Peleth
(swiftness).
•The father of On the Reubenite who joined Dathan and Abiram in their rebellion. (Numbers 16:1)
(B.C. 1490.)
•Son of Jonathan and a descendant of Jerahmeel. (1 Chronicles 2:33)
Pelethites
(couriers). [Cherethites]
Pelican
(Heb. kaath, sometimes translated “cormorant,” as (Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14) though in
the margin correctly rendered “pelican”), a voracious waterbird, found most abundantly in tropical
regions. It is equal to the swan in size. (It has a flat bill fifteen inches long, and the female has under
the bill a pouch capable of great distension. It is capacious enough to hold fish sufficient for the
dinner of half a dozen men. The young are fed from this pouch, which is emptied of the food by
pressing the pouch against the breast. The pelican’s bill has a crimson tip, and the contrast of this
red tip against the white breast probably gave rise to the tradition that the bird tore her own breast
to feed her young with her blood. The flesh of the pelican was forbidden to the Jews. (Leviticus
11:18)—ED.) The psalmist in comparing his pitiable condition to the pelican, (Psalms 102:6)
probably has reference to its general aspect as it sits in apparent melancholy mood, with its bill
resting on its breast.
Pelonite, The
Two of David’s men, Helez and Ahijah, are called Pelonites. (1 Chronicles 11:27,36) (B.C.
about 1015.) From (1 Chronicles 27:10) it appears that the former was of the tribe of Ephraim, and
“Pelonite” would therefore be an appellation derived from his place of birth or residence. “Ahijah
the Pelonite” appears in (2 Samuel 23:34) as “Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,” of which
the former is a corruption.
Pen
[Writing]
Peniel
(face of God) the name which Jacob gave to the place in which he had wrestled with God: “He
called the name of the place ’face of El,’ for I have seen Elohim face to face.” (Genesis 32:30) In
(Genesis 32:31) and the other passages in which the name occurs, its form is changed to Penuel.
From the narrative it is evident that Peniel lay somewhere on the north bank of the Jabbok, and
between that torrent and the fords of the Jordan at Succoth, a few miles north of the glen where the
Jabbok falls into the Jordan.
Peninnah
(coral or pearl), one of the two wives of Elkanah. (1 Samuel 1:2) (B.C. 1125.)
Penny, Pennyworth
In the New Testament “penny,” either alone or in the compound “pennyworth,” occurs as the
rendering of the Roman denarius. (Matthew 20:2; 22:10; Mark 6:37; 12:15; Luke 20:24; John 6:7;
Revelation 6:6) The denarius was the chief Roman silver coin, and was worth about 15 to 17 cents.
Pentateuch, The
is the Greek name given to the five books commonly called the “five books of Moses.” This
title is derived from “pente”,five, and “teucos”) which, meaning originally “vessel” “instrument,”
etc., came In Alexandrine Greek to mean “book” hence the fivefold book. In the time of Ezra and
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