YEA ya. 1. In the Old Testament: ('aph, "also," "moreover," "yea" (1 Samuel 21:5 the King James Version; 1 Samuel 24:11, etc.), gam, "also," "likewise," "moreover," "yea" (2 Kings 2:3; 16:3, etc.], ki, "inasmuch," "certainly," "doubtless," "yea" (Psalms 102:13; 105:12, etc.)): Each of these words occurs frequently, especially the first two. 2.

XERXES zerks'-ez: The name is an attempt to transliterate into Greek (Xerxes) the Persian Khshayarsha. The same word in unpointed Hebrew took the form 'chshwrsh, probably pronounced 'achshawarash, but at a later time it was wrongly vocalized so as to produce 'achashwerosh, from whence "Ahasuerus" in English versions of the Bible comes. Xerxes was

WRITING, 2 V. Materials. The materials used in writing include almost every imaginable substance, mineral, vegetable, and animal: gold, silver, copper, bronze, clay, marble, granite, precious gems, leaves, bark, wooden planks, many vegetable complexes, antlers, shoulder-blades, and all sorts of bones of animals, and especially skins. The commones

XANTHICUS zan'-thi-kus (Xanthikos): The name of a month which occurs in 2 Macc 11:30,33,38. It corresponds to Nisan (April) of the Jewish calendar. See CALENDAR; TIME; YEAR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'XANTHICUS'". "International Standard Bible Ency

WRITING, 1 rit'-ing: I. GENERAL 1. Definition 2. Inward Writing 3. Outward Writing II. THE SYMBOLS 1. Object Writing 2. Image Writing 3. Picture Writing 4. Mnemonic Writing 5. Phonetic Writing III. METHODS IV. INSTRUMENTS V. MATERIALS 1. Clay 2. Stone 3. Lead 4. Bronze 5. Gold and Silver 6. Wood 7. Bones and Skins 8. Vellum 9.

WRINKLE rin'-k'-l (qamaT, "to lay hold on"; rhutis, "a wrinkle"): In Job 16:8, the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes, "Thou hast laid fast hold on me" (margin "shrivelled me up") for the King James Version "Thou hast filled me with wrinkles." In Ephesians 5:27, Paul's figurative reference to the church as a bride, "not having spot

WREST rest: Found in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) 3 times in the writings of Moses, namely, Exodus 23:2,6; Deuteronomy 16:19. In all three places it refers to twisting, or turning aside, or perverting judgment or justice. In Deuteronomy 24:17 the Revised Version (British and American) has "wrest" where the

WRATH, (ANGER) rath, roth, rath ('aph, from 'anaph, "to snort," "to be angry"; orge, thumos, orgizomai): Designates various degrees of feeling, such as sadness (Psalms 85:4), a frown or turning away of the face in grief or anger (2 Chronicles 26:19; Jeremiah 3:12), indignation (Psalms 38:3), bitterness (Judges 18:25), fury (Esther 1:12), full of a

WOT See WIST; WITTY; WOT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WOT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

WORSHIPPER wur'-ship-er. See TEMPLE KEEPERS; WORSHIP. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WORSHIPPER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

WORSHIP wur'-ship (Anglo-Saxon: weorthscipe, wyrthscype, "honor," from weorth, wurth, "worthy," "honorable," and scipe, "ship"): 1. Terms 2. Old Testament Worship 3. New Testament Worship 4. Public Christian Worship LITERATURE Honor, reverence, homage, in thought, feeling, or act, paid to men, angels, or other "spiritual" beings, and figurat

WORSHIP, IMAGE See IMAGES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WORSHIP, IMAGE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

WORMWOOD wurm'-wood (la'anah (Deuteronomy 29:18; Proverbs 5:4; Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15; Lamentations 3:15,19; Amos 5:7; 6:12, the King James Version hemlock); apsinthos (Revelation 8:11)): What the Hebrew la`anah may have been is obscure; it is clear it was a bitter substance and it is usually associated with "gall"; in the Septuagint it is variously

WORMWOOD, THE STAR In Revelation 8:11, the name is figurative, given to a great star which, at the sounding of the third angel's trumpet, fell from heaven upon the third part of the rivers and on the fountains of the waters, turning them to a bitterness of which many died. Wormwood is used of bitter calamities (of Lamentations 3:15), and may here i

WORM; SCARLET-WORM wurm, skar'-let-wurm: (1) tola`, tole`ah, tola`ath, tola`ath, from tala`; compare Arabic tala, "to stretch the neck"; usually with shani, "bright" (of Arabic sana, "a flash of lightning"), the term tola`ath shani being translated "scarlet" in English Versions of the Bible; also in the same sense the following: sheni tola`ath (L

WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL wurld, koz-mo-loj'-i-kal: 1. Terms and General Meaning 2. Hebrew Idea of the World 3. Its Extent 4. Origin of the World--Biblical and Contrasted Views 5. The Cosmogony of Genesis 1--Comparison with Babylonian and Other Cosmogonies 6. Genesis 1 and Science LITERATURE 1. Terms and General Meaning: The Hebrews had no prope

WORLD, END OF THE See ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; HEAVENS, NEW. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WORLD, END OF THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

WORKER; WORKFELLOW; WORKMAN wur'-der, wurk'-fel-o, wurk'-man (charash, pa`al; ergates, sunergos): "Worker" (artificer) is the translation of charash, "to cut in" (1 Kings 7:14, "a worker in brass"), and of charash, "artificer," etc. (1 Chronicles 22:15); "workers of stone," rendered "workman," "workmen" (Isaiah 40:20; 44:11; Jeremiah 10:3,9, "arti

WORLD (GENERAL) 1. Original Words: In the King James Version this word represents several originals, as follows: 'erets "earth"; chedhel, "the underworld"; cheledh, "lifetime," "age"; `olam, "indefinite time," "age"; tebhel, "fertile earth"; ge, "earth"; aion, "age," "indefinite time," with frequent connotation of the contents of time, its influe

WORK; WORKS wurk, wurks: "To work" in the Old Testament is usually the translation of `asah, or of pa`al (of the works both of God and of man), and "work" (noun) is most frequently the translation of ma`aseh, or mela'khah; in the New Testament of energeo, ergazomai (and compound), with ergon (noun). The word "works" (erga) is a favorite designatio