Bible Names, Places, Numbers, Symbols, and Types
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If a name or place has more than one meaning attached to it, or has more than one individual or place attached to it, each variant will be list as follows (2) (3), etc.
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| Pathrusite | Region of the south; Pathros, a son of Mizraim and the tribe that descended from them |
Pathros(Pathrusim) |
South Land, Place Of Interpretation; Descendants of Mizraim, Son of Ham; Upper Egypt |
| Peleg | Division, Dividing Canal; Son of Eber; Answer of Abraham; Ancestor of Christ; The first to die after the flood (340 B.C.), one year before Nahor, grandfather of Abraham, was born. |
| Perizzites | Non-urbanite, Wildling, Rural; A tribe in the south of Palestine between Hor and Negeb. Moses promised the Israelites to bring them unto the place of the Perizzites and the Amorites (Exodus 30:8); Simeon and Judah conquered them, but did not eliminate them from the land (Judges 1:4); In the time of Ezra, the Priests and Levites were intermingling with them (Ezra 9:1); They lived in the fertile regions south and south-west of Carmel, in the open country rather than in walled cities. |
| Philistines | Hamitic descent, Aegean origins |
| Pishon | Shaking Region; it is identified with the Karuh River which empties into Persian Gulf |
| Place | Type of condition |
| Put | Uncertain as to meaning of name, but may mean Gift; Son of Ham. Grandson of Noah. (Genesis 10:6) (2)Country of Put (Jeremiah 46:9, Ezekiel 27:10, Nahum 3:9) The land of Put is unknown, but there are many references in ancient Egyptian records. It was known as a land rich in gold, ebony, and incense. |