Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Piedler, Caspar a Lutheran theologian, was born at Rochlitz, in Bohemia, October 20, 1649, and died there, May 15, 1719. He was an ascetic writer. See Heynen, Beschreibung von Rochlitz; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Pieck, Saint Nicholas (Also spelled PICK). Friar Minor and martyr, b. at Gorkum, Holland, 29 August, 1534; d. at Briel, Holland, 9 July, 1572. He came of an old and honourable family. His parents, John Pieck and Henriea Clavia, were deeply attached to the Catholic faith, and the former on several occasions distinguished himself by … Continue reading “Pieck, Saint Nicholas”

Pieck, Nicholas, Saint Martyr , opponent of Calvinism, born Gorkum, Holland, 1534; died Briel, 1572. He studied at Bois-le-Duc, where he took the habit of Saint Francis. After his ordination, 1558, he began his mission of converting the Calvinists. He evangelized the principal towns of Belgium and Holland, and was appointed superior of the monastery … Continue reading “Pieck, Nicholas, Saint”

Pieces of Gold or of Silver See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Pieces of Gold 2Ki 5:5, probably shekels (weight); compare 1Ki 10:16. PIECE OF SILVER: probably shekels (weight); Gen 20:16; Gen 37:28; Gen 45:22. In Luk 15:8-9, the Greek drachma, Roman denarius, penny. (See DRACHMA; PENNY.) The 30 pieces paid to Judas were “shekels,” the price of a slave’s life (Exo 21:32), Exo 21:3 British pounds … Continue reading “Pieces of Gold”

Pieces (1) of silver. In Ps. 68:30 denotes “fragments,” and not properly money. In 1 Sam. 2:36 (Heb. agorah), properly a “small sum” as wages, weighed rather than coined. Josh. 24:32 (Heb. kesitah, q.v.), supposed by some to have been a piece of money bearing the figure of a lamb, but rather simply a certain … Continue reading “Pieces”

Piece Of Silver The passages in the O.T. and those in the N.T. in which the A.V. uses this term must be separately considered. SEE MONEY. I. In the O.T. the word “pieces” is used in the A.V. for a word understood in the Hebrew, if we except one or two cases to be afterwards … Continue reading “Piece of Silver”

Piece Of Money SEE KESITAH; SEE STATER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Piece of Money Two words are thus rendered in the King James Version (, kestah; , stater). the Revised Version (British and American) gives only the first this rendering (Job 42:11). It is supposed to be from Arabic kassat, to … Continue reading “Piece of Money”

Piece Of Gold The A.V., in rendering the elliptical expression “six thousand of gold,” in a passage respecting Naaman, relating that he “took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand of gold, and ten changes of raiment” (2Ki 5:5), supplies “pieces” as the word understood. The similar passage respecting silver in which the … Continue reading “Piece of Gold”

piece, altar Painted or frescoed picture on the wall or hung in frame above the altar; a statue or statuary group on the altar. See also reredos . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary