PUA #3991
PUAH #3992
1 A Hebrew midwife
PUBLICANS #3993
1 (Tax collectors for the Romans)
2 Disreputable
Mt 5:46,47; 9:11; 11:19; 18:17; 21:31; Lu 18:11
3 Change their ways because of the preaching of John the Baptist
4 Matthew, the tax collector of Capernaum, becomes an apostle
Mt 9:9; 10:3; Mr 2:14; Lu 5:27
5 Parable concerning
6 Zacchaeus, chief among, receives Jesus into his house
PUBLIUS #3994
1 (An important man on the island of Melita (Malta))
PUDENS #3995
PUL #3996
1.1 Forced taxes from Menahem, king of Israel
PULPIT #3997
1 General scriptures concerning
PULSE #3998
1 A sort of food
PUNISHMENT #3999
1 DEATH PENALTY
1.1 Will not be commuted
1.2 In the Mosaic law the death penalty was inflicted
1.2.1 For murder
Ge 9:5,6; Nu 35:16-21,30-33; De 17:6
1.2.2 For adultery
1.2.3 For incest
1.2.4 For bestiality
1.2.5 For sodomy
1.2.6 For sexual immorality
1.2.7 For the rape of a betrothed (engaged) virgin
1.2.8 For perjury
1.2.9 For kidnapping
1.2.10 For the promiscuousness of a priest's daughter
1.2.11 For witchcraft
1.2.12 For offering human sacrifice
1.2.13 For striking or cursing one's father or mother
1.2.14 For disobedience to parents
1.2.15 For stealing
1.2.16 For blasphemy
1.2.17 For desecrating the Sabbath day
1.2.18 For prophesying falsely, or propagating false doctrines
1.2.19 For sacrificing to false gods
1.2.20 For refusing to abide by the decision of the court
1.2.21 For treason
1.2.22 For sedition
1.3 MODES OF EXECUTION OF DEATH PENALTY
1.3.1 Burning
Ge 38:24; Le 20:14; 21:9; Jer 29:22; Eze 23:25; Da 3:19-23
1.3.2 Stoning
Le 20:2,27; 24:14; Nu 14:10; 15:33-36; De 13:10; 17:5; 22:21,24; Jos 7:25; 1Ki 21:10; Eze 16:40
1.3.3 Hanging
Ge 40:22; De 21:22,23; Jos 8:29
1.3.4 Beheading
1.3.5 Crucifixion
Mt 27:35,38; Mr 15:24,27; Lu 23:33
1.3.6 The sword
Ex 32:27,28; 1Ki 2:25,34,46; Ac 12:2
1.3.7 Executed by the accusing witnesses
1.3.8 Executed by the entire congregation
1.4 Not inflicted by the testimony of less than two witnesses
2 MINOR OFFENSES
2.1 Punishable by
2.1.1 Scourging
Le 19:20; De 22:18; 25:2,3; Pr 17:10; 19:29; 20:30; Mt 27:26; Mr 15:15; Lu 23:16; Joh 19:1; Ac 22:24,29
2.1.2 Imprisonment
2.3 Confinement within limits
3 ENTAILED
3.1 Upon children
Ex 34:7; Jer 31:29; La 5:7; Eze 18:2,3
3.2 See AFFLICTION , DESIGN OF
3.3 See CHASTISEMENT
3.6 See RETALIATION
3.7 See WICKED , PUNISHMENT OF
4 ACCORDING TO DEEDS
Job 34:11; Ps 62:12; Pr 12:14; 24:12; Isa 59:18; Jer 17:10; Eze 7:3,27; 16:59; 39:24; Zec 1:6; Mt 5:22; 16:27; 23:14; Lu 12:47,48; 20:47
4.1 See the parable of the vineyard
4.2 See the parable of the farmers
4.3 See the parable of the talents
4.4 See JUDGMENT , ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND WORKS
5 DELAYED
Ps 50:21; 55:19; Pr 1:24-30; Ec 8:11-13; Hab 1:2-4
6 DESIGN OF
6.1 To secure obedience
Ge 2:17; Ex 20:3-5; Le 26:14-39; De 13:10,11; 17:13; 19:20; 21:21; Pr 19:25; 21:11; 26:3
7 DIVINE
Job 11:20; Pr 1:24-31; 11:21; 16:5; 29:1; Jer 11:11; 15:1; 25:28,29; Eze 7:19; Am 2:14-16; Zep 1:18; Mt 10:28; 23:33; Ro 2:3; Col 3:25; Heb 2:3; 12:25
8 ETERNAL
Isa 34:8-10; Da 12:2; Mt 3:12; 10:28; 18:8; 25:41,46; Mr 3:29; Lu 3:17; Joh 5:29; Heb 6:2; 10:28-31; Re 14:10,11; 19:3; 20:10
8.1 See WICKED , PUNISHMENT OF
PUNON #4000
2 A camping ground of the Israelites, in their forty years of wandering
PUR #4001
1 The lot
PURIFICATION #4002
1 (Sanitary and symbolical)
2 For women
2.1 Before marriage
2.2 After childbirth
2.3 After menstruation
3 Of the Jews before the Passover celebration
4 For those who had recently killed someone in battle
6 Of lepers
7 By fire, for things that resist fire
8 By blood
Ex 24:5-8; Le 14:6,7; Heb 9:12-14,19-22
9 By abstaining from sexual intercourse
10 Washing parts of animal sacrifices in water
11 Penalty to be imposed upon those who do not observe the ordinances concerning
12 Water of
13 Washing hands in water, symbolical of innocency
14 Traditions of the elders concerning
Mt 15:2; Mr 7:2-5,8,9; Lu 11:38
15 Of Paul, to show his fidelity to the law
16 FIGURATIVE
Ps 26:6; 51:7; Eze 36:25; Heb 10:22
16.2 See DEFILEMENT
16.3 See SANITATION
17 SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Ge 35:2; Ex 19:10,14; 29:4; 30:18-21; 40:12,30-32; Le 8:6; 14:8,9; 15:4-13,16-27; 16:4,24,26,28; 17:15; 22:3; Nu 8:6,7,21; 19:7,8,19; 2Ch 4:6; Mt 15:2; Mr 7:2-9; Heb 9:10
PURIM #4003
1 A feast instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the plot of Haman
PURITY #4004
1 OF HEART
Ps 12:6; 19:8; 24:3-5; 51:7; 65:3; 119:140; Pr 15:26; 20:9; 21:8; 30:12; Isa 1:18,25; 6:7; Da 12:10; Mic 6:11; Mal 3:2,3; Mt 5:8; Joh 15:2; Php 4:8; 1Ti 1:5; 3:9; 5:22; 2Ti 1:3; 2:21,22; Tit 1:15; Heb 9:13,14; 10:2; Jas 4:8; 1Pe 1:22; 1Jo 3:3
1.1 For the symbolisms of purity
1.4 See DEFILEMENT
1.5 See PURIFICATION
PURVEYOR #4005
PUT #4006
PUTEOLI #4007
2 Paul stays a week at
PUTIEL #4008
1 The father-in-law of Eleazar the priest