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Pethuel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

vision of God, the father of Joel the prophet (Joel 1:1)....

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Peter in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

The data for this article are found chiefly in the four Gospels; in Acts 1 through 15; in Gal 1 and 2; and in the two Epistles of Peter. 1. Name and Early Career: Simon (or Simeon) was the original name of Peter, the son of Jonas (or John), and brother of Andrew, a disciple of John the Baptist, as Peter also may have been. A fisherman by occup...

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Pethahiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(freed by Jehovah). 1. A priest, over the nineteenth course in the reign of David. 1Ch 24:16 (B.C. 1020.) 2. A Levite in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. Ezr 10:23 He is probably the same who is mentioned in Ne 9:5 (B.C. 458.) 3. The son of Meshezabeel, and descendant of Zerah. Ne 11:24 (B.C. 446.)...

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Pethuel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

mouth of God; persuasion of God...

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The Children of Perida in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:57; Ezra 2:55 frontPERUDA.)...

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Peter in Naves Topical Bible

-Also called SIMON BAR-JONA and CEPHAS Mt 16:16-19; Mr 3:16; Joh 1:42 -A fisherman Mt 4:18; Lu 5:1-7; Joh 21:3 -Call of Mt 4:18-20; Mr 1:16-18; Lu 5:1-11 -His mother-in-law healed Mt 8:14; Mr 1:29,30; Lu 4:38 -An apostle Mt 10:2; 16:18,19; Mr 3:16; Lu 6:14; Ac 1:13 -An evangelist Mr 1:36,37 -Confesses Jesus to be the Messiah Mt 16:16-1...

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Pethahiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

loosed of the Lord. (1.) The chief of one of the priestly courses (the nineteenth) in the time of David (1 Chr. 24:16). (2.) A Levite (Ezra 10:23). (3.) Neh. 9:5. (4.) A descendant of Judah who had some office at the court of Persia (Neh. 11:24)....

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Peulthai in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

pe-ul'-thi, pe-ul'-e-thi (pe`ullethay, "Yah's seed"): One of the "porters," 8th son of Obed-edom (1 Ch 26:5)....

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Perida in Hitchcock's Bible Names

separation; division...

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Peter in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a rock or stone). The original name of this disciple was Simon, i.e. "hearer." He was the son of a man named Jonas, Mt 16:17; Joh 1:42; 21:16 and was brought up in his father's occupation, that of a fisherman. He and his brother Andrew were partners of John end James, the sons of Zebedee, who had hired servants. Peter did not live, as a mere ...

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