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)
