Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e.23 : 23 it appears tobe applied to a Chal-daean province. APekod is mentionedin the cylinder ofSennacherib as nearthe Hauran, and Le-normant thinks it wasthe collective name ofseveral tribes in theEuphrates valley.The exact meaningof the term is notknown. Some ex-plain it as visita-tion, punish-ment, others asperfect, noble.PELAIAH(whom Jehovah dis-tinguishes). 1. A de-scendant of David. 1Chr. 3 : 24. 2. A Levite who :assisted Ezra in ex-pounding the Law,Neh. 8 : 7, and sealedthe covenant with Ne-hemiah, Neh. 10 : 10 ;called Biatas in 1 Esd.9 : 48. PELAL IAHjudges), a priest inthe return from the11 : 12. PELATIAH (whom Jehovah de-livers). 1. The grandson of Zerubbabel1 Chr. 3:21. 2. A Simeonite captain on an expedi-tion to Mount Seir. 1 Chr. 4 : 42. 3. One of the heads of the people, whosealed the covenant with Nehemiah.Men. 10 : 22. 4. One of the five-and-twenty men whowithstood the prophet Ezekiel and coun-selled the people of Israel wickedly, butwas suddenly struck dead while the
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(whom JehovahJerusalem afterCaptivity. Neh. The Pelican. prophet was uttering his prediction.Eze. 11 : 1-13. PELEG (division), a son of Eber andbrother of Joktan, in whose time—thatis, in the age immediately succeedingthe Deluge—the family of Eber wasdivided, the elder branch, which de-667 PEL PEN scended from Peleg, remaining in Meso-potamia, while the younger branch,descending from Joktan, emigrated toSouthern Arabia. Gen. 10 : 25 ; 11 : 16 ; 1 Chr. 1 : 25.PELET (deliverance). 1. A son of Jahdai, descend-ant of Judah. 1 Chr. 2:47. 2. One of the Benjamiteswho joined David at Zik-lag. 1 Chr. 12 : 3. PELETH (swiftness).1. A Reubenite whose sonOn joined Dathan andAbiram in their rebellion.Num. 16 :1. 2. A son of Jonathan,and a descendant of Ju-dah. 1 Chr. 2 : 33. PELETHITES. 2 Sam. 8 : 18.See Cherethites. PEL/ICAN (Heb. the voviiter), avoracious water-bird, unclean by theLevitical law, Lev. 11 : 18. of singularconstruction and habits, resembling thegoose, though nearly twice as larg

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