Biblia

Pistis Sophia

Pistis Sophia (1. i.e. the Believing Wisdom) is the name of a newly discovered Gnostic work, fully entitled Pistis Sophia, Opus Gnosticum e codiae manuscripta Coptico-Latine vertit M. G. Schwartze, edidit J. H. Petermann (Berl. 1851). The date is doubtful; it evidently belongs to the period when Valentinian Gnosticism had reached its full development-about the … Continue reading “Pistis Sophia”

Pistachio Nut

Pistachio Nut Pistachio Nut. A product of the pistacia tree, which was about nine meters (30 feet) tall with wide spreading branches. The pistachio nut is about 2. 5 centimeters (one inch) long and has a thin, hard outer shell. The smooth husk or skin which shields the green kernel is red. These nuts were … Continue reading “Pistachio Nut”

Pispah

Pispah (Heb. Pispah’, , perh. expansion; Sept. ), the second of the three sons of Jether, of the tribe of Asher (1Ch 7:38). B.C. cir. 1017. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Pispah 1Ch 7:38. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Pispah PISPAH.An Asherite (1Ch 7:38). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Pispah [Pis’pah] Son … Continue reading “Pispah”

Pispa

Pispa pispa (, pispa’, dipersion, the King James Version Pispah): A son of Jether, an Asherite (1Ch 7:38). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Pison

PISON One of the four rivers that watered Paradise, Gen 2:11-12, and which ran through all the land of Havilah, where excellent gold was found. It has, of course, been placed as variously as the Garden of Eden, to which article and EUPHRATES the reader is referred. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Pison (Heb. … Continue reading “Pison”

Pisidia

PISIDIA A province of Asia Minor, separated from the Mediterranean by Pamphylia, lying on Mount Taurus and the high table land north of it, and running up between Phrygia and Lycaonia as far as Antioch its capital. The Pisidians, like most of the inhabitants of the Taurus range, were an unsubdued and lawless race; and … Continue reading “Pisidia”

Pishon, Pison

Pishon, Pison pshon pson (, pshon; the King James Version Pison): A river of EDEN (which see), said to compass the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, bdellium and onyx stone (Gen 2:11), most probably identified with the Karun River which comes down from the mountains of Media and formerly emptied into the … Continue reading “Pishon, Pison”