Bible Names N-Z

Publius in Easton's Bible Dictionary

"the chief man of the island" of Malta (Acts 28:7), who courteously entertained Paul and his shipwrecked companions for three days, till they found a more permanent place of residence; for they remained on the island for three months, till the stormy season had passed. The word here rendered "chief man" (protos) is supposed by some to be p...

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Potiphera in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

po-tif'-e-ra (poTi phera`; Egyptian Padipara, "the (one) given of the sun-god"; compare Hebrew Nathaniel, "the gift of God," Gen 41:45,50; 46:20): There is no certain evidence from Egypt that this name was in existence until the XXIInd Dynasty, about 950 BC. But names of the Hyksos period, and, indeed, any kind of Hyksos inscriptions, are so s...

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Puah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(splendid). 1. The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar and judge of Israel after Abimelech. Jud 10:1 (B.C. 1211.) 2. The son of Issachar, 1Ch 7:1 elsewhere called Phuvah and Pua. 3. One of the two midwives to whom Pharaoh gave instructions to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth. Ex 1:15 (B.C. 1571.)...

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Piram in Naves Topical Bible

-(A king of the Amorites) -Overcome and killed by Joshua Jos 10:3,16-18,24-27...

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Pontius in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

pon'-shi-us, pon'-ti-us. See PILATE....

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Pilate in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

1. Name and Office: The nomen Pontius indicates the stock from which Pilate was descended. It was one of the most famous of Samnite names; it was a Pontius who inflicted on a Roman army the disgrace of the Caudine Forks. The name is often met with in Roman history after the Samnites were conquered and absorbed. Lucius Pontius Aquila was a frie...

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Piram in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(like a wild ass; fleet) the Amorite king of Jarmuth at the time of Joshua's conquest of Canaan. Jos 10:3 (B.C. 1450.)...

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