Whore Harlot
Harlot, Whore, Strange Woman, Etc. (r13jr, More Fully "i Mo; ; Sept. 2r6pvh ; Vulg. Merztrix ; Rtn:1 Rrir, Ric,i1p, Etc. The First Of These English Words, To Which Various Etymologies Have Been Assigned, Signifies A Prostitute For Lust Or Gain, Ri Ric"its. The Mercenary Motive Is More Evident In ...
Widow
Widow (run5n, Ro.). Though No Special Provision For Widows Is Prescribed By The Mosaic Law, That Law Regards Them With A Kindly Aspect. They Are To Share In The Religious Feasts (deut. Xvi. R, 14); They Are To Have Part With The Levite, The Stranger, And The Fatherless In The ...
Wilderness Of Wandering
Wandering, Wilderness Of. The Object Of This Article Is To Trace The Footsteps Of The Israel Ites From Egypt To Palestine, To Describe The Physi Cal Geography And Topography Of The Wilder Ness' Through Which They Passed, And To Throw Light, As Far As It May Be Possible From The ...
Wilhelm Gesenius
Gesenius, Wilhelm, The Eminent Hebrew Scholar, Was Born At Nordhausen, In Hanover, 3d Feb. 1786, And Died At Halle, 23d Oct. 1842. From The Gymnasium Of His Native Town He Passed To The University Of Helmstadt, Now Defunct, And Sub Sequently To That Of Gottingen, Where He Studied Theology. After ...
William Bowyer
Bowyer, William, A Celebrated English Printer, Distinguished For His Scholarship, Was Born 19th December 1699, In Whitefriars, London. Having Completed His Education At Cambridge, He Entered The Printing Establishment Of His Father, Where, In Superintending In Particular The Literary And Critical Department Of The Business, He Was Enabled To Take ...
William Fulke
Fulke, William, Was Born About The Year 153s, Probably In London. Of His Parentage And Early Life Nothing Is Certainly Known. From Christ's Iiospital, Where He Is Supposed To Have Received The Rudiments Of His Education, He Re Moved To St. John's College, Cambridge, In The Year 1555. After Taking ...
William Lowth
Lowth, William, D.d., Was Born In Lon Don In 1661. He Was Educated At Merchant Taylors' School, Whence He Was Elected To A Scholarship At St. John's College, Oxford, In 1675, Before He Had Completed His Fourteenth Year. He Became M.a. In 1683, And B.d. In 1688. His First Publication ...
William Tyndale
Tyndale, William, Was Born At Hunt's Court, Nibley, Gloucestershire, Of Which His,father Was Proprietor, About The Year 1477. He Studied At Oxford, And Afterwards At Cambridge, And At Both Places Made Excellent Proficiency ;n All The Branches Of Study Then Pursued Them. He Ob Tained Priest's Orders In 1502, And ...
Wind
Wind, Etc. (1:11-1 ; Sept. 71-peiy2a, Dvei.tos ; Vulg. Spiritzts, Ventus). The Hebrew Word Signifies Air In Motion Genemlly, As Breath, Wind, Etc. Both The Sept. Words Occur In The Following Definition Of Wind By Aristotle (de Mundo, C. 4, 9) : "aveuor Abb D'np 6cms Xa2 Rpetikta Wind Is ...
Witchcraft
Witchcraft (it:.5m, Pl. 1:pcz.'.im) Occurs In 2 Kings Ix. 22 ; Is. Xlvii. 9, 12 ; 12 ; Nah. 4 ; Sept. Oapacaketa, Cacipmatta; Vulg. Veneficium, Malefic/um. In The Apocrypha Witchcraft," Sor Cery ;' Cpappaxela ; Zientficium, Wisd. Xii. 4 ; Xviii. 13 ; And In The N. T. Gal. ...
Witness
Witness (11/ ; Sept. 1.kci,prys Or Aciprup ; Vulg. Testis). Lt Is Intended In The Present Article To Notice Some Of The Leading And Peculiar Senses Of This Voluminous Word. It Occurs, 1st, In The Sense Of A Person \vho Deposes To The Occurrence Of Any Facl, A Witness Of ...
Wolfgang Musculus
Musculus, Wolfgang, A Celebrated Ger Man Lutheran Divine And Hebrew Scholar, Born At Deutze, In Lorraine, In R497. His Paternal Name Was Mosel Or Mosel, Which He Latinised, Accord Ing To The Fashion Of The Day. His Father Being Poor, He Gained His Education By Singing From Door To Door ...
Wolfssohn
Wolfssohn (=b. Secb Wolf), Aaron, Also Called Aaron Halle Prin), Was Born 1736, And Died In Fiirth, March 20, 1835, In The Seventy Ninth Year Of His Age. He Was A Distinguished Disciple Of Mendelssohn, Professor In King William School At Breslau, And Worked In The Department Of Biblical Exegesis ...
World
World Is The English Term By Which Our Translators Have Rendered Four Hebrew Words : R. '117, Comes From A Root Which Signifies To Rest,' To Discontinue,' And Hence To Cease From Life,' ` To Beat Rest ;' And As A Noun, The Place Of Rest,' The Grave.' The Word ...
Writing
'writing Is An Art By Which Facts Or Ideas Are Communicated From One Person To Another By Means Of Given Signs, Such As Symbols Or Letters. It Has Been A Generally Received And Popular Opinion That Writing Was First Used And Imparted To Mankind When God Wrote The Ten Command ...
Yanshuph
Yanshuph (rn•jy,; Lev. Ii. 17; Dent. Xiv. 16; Is. Xxxiv. I). In The Septuagint And Vul Gate It Is Translated Ibis,' But In Our Version Owl ;' Whicli Last Bochart Supports, Deriving The Name From "it:": Nesheph, Twilight.' It May Be Re Marked That Ibis ' In Europe, And Even ...
Yashpeh
Yashpeh (mev?), A Precious Stone Which Nearly All Are Agreed In Regarding As The Jasaer (lxx. Mores), A Conclusion Which The Name Itself (carried Probably Abroad By The Phcenicians) Guarantees. The Jasper Is Of The Flint Family ; Its Prevailing Colour Is Dark Red, Frequently With Cloudy Or Flammeous Shades ...
Yelek
Yelek (p9+). This Term Is Variously Rendered (ps. Cv. 34, Gpaixos, Bi-/re-/tux, Caterpillar ; Jer. 14, 27, Dxpis, Bruats, Caterpillar ; And In The Latter Passage The Vulg. Reads Brucus Aculeatzts, And Some Copies Horripilantes ; Joel I. 4, 25, Gpoilxos, Bruelius, Cankerworm ; Nah. 15, 16, Dvis And Pporixos, ...
Yonah
Yonah (nni, 7repco-repi). There Are Probably Several Species Of Doves Or Pigeons In Cluded In The Hebrew Name Yonak. It May Con Tain All Those That Inhabit Palestine, Exclusive Of The Turtle-doves Properly So Called. Thus Gener Alised, The Dove Is Figuratively, Next To Man, The Most Exalted Of Animals, ...
Z Herod Antipas
Z. Herod Antipas Rlipans, Matt., Mark, Luke ; 'arriras, Josephus) Was The Son Of.herod The Great, By Mal Thace, A Samaritan (joseph. Anti 9. Xvii, 3; B'ell. I. 28. 4). His Father Had Already Given Him The Kingdom' In His First Will, But In The Final Arrangement Left Him The ...
Zadok
Zadok, Derived From The Root Ply, Corre Sponding With The Latin Justus. There Are Several Men Of This Name Mentioned In The O. T. 1. In The Reign Of David, Zadok (the Son Of Ahitub And Father Of Ahimaaz, Chron. Vi. 8) And Ahimelech, Were The Priests (2 Sam. Viii. ...
Zahab
Zahab (lir), The General Name For Gold In Hebrew. Besides This Other Words Are Used To Indicate The Metal In Different States, Or Of Different Qualities, Viz.—t. Tb, Native Gold, Produced In A Pure State, And Without Mixture With Any Other Metal ( Job Xxviii. ; Ps. Xxi. 4 • ...
Zedekiah
Zedekiah Irrpiv; 'etas). 1. Son Of Josiah, The Twentieth And Last King Of Judah, Was, In Place Of His Brother Je Hoiakim, Set On The Throne By Nebuchadnezzar, Who Changed His Name From Mattaniah To That By Which He Is Ordinarily Spoken Of. As The Vassal Of The Babylonian Monarch, ...
Zeeb Znz
Zeeb (znz), The Name Of A Fierce Rapacious Animal (gen. Xlix. 27; Is. Xi. 6 ; Lxv. 25 ; Jer. V. 6, Etc. ; Tv'kor, Matt. Vii. 15; X. 16 ; Luke X. 3 ; John X. 12; Acts Xx. 29 ; Ecclus. Xiii. 17). By This Term There Is ...
Zemaraim
Zemaraim (drov ; Mapd.; Alex. Zeppfa ; Senzaraim), One Of The Ancient Towns In The Teni Tory Allotted To Benjamin. It Is Only Once Men Tioned, And Is Grouped Between Beth-arabah And Bethel (josh. Xviii. 22) ; And It Would Therefore Appear To Have Been Situated Either In The Jordan ...
Zemer
Zemer. In Our Version Of Deut. Xiv. 5 -int, Zenzer, Is Rendered Chamois ; Sept. Kapnaorcip Baxa ; Vulg. Cantelofiardalus ; Luther, In His Ger Man Translation, Adopts Elend, Or ` Elk ;' And The Old Spanish Version, From The Hebrew, Has Cabra Montes.'* All, However, Understand Zenzer To Be ...
Zephaniah
Zephaniah (r143ty ; Sept Io0ovias, Taken 7: From A Participial Form According To Bleek), The Ninth In Order Of The Minor Prophets, Both In The Hebrew And Greek Copies Of The Scriptures (hie Ronym. Prolog. Ad Paul. Et Eustoch.) Author.—the Name Of This Prophet Has Been Variously Explained. Disputes Upon ...
Zerah
Zerah (nnt, A Rising ; Sept. Zapd). 1. Son Of Judah And Tamar, And Younger But Twin Brother Of Pharez (gen. Xxxviii. 3o ; Matt. I. 3). Geddes, In His Critical Remarks (pp. X26, 127), Has Some Interesting Medical Testimony In Illustration Of The Remarkable Circumstances Attending The Birth Of ...
Zigabenus Euthymius
Euthymius, Zigabenus (more Correctly Zygadenus), Was One Of The Most Eminent Byzan Tine Theologians Of The 12th Century, And The Last Of The Greek Commentators. He Flourished Under The Reign Of Alexius Comnenus, About 1118, And Was Monk Of A Convent Dedicated To The Virgin, Near Constantinople. His Commentary On ...
Zimri
Zimri Env.), A Proper Name In The O. T., Which Is Derived From The Root Int, Cary5ere, Ally Carpere Vites = Putare Vites, `to Prune ;' And Also Carpere Fides=pulsare, Cantare, 'to Play ," Sing.' It Is Very Remarkable That The Greek Tfraxen, Also Occurs In Both These Acceptations, Which ...
Zizanion
Zizanion (z4-cipeop). This Word Occurs In Matt. Xiii. 25, And Several Of The Following Verses, And Is Translated Weeds By Luther, And Tares In The A. V.; Among Greek Authors It Is Found Only In The Geoponica. Lt Is Therefore Supposed That, As The Gospel Of Matthew Was (as Some ...
Zobah
Zobah (t.42.1v And Rdry ; Zoupct ; Saba), One Of The Ancient Kingdoms Of Syria, First Mentioned As Having Been Conquered By Saul After His Eleva Tion To The Throne Of Israel (i Sam. Xiv. 47). King David Also Turned His Victorious Arms Against Ha Dadezer, The Son Of Rehob, ...