International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Water Of Separation (Or Of Uncleanness)

SeeDEFILEMENT;SEPARATION;UNCLEANNESS.

29

Watercourse

wo'-ter-kors:(1) 'aphiq (Eze 6:3;31:12;32:6;34:13;35:8;36:4,6), the King James Version "river," elsewhere "stream," "channel," or "brook."(2) pelegh (Pr 21:1). "The king's heart...

30

Waterfall

wo'-ter-fol (tsinnor; only in the American Standard Revised Version (Ps 42:7)):"Deep calleth unto deep at thenoise of thy waterfalls;All thy waves and thy billowsare gone over m...

31

Waterpot

wo'-ter-pot (hudria; compare hudor, "water"): An earthen vessel, or jar, for carrying or holding water (in the Septuagint for kadh, "jar," or "pitcher"). It was usually carried ...

32

Waters

wo'-terz (mayim, plural of may, "water"; in the New Testament hudor, "water"; kindunois potamon (2Co 11:26), the King James Version "perils of waters," is in the Revised Version...

33

Waters Of Merom

See MEROM, WATERS OF.

34

Waters Of Strife

strif.SeeMERIBAH.

35

Waterspout

wo'-ter-spout:(1) (tsinnor) (Ps 42:7), the American Standard Revised Version "waterfalls," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "waterspouts," the English Revi...

36

Wave Offering

wav of'-er-ing.SeeSACRIFICE.

37

Waw

waw "w": The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia "w" (or "v"). It came also to be used for the number 6. For name, etc., seeALPHABET.

38

Wax

waks:(1) Noun (donagh): Used only in a simile of melting (Ps 22:14;68:2;97:5;Mic 1:4).SeeWRITING.(2) A now archaic verb, meaning "to grow," used freely in English Versions of th...

39

Way

wa ('orach, orcha', 'erets, bo', derekh, halikhah, ma`galah, nathibh; hodos, parodos, poreia, tropos; "highway," mecillah, meclul; diexodoi ton hodon): The list just cited conta...

40

Way, Covered

SeeCOVERED WAY.

41

Way, Little

(kibhrah, "length," "a measure"): A technical measure of distance in the Hebrew; but it must be considered undefined (Ge 35:16;48:7the King James Version, the English Revised Ve...

42

Wayfaring Man

wa'-far-ing, The translation inJud 19:17;2Sa 12:4;Jer 9:2;14:8of ('oreach), the participle of 'arach, "to journey." InIsa 33:8of `obher 'orach, "one passing on a path," and inIs...

43

Waymark

wa'-mark (tsyun): InJer 31:21, "Set thee up waymarks," explained by the parallel, "Make thee guide-posts" (the King James Version "Make thee high heaps"). A sign or guiding mark...

44

Wealth, Wealthy

welth, wel'-thi (hon, chayil, nekhacim; euporia, "to possess riches," "to be in a position of ease" (Jer 49:31)): The possession of wealth is not regarded as sinful, but, on the...

45

Wean

wen: "To wean" in English Versions of the Bible is always the translation of (gamal), but gamal has a much wider force than merely "to wean," signifying "to deal fully with," as...

46

Weapons

wep'-unz.SeeARMOR.

47

Weasel

(1) Choledh is found only inLe 11:29, where it stands first in the list of eight unclean "creeping things that creep upon the earth." the King James Version and the Revised Vers...

48

Weather

weth'-er (zahabh (Job 37:22), yom (Pr 25:20), translated "day"; eudia, "clear sky," cheimon, "tempest"): In the East it is not customary to talk of the weather as in the West. T...

49

Weaving

we'-ving: Although weaving was one of the most important and best developed of the crafts of Bible times, yet we have but few Biblical references to enlighten us as to the proce...

50

Web

SeeSPIDER;WEAVING.

51

Wedding

SeeMARRIAGE.

52

Wedge, Of Gold

wej, (lashon zahabh, literally, "tongue of gold"): A piece of gold in the form of a wedge found by Achan in the sack of Jericho. It was in one of the forms in which gold was use...

53

Weeds

wedz (cuph, "a weed" (Jon 2:5)).SeeFLAG;COCKLE;RED SEA.

54

Week

wek (shebhua`, from shebha`, "seven"; sabbaton-ta, "from sabbath to sabbath"): The seven-day division of time common to the Hebrews and Babylonians (Ge 29:27,28;Lu 18:12). SeeAS...