Reference

Bible dictionary

3,964 entries on the people, places and words of the Bible, each linked to the passages it cites.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.

• Wafers

  Thin cakes (Ex.

• Wages

  Rate of (mention only in Matt.

• Wagon

  Heb.

• Wailing-place, Jews'

  A section of the western wall of the temple area, where the Jews assemble every Friday afternoon to bewail their desolate condition (Ps.

• Wall

  Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek.

• Wandering

  Of the Israelites in the wilderness in consequence of their rebellious fears to enter the Promised Land (Num.

• War

  The Israelites had to take possession of the Promised Land by conquest.

• Ward

  A prison (Gen.

• Wars of the Lord, The Book of the

  (Num.

• Washing

  (Mark 7:1-9).

• Watches

  The periods into which the time between sunset and sunrise was divided.

• Watchings

  (2 Cor.

• Water of jealousy

  A phrase employed (not, however, in Scripture) to denote the water used in the solemn ordeal prescribed by the law of Moses (Num.

• Water of purification

  Used in cases of ceremonial cleansings at the consecration of the Levites (Num.

• Water of separation

  Used along with the ashes of a red heifer for the ceremonial cleansing of persons defiled by contact with a dead body (Num.

• Waterspouts

  (Ps.

• Wave offerings

  Parts of peace-offerings were so called, because they were waved by the priests (Ex.

• Wax

  Made by melting the combs of bees.

• Wean

  Among the Hebrews children (whom it was customary for the mothers to nurse, Ex.

• Weasel

  (Heb.

• Weaving, weavers

  Weaving was an art practised in very early times (Ex.

• Week

  From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of working and one of rest (Gen.

• Weeks, Feast of

  See [665]PENTECOST.

• Weights

  Reduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were: (1.) The gerah (Lev.

• Well

  (Heb.

• Westward

  Sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut.

• Whale

  The Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.;

• Wheat

  One of the earliest cultivated grains.

• Wheel

  (Heb.

• White

  A symbol of purity (2 Chr.

• Widows

  To be treated with kindness (Ex.

• Wife

  The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen.

• Wilderness

  (1.) Heb.

• Willows

  (1.) Heb.

• Wimple

  Isa.

• Window

  Properly only an opening in a house for the admission of light and air, covered with lattice-work, which might be opened or closed (2 Kings

• Winds

  Blowing from the four quarters of heaven (Jer.

• Wine

  The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning "to boil up," "to be in a ferment." Others derive it from a root meaning "to t

• Winefat

  (Mark 12:1).

• Wine-press

  Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb.

• Winnow

  Corn was winnowed, (1.) By being thrown up by a shovel against the wind.

• Wise men

  Mentioned in Dan.

• Wise, wisdom

  A moral rather than an intellectual quality.

• Witch

  Occurs only in Ex.

• Witchcraft

  (1 Sam.

• Witness

  More than one witness was required in criminal cases (Deut.

• Witness of the Spirit

  (Rom.

• Wizard

  A pretender to supernatural knowledge and power, "a knowing one," as the original Hebrew word signifies.

• Wolf

  Heb.

• Woman

  Was "taken out of man" (Gen.

• Wood

  See [669]FOREST.

• Wood-offering

  (Neh.

• Wool

  One of the first material used for making woven cloth (Lev.

• Word of God

  (Heb.

• Word, The

  (Gr.

• Works, Covenant of

  Entered into by God with Adam as the representative of the human race (comp.

• Works, Good

  The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity of good works, and lowers the sense of th

• Worm

  (1.) Heb.

• Wormwood

  Heb.

• Worship

  Homage rendered to God which it is sinful (idolatry) to render to any created being (Ex.

• Worshipper

  (Gr.

• Wrestle

  (Eph.

• Writing

  The art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs.