubtless, one is a corruption of the...

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Rabmag in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Jer 39:3,13 a title borne by Nergal-sharezer, probably identical with the king called by the Greeks Neriglissar. [NERGAL-SHAREZER] (it probably means chief of the magi; at all events it was "an office of great power and dignity at the Babylonian court, and probably gave its possessor special facilities for gaining the throne.")...

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Rabsaris in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Sent by Sennacherib with Tartan and Rabshakeh against Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17). ("chief eunuch"), often a minister of state or a commander in expeditions (margin, 2 Kings 25:19). 2. One of Nebuchadnezzar's princes at the taking of Jerusalem under Zedekiah (Jeremiah 39:3; Jeremiah 39:13); probably a title of Nebushasban, i.e. worshipper o...

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Pudens in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

pu'-denz, pu'-dens (Poudes, literally, "bashful" (2 Tim 4:21)): 1. Faithful to Paul: One of the Christians in Rome who remained loyal to Paul during his second and last imprisonment there, when most of the members of the church "forsook him." The pressure under which they acted must have been very great, as the apostle's final trial before the...

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Pul in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(lord), a country or nation mentioned in Isa 66:19 It is spoken of with distant nations, and is supposed by some to represent the island Philae in Egypt, and by others Libya....

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Pudens in Naves Topical Bible

-A Christian in Rome 2Ti 4:21...

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Quartus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kwor'-tus (Kouartos): A Christian in Corinth who with "Erastus the treasurer of the city" sent greetings to the Christian community in Rome (Rom 16:23). He is known to Paul only as a Christian, "the brother."...

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Phut in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Third among Ham's sons (Genesis 10:6; 1 Chronicles 1:8). The Coptic for Libya is Phaiat. Jerome (Traditional Hebrew) mentions a river of Mauritania and the adjoining region as called Phut. It is generally connected with Egypt and Ethiopia; in Genesis the order is, from the S. advancing northwards, Cush (Ethiopia), Mizraim, Phut (a dependency o...

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Pul in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) An Assyrian king. It has been a question whether he was identical with Tiglath-pileser III. (q.v.), or was his predecessor. The weight of evidence is certainly in favour of their identity. Pul was the throne-name he bore in Babylonia as king of Babylon, and Tiglath-pileser the throne-name he bore as king of Assyria. He was the founde...

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