word. In Nehemiah 8:15 the Revised Version has “wild olive” instead of
“pine.” (See FIR.)
- PINNACLE a little wing, (Matthew 4:5; Luke 4:9). On the southern side
of the temple court was a range of porches or cloisters forming three
arcades. At the south-eastern corner the roof of this cloister was some 300
feet above the Kidron valley. The pinnacle, some parapet or wing-like
projection, was above this roof, and hence at a great height, probably 350
feet or more above the valley. - PIPE (1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isaiah 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word
halil, so rendered, means “bored through,” and is the name given to various
kinds of wind instruments, as the fife, flute, Pan-pipes, etc. In Amos 6:5
this word is rendered “instrument of music.” This instrument is mentioned
also in the New Testament (Matthew 11:17; 1 Corinthians 14:7). It is still
used in Palestine, and is, as in ancient times, made of different materials, as
reed, copper, bronze, etc. - PIRAM like a wild ass, a king of Jarmuth, a royal city of the Canaanites,
who was conquered and put to death by Joshua (10:3, 23, 26). - PIRATHON prince, or summit, a place “in the land of Ephraim” (Judges
12:15), now Fer’on, some 10 miles south-west of Shechem. This was the
home of Abdon the judge. - PIRATHONITE (1.) Abdon, the son of Hillel, so called, Judges 12:13, 15.
(2.) Benaiah the Ephraimite (2 Samuel 23:30), one of David’s thirty
heroes.
- PISGAH a part, a mountain summit in the land of Moab, in the territory
of Reuben, where Balak offered up sacrifices (Numbers 21:20; 23:14), and
from which Moses viewed the promised land (Deuteronomy 3:27). It is
probably the modern Jebel Siaghah. (See NEBO.) - PISIDIA a district in Asia Minor, to the north of Pamphylia. The Taurus
range of mountains extends through it. Antioch, one of its chief cities, was
twice visited by Paul (Acts 13:14; 14:21-24). - PISON Babylonian, the current, broad-flowing, one of the “four heads”
into which the river which watered the garden of Eden was divided
(Genesis 2:11). Some identify it with the modern Phasis, others with the