Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Pinney, John Brooke, LL.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Baltimore, Maryland, December 25, 1806.. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1828, having studied law while in college; graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1832; was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia the same year. and soon after went to Africa in the … Continue reading “Pinney, John Brooke, LL.D”

Pinner, Moses a Jewish author, who died at Berlin in 1880, doctor of philosophy, is the author of, Compendium des babylonischen Talmud (Berlin, 1832): Talmud Babli Tractat Berachot mit interpunctirtem Texte, mit hebr. Commentar nebst deutscher Uebersetzung (1842): Prospectus der alten hebr. und rabbinischen Manuscripte nebst einem Facsimile des Propheten Habakuk (Odessa, 1845): Offenes Sendschreiben … Continue reading “Pinner, Moses”

Pinnacle of the Temple We are told that here it was, on the pinnacle of the temple, the devil, in his temptations of Christ, set the Redeemer. (Mat 4:5) An ordinary reader might from here be led to conclude, that if the pinnacle of the temple was like the present towers of our churches, it … Continue reading “Pinnacle of the Temple”

PINNACLE Literally a wing; probably some part of the battlements on the outer wall of the temple, perhaps of Solomon’s porch, accessible by stairs, Mat 4:5-6 . Josephus describes a gallery constructed by Herod to overhang the deep valley of the Kidron, and says that the beholder on looking down from it would become dizzy. … Continue reading “Pinnacle”

Pinna da Encarnaccedil;ao, Mattheus A writer and theologian, born at Rio de Janeiro, 23 Aug., 1687; died there, 18 Dec., 1764. On 3 March, 1703, he became a Benedictine at the Abbey of Nossa Senhora do Montserrate at Rio de Janeiro, where he also studied the humanities and philosophy under the learned José da Natividade. … Continue reading “Pinna da Encarnaccedil;ao, Mattheus”

Pinkney, William, D.D., LL.D a Protestant Episcopal bishop, was born at Annapolis, Maryland, April 17, 1810. After graduating from St. John’s College, in his native city, he became a rector in Somerset County in 1836, at Bladensburg in 1838, and at Washington in 1855; was consecrated assistant bishop of Maryland October 6, 1870, and became … Continue reading “Pinkney, William, D.D., LL.D”

Pinkham, John a veteran Free-will Baptist minister, was born at Dover, N.H., January 25, 1808. When he was two years of age his parents moved to Casco, Maine, where he was converted at the age of sixteen, and at eighteen became a public exhorter. In 1830 he was ordained pastor of the Church at Sandwich, … Continue reading “Pinkham, John”

Pinkerton, Robert, D.D a Scotch Congregational minister, was born in 1780. He left Scotland in 1805 as missionary among the tribes of the Caucasus, under the patronage of the Edinburgh Missionary Society. In 1809 he took up his residence at Moscow, and, in company with Drs. Paterson and Henderson. undertook the visitation of the Russian … Continue reading “Pinkerton, Robert, D.D”

Pinion pinyun (, ‘ebher, , ‘ebhrah): the Revised Version (British and American) has translated these Hebrew words uniformly by pinion, where the King James Version uses either wing or feathers, with which words they stand in parallelism in all passages. The shorter Hebrew word is found only once, in Yahweh’s parable to Ezekiel: A great … Continue reading “Pinion”

Pining, Sickness pning, siknes: In the account of the epileptic boy in Mar 9:18 it is said that he pineth away. The verb used here (, xerano) means to dry up, and is the same which is used of the withering of plants, but seldom used in this metaphorical sense. The English word is from … Continue reading “Pining, Sickness”