Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Plumb-Line, Plummet plumln, plumet, plumit. See TOOLS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Plumb-line (, ansk, a plummet) or Plummet (, mishkileth, Isa 28:17, or , mishkoleth. ma weight). Amos says (Amo 7:7), Behold, the Lord stood upon a wall, made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand; and in the threatenings denounced against Jerusalem for the idolatries of Manasseh, we read, I will stretch over … Continue reading “Plumb-line”

Plumb, Elijah Whitox, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Halifax, Vermont, July 28. 1798. He attended, Hopkins Academy at Hadley, Massachusetts; spent one year in Harvard College; graduated from Middlebury College in 1824; taught school the next two years in Brattleboro, Vermontt; from 1826 to 1828 was similarly employed in Hampton, N.H.; studied theology … Continue reading “Plumb, Elijah Whitox, D.D”

Plum, Friedric a Danish Lutheran theologian, who died at Odensee, January 18, 1833, doctor of theology and bishop of Funen, is the author of, Efteredninger om den udenlandske nyere theologiske og pastorale Litteratur, etc. (Copenhagen, 1818 sq.): Observationes in Textum et Versiones Maxime Graecas Obadiae et Habacuci (1796). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:12, … Continue reading “Plum, Friedric”

Plucking off the Hair pluking. See HAIR, 7; PUNISHMENTS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Pluck (out) is used of “plucking off ears of corn,” Mat 12:1; Mar 2:23; Luk 6:1. In the Sept., Isa 18:7. “to seize, snatch,” is rendered “pluck” in Joh 10:28-29, AV, RV, “snatch.” For the meaning, see CATCH, No. 1. “to take out” (ex for ek, “out,” haireo, “to take”), is translated “pluck out,” of … Continue reading “Pluck (out)”

Plowshare Isa 2:4; Joe 3:10; Mic 4:3 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Plowman Isa 28:24 (a) The Lord is giving us in this passage a marvelous lesson on evangelism and Christian ministry. The plowman is the servant of GOD who goes into the harvest field and by his preaching, warning and teaching gets the hearts of the people ready for the Gospel message (the wheat). The Lord … Continue reading “Plowman”

Plowden, Thomas Percy Born at Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, 1672; died at Watten, 21 Sept., 1745; joined the Society of Jesus in 1693. He was rector of the English College, Rome, 1731-34; superior at Ghent, 1735-39; and rector of St. Omers, 1739-42. He translated Father Segneri’s “Devout Client of the Blessed Virgin”, and wrote the preface … Continue reading “Plowden, Thomas Percy”

Plowden, Thomas (Alias Salisbury). Born in Oxfordshire, England, 1594; died in London, 13 Feb., 1664; grandson of Edmund Plowden, the great lawyer; entered the Society of Jesus, 1617; sent on the English Mission about 1622. He was seized, with other fathers, by the pursuivants in 1628, at Clerkenwell, the London residence of the Jesuits. He … Continue reading “Plowden, Thomas”