This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''P'' in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
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Paola
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Padan-aram
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Padon
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Pagiel
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Pahath-Moab
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Pai, Pau
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Palestina
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Pallu
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Palti, son of Laish
Palti (or Paltiel), son of Laish, who was from Gallim, was the second husband of Michal, Saul's daughter. Where other versions read "Palti" (1 Samuel 25:44) and "Paltiel" (2 Samuel 3:15), the KJV has Phalti and Phaltiel, respectively.
Michal was ...
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Palti, son of Raphu
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Pamphylia
Pamphylia (; , ''Pamphylía'' ) was a region in the south of Anatolia, Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean to Mount Taurus (all in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey). It was bounded on the ...
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Paphos
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Parah
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Paran
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Parbar
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Parmashta
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Parmenas
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Parnach
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Parosh
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Parshandatha
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Paruah
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Pasach
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Pas-dammin
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Paseah
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Pashur
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Patara
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Pathros
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Patmos
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Patrobas
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Pau
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Paul, ''small''
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Paulus
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Pedahzur
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Pedaiah
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Pekah
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Pekahiah
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Pekod
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Pelaiah
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Pelaliah
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Pelatiah
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Peleg
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Pelethites
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Pelonite
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Peniel
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Peninnah
Peninnah ( ''Pəninnā''; sometimes Transliteration, transliterated ''Penina'') was one of Elkanah (husband of Hannah), Elkanah's two wives, briefly mentioned in the first Book of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2). Her name derives from the word (''pəninā ...
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Pentapolis
A pentapolis (from Ancient Greek, Greek ''penta-'', 'five' and ''polis'', 'city') is a geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. Cities in the ancient world probably formed such groups for political, commercial and military rea ...
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Pentateuch
The Torah ( , "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Torah is also known as the Pentateuch () o ...
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Pentecost
Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter Day, Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spiri ...
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Penuel
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Peor
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Perazim
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Peresh
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Perez
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Perez-Uzza
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Perga
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Pergamos
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Perida
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Perizzites
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Persia
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
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Persis
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Peruda
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Peter
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Pethahiah
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Pethuel
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Peulthai
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Phalec
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Phallu
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Phalti
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Phaltiel
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Phanuel
Phanuel ( ''Phanouēl'') or Penuel ( ''Pənū’êl'') was the father of Anna the prophetess. He is mentioned once only in the New Testament, in . He was a member of the Tribe of Asher and his name means "Face of God".
Theologian John Gill s ...
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Pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...
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Pharez
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Pharisees
The Pharisees (; ) were a Jews, Jewish social movement and school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism. Following the Siege of Jerusalem (AD 70), destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, Pharisaic beliefs became ...
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Pharpar
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Phebe
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Phenice
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Phichol
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
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Philemon
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Philetus
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Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
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Philippi
Philippi (; , ''Phílippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides (, ''Krēnĩdes'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was renamed by Phili ...
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Philistines
Philistines (; LXX: ; ) were ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age in a confederation of city-states generally referred to as Philistia.
There is compelling evidence to suggest that the Philistines origi ...
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Philologus
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Phinehas
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Phlegon
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Phrygia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; , ''Phrygía'') was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River.
Stories of the heroic age of Greek mythology tell of several legendary Ph ...
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Phurah
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Phygellus
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Phylacteries
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Pi-beseth
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Pi-hahiroth
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Pilate
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Pinon
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Piram
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Pirathon
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Pisgah
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Pisidia
Pisidia (; , ; ) was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Pamphylia, northeast of Lycia, west of Isauria and Cilicia, and south of Phrygia, corresponding roughly to the modern-day province of Antalya in Turkey. Among Pisidia's set ...
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Pishon/Pison
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Pithom
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Pithon
Pithon () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Aisne department
The following is a list of the 796 communes in the French department of Aisne.
The com ...
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Pochereth
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Pontius
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Pontus
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Poratha
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Potiphar
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Potipherah
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Prisca
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Priscilla
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Prochorus
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Puah
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Publius
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Pudens
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Pul
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Punites
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Punon
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Putiel
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Puteoli
References
* Comay, Joan, ''Who's Who in the Old Testament'', Oxford University Press, 1971,
* Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the men of the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
* Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the women of the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing 1988,
* Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing 1988,
* Tischler, Nancy M., ''All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world '', Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006
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