Haman.” In the morning service in the synagogue, on the 14th, after the prayers, the passage is read
from the law, (Exodus 17:8-16) which relates the destruction of the Amalekites, the people of Agag,
(1 Samuel 15:8) the supposed ancestor of Haman. (Esther 3:1) The Megillah is then read again in
the same manner. The 14th of Adar, as the very day of the deliverance of the Jews, is more solemnly
kept than the 13th; but when the service in the synagogue is over, all give themselves up to merry
making.
Purosh
(flea). The descendants of Parosh, in number 2172, returned front Babylon with Zerubbabel.
(Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 7:8) Another detachment of 150 males, with Zechariah at their head,
accompanied Ezra. (Ezra 8:3) They assisted in the building of the well of Jerusalem, (Nehemiah
3:26) and signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:14) (B.C. before 535-445.)
Purse
a bag for money. The Hebrews, when on a journey, were provided with a bag, in which they
carried their money, (Genesis 42:35; Proverbs 1:14; 7:20; Isaiah 46:6) and, if they were merchants,
also their weights. (25:13; Micah 6:11) This bag is described in the New Testament by the terms
balantion (bag) (Luke 10:4; 12:33; 22:35,38) and glossokomon (originally the bag in which musicians
carried the mouth-pieces of their Instruments). (John 12:6; 13:29) The girdle also served as a purse.
(Matthew 10:9; Mark 6:8) Ladies wore ornamental purses. (Isaiah 3:24)
Put
(1 Chronicles 1:8; Nahum 3:9) [Phut, Put]
Puteoli
(sulphurous springs), the great landing-place of travelers to Italy from the Levant, and the harbor
to which the Alexandrian corn-ships brought their cargoes. (Acts 27:13) The celebrated bay which
is now the Bay of Naples was then called “Sinus Puteolanus.” The city was at the northeastern
angle of the bay. The name Puteoli arose from the strong mineral springs which are characteristic
of the place. It was a favorite watering-place of the Romans its hot springs being considered
efficacious for cure of various diseases. Here also ships usually discharged their passengers and
cargoes, partly to avoid doubling the promontory of Circeium and partly because there was no
commodious harbor nearer to Rome. Hence the ship in which Paul was conveyed from Melita
landed the prisoners at this place, where the apostle stayed a week. (Acts 28:13,14)—Whitney.
The associations of Puteoli with historical personages are very numerous. Scipio sailed from this
place to Spain; Cicero had a villa in the neighborhood; here Nero planned the murder of his mother;
Vespasian gave to this city peculiar privileges; and here Adrian was buried. In the fifth century it
was ravaged by both Alaric and Genseric, and it never afterward recovered its former eminence.
It is now a fourth-rate Italian town, still retaining the name of Pozzuoli. The remains of Puteoli
are worthy of mention. Among them are the aqueduct the reservoirs, portions (probably) of the
baths the great amphitheatre and the building called the temple of Serapis. No Roman harbor has
left as solid a memorial of itself as this one, at which St. Paul landed in Italy.
Putiel
One of the daughters of Putiel was wife of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and mother of Phinehas.
(Exodus 6:25) (B.C. before 1481.)
Pygarg
occurs, (14:5) in the list of clean animals as the rendering of the Heb. dishon, the name apparently
of one species of antelope, though it is by no means easy to identify it.
frankie
(Frankie)
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