PURPOSE OF GOD See DEGREE. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Purpose of God The word purpose is commonly used and preferred to the word decree when God’s (etermination regarding man’s relation to eternity is referred to. The word purpose owes its use to the fact that it is more comprehensive and expresses the idea of intelligent design, … Continue reading “Purpose of God”
Purpose (Noun and Verb)
Purpose (Noun and Verb) “a purpose or will” (akin to boulomai, “to will, wish, purpose”), “a deliberate intention,” occurs in Act 27:43, “purpose;” Rom 9:19, “will;” 1Pe 4:3, in the best mss. (some have thelema), AV, “will,” RV, “desire.” See WILL. “a setting forth” (used of the “showbread”), “a purpose” (akin to B, No. 3), … Continue reading “Purpose (Noun and Verb)”
Purpose
Purpose (Lat. propositus from pro, before + ponere, to place) An ideally or imaginatively envisaged plan or end of action. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Purples
Purples Purple Fig. 302Murex trunculus There is no reason to doubt that this color was obtained, like the far-famed Tyrian purple, from the juice of certain species of shell-fish. The dye called purple by the ancients, and its various shades, were obtained from many kinds of shellfish all of which are, however, ranged by Pliny … Continue reading “Purples”
Purple Manuscript
Purple Manuscript (CODEX PURPUREUS, sometimes called the Cotton MS., variously designated as N, J, and P of the Gospels), a beautiful uncial MS. of the Greek Gospels, of which only twelve leaves remain: four of these (containing Mat 26:57-65; Mat 27:26-34; Joh 14:2-10; Joh 15:15-22) are in the Cotton Library (Codex Cottonianus, the J of … Continue reading “Purple Manuscript”
Purple (seller of)
Purple (seller of) denotes “a seller of purple fabrics” (from porphura, and poleo, “to sell”), Act 16:14. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Purple
PURPLE The famous and costly Tyrian purple, the royal color of the ancients, is said to have been discovered by the Tyrian Hercules, whose dog having by chance eaten a shellfish called Purpura, and returning to his master with his lips tinged with a purple color, occasioned the discovery of this precious dye. Purple, however, … Continue reading “Purple”
Purosh
Purosh Pu’rosh. (flea). The descendants of Parosh, in number, 2172, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:3; Neh 7:8. Another detachment of 150 males, with Zechariah at their head, accompanied Ezra. Ezr 8:3. They assisted in the building of the well of Jerusalem, Neh 3:26, and signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Neh 10:14. (B.C. before … Continue reading “Purosh”
Purner, John Milton
Purner, John Milton a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Cecil County, Md., March 31, 1833. He was converted at Elkton, Md., in 1854, and was for some time engaged in business at Oxford, Pa. In 1858 he felt called to preach, and was made assistant pastor on Lewistown Circuit. In the … Continue reading “Purner, John Milton”
Purnatva
Purnatva (Skr.) Fullness, as descriptive of reality. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy