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KJV
,
, “a field” (
RV
), is translated “a piece of ground.” (4) In Matt. 17:27,
KJV
,
, “a shekel” (
RV
), a
(see No. 5, above), is translated “a piece of
money.”
PIERCE
1.
(
;<
!
, 1338), “to go through, penetrate” ( , “through,”
, “to go”), is used of the power of the Word of God, in Heb. 4:12, “piercing.”¶
In the Sept., Ex. 26:28.¶
2.
(
!$
, 1330), “to go through,” is translated “shall pierce through”
in Luke 2:35. See
COME
, No. 5.
3.
(
#
!
, 1574), primarily, “to prick out” ( , “out,”
, “to
prick”), signifies “to pierce,” John 19:37; Rev. 1:7.¶
4.
$
(
"
, 3572), “to pierce” or “pierce through,” often of inflicting severe or
deadly wounds, is used of the piercing of the side of Christ, John 19:34 (in some mss.,
Matt. 27:49).¶
5.
(
$ &$
, 4044), “to put on a spit,” hence, “to pierce,” is used
metaphorically in 1 Tim. 6:10, of torturing one’s soul with many sorrows, “have pierced
(themselves) through.Ӧ
PIETY (to shew)
$
(
' !
, 2151), “to reverence, to show piety” towards any to whom dutiful
regard is due (akin to
$
, “pious, godly, devout”), is used in 1 Tim. 5:4 of the
obligation on the part of children and grandchildren (
RV
) to express in a practical way
their dutifulness “towards their own family”; in Acts 17:23 of worshiping God. See
WORSHIP
.¶
For
PIGEON
see
DOVE
, No. 1
PILGRIM
(
$ &
, 3927), an adjective signifying “sojourning in a strange
place, away from one’s own people” (
, “from,” expressing a contrary condition, and
, “to sojourn”;
, “a people”), is used of OT saints, Heb. 11:13, “pilgrims”
(coupled with
@
, “a foreigner”); of Christians, 1 Pet. 1:1, “sojourners (of the
Dispersion),”
RV
; 2:11, “pilgrims” (coupled with
, “an alien, sojourner”); the
word is thus used metaphorically of those to whom Heaven is their own country, and who
are sojourners on earth.¶
PILLAR
$
(
"
, 4769), “a column supporting the weight of a building,” is used (a)
metaphorically, of those who bear responsibility in the churches, as of the elders in the
church at Jerusalem, Gal. 2:9; of a local church as to its responsibility, in a collective
capacity, to maintain the doctrines of the faith by teaching and practice, 1 Tim. 3:15;
some would attach this and the next words to the statement in v. 16; the connection in the
Eng. versions seems preferable; (b) figuratively in Rev. 3:12, indicating a firm and