THE LETTER P - bible females
PENINNAH: (Hebrew= )
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one of the two wives of Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:2-7)
The other wife was Hannah, who bore no children for many years. Peninnah apparently was mentally cruel to Hannah and “provoked her sore” about her inability to have children. After much earnest prayer and a promise to God, Hannah bore Samuel who became a great priest of Israel.
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PERSIS: (Greek= )
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female Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:12)
She is spoken of as “beloved,” and as having “labored much in the Lord.”
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Peters wife, and Jesus brothers, are two subjects the members of the Roman Catholics religion do not like to discuss much.
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PHANUEL (Greek= Hebrew= )
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Bible: Phanuel
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1) PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER: (Hebrew= )
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The princess who adopted the infant Moses (q.v.), Exodus 2:10. She is twice mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 7:21: Hebrews 11:24). It would seem that she was alive and in some position of influence in the court when Moses was compelled to flee from Egypt, and thus for forty years he had in some way been under her influence.
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2) PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER: (Hebrew= )
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Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took (1 Chr. 4:18).
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3) PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER: (Hebrew= )
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The wife of Solomon (1 Kings 3:1). This is the first reference since the Exodus to any connection of Israel with Egypt.
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PHEBE: (Greek= )
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“deaconess of the church at Cenchrea,” the port of Corinth
She was probably the bearer of Paul's epistle to the Romans. Paul commended her to the Christians at Rome; “for she hath been,” says he, “a succourer of many, and of myself also” (Rom. 16:1-2).
Bible: Phebe, Phoebe
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PHILIPS 4 UNWED DAUGHTERS:
Acts 21:9
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Matthew 27:17
POTIPHAR'S WIFE:
Genesis 39:7-20
PRISCA: - see Priscilla
PRISCILLA or PRISCA: (Greek= )
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the wife of Aquila (Acts 18:2), who is never mentioned without her
Her name sometimes takes the precedence of his (Rom. 16:3; 2 Tim. 4:19). She took part with Aquila (q.v.) in instructing Apollos (Acts 18:26).
Bible: Prisca (See Priscilla)
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PUAH: (Hebrew= )
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One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth (Ex. 1:15-21).
The name of a biblical woman and a man…
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