Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pommeraye, Jean-Francois a French Benedictine monk, was born in 1617 at Rouen. He entered in 1637 the Congregation of Saint-Maur, made his profession at Tumieges, and renounced voluntarily all charges of his order to devote himself to study. He died at Rouen Oct. 28, 1687. He left several works, more remarkable for erudition than sound … Continue reading “Pommeraye, Jean-Francois”

POMMELS Globular ornaments affixed to the capitals of columns, 2Ch 4.12- 13. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Pommels (2 Chr. 4:12, 13), or bowls (1 Kings 7:41), were balls or “rounded knobs” on the top of the chapiters (q.v.). Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Pommels 2Ch 4:12-13. The ball-like tops of the temple pillars; convex … Continue reading “Pommels”

Pommel [an old English term, derived from the French pomme, an apple, and signifying anything round, but now applied only to a part of a saddle] (, gullah, a globular or round thing, a bowl, which it signifies in Ecc 12:6; Zec 4:3), the ball or round ornament on the capital of a column (2Ch … Continue reading “Pommel”

Pomis, David de a Jewish savant of note, was born in 1525 at Spoleto, of the celebrated family called in Hebrew , which, like the families and , traced their origin to those Jews who were led into captivity after the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus and Vespasian. His father gave him his first instruction, … Continue reading “Pomis, David de”

Pomis, Christian de a converted Portuguese Jew, flourished in the 17th century. In 1668 he was baptized at Nuremberg, and in 1669 he was made teacher of the Hebrew and Talmudic language at the University of Altorf. He wrote Comparatio agni Paschulis Vet. Test. cum agno Paschalis Novi Test. oratione Hebraea memoriter proposita, in Hebrew, … Continue reading “Pomis, Christian de”

Pomfret, John an English clergyman, more noted as a poet than as a divine, was the son of a clergyman, who held at the time of John’s birth the rectory of Luton, in Bedfordshire. He was born about 1667, and was educated at a grammar school in the country, and thence sent to Cambridge, but … Continue reading “Pomfret, John”

Pomeroy, Swan Lyman, D.D Congregational minister, and a man of more than ordinary scholarship, was born March 4,1799. He was a graduate of Brown University, and of Andover Theological Seminary, where he completed his course in 1824. He was settled for some years as a pastor in Bangor, Me., and was called thence to a … Continue reading “Pomeroy, Swan Lyman, D.D”

Pomeroy, Medad an eminent Presbyterian minister, was born in Southampton, Mass., April 6, 1792. He was early left an orphan, but was blessed with prudent and kind relatives, by whom he was taught the way of life. He was educated at Williams College (Mass.), where he graduated in 1817. Soon after this he taught the … Continue reading “Pomeroy, Medad”

Pomeroy, Benjamin, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Suffield, Conn., in 1704. He graduated at Yale College in 1733, and was ordained in December, 1735, pastor in Hebron, Conn., where he labored during his life. During Whitefield’s revival he preached with great zeal and power. In 1742 he was brought before the General Assembly … Continue reading “Pomeroy, Benjamin, D.D”

Pomerius, Julianus a noted Spanish prelate, flourished in the latter part of the 7th century as archbishop of Toledo, about A.D. 680-690, while Spain was still under the dominion of the Goths, before the Saracen invasion. That he was of Jewish extraction may be seen from what Mariana (6, 18) says of him: Brat Julianus … Continue reading “Pomerius, Julianus”