(hearing), one of the sons of Gad (Numbers 26:16) and founder of the family of the Oznites.
(Numbers 26:16)
Paarai
In the list of (2 Samuel 23:35) “Paarai the Arbite” is one of David’s men. In (1 Chronicles
11:37) he is Naarai the son of Ezbai.” (B.C. 1015.)
Padan
(field). Padan-aram. (Genesis 48:7)
Padanaram
By this name, which signifies the table-land of Aram, i.e. Syriac, the Hebrews designated the
tract of country which they otherwise called the Aram-naharaim, “Aram of the two of rivers,” the
Greek Mesopotamia, (Genesis 24:10) and “the field (Authorized Version,’country’) of Syria.”
(Hosea 12:13) The term was perhaps more especially applied to that portion which bordered on
the Euphrates, to distinguish if from the mountainous districts in the north and northeast of
Mesopotamia. It is elsewhere called Padan simply. (Genesis 48:7) Abraham obtained a wife for
Isaac from Padan-aram. (Genesis 25:20) Jacob’s wives were also from Padan-aram, (Genesis
28:2,5,6,7; 31:1-8; 33:18)
Padon
(deliverance) the ancestor of a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:41;
Nehemiah 7:47) (B.C. before 529.)
Pagiel
(God allots) the son of Ocran and chief of the tribe of Asher at the time of the exodus. (Numbers
1:13; 2:27; 7:72,77; 10:26) (B.C. 1491.)
Pahathmoab
(governor of Moab), head of one of the chief houses of the tribe of Judah. Of the individual or
the occasion of his receiving so singular a name nothing is known certainty but as we read in ( 1
Chronicles 4:22) of a family of Shilonites, of the tribe of Judah, who in very early times “had
dominion in Moab,” it may be conjectured that this was the origin of the name.
Pai
(blessing). [Pau]
Paial
(judge), the son of Uzai who assisted in restoring the walls of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah,
(Nehemiah 3:25) (B.C. 446.)
Paint
(as a cosmetic). The use of cosmetic dyes has prevailed in all ages in eastern countries. We
have abundant evidence of the practice of painting the eyes both in ancient Egypt and in Assyria;
and in modern times no usage is more general. It does not appear, however, to have been by any
means universal among the Hebrews. The notices of it are few; and in each instance it seems to
have been used as a meretricious art, unworthy of a woman of high character. The Bible gives no
indication of the substance out of which the dye was formed. The old versions agree in pronouncing
the dye to have been produced from antimony. Antimony is still used for the purpose in Arabia and
in Persia, but in Egypt the kohl is a root produced by burning either a kind of frankincense or the