Difference between revisions of "Petra"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53481" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53481" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> PETRA. </strong> See Sela. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55498" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55498" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16473" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16473" /> == | ||
<p> Pe´tra was the capital of the Nabathaean Arabs in the land of Edom, and seems to have given name to the kingdom and region of [[Arabia]] Petrœa. As there is mention in the Old [[Testament]] of a stronghold which successively belonged to the [[Amorites]] , the [[Edomites]] and the [[Moabites]] (, comp. in [[Hebrew]] ), and bore in Hebrew the name of Selah, which has the same meaning as [[Petra]] in Greek, viz., 'a rock,' that circumstance has led to the conjecture that the Petra of the Nabatheans had been the [[Selah]] of Edom. But the consideration of that point in a work of this nature falls more naturally under the Bible head of Selah, to which article accordingly the reader is referred; and there likewise the question will be disposed of as to whether (on the supposition of Petra being the Selah of Scripture) its site is to be identified with that of the modern Kereh, or with the locality of the far famed [[Wady]] Musa [ | <p> Pe´tra was the capital of the Nabathaean Arabs in the land of Edom, and seems to have given name to the kingdom and region of [[Arabia]] Petrœa. As there is mention in the Old [[Testament]] of a stronghold which successively belonged to the [[Amorites]] , the [[Edomites]] and the [[Moabites]] (, comp. in [[Hebrew]] ), and bore in Hebrew the name of Selah, which has the same meaning as [[Petra]] in Greek, viz., 'a rock,' that circumstance has led to the conjecture that the Petra of the Nabatheans had been the [[Selah]] of Edom. But the consideration of that point in a work of this nature falls more naturally under the Bible head of Selah, to which article accordingly the reader is referred; and there likewise the question will be disposed of as to whether (on the supposition of Petra being the Selah of Scripture) its site is to be identified with that of the modern Kereh, or with the locality of the far famed [[Wady]] Musa [ARABIA; IDUMEA; NEBAIOTH]. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78103" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78103" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A ruined city, and once the rock capital of Edom, and afterwards of Arabia Petræa; was a place of some importance at one time as a commercial centre; the name Petra signifies rock. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 10:33, 13 October 2021
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Judges 1:36 2 Kings 14:7 Isaiah 16:1 Isaiah 42:11 2 Corinthians 11:32-33
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Isaiah 16:1Sela
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
PETRA. See Sela.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Petra'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/petra.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [5]
Pe´tra was the capital of the Nabathaean Arabs in the land of Edom, and seems to have given name to the kingdom and region of Arabia Petrœa. As there is mention in the Old Testament of a stronghold which successively belonged to the Amorites , the Edomites and the Moabites (, comp. in Hebrew ), and bore in Hebrew the name of Selah, which has the same meaning as Petra in Greek, viz., 'a rock,' that circumstance has led to the conjecture that the Petra of the Nabatheans had been the Selah of Edom. But the consideration of that point in a work of this nature falls more naturally under the Bible head of Selah, to which article accordingly the reader is referred; and there likewise the question will be disposed of as to whether (on the supposition of Petra being the Selah of Scripture) its site is to be identified with that of the modern Kereh, or with the locality of the far famed Wady Musa [ARABIA; IDUMEA; NEBAIOTH].
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [6]
A ruined city, and once the rock capital of Edom, and afterwards of Arabia Petræa; was a place of some importance at one time as a commercial centre; the name Petra signifies rock.
References
- ↑ Petra from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Petra from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Petra from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Petra from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Petra from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
- ↑ Petra from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
