Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

PARAPHRASE An explanation of some text in clearer and more ample terms, wherein more regard is had to an author’s meaning than his words. See COMMENTARY. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Paraphrase SEE COMMENTARY; SEE TARGUM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Parapet (Ital. para-petto, from parare, to protect, and petto, the breast) is an architectural term applied to a low breastwork intended for the protection of gutters and roofs. In England they are commonly battlemented or panelled, but in France they are usually pierced. Parapets are of very ancient date. The Israelites were commanded to build … Continue reading “Parapet”

Paranymph (), a term used in ancient Greece to denote one of the friends or relations of a bridegroom who attended him on the occasion of his marriage. Among the Jews there were two paranymphs, one a relative of the bridegroom and the other of the bride; the first was called his companion, and the … Continue reading “Paranymph”

Paranshandatha One of the sons of Haman, destroyed with his father. (Est 9:7) A Persian name, supposed to signify exposed to trouble. Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures

Paranaacute; (PARANENSIS) Suffragan of Buenos Aires, in Argentine until recently, comprised two civil provinces, Entre Rios and Corrientes, and the civil Government of Misiones (see Map of South America in Vol. III). This territory belonged to the Diocese of Buenos Aires until 1854, when it became a separate pro-vicariate Apostolic, to be erected into a … Continue reading “Paranaacute;”

PARAN, OR EL-PARAN Gen 14:6, a large tract of desert country lying south of Palestine, and west of the valley El Arabah, which runs from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akaba. It was in and near this desert region that the Israelites wandered thirty-eight years. See EXODUS. It extended on the south to … Continue reading “PARAN, OR EL-PARAN”

Paran, Mount probably the hilly region or upland wilderness on the north of the desert of Paran forming the southern boundary of the Promised Land (Deut. 33:2; Hab. 3:3). Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Paran, El-Paran paran, (, pa’ran, , ‘el-pa’ran; , Pharan): (1) El-paran (Gen 14:6) was the point farthest South reached by the kings. Septuagint renders , ‘el by , terebinthos, and reads, unto the terebinth of Paran. The evidence is slender, but it is not unreasonable to suppose that this is the place elsewhere (Deu 2:8; … Continue reading “Paran, El-Paran”

Paran (Heb. Paran’, , according to Gesenius and Furst, excavated, i.e. a place of caves, from an Arab. root; according to others, from , to be beautiful; Sept. and Josephus, ; Vulg. Pharan), a name given in the Bible to a desert and to a mountain. The present article embodies the Biblical and the modern … Continue reading “Paran”

Paramour is in one passage of the A.V. (Eze 23:20) properly the rendering of , pille’gesh (whence the Greek ), a concubine (q.v.), as elsewhere rendered, being in every other instance used only of a female. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Paramour para-moor (, pilleghesh, a concubine, masculine or feminine): A term … Continue reading “Paramour”