Easton’s dictionary

Nearly 4,000 clear, readable entries on the people, places, words and ideas of the Bible, by a Scottish minister. A good first place to look.

• WafersThin cakes (Ex. 16:31; 29:2, 23; Lev. 2:4; 7:12; 8:26; Num. 6:15, 19) used in various...
• WagesRate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:14,...
• WagonHeb. aghalah; so rendered in Gen. 45:19, 21, 27; 46:5; Num. 7:3, 7,8, but elsewhere...
• Wailing-Place, Jews’A section of the western wall of the temple area, where the Jews assemble every Friday...
• WallCities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from “unwalled villages” (Ezek....
• WanderingOf the Israelites in the wilderness in consequence of their rebellious fears to enter...
• WarThe Israelites had to take possession of the Promised Land by conquest. They had to...
• WardA prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30).
• Wars of the Lord, the Book of the(Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen. 14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num....
• Washing(Mark 7:1-9). The Jews, like other Orientals, used their fingers when taking food, and...
• WatchesThe periods into which the time between sunset and sunrise was divided. They are so...
• Watchings(2 Cor. 6:5), lit. “sleeplessnesses,” the result of “manual labour, teaching,...
• Water of JealousyA phrase employed (not, however, in Scripture) to denote the water used in the solemn...
• Water of PurificationUsed in cases of ceremonial cleansings at the consecration of the Levites (Num. 8:7)....
• Water of SeparationUsed along with the ashes of a red heifer for the ceremonial cleansing of persons...
• Waterspouts(Ps. 42:7; marg. R.V., “cataracts”). If we regard this psalm as descriptive of David’s...
• Wave OfferingsParts of peace-offerings were so called, because they were waved by the priests (Ex....
• WaxMade by melting the combs of bees. Mentioned (Ps. 22:14; 68:2; 97:5; Micah 1:4) in...
• WeanAmong the Hebrews children (whom it was customary for the mothers to nurse, Ex. 2:7-9;...
• Weasel(Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Some think that this...
• Weaving, WeaversWeaving was an art practised in very early times (Ex. 35:35). The Egyptians were...
• WeekFrom the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of...
• Weeks, Feast ofSee PENTECOST.
• WeightsReduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were: (1.) The gerah (Lev. 27:25;...
• Well(Heb. beer), to be distinguished from a fountain (Heb. ‘ain). A “beer” was a deep...
• WestwardSea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).
• WhaleThe Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.; but R.V.,...
• WheatOne of the earliest cultivated grains. It bore the Hebrew name hittah, and was...
• Wheel(Heb. galgal; rendered “wheel” in Ps. 83:13, and “a rolling thing” in Isa. 17:13; R.V....
• WhiteA symbol of purity (2 Chr. 5:12; Ps. 51:7; Isa. 1:18; Rev. 3:18; 7:14). Our Lord, at...
• WidowsTo be treated with kindness (Ex. 22:22; Deut. 14:29; 16:11, 14; 24:17, 19-21; 26:12;...
• WifeThe ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-6)....
• Wilderness(1.) Heb. midhbar, denoting not a barren desert but a district or region suitable for...
• Willows(1.) Heb. ‘arabim (Lev. 23:40; Job 40:22; Isa. 15:7; 44:3, 4; Ps. 137:1, 2). This was...
• WimpleIsa. 3:22, (R.V., “shawls”), a wrap or veil. The same Hebrew word is rendered “vail”...
• WindowProperly only an opening in a house for the admission of light and air, covered with...
• WindsBlowing from the four quarters of heaven (Jer. 49:36; Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 8:8; Zech....
• WineThe common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning “to boil up,” “to be in...
• Wine-PressConsisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath, Gr. lenos) into which...
• Winefat(Mark 12:1). The original word (hypolenion) so rendered occurs only here in the New...
• WinnowCorn was winnowed, (1.) By being thrown up by a shovel against the wind. As a rule...
• Wise MenMentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3)...
• Wise, WisdomA moral rather than an intellectual quality. To be “foolish” is to be godless (Ps....
• WitchOccurs only in Ex. 22:18, as the rendering of mekhashshepheh, the feminine form of the...
• Witchcraft(1 Sam. 15:23; 2 Kings 9:22; 2 Chr. 33:6; Micah 5:12; Nahum 3:4; Gal. 5:20). In the...
• WitnessMore than one witness was required in criminal cases (Deut. 17:6; 19:15). They were...
• Witness of the Spirit(Rom. 8:16), the consciousness of the gracious operation of the Spirit on the mind, “a...
• WizardA pretender to supernatural knowledge and power, “a knowing one,” as the original...
• WolfHeb. zeeb, frequently referred to in Scripture as an emblem of treachery and cruelty....
• WomanWas “taken out of man” (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has the preeminence. “The...
• WoodSee FOREST.
• Wood-Offering(Neh. 10:34; 13:31). It would seem that in the time of Nehemiah arrangements were...
• WoolOne of the first material used for making woven cloth (Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; 19:19)....
• Word of God(Heb. 4:12, etc.). The Bible so called because the writers of its several books were...
• Word, the(Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John...
• Works, Covenant ofEntered into by God with Adam as the representative of the human race (comp. Gen....
• Works, GoodThe old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with...
• Worm(1.) Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes-moth. (2.) The manna...
• WormwoodHeb. la’anah, the Artemisia absinthium of botanists. It is noted for its intense...
• WorshipHomage rendered to God which it is sinful (idolatry) to render to any created being...
• Worshipper(Gr. neocoros = temple-sweeper (Acts 19:35) of the great goddess Diana). This name...
• Wrestle(Eph. 6:12). See GAMES.
• WritingThe art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs. Moses is...