Par•va•yim (Parvaim)
pa•sach—he passed over; see Pesach
glossary entry.
Pa•sakh (Pasach)
Pas-Da•mim (Pas-dammim)
Pa•se•ach (Paseah)
Pash’•chur (Pashur)
Pat•ros (Pathros)
Pat•ru•sim (Pathrusim)
Pa•’u
P’•dah•’el (Pedahel)
P’•dah•tzur (Pedahzur)
P’•da•yah (Pedaiah)
Peh (Pe)—17th letter of Hebrew alphabet
Pe•kach (Pekah)
Pe•leg (Phalec)—ancestor of Avraham; in Messianic
genealogy. Lk 3:35.
Pe•let (Pelet, Peleth)
Pe•le-Yo•‘etz (wonderful counselor)—wonder
of a counselor
Pe•resh
Pe•retz (Perez, Phares)—grandson of the Patriarch
Ya‘akov; in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:3.
Pe•retz-‘U•za, -zah (Perez-uzza)
Pe •sach (Passover)—the feast which
celebrates the Exodus of the Jewish nation from Egypt under the leadership
of Moshe. It is, along with Shavu‘ot and Sukkot, one of the three
pilgrim festivals when Jews were to come to Yerushalayim. Mt 26:2+.
Pe•‘ul•tai (Peulthai)
Pi-Ha•chi•rot (Pi-hahiroth)
Pi•khol (Pichol)
Pil•cha (Pileha)
Pil•dash
Pil•tai
Pin•chas (Phinehas)
Pin•chas—Parashah 41; Numbers 25:10–30:1(29:40)
Pi•non
Pir•’am
Pir•‘a•ton (Pirathon)
Pis•gah
Pi•shon (Pison)
Pis•pah
Pi•tom (Pithom)
Pi•ton (Pithon)
Pi-Ve•set (Pibeseth)
P’•kach•yah (Pekahiah)
P’•kod (Pekod)
P’•ku•dei—Parashah 23; Exodus 38:21–40:38
P’•lal•yah (Pelaliah)
P’•lat•yah, -ya•hu (Pelatiah)
P’•la•yah (Pelaiah)
P’•le•shet (Palestina, Palestine)
P’•lish•ti, -tim (Philistines)
P’lo•ni (Pelonite)
P’nei-Ha•chi•rot (Pi-hahiroth)
P’ni-El (Peniel)
P’ni•nah (Peninnah)
P’nu•el (Phanuel)—father of Hannah, the aged
widow who blessed Yeshua in the Temple. Lk 2:36.
Po•khe•ret-Ha•tzva•yim (Pochereth-hazzebaim)
P•‘or (Peor)
Po•ra•ta (Poratha)
Po•ti-Fe•ra (Potipherah)
Po•ti•far (Potiphar)
P’•res (Peres)
P’ri•da (Perida)
P’ru•da (Peruda)
P’ru•shim (Pharisees), sing. Parush—The
P’rushim and Tz’dukim were the two main components of the
religious establishment in Yeshua’s time. The P’rushim focussed
on the Torah and what it requires of ordinary people, rather than on
the temple ritual. When the temple was destroyed in 70 c.e., the P’rushim
were in a position to develop their tradition into the basis for Jewish life
everywhere; this tradition is the core of the Talmud and of modern
religious Judaism. Mt 3:7+.
P’tach•yah (Petahiah)
P’•tor (Pethor)
P’tu•’el (Pethuel)
Pu•‘ah (Puah)
Pu•’ah (Puah)
Pul
Pu•ni (Punite)
Pu•non
Pu•rah
pur—lot
Pu•rim—festival decreed by Mordekhai in
the book of Ester to celebrate the victory of the Jews of Shushan over Haman’s
evil plot.
Pu•ti (Puthites)
Pu•ti•’el
Pu•vah (Pua)
Ra•‘am•ses
Ra•‘am•yah (Raamiah)
Rab•bah
Rab•ba•ni—literally, "my great
one," hence, "teacher." In the Mishna the title Rabban
is given to Gamli’el (see glossary entry). Yn 20:16.
rab•bi—literally, "my great one,"
hence, a teacher. In modern Judaism a rabbi is someone ordained to determine
halakhah (Jewish law), to judge, and to teach Torah. Still
more recently, the term "rabbi" has come to mean a Jewish
clergyman, i.e., a leader with congregational or community responsibilities.
Mt 8:19+.
Ra•bit (Rabbith)
Ra•cham (Raham)
Ra•chav (Rahab, Rachab)—the prostitute in
Yericho who hid the Israelite spies in the days of Y’hoshua; in Messianic
genealogy (Joshua 2; 6). Mt 1:5+.
Ra•chel—wife of the Patriarch Ya‘akov, one
of the four Mothers of Israel. Mt 2:18.
Ra•dai (Raddai)
Ra•fa (Rapha)
Ra•fah (Raphah)
Ra•fu (Raphu)
Ra•hav (Rahab)
Ra•kat (Rakkath)
Ra•khal (Rachal)
Ra•kon (Rakkon)
Ram (Aram)—ancestor of King David; in Messianic
genealogy. Mt 1:3–4.
Ra‘•ma
Ra•mah—town in the vicinity of Yerushalayim,
in the tribal portion allotted to Binyamin. Mt 2:18.
Ra‘•mah
Ra‘•mat (Ramath)
Ra•ma•ta•yim (Arimathea, Arimathaea)—town
in the foothills (sh’felah) northeast of Lud and northwest of
Yerushalayim. Home of Yosef #9, who took Yeshua’s body and had it buried
in his own tomb. Mt 27:57+.
Ra•ma•ta•yim-Tzo•fim (Ramathaim-zophim)
Ra•ma•ti (Ramathite)
Ra•mat-Le•chi (Ramath-lehi)
Ra•mot (Ramoth)
Ra•mot-Gil•‘ad (Ramoth-gilead)
Ra•mot-Mitz•peh (Ramoth-mizpeh)
Ram’•ses (Rameses)
Ram•yah (Ramiah)
Rav-Mag (Rab-mag)
Rav-Sa•ris (Rab-saris)
Rav-Sha•keh (Rab-shakeh)
Re•’a•yah (Reaiah)
Re•chav•‘am (Rehoboam, Roboam)—son of King
Shlomo; in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:7.
Re•chav•yah, •ya•hu (Rehabiah)
Re•chov (Rehob)
Re•cho•vot (Rehoboth)
Re•chum (Rehum)
Re•’eh—Parashah 47; Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17
Re•fach (Rephah)
Re•fa•’el (Rephael)
Re•fa•’im (Rephaim)
Re•fa•yah (Rephaiah)
Re•fi•dim (Rephidim)
Re•gem
Re•gem-Me•lekh (Regem-melech)
Re•‘i
Rei•fan (Rephan, Remphan)—Babylonian god
called Keivan in the Tanakh and corresponding to Saturn. Ac 7:43.
Rei•sha (Rhesa)—son of Z’rubavel; in
Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:27.
Re•kem
Re•khah (Rechah)
Re•khav (Rechab)
Re•kha•vim (Rechabites)
Re•mal•yah, -ya•hu
Re•met (Remeth)
Re•sen
Resh—20th letter of Hebrew alphabet
Re•shef (Resheph)
Re•tzef (Rezeph)
Re•tzin (Rezin)
Re•‘u (Reu, Ragau)—ancestor of Avra-ham; in
Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:35.
Re•‘u•’el
Re•’u•mah
Re•’u•ven (Reuben)—tribe of Israel named
after the first son of the Patriarch Ya‘akov. Rv 7:5.
Re•’u•ve•ni (Reubenite)
Re•va (Reba)
Re•zon (Rezon)
Ri•fat (Riphath)
Rim•mon
Rim•mon-Pe•retz (Rimmon-perez)
Ri•nah (Rinnah)
Ris•sah
Rit•mah (Rithmah)
Ritz•pah (Rizpah)
Ritz•ya (Rizia)
Ri•vai (Ribai)
Riv•kah (Rebecca)—wife of the Patriarch Yitz’chak,
one of the four Mothers of Israel. Ro 9:10.
Riv•lah (Riblah)
Ro•da•nim
Rog•lim (Rogelim)
Ro•mam•ti-‘E•zer
Rosh
Rosh-Ho•desh—the festival, observed to
this day in Judaism, celebrating the beginning of each Jewish lunar month.
Co 2:16.
Ru •ach Ha•Ko•desh—the Holy
Spirit, referred to four times in the Tanakh as such, and many times
as the Spirit of God. Mt 1:18+.
Ru•cha•mah (Ruhamah)
Ru•mah
Rut (Ruth)—Moabite woman who joined the Jewish people,
became the wife of Bo‘az and was the great-grandmother of King David; in
Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:5.
Saf (Saph)
Sa•khar (Sacar)
Sa•lai (Sallai)
Sal•khah (Salchah)
Sal•ma
Sal•mai
Sal•mon—ancestor of King David; in Messianic
genealogy. Mt 1:4–5; Lk 3:32.
Sa•lu
Sa •mekh—15th letter of Hebrew
alphabet
Sam•gar-N’•vo (Samgar-nebo)
Sam•lah
San•che•riv (Sennacherib)
san•hed•rin—Jewish religious court.
Lower sanhedrins had 3 or 23 judges; the high Sanhedrin in
Yerushalayim had 70. Mt 5:22+.
San•sa•nah (Sansannah)
San•va•lat (Sanballat)
Sa•raf (Saraph)
Sa•rah (Sara)—wife of Avraham, first of the
four Mothers of Israel. Ro 4:19+.
Sa•rai
Sar•di (Sardite)
Sar•’e•tzer (Sharezer)
Sar•gon
Sa•rid
Sar•s’•khim (Sarsechim)
Sa•tan—literally, "the Adversary,"
i.e., Satan, the Devil. In the Tanakh he is described specifically at
Job 1–2 and by implication in Isaiah 14:11–15 and Ezekiel 28. Mt 4:10+.
Sav•ta (Sabta)
Sav•t’•kha (Sabtechah)
S’dom (Sodom, Sodoma)—city near the Dead Sea
destroyed by God (Genesis 19). Mt 10:15+.
Se •der—the ceremonial evening meal
with which Pesach begins in Jewish homes. Mt 26:17+.
se •khel—intelligence, common sense,
"smarts." Lk 16:8.
S’•guv (Segub)
Se•‘ir
Se•‘i•rah (Seirath)
Se•khu (Sechu)
Se•la
se •lah—pause in the music
accompanying a psalm or prayer
Se•la-Ha•mach•le•kot
(Sela-hammahlekoth)
Se•led
Se•neh
Se•rach (Serah)
Se•red
S’•far (Sephar)
S’•fa•rad (Sepharad)
S’•far•va•yim (Sepharvayim)
S’•far•vim (Sepharvite)
Sha•‘af (Shaaph)
Sha•‘a•la•bin (Shaalabbin)
Sha•‘al•bim
Sha•‘a•lim
Sha•‘al•vim (Shaalbim)
Sha•‘al•vo•ni (Shaalbonite)
Sha•‘a•ra•yim (Shaaraim)
Sha•‘ash•gaz
Shab•bat, pl. Shab•ba•tot—Sabbath.
Mt 12:1+.
Shab•tai (Shabbethai)
Sha•cha•ra•yim (Shaharaim)
Sha•cha•tzimah (Shahazimah)
Shad•dai—the Almighty, a name of God
Shad•rakh (Shadrach)
Sha•fam (Shapham)
Sha•fan (Shaphan)
Sha•fat (Shaphat)
Sha•geh (Shage)
sha•ked—almond tree
Sh’•al (Sheal)
Sha•lem (Salem, Salim)—(1) Place near Einayim.
Yn 3:23. (2) Yerushalayim; see Psalm 76:3(2). MJ 7:1–2.
Sha•li•shah (Shalisha)
Shal•le•khet (Shallecheth)
Shal•man
Shal•man•’e•ser
sha•lom—peace, tranquillity, safety,
well-being, welfare, health, contentment, success, comfort, wholeness and
integrity. "Shalom!" is a common greeting. Mt 10:12+.
Sha•lom a•lei•khem!—"Peace
be upon you (plural)!" A common greeting. Mt 10:12+.
Sha•lom rav!—Abundant peace! (a greeting)
Sh•’al•ti•el (Shealtiel, Salathiel)—father
of Z’rubavel; in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:12; Lk 3:27.
Sha•lum (Shallum)
Sha•lun (Shallun)
sham—there
Sha•ma (Shamma)
Sha•mai (Shammai)
Sham•gar
Sham•hut (Shamhuth)
Sha•mir
Sham•mah
sham•mash, pl. sham•ma•shim—attendant,
servant, caretaker, deacon. Lk 4:20+.
Sham•sh’•rai (Shamsherai)
Sha•mu•a (Shammua)
Shap•pi•rah (Sapphira)—person who conspired
to lie to the Holy Spirit. Ac 5:1+.
Sha•rai
Sha•rar
sha•rav—hot dry wind which blows over the
Land of Israel from the deserts to the east in the spring and fall. In
modern Israel it is also known by its Arabic name, hamsin
("fifty"), which refers to the fifty days between Pesach
and Shavu‘ot, the most common season for such weather. Ya 1:11.
Shar•’e•tzer (Sharezer)
Sh•’a•rim (Shaarim)
Sha•ron, the—one of the four major
geographical regions of Israel, namely, the low-lying plain near the
Mediterranean Sea. The other three, which also parallel the coast, are, from
west to east, the Sh’felah (foothills), the hill country of Y’hudah and
Shomron, and the Yarden Valley-Dead Sea rift. Ac 9:35.
Sha•ru•chen (Sharuhen)
Sh•‘ar•yah (Sheariah)
Sh•’ar Ya•shuv (Shear-jashub)
Sha•shai
Sha•shak
Sha•’ul (Saul)—"also known as
Paul" (Ac 13:9). Yeshua the Messiah’s emissary to the Gentile world,
who presented Israel’s New Covenant faith in God and his Messiah in a way
that does not require Gentiles to convert to Judaism. Ac 7:58+ Named for Sha•’ul
Ben-Kish (Saul the son of Kish), Israel’s first king. Ac 13:21.
Sha•’u•li (Shaulite)
Sha•veh
Sha•veh-Kir•ya•ta•yim
(Shaveh-kiriathaim)
Shav•sha
Sha•vu•‘ot—the Feast of Weeks, since
it comes seven weeks after Passover; also called Pentecost (from Greek pentekostos,
"fifty"), since one counts 50 days after Passover.
One of the three regalim ("pilgrim festivals") when Jews
were expected to celebrate before God in Yerushalayim; the other two are Pesach
and Sukkot. Ac 2:1+.
Sh’•char•yah (Shehariah)
Sh’•de•’ur (Shedeur)
She•’e•rah
Shee•tim (Shittim)
sh•’ei•lah, pl. sh•’ei•lot—question.
In Judaism a technical term meaning a question about halakhah (Jewish
law) or some other aspect of the Bible or Jewish tradition. Mt 22:23+.
she •kel—a weight, variously from
three to six tenths of an ounce. In Yeshua’s day the half-shekel
was rarely coined, so that two people could pay the Temple tax (see Exodus
30:11ff.) with a silver shekel coin. Mt 17:24.
She•lach (Shelah)
She•lah (Sala)—ancestor of Avraham; in
Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:35.
She•la•ni (Shelanite)
She•lef (Sheleph)
She•lem•yah, -ya•hu (Shelemiah)
She•lesh
Shem (Sem)—son of Noach; in Messianic genealogy. Lk
3:36.
She•ma
She•med
She•mer
Shem•’e•ver (Shemeber)
Shen
Shen•’a•tzar (Shenazar)
She•resh
She•rev•yah (Sherebiah)
She•shai
She•shakh (Sheshach)
She•shan
Shesh•ba•tzar (Sheshbazzar)
Shet (Seth)—son of Adam; in Messianic genealogy. Lk
3:38.
She•tar (Shethar)
She•va (Sheba)
She•ver (Sheber)
Shev•na (Shebna)
Shev•nah (Shebnah)
Sh’•fam (Shepham)
Sh’fat•yah, -ya•hu (Shephatiah)
Sh’fe•lah—foothill region of Eretz-Yisra’el;
see Sharon glossary entry.
Sh’•fi (Shephi)
Sh’•fo (Shepho)
Sh’fu•fam (Shephupham)
Sh’fu•fan (Shephuphan)
Shib•bo•let (Shibboleth)
Shi•chor (Shihor)
Shi•chor-Liv•nat (Shihor-libnath)
Shif•‘i (Shiphi)
Shif•mi (Shiphmi)
Shif•rah (Shiphrah)
Shif•tan (Shiphtan)
shig•ga•yon, pl. shig•yo•no—(1)
a meditative poem, (2) a musical instrument
Shikh•mi (Shechemites)
Shik•ron (Shicron)
Shil•chi (Shilhi)
