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PERMIT
(
# $!
, 2010), lit., “to turn to” ( , “to,”
, “to turn”), “to entrust,”
signifies “to permit,” Acts 26:1; 1 Cor. 14:34; 1 Cor. 16:7; 1 Tim. 2:12,
RV
“permit”
(
KJV
,“suffer”); Heb. 6:3. See
LEAVE
.
For
PERNICIOUS,
2 Pet. 2:2
,
KJV
, see
LASCIVIOUS
PERPLEX, PERPLEXITY
A. Verbs
1.
(
$!
, 639) is rendered “perplexed” in 2 Cor. 4:8, and in the most
authentic mss. in Luke 24:4; see
DOUBT
, A, No. 1.
2.
(
$!
, 1280), “was much perplexed” in Luke 9:7; see
DOUBT
, A, No.
2.
B. Noun.
(
$&
, 640), akin to A, No. 1, is translated “perplexity” in Luke 21:25 (lit.,
“at a loss for a way,” , negative,
, “a way, resource”), of the distress of nations,
finding no solution to their embarrassments; papyri illustrations are in the sense of being
at one’s wit’s end, at a loss how to proceed, without resources.¶
PERSECUTE, PERSECUTION
A. Verbs.
1.
(
0
, 1377) has the meanings (a) “to put to flight, drive away,” (b) “to
pursue,” whence the meaning “to persecute,” Matt. 5:10-12, 44; 10:23; 23:34; Luke 11:49
(No. 2 in some mss.); 21:12; John 5:16; 15:20 (twice); Acts 7:52; 9:4, 5, and similar
passages; Rom. 12:14; 1 Cor. 4:12; 15:9; 2 Cor. 4:9,
KJV
(
RV
, “pursued”); Gal. 1:13, 23;
4:29; Gal. 5:11,
RV
, “am … persecuted” (
KJV
, “suffer persecution”); so 6:12; Phil. 3:6; 2
Tim. 3:12, “shall suffer persecution”; Rev. 12:13. See
FOLLOW
,
PURSUE
.
2.
(
#
0
, 1559), , “out,” and No. 1, is used in 1 Thess. 2:15,
KJV
,
“persecuted” (
RV
, “drove out”). See also No. 1. See
DRIVE
, No. 2.¶
B. Noun.
(
, 1375), akin to A, No. 1 occurs in Matt. 13:21; Mark 4:17; 10:30;
Acts 8:1; 13:50; Rom. 8:35; 2 Cor. 12:10; 2 Thess. 1:4; 2 Tim. 3:11, twice (for v. 12, see
A, No. 1.¶ In the Sept., Prov. 11:19; Lam. 3:19.¶
Note:
In Acts 11:19,
KJV
,
, “tribulation” (
RV
), is translated “persecution.”
PERSECUTOR
(
0
, 1376), akin to
(see above), occurs in 1 Tim. 1:13.¶
PERSEVERANCE
(
$
$ !$
, 4343) occurs in Eph. 6:18. Cf. the verb (and the
formation) under ATTEND, No 2.¶
PERSON
1.
(
$
, 4383), for the meaning of which see
APPEARANCE
, No. 2, is
translated “person” or “persons” in Matt. 22:16; Mark 12:14; Luke 20:21; 2 Cor. 1:11; 2
Cor. 2:10; Gal. 2:6; Jude 16, lit., “(admiring, or showing respect of,
RV
) persons.”