- PAMPHYLIA Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed
north-west and came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia (Acts 13:13, 14), a
province about the middle of the southern sea-board of Asia Minor. It lay
between Lycia on the west and Cilicia on the east. There were strangers
from Pamphylia at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (2:10). - PAN a vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a
cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament
(Leviticus 2:5; 6:21; Numbers 11:8; 1 Samuel 2:14, etc.).
The “ash-pans” mentioned in Exodus 27:3 were made of copper, and were
used in connection with the altar of burnt-offering. The “iron pan”
mentioned in Ezekiel 4:3 (marg., “flat plate “ or “slice”) was probably a
mere plate of iron used for baking. The “fire-pans” of Exodus 27:3 were
fire-shovels used for taking up coals. The same Hebrew word is rendered
“snuff-dishes” (25:38; 37:23) and “censers” (Leviticus 10:1; 16:12;
Numbers 4:14, etc.). These were probably simply metal vessels employed
for carrying burning embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense.
The “frying-pan” mentioned in Leviticus 2:7; 7:9 was a pot for boiling.
- PANNAG (Ezekiel 27:17; marg. R.V., “perhaps a kind of confection”) the
Jews explain as the name of a kind of sweet pastry. Others take it as the
name of some place, identifying it with Pingi, on the road between
Damascus and Baalbec. “Pannaga” is the Sanscrit name of an aromatic
plant (comp. Genesis 43:11). - PAPER The expression in the Authorized Version (Isaiah 19:7), “the
paper reeds by the brooks,” is in the Revised Version more correctly “the
meadows by the Nile.” The words undoubtedly refer to a grassy place on
the banks of the Nile fit for pasturage.
In 2 John 1:12 the word is used in its proper sense. The material so
referred to was manufactured from the papyrus, and hence its name. The
papyrus (Hebrews gome) was a kind of bulrush (q.v.). It is mentioned by
Job (8:11) and Isaiah (35:7). It was used for many purposes. This plant
(Papyrus Nilotica) is now unknown in Egypt; no trace of it can be found.
The unaccountable disappearance of this plant from Egypt was foretold
by Isaiah (19:6, 7) as a part of the divine judgment on that land. The most
extensive papyrus growths now known are in the marshes at the northern
end of the lake of Merom.