Vine's Expository Dictionary

Wine (given To) * For GIVEN TO WINE see BRAWLER, No. 1

Winebibber "a wine drinker" (oinos, and potes, "a drinker"), is used in Mat 11:19, Luk 7:34. In the Sept., Pro 23:20.

Winebibbings * For WINEBIBBINGS see EXCESS, Note (2)

Winepress, Wine-vat denotes "a through or vat," used especially for the treading of grapes, Mat 21:33. Not infrequently they were dug out in the soil or excavat…

Wineskins * For WINESKINS see SKIN

Wing Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3671Original Word: kanapUsage Notes: "wing." The Hebrew word is represented in Semitic languages (Ugaritic, Akkadian, Aram…

Wink at * For WINK AT see OVERLOOK

Winter (Noun and Verb) denotes "winter," in Mat 24:20, Mar 13:18, Joh 10:22, 2Ti 4:21. See TEMPEST. denotes "to winter at a place" (para, at, and A), Act 27:12 …

Wipe "to wipe off, wipe clean" (apo, "from," masso, "to touch, handle"), is used in the Middle Voice, of "wiping" dust from the feet, Luk 10:11. "to wipe out" (…

Wisdom is used with reference to (a) God, Rom 11:33, 1Co 1:21,1Co 1:24, 1Co 2:7, Eph 3:10, Rev 7:12; (b) Christ, Mat 13:54, Mar 6:2, Luk 2:40,Luk 2:52, 1Co 1:30…

Wise Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: AdjectiveStrong's Number: H2450Original Word: h?akamUsage Notes: "wise; skillful; practical." This word plus the noun h?okmâ…

Wise (in No) a double negative, expressing an emphatic negation, "by no means," is rendered "in no wise" in Mat 10:42, Luk 18:17, Joh 6:37, Act 13:41, Rev 21:27…

Wise (on This) * For WISE (ON THIS) see THUS

Wise, Wiser, Wisely is used of (a) God, Rom 16:27; in 1Ti 1:17, Jud 1:25 sophos is absent, in the best mss. (see the RV), the comparative degree, sophoteros, oc…

Wish is rendered "to wish" in Act 27:29 (RV marg., "prayed"); so Rom 9:3; in 2Co 13:9, 3Jo 1:2, RV, "pray:" see PRAY. in Mar 15:15, RV, is translated "wishing" …

Wist "to know," in the pluperfect tense (with imperfect meaning) is rendered "wist" (the past tense of the verb "to wit:" cp. WOT) in Mar 9:6, Mar 14:40, Luk 2:…

Wit (to) a relative adverb signifying "as," or "how," is used in 2Co 5:19 to introduce the statement "that God was ...," and rendered "to wit," lit., "how." "to…

Witchcraft * For WITCHCRAFT see SORCERY

With * For WITH see +, p. 9

Withal at the same time, is rendered "withal" in Act 24:26, RV (AV, "also"); 1Ti 5:13 (with kai, "also"); Phm 1:22. Notes: (1) In Eph 6:16, RV, the phrase en pa…

Withdraw is translated "withdraw" in Gal 2:12, see DRAW, B, No. 4. in the Passive Voice, is translated "was withdrawn" in Luk 22:41, AV: see PART (Verb), No. 3.…

Wither (away) "to dry up, parch, wither," is translated "to wither," (a) of plants, Mat 13:6, Mat 1:21-20, Mar 4:6, Mar 11:20, RV (AV, "dried up"),Mar 11:21, Lu…

Wither (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3001Original Word: yabeshUsage Notes: "to be dry, be dried up, be withered." This term is found throughout the deve…

Withhold "to hinder, restrain," is translated "withhold (not)" in Luk 6:29, RV, AV, "forbid (not) to take." See FORBID, HINDER, KEEP, Note (7), SUFFER, WITHSTAN…

Within * Note: This is a translation of (a) entos: see INSIDE, No. 1; in Luk 17:21 the RV marg., "in the midst of," is to be preferred; the kingdom of God was n…

Without * Notes: (1) This is a translation of (a) exo, "outside," e.g., Mat 1:12-47; "(them that are) without," 1Co 1:5-13, Col 4:5, 1Th 4:12 (the unregenerate)…

Withstand "to hinder," is rendered "withstand" in Act 11:17. See FORBID, HINDER. "to set against," is translated "to withstand" in Act 13:8 (Middle Voice); in t…

Witness Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H5707Original Word: ‘edUsage Notes: "witness." The 69 occurrences of this word are scattered through…

Witness (Noun and Verb) (whence Eng., "martyr," one who bears "witness" by his death) denotes "one who can or does aver what he has seen or heard or knows;" it …

Woe an interjection, is used (a) in denunciation, Mat 11:21, Mat 18:7 (twice); eight times in ch. 23; Mat 24:19, Mat 26:24, Mar 13:17, Mar 14:21, Luk 1:6-25 (tw…

Wolf occurs in Mat 10:16, Luk 10:3, Joh 10:12 (twice); metaphorically, Mat 7:15, Act 20:29.

Woman Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H802Original Word: ’ishshâUsage Notes: "woman; wife; betrothed one; bride; each." This word has cognates in Akkadian, Ugar…

Womb denotes "the womb," Mat 19:12, Luk 1:15,Luk 1:1-42,Luk 1:44, Luk 2:21, Luk 11:27, Luk 23:29, Joh 3:4, Act 3:2, Act 14:8, Gal 1:15. See BELLY, No. 1. is ren…

Wonder Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4159Original Word: môpetUsage Notes: "wonder; sign; portent." The 36 appearances of this word are in all periods of bibl…

Wonder (Noun and Verb) "something strange," causing the beholder to marvel, is always used in the plural, always rendered "wonders," and generally follows semei…

Wonderful (thing, Work) * Notes: (1) In Mat 7:22, AV, dunamis (in the plural) is rendered "wonderful works" (RV, is rendered "wonderful works" (RV, "mighty work…

Wont "to be accustomed," is used in the pluperfect tense (with imperfect meaning), eiotha, rendered "was wont" in Mat 27:15, Mar 10:1. See CUSTOM, B, No. 2, MAN…

Wood denotes "timber, wood for any use" 1Co 3:12, Rev 18:12 (twice). See STAFF, STOCKS, TREE. denotes "a wood, a forest," Jam 3:5 (AV, "matter," marg., "wood").…

Wool occurs in Heb 9:19, Rev 1:14.

Word denotes (I) "the expression of thought," not the mere name of an object, (a) as embodying a conception or idea, e.g., Luk 7:7, 1Co 14:9,1Co 14:19; (b) a sa…

Work (Noun and Verb), Wrought denotes (I) "work, employment, task," e.g., Mar 13:34, Joh 4:34, Joh 17:4, Act 13:2, Phi 2:30, 1Th 5:13; in Act 5:38 with the idea…

Work (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6466Original Word: pa‘alUsage Notes: "to do, work." Common to both ancient and modern Hebrew, thi…

Worker, Workfellow, fellow Workers, Workman is translated "workers" in Luk 13:27 ("of iniquity"); 2Co 11:13 ("deceitful"); Phi 3:2 ("evil"); "work man," Mat 10:…

Working (Eng., "energy") is used (1) of the "power" of God, (a) in the resurrection of Christ, Eph 1:19, Col 2:12, RV, "working" (AV, "operation"); (b) in the c…

Workmanship * For WORKMANSHIP see MADE, B

World primarily "order, arrangement, ornament, adornment" (1Pe 3:3, see ADORN, B), is used to denote (a) the "earth," e.g., Mat 13:35, Joh 21:25, Act 17:24, Rom…

World rulers * For WORLD RULERS, Eph 6:12, RV, see RULER, No. 3

Worldly "pertaining to this world," is used (a) in Heb 9:1, of the tabernacle, AV, "wordly," RV, "of this world" (i.e., made of mundane materials, adapted to th…

Worm "a worm which preys upon dead bodies," is used metaphorically by the Lord in Mar 9:48; in some mss. Mar 9:44,Mar 9:46, cp. Isa 66:24. The statement signifi…

Wormwood (Eng., "absinthe"), a plant both bitter and deleterious, and growing in desolate places, figuratively suggestive of "calamity" (Lam 3:15) and injustice…