Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Price, Rice SEE PRICE, THOMAS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Price Of Blood PRICE OF BLOOD ( , Mat 27:6).An expression used by the priests of the Temple in reference to the money Judas Iscariot had received for the betrayal of his Master. The thirty pieces of silver were the price of a traitors service, and so ultimately the price of a mans head; and … Continue reading “Price Of Blood”

Price, Jonathan D a physician and missionary to Burmah in the first half of this century, was ordained in Philadelphia May 20, 1821, and immediately after set out for his field of labor. He arrived early in the next year at Rangoon. When his medical knowledge became known at court, he was ordered to repair … Continue reading “Price, Jonathan D”

Price, John (2), D.D an English clergyman, flourished in the second half of the 17th century, and was chaplain to general Monk during the civil wars. Dr. Price published, Serm. of Thanksgiving for the Success of General Monk (Lond. 1660, 4to): Serm. on Mat 5:47 (Oxon. 1661, 8vo): Serm. on Gal 4:16 (1661, 8vo): Serm. … Continue reading “Price, John (2), D.D”

Price, John (1) an English scholar of much renown, was born about the year 1600, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was of Protestant parentage, but after leaving college he joined the Romanists and went to Italy during the civil wars, as he found himself the object of much hatred and persecution. He … Continue reading “Price, John (1)”

Price, Henry a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Ireland, was born in Dromore, Antrim County, Ireland, Jan. 30, 1802; was converted at seventeen, was made a local preacher about the year 1821, and entered the itinerant ministry at the Conference of 1823. He soon became an able and judicious preacher; he was mighty … Continue reading “Price, Henry”

Price prs: Represents various words in the Old Testament; , time, is the usual Greek word for price in the New Testament. Of great price is , polutimos, in Mat 13:46, and , poluteles, in 1Pe 3:4. The verb occurs in Zec 11:13 the King James Version and the English Revised Version as prised. The … Continue reading “Price”

Priapus in Greek mythology, was the son of Bacchus and Venus. The angry Juno touched the body of the pregnant Venus so that she gave birth to a hideous child with unnaturally large genital organs. The older writers do not know him. He was worshipped as the god of country fruitfulness, and his statues were … Continue reading “Priapus”

Prey pra (, baz, , tereph, , shalal): Prey is frequent in the Old Testament, chiefly as the translation of baz, spoil, plunder (Num 14:3, Num 14:11; Deu 1:39; Isa 10:6, etc.); of tereph, prey of wild beasts, torn thing (Gen 49:9; Num 23:24; Job 4:11, etc.); of malkoah, a taking (Num 31:11, etc.; Isa … Continue reading “Prey”

Prevost, Pierre Robert le a French pulpit orator of some note, was born at Rouen in 1675. From his youth he displayed a marked propensity for preaching, and proceeded to Paris to improve himself after the model of celebrated orators. Sought after with eagerness in the city, he was no less a favorite at court, … Continue reading “Prevost, Pierre Robert le”