Wafer
A thin cake made of fine flour, Ex 16:31, and used in carious offerings, anointed with sweet oil, Ex 29:2,23; Le 2:4; 7:12; Nu 6:15.
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Wages
The law and the gospel both require the full and prompt payment of a just equivalent for all services rendered according to agreement, Le 19:13Jer 22:13Jas 5:4. Eternal death is...
Wagons
Were sent by Joseph to convey his father’s family into Egypt. The same vehicle, translated "cart" in 1Sa 6:7, was employed to transport some of the sacred utensils, Nu 7:3,6, an...
Walk
Is often figuratively used to denote a man’s mode of life, or his spiritual character, course, and relations, Eze 11:20. He may walk as a carnal or as a spiritual man, Ro 8:1; w...
Walls
The walls of dwellings in the East were of very different materials, from mere clay, or clay and pebbles, to durable hewn stone. See the latter part of the articleHOUSE. As to t...
Wanderings Of The Israelites
SeeEXODUS. The following tabular view of their various encampments, so far as they are recorded in Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, is from Dr. Robinson’s Biblical Researches. ...
War
One of the evil fruits of the fall, and an appalling manifestation of the depravity of mankind, Ge 6:11-13Isa 9:5Jas 4:1-2, often rendered apparently inevitable by the assaults ...
Ward, Or Guard
To put "in ward" was to place under guard, or in confinement, Ge 40:3; Le 24:12. Ward also seems to mean a guard-room, Ne 12:25; Isa 21:8, and the guards themselves, Ac 12:10, o...
Washing
Various ceremonial washings were enjoined in the Mosaic law, both upon priests, Ex 30:19-21, and upon others, Le 12:1; 15:33 Heb 9:10.These were significant of spiritual purific...
Watch
A division of the night. SeeHOURS.
Watcher
Da 4:13,17,23, a figurative designation of heavenly beings, apparently angels, as seen by Nebuchadnezzar in his dream.
Watchmen
Are of as early a date as cities, robbers, and wars, Ex 14:24Jud 7:19. Jerusalem and other cities had regular guards night and day, So 3:1-3 5:7, to whose hourly cries Isaiah re...
Water
SeeCISTERNandWELLS.In Isa 35:7, the Hebrew word for "parched ground" that shall become a pool of water, is the same with the Arabic term for the mirage, a peculiar optical illus...
Water-Spouts
Are well-known phenomena in the Levant, and are supposed to be produced by whirlwinds. A dense, black, funnel-shaped cloud is seen depending from the sky, and sometimes moving r...
Wax
To grow or become, Ex 22:24; Isa 50:9; Lu 13:19.
Weasel
One of the unclean animals, Le 11:29. Several varieties of weasels are found in and around Palestine; but in the verse above probably the common mole is intended.
Weaving
An art very early practiced by all nations, and exhibited on the ancient monuments of Egypt, Ge 41:42. SeeFLAX.It is usually performed by women, 2Ki 23:7Pr 31:13,19. The Jews sa...
Wedding
SeeMARRIAGE.
Wedding-Garment
SeeGARMENTS.
Weeks
Or successive periods of seven days each, were known from the earliest times among nations remote from each other in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Ge 29:27. SeeSABBATH.The Hebrew ha...
Weeping
SeeFUNERAL.
Weights
The Hebrews weighed all the gold and silver they used in trade. The shekel, the half shekel, the manch, the talent, are not only denominations of money, of certain values in gol...
Wells And Springs
By those living in a temperate climate, where the well or the aqueduct furnishes to every house a supply of water practically inexhaustible, no idea can be formed of the extreme...
Whale
The largest known inhabitant of the sea, Job 7:12, put by our translators for a Hebrew word including all the huge marine monsters, as in Ge 1:21. In Eze 32:2, referring to Egyp...
Wheat
Is the principal and most valuable kind of grain for the service of man, and is produced in almost every part of the world, Ge 30:14De 8:8Jud 6:11Mt 13:251Co 15:37. It is often ...
Wheel
Ps 83:13, translated "rolling thing" in Isa 17:13. Mr. Thomson, for many years a missionary in Syria, thinks the wild artichoke may here be referred to. This plant sends out num...
Whirlwinds
Were very frequent in the deserts of Arabia, Job 37:9 38:1 Na 1:3, and travelers in the East have encountered many. Most of them are not formidable, Isa 17:13; but one now and t...