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permanent position in the spiritual, heavenly and eternal Temple of God; (c)
illustratively, of the feet of the angel in the vision in Rev. 10:1, seen as flames rising like
columns of fire indicative of holiness and consuming power, and thus reflecting the glory
of Christ as depicted in 1:15; cf. Ezek. 1:7.¶
PILLOW
(
$
1
, 4344) denotes “a pillow, a cushion for the head”
(
, “to,
, “a head”), Mark 4:38 (
RV
, “cushion”).¶ In the Sept., Ezek. 13:18.¶
PINE AWAY
@
(
$ &
, 3583), “to dry up, wither,” is rendered “pineth away” in Mark
9:18. See
DRY
.
PINNACLE
$
(
$"
, 4419) denotes (a) “a little wing” (diminutive of
$@
, “a
wing”); (b) “anything like a wing, a turret, battlement,” of the temple in Jerusalem, Matt.
4:5 and Luke 4:9 (of the
, “the entire precincts,” or parts of the main building, as
distinct from the
, “the sanctuary”). This “wing” has been regarded (1) as the apex of
the sanctuary, (2) the top of Solomon’s porch, (3) the top of the Royal Portico, which
Josephus describes as of tremendous height (
* !
xv. 11.5).¶ It is used in the Sept. of
the fins of fishes, e.g.. Lev. 11:9-12; of the part of a dress, hanging down in the form of a
wing, Ruth 3:9; 1 Sam. 24:5.
PIPE (Noun and Verb)
A. Noun.
$
(
'
, 836), “a wind instrument,” e.g., “a flute” (connected with
, “to
blow”), occurs in 1 Cor. 14:7.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
' !
, 832), “to play on an
$
,” is used in Matt. 11:17; Luke 7:32; 1 Cor.
14:7 (2nd part).¶
For
PIPERS,
Rev. 18:22
,
KJV
, see
FLUTE
PLAYERS
PIT
1.
(
$! $
, 5421), “a well, dug for water” (distinct from
, “a fountain”),
denotes “a pit” in Rev. 9:1, 2,
RV
, “the pit (of the abyss),” “the pit,” i.e., the shaft leading
down to the abyss,
KJV
, “(bottomless) pit”; in Luke 14:5,
RV
, well (
KJV
, “pit”); in John
4:11, 12, “well.” See
WELL
.¶
2.
$
(
, 999) is rendered “pit” in Matt. 12:11: see
DITCH
.
3.
$
(
/
, 12): see
BOTTOMLESS
, B.
4.
$
(
% )
, 5276) denotes “a vessel or trough beneath a winepress,”
to receive the juice, Mark 12:1,
RV
, “a pit for the winepress” (
KJV
, “a place for … the
wine-fat”).¶
Note:
For pits, 2 Pet. 2:4,
RV
, see
CHAIN
Note
(1).
PITCH (Verb)