International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

01

Wafer

wa'-fer.SeeBREAD.

02

Wages

wa'-jez, wa'-jiz (chinnam, maskoreth, pe`ullah, sakhar, sakhar; misthos, opsonion):(1) Chinnam means "gratis," without cost or any advantage, for nought, or in vain; wages in th...

03

Wagon, Waggon

wag'-un.SeeCART.

04

Wail, Wailing

wal, wal'-ing.See BURIAL, III, 2; IV, 4, 5, 6.

05

Wait

wat:1. The Substantive:The word is used in the Old Testament both as a substantive add as a verb. In the New Testament it appears as a verb only. 'erebh, ma'arabh, mean a concea...

06

Walk

wok (peripatein): Aside from its frequent occurrence in the usual sense, the word "walk" is used figuratively of conduct and of spiritual states. (1) Observance of laws or custo...

07

Wall

wol.SeeARCHITECTURE;CITY;FORTIFICATION;HOUSE;JERUSALEM;VILLAGE.

08

Wallet

wol'-et, -it.SeeSCRIP.

09

Wandering Stars

won'-der-ing.SeeASTRONOMY.

10

Wanderings Of Israel

won'-der-ingz:I. CONDITIONS1. The Wilderness2. Four Separate Regions Included3. "The Sandy Tract"4. Description of the Arabah5. Physical Condition of the Wilderness6. Difficulti...

11

War, Man Of

('ish milchamah):"Yahweh is a man of war:Yahweh is his name" (Ex 15:3).In early Israel the character of Yahweh as the war-God forms a prominent feature in the conception of God ...

12

War; Warfare

wor, wor'-far (milchamah, 'anshe m., "men of war," "soldiers"; polemos, polemein, strateuesthai, stratia):1. Religious Significance2. Preliminaries3. Operations of War4. Strateg...

13

Ward

word: "Ward" and "guard" are two different spellings of the same word, and in consequence no clear line can be drawn between them. English Versions of the Bible, however, has us...

14

Wares

warz (maqqachah, mekher, mimkar, kin`ah, ma`aseh, `izzabhon, keli):(1) maqqachah, something received or purchased (Ne 10:31);(2) mekher, "price" or "pay," value, merchandise (Ne...

15

Warfare

See WAR, WARFARE.

16

Warp

worp (shethi (Le 13:48-59)): The long threads fixed into the loom to form the basis of the web, and into which the woof is wrought from the shuttle. The warp and the woof lying ...

17

Wars Of Yahweh (The Lord) Book Of The

worz.See BIBLE, IV, 1, (1), (b).

18

Wash; Washing

wosh, wosh'-ing: The two usual Hebrew words for "wash" are rachats, and kabhac, the former being normally used of persons or of sacrificial animals (Ge 18:4, etc., often transla...

19

Washing Of Feet

The Old Testament references (Ge 18:4;19:2:24:32;43:24;Jud 19:21;1Sa 25:41;2Sa 11:8;So 5:3;Ps 58:10) show that the washing of the feet was the first act on entering the tent or ...

20

Washpot

wosh'-pot (sir rachats, "vessel for washing"): OnlyPs 60:8= 108:9, "Moab is my washpot"; i.e. "Moab is my chattel, to betreated contemptuously," as the vessel in which the conqu...

21

Wasp

wosp.SeeHORNET.

22

Watch

woch ('ashmurah, 'ashmoreth; phulake): A division of the night. The night was originally divided into three watches (Jud 7:19), but later into four, as we find in the New Testam...

23

Watch-Tour

woch'-tou-er (mitspeh (Isa 21:8;2Ch 20:24); bachan (Isa 32:14the Revised Version (British and American))): InIsa 2:16the words sekhiyoth ha-chemdah have puzzled the translators....

24

Watcher

woch'-er (Aramaic 'ir, "wakeful one"): In Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Da 4:13,17,23 (MT 10,14,20)) a messenger who with "a holy one" descended from heaven, they having joint authori...

25

Watchman

woch'-man (tsopheh, shomer, metsappeh, notser): Used to designate a sentinel on the city walls (2Sa 18:25;2Ki 9:18;Ps 127:1;Isa 62:6) or on the hilltops (Jer 31:6).So 3:3;5:7int...

26

Water

wo'-ter (mayim; hudor):(1) The Greek philosophers believed water to be the original substance and that all things were made from it. The Koran states, "From water we have made a...

27

Water Of Bitterness (Or Of Jealousy)

See ADULTERY, (2).