Vine's Expository Dictionary

Wadi Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H5158Original Word: nah?alUsage Notes: "wadi (or wady); torrent-valley; torrent; river; shaft." This ro…

Wag "to move," is used of those who mocked the Lord at His crucifixion, nodding their heads in the direction of the Cross as if sneering at this supposed ending…

Wages for which see CHARGE, A, No. 5, denotes (a) "soldiers' pay," Luk 3:14, 1Co 9:7 ("charges"); (b) in general, "hire, wages of any sort," used metaphorically…

Wail, Wailing * Notes: (1) For alalazo, rendered "to wail" in Mar 5:38, see CLANGING. (2) For kopto, rendered "to wail" in Rev 1:7, AV (RV, "shall mourn") and R…

Wait for which see EXPECT, No. 1, is rendered "to wait" in Joh 5:3, AV; Act 17:16, 1Co 11:33, RV. "to await or expect eagerly," is rendered "to wait for" in Rom…

Wake translated "wake" in 1Th 5:10, is rendered "watch" in the RV marg., as in the text in 1Th 5:6, and the RV in the twenty-one other places in which it occurs…

Walk is used (a) physically, in the Synoptic Gospels (except Mar 7:5); always in the Acts except in Act 21:21; never in the Pauline Epistles, nor in those of Jo…

Walk (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1980Original Word: halakUsage Notes: "to go, walk, behave." This verb appears in most Semitic lan…

Wall Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2346Original Word: h?ômâUsage Notes: "wall." This word is found in several Semitic languages and even in Egyptian. In Phoe…

Wallet "a traveler's leather bag or pouch for holding provisions," is translated "wallet" in the RV (AV, "scrip"), Mat 10:10, Mar 6:8, Luk 9:3, Luk 10:4, Luk 1:…

Wallow (Verb and Noun) in the Active Voice denotes "to roll, roll along;" in the Middle Voice in Mar 9:20, rendered "wallowed." "a rolling, wallowing," akin to …

Wander for which see DECEIT, C, No. 6, is translated "to wander" in Heb 11:38, Passive Voice, lit., "were made to wander." Note: In the AV of 1Ti 5:13, Heb 11:3…

Want (Noun and Verb) akin to B, No. 1 (below), occurs in Mar 12:14, Phi 4:11. denotes (more concretely than No. 1) (a) "that which is lacking" (see LACK); (b) "…

Wantonness, Wanton, Wantonly "lasciviousness, licentiousness," is rendered "wantonness" in 2Pe 2:18, AV; see LASCIVIOUSNESS. "insolent luxury," is rendered "wan…

War Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H4421Original Word: milh?amâUsage Notes: "war; battle; skirmish; combat." This word has a cognate only i…

War (Verb and Noun) (Eng., "polemics"), "to fight, to make war," is used (a) literally, Rev 12:7 (twice), RV; Rev 13:4, Rev 17:14, Rev 19:11; (b) metaphorically…

Ward "a guard," is used of the place where persons are kept under guard (akin to phulax, "a keeper"), and translated "ward" in Act 12:10. See CAGE, HOLD (Noun),…

Ware of denotes "to guard, watch;" in 2Ti 4:15, "of (whom) be thou ware" (Middle Voice): see BEWARE, No. 3. Note: For sunoida, translated "were ware" in Act 14:…

Warfare primarily "a host or army," came to denote "a warfare," and is used of spritual "conflict" in 2Co 10:4, 1Ti 1:18. Note: For the verb "to go a warfare," …

Warm (Verb) "to warm, heat" (Eng. "thermal," etc.), when used in the Middle Voice, signifies "to warm oneself," Mar 14:54, Mar 14:67, Joh 18:18 (twice), Joh 18:…

Warn "to put in mind, warn," is translated "to warn" in the AV, in the passages mentioned under ADMONISH, B, No. 1 (which see); the RV always translates this wo…

Was, Wast, Were, Wert * Note: When not part of another verb, or phrase, these translate eimi, "to be," e.g., Mat 1:18, or the following: (a) ginomai, "to become…

Wash is chiefly used of "washing part of the body," Joh 1:13-6, Joh 13:8 (twice, figuratively in 2nd clause), Joh 13:12, Joh 13:14 (twice); in 1Ti 5:10, includi…

Wash (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7364Original Word: rah?as?Usage Notes: "to wash, bathe." This word is common to both ancient and modern Hebrew and is…

Washing denotes "the act of washing, ablution," with special reference to purification, Mar 7:4 (in some texts, Mar 7:8); Heb 6:2, "baptisms;" Heb 9:10, "washin…

Waste (Noun and Verb) "destruction," is translated "waste" in Mat 26:8, Mar 14:4. See DESTRUCTION, B, II, No. 1. "to scatter abroad," is used metaphorically of …

Watch Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H4931Original Word: mishmeretUsage Notes: "watch; guard; post; confinement; prison; custody; division.…

Watch (1) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5341Original Word: nas?arUsage Notes: "to watch, to guard, to keep." Common to both ancient and m…

Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings is used (a) with the meaning "a watch," actively, "a guarding," Luk 2:8, lit., "(keeping, phulasso) watches…

Water Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4325Original Word: mayimUsage Notes: "water; flood." This word has cognates in Ugaritic and old South Arabic. It occurs a…

Water (Noun and Verb) Watering, Waterless whence Eng. prefix, "hydro-," is used (a) of the natural element, frequently in the Gospels; in the plural especially …

Waterpot occurs in Joh 1:2-7, Joh 4:28.

Wave from kuo, "to be pregnant, to swell," is used (a) literally in the plural, Mat 8:24, Mat 14:24, Mar 4:37 (Act 27:41, in some mss.); (b) figuratively, Jud 1…

Waver, Wavering "without bending" (a, negative, klino, "to bend"), occurs in Heb 10:23, AV, "without wavering," RV, "that it waver not." is rendered "to waver" …

Wax for which see ADVANCE, is rendered "to wax" in 2Ti 3:13. "to become," is translated "waxed" in Luk 13:19, AV (RV, "became"); in Heb 11:34, AV and RV, "waxed…

Way Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H1870Original Word: derekUsage Notes: "way (path, road, highway); distance; journey; manner, conduct; co…

We * Note: When this is not part of the translation of a verb or phrase, it stands for some case of hemeis, the plural of ego, "I;" this separate use of the pro…

Weak (Person) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H6041Original Word: ‘anîUsage Notes: "poor; weak; afflicted; humble." This word, which also ap…

Weak, Weakened, Weaker, Weakness lit., "strengthless" (see IMPOTENT), is translated "weak," (a) of physical "weakness," Mat 26:41, Mar 14:38, 1Co 1:27, 1Co 4:10…

Weaker One Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2945Original Word: t?apUsage Notes: "weaker one; child; little one." Cognates of this noun appear in Arabic and Ethi…

Wealth Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1952Original Word: hônUsage Notes: "wealth; substance; riches; possessions; enough." The 26 occurrences of this word are…

Weapons always in the plur., is translated "weapons" in Joh 18:3, 2Co 10:4, the latter metaphorically of those used in spiritual warfare. See ARMOR, INSTRUMENTS…

Wear, Wearing a frequentative form of phero, "to bear," and denoting "repeated or habitual action," is chiefly used of clothing, weapons, etc., of soft raiment,…

Weariness * For WEARINESS, 2Co 11:27, RV see LABOR, No. 1

Weary "to grow weary, be beaten out" (kopos, "a beating, toil"), is used of the Lord in Joh 4:6 (used in His own word "labor" in Mat 11:28), in Rev 2:3, RV. See…

Weather akin to eudios, "calm," denotes "fair weather," Mat 16:2. "winter," also "a winter storm," is translated "foul weather" in Mat 16:3. See TEMPEST, WINTER…

Wedding * For WEDDING see MARRIAGE

Week Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7620Original Word: shabûa‘Usage Notes: "week." This noun appears about 20 times in biblical Hebrew. In Gen 29:27 it refers…

Weep, Weeping is used of "any loud expression of grief," especially in mourning for the dead, Mat 2:18, Mar 1:5-39, Mar 16:10, Luk 7:13, Luk 8:52 (twice); Joh 1…

Weigh, Weight, Weighty, Weightier "to weigh down," is so rendered in 2Co 1:8, RV; see BURDEN, B, No. 1. "to cause to stand," is used in Mat 26:15, RV, "they wei…