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Perida in Easton's Bible Dictionary

kernel, Neh. 7:57. (See PERUDA -T0002910.)...

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Peleg in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(division, part), son of Eber and brother of Joktan. Ge 10:25; 11:16 The only incident connected with his history is the statement that "in his days was the earth divided." an event embodied in the meaning of his name --"division." The reference is to a division of the family of Eber himself, the younger branch of which (the Joktanids) migrate...

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Pelet in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 2:47. 2. Son of Azmaveth (a person, or a place): 1 Chronicles 12:3....

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Perez in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(breach). The "children of Perez," or Pharez, the son of Judah, appear to have been a family of importance for many centuries. 1Ch 27:3; Ne 11:4,6...

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Pekah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

frontHOSHEA.) Son Of Remaliah. "Captain" and "aide de camp" (shalish) of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he murdered, as also his aides de camp Argob and Ariyeh. Became king by the help of 50 Gileadites of the king's bodyguard; perhaps Pekah was a Gileadite himself; energy for good or evil characterized the hardy highlanders of Gilead, as Jepht...

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Pelaiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

pe-la'-ya, pe-li'-a (pela'yah): (1) A son of Elioenai, of the royal house of Judah (1 Ch 3:24). (2) A Levite who assisted Ezra by expounding the Law (Neh 8:7), and was one of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (10:10). He is called "Phalias" in 1 Esdras 9:48 (Revised Version)....

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Pelatiah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A son of Hananiah, of the family of David 1Ch 3:21 -2. A Simeonite who was captain in an expedition against the Amalekites 1Ch 4:42,43 -3. One of those who signed the covenant with Nehemiah Ne 10:22 -4. A prince against whom Ezekiel prophesied, and who fell dead at the close of the prophecy Eze 11:1-13...

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Pekah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

he that opens; that is at liberty...

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Pelaiah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Elioenai 1Ch 3:24 -2. A Levite who assisted Ezra in instructing the people in the law Ne 8:7; 10:10...

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Pelatiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(delivered by Jehovah). 1. Son of Hananiah the son of Zerubbabel. 1Ch 3:21 (B.C. after 536.) 2. One of the captains of the marauding band of Simeonites who in the reign of Hezekiah made an expedition to Mount Seir and smote the Amalekites. 1Ch 4:42 (B.C. about 700.) 3. One of the heads of the people, and probably the name of a family who se...

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