Vine's Expository Dictionary

Wide * For WIDE see BROAD

Widow Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H490Original Word: ’almanâUsage Notes: "widow," Cognates of this word appear in Aramaic, Arabic, Akkadian, Phoenician, and…

Wife, Wives denotes (1) "a woman, married or unmarried" (see WOMAN); (2) "a wife," e.g., Mat 1:20, 1Co 1:7-4; in 1Ti 3:11, RV, "woman," the reference may be to …

Wife's mother denotes "a mother-in-law," Mat 8:14, Mat 10:35, Mar 1:30, Luk 4:38, Luk 12:53 (twice).

Wild denotes (a) "of or in fields" (agros, "a field"), hence, "not domestic," said of honey, Mat 3:4, Mar 1:6; (b) "savage, fierce," Jud 1:13, RV, metaphoricall…

Wilderness "an uninhabited place," is translated "wilderness" in the AV of Mat 15:33, Mar 8:4 (RV, "a desert place"); RV and AV, "wilderness" in 2Co 11:26. See …

Wiles denotes "craft, deceit" (meta, "after," hodos, "a way"). "a cunning device, a wile," and is translated "wiles (of error)" in Eph 4:14, RV [AV paraphrases …

Wilfully, Willfully denotes "voluntarily, willingly," Heb 10:26, (of sinning) "willfully;" in 1Pe 5:2, "willingly" (of exercising oversight over the flock of Go…

Will (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H14Original Word: ’abâUsage Notes: "to will, be willing, consent." Common throughout the history of the Hebrew languag…

Will, Would signifies (a) objectively, "that which is willed, of the will of God," e.g., Mat 18:14, Mar 3:35, the fulfilling being a sign of spiritual relations…

Willing (Adjective and Verb) is rendered "willing" in Mat 26:41, Mar 14:38, RV. See READY, No. 2. "willing," is used with kata in Phm 1:14, lit., "according to …

Willing mind * For WILLING MIND see READINESS

Willingly * Notes: (1) For hekon see WILL, B, No. 1. (2) For hekousios, see WILLFULLY. (3) For Phm 1:14 see WILLING, A, No. 2. (4) For 2Pe 3:5 see WILL, C, No. …

Win * For WIN see POSSESS, A, No. 2

Wind (Noun) besides its literal meaning, is used metaphorically in Eph 4:14, of variable teaching. In Mat 24:31, Mar 13:27 the four "winds" stand for the four c…

Wind (Verb) "to bind," is translated "wound (it in linen clothes)," Joh 19:40, AV, of the body of Christ (RV, "bound"). See BIND, No. 1, TIE. is translated "wou…

Window a diminutive of thura, "a door," occurs in Act 20:9, 2Co 11:33.

Wine Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3196Original Word: yayinUsage Notes: "wine." Cognates of this word appear in Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Arabic, and Ethi…

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…