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by the writer “the chief point” consisted in the fact that believers have “a High Priest” of
the character already described. See
SUM
.¶
C. Verb.
(
, 1213), “to make plain” (
, “evident”), is translated “did point
unto” in 1 Pet. 1:11,
RV
(
KJV
, “did signify”), of the operation of “the Spirit of Christ” in
the prophets of the Old Testament in “pointing” on to the time and its characteristics, of
the sufferings of Christ and subsequent glories. See
SHEW
,
SIGNIFY
.
POISON
(
*
, 2447) denotes “something active” as (a) “rust,” as acting on metals, affecting
their nature, Jas. 5:3; (b) “poison,” as of asps, acting destructively on living tissues,
figuratively of the evil use of the lips as the organs of speech, Rom. 3:13; so of the
tongue, Jas. 3:8.¶
For
POLLUTE
see
DEFILE
, A, No. 1
POLLUTION
(
&
, 234), akin to a late verb
, “to pollute,” denotes “a
pollution, contamination,” Acts 15:20, “pollutions of idols,” i.e., all the contaminating
associations connected with idolatry including meats from sacrifices offered to idols.¶
Note:
For
,
KJV
, “pollutions,” in 2 Pet. 2:20. see
DEFILEMENT
, B, No. 1.¶
POMP
(
&
, 5325), as a philosophic term, denoted “an imagination”; then,
“an appearance,” like
, “an apparition”; later, “a show, display, pomp” (Eng.,
“phantasy”), Acts 25:23.¶ In the Sept., Hab. 2:18; 3:10; Zech. 10:1.¶
PONDER
$
(
1
, 4820), “to throw together, confer,” etc., has the meaning “to
ponder,” i.e., “to put one thing with another in considering circumstances,” in Luke 2:19.
See
CONFER
.
POOL
$
(
) $
, 2861) denotes “a swimming pool” (akin to
$
,
“to swim,” Acts 27:43), John 5:2 (v. 4 in some mss.), 7; 9:7 (v. 11 in some mss.).¶
POOR
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
, 4434), for which see
BEG
, B, has the broad sense of “poor,” (a)
literally, e.g., Matt. 11:5; 26:9, 11; Luke 21:3 (with stress on the word, “a conspicuously
poor widow”); John 12:5, 6, 8; 13:29; Jas. 2:2, 3, 6; the “poor” are constantly the subjects
of injunctions to assist them, Matt. 19:21; Mark 10:21; Luke 14:13, 21; 18:22; Rom.
15:26; Gal. 2:10; (b) metaphorically, Matt. 5:3; Luke 6:20; Rev. 3:17.
2.
(
$
, 3998), akin to B, “needy, poor,” is used of the widow in Luke
21:2 (cf. No. 1, of the same woman, in v. 3); it is used frequently in the papyri.¶ In the
Sept., Ex. 22:25; Prov. 28:15; 29:7.¶
B. Noun.