International Standard Bible Encyclopedia PENURY pen'-u-ri (machcor): In Proverbs 14:23, with sense of "poverty," "want": "The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." In the New Testament the word in Luke 21:4 (husterema) is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "want" (of the widow's mites). PLAIN OF THE VINEYARDS See ABEL-CHERAMIM. PLAIN, CITIES OF THE See CITIES OF THE PLAIN. SEA OF THE PLAIN (ARABAH) ar'-a-ba).
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