WAYMARK wa'-mark (tsyun): In Jeremiah 31:21, "Set thee up waymarks," explained by the parallel, "Make thee guide-posts" (the King James Version "Make thee high heaps"). A sign or guiding mark on the highway. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WAYMARK'". "In

WAYFARING MAN wa'-far-ing, The translation in Judges 19:17; 2 Samuel 12:4; Jeremiah 9:2; 14:8 of ('oreach), the participle of 'arach, "to journey." In Isaiah 33:8 of `obher 'orach, "one passing on a path," and in Isaiah 35:8 of holekh derekh, "one walking on a road." "Traveler" is the meaning in all cases. Copyright Statement These files are public

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

WAY, LITTLE (kibhrah, "length," "a measure"): A technical measure of distance in the Hebrew; but it must be considered undefined (Genesis 35:16; 48:7 the King James Version, the English Revised Version "some way," the American Standard Revised Version "some distance"; 2Ki 5:19, the English Revised Version "some way," the American Revised Version m

WAY wa ('orach, orcha', 'erets, bo', derekh, halikhah, ma`galah, nathibh; hodos, parodos, poreia, tropos; "highway," mecillah, meclul; diexodoi ton hodon): The list just cited contains only a portion of the words translated "way" or "highway" in the King James Version. Most of them have the primary meaning of "road," "customary path," "course of t

WAX waks: (1) Noun (donagh): Used only in a simile of melting (Psalms 22:14; 68:2; 97:5; Micah 1:4). See WRITING. (2) A now archaic verb, meaning "to grow," used freely in English Versions of the Bible as a translation of various terms in Greek and Hebrew. The past participle in the King James Version and the English Revised Version is "waxen,"

WAW waw "w": The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia "w" (or "v"). It came also to be used for the number 6. For name, etc., see ALPHABET. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WAW'". "International Standard Bible Encyclope

WAVE OFFERING wav of'-er-ing. See SACRIFICE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WAVE OFFERING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

WATERSPOUT wo'-ter-spout: (1) (tsinnor) (Psalms 42:7), the American Standard Revised Version "waterfalls," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "waterspouts," the English Revised Version margin "cataracts." (2) (tannin) (Psalms 148:7), the American Standard Revised Version "sea-monsters," the King James Version and the English R

WATERS OF STRIFE strif. See MERIBAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WATERS OF STRIFE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

WATERS wo'-terz (mayim, plural of may, "water"; in the New Testament hudor, "water"; kindunois potamon (2 Corinthians 11:26), the King James Version "perils of waters," is in the Revised Version (British and American) "perils of rivers"): In the New Testament there is frequent reference to the water of baptism. Pilate washes his hands with water t

WATERPOT wo'-ter-pot (hudria; compare hudor, "water"): An earthen vessel, or jar, for carrying or holding water (in the Septuagint for kadh, "jar," or "pitcher"). It was usually carried by women upon the head, or upon the shoulder (John 4:28). Pots of larger size, holding eighteen or twenty gallons apiece, were used by the Jews for purposes of cer

WATERFALL wo'-ter-fol (tsinnor; only in the American Standard Revised Version (Psalms 42:7)): "Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls; All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me." The King James Version and the English Revised Version have "waterspouts," the English Revised Version margin "cataracts." The etymology of the wo

WATER OF SEPARATION (OR OF UNCLEANNESS) See DEFILEMENT; SEPARATION; UNCLEANNESS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WATER OF SEPARATION (OR OF UNCLEANNESS)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

WATERCOURSE wo'-ter-kors: (1) 'aphiq (Ezekiel 6:3; 31:12; 32:6; 34:13; 35:8; 36:4,6), the King James Version "river," elsewhere "stream," "channel," or "brook." (2) pelegh (Proverbs 21:1). "The king's heart is in the hand of Yahweh as the watercourses," the King James Version "rivers," elsewhere "streams" or "rivers." (3) yabhal, yibheley mayim,

WATER OF BITTERNESS (OR OF JEALOUSY) See ADULTERY, (2). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WATER OF BITTERNESS (OR OF JEALOUSY)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

WATER wo'-ter (mayim; hudor): (1) The Greek philosophers believed water to be the original substance and that all things were made from it. The Koran states, "From water we have made all things." In the story of the creation (Genesis 1:2) water plays an elemental part. (2) Because of the scarcity of water in Palestine it is especially appreciated

WATCHER woch'-er (Aramaic 'ir, "wakeful one"): In Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Daniel 4:13,17,23)) a messenger who with "a holy one" descended from heaven, they having joint authority to issue decrees. In the apocryphal literature the doctrine of the "watchers" is much elaborated. In Jubilees they are regarded as angels sent to instruct mankind in righ

WATCHMAN woch'-man (tsopheh, shomer, metsappeh, notser): Used to designate a sentinel on the city walls (2 Samuel 18:25; 2 Kings 9:18; Psalms 127:1; Isaiah 62:6) or on the hilltops (Jeremiah 31:6). Song of Solomon 3:3; 5:7 introduces another class, "the watchmen that go about the city," and thus, it would seem, points to some system of municipal p