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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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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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Pudens in Naves Topical Bible

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

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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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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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Pudens in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(modest), a Christian friend of Timothy at Rome. 2Ti 4:21 (A.D. 84.) According to legend he was the host of St. Peter and friend of St. Paul. and was martyred under Nero....

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Pul in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Isaiah 66:19. Philae, an island in the Nile, the border between Egypt and Ethiopia (Bochart). Septuagint read Phud. Phut ought to be read for Pal; compare Nahum 3:9. (See PHUT.) An African people is meant by Isaiah (Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 30:5)....

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Quartus in Naves Topical Bible

-A Christian man in Corinth Ro 16:23...

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Potiphar in Easton's Bible Dictionary

dedicated to Ra; i.e., to the sun-god, the Egyptian to whom the Ishmaelites sold Joseph (Gen. 39:1). He was "captain of the guard", i.e., chief, probably, of the state police, who, while they formed part of the Egyptian army, were also largely employed in civil duties (37:36; marg., "chief of the executioners"). Joseph, though a foreigner,...

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