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Wrestle

Wrestle (Eph 6:12). See GAMES.

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Wrestle (Eph 6:12). See GAMES.

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Games

Games (1.) Of children (Zech 8:5; Matt 11:16). The Jewish youth were also apparently instructed in the use of the bow and the sling (Judg 20:16; 1Chr 12:2). (2.) Public games, such as were common among the Gre...

Rest

Rest (1.) Gr. katapausis, equivalent to the Hebrew word noah (Heb 4:1). (2.) Gr. anapausis, "rest from weariness" (Matt 11:28). (3.) Gr. anesis, "relaxation" (2Thess 1:7). (4.) Gr. sabbatismos, a Sabbath rest,...

Wafers

Wafers thin cakes (Ex 16:31; 29:2, 23; Lev 2:4; 7:12; 8:26; Num 6:15, 19) used in various offerings.

Wages

Wages Rate of (mention only in Matt 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev 19:13; Deut 24:14, 15); judgements threatened against the withholding of (Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5; comp. James 5:4); paid in money (Matt 20:1-14...

Wagon

Wagon Heb. aghalah; so rendered in Gen 45:19, 21, 27; 46:5; Num 7:3, 7, 8, but elsewhere rendered "cart" (1Sam 6:7, etc.). This vehicle was used for peaceful purposes. In Ezek 23:24, however, it is the renderi...

Wailing-place, Jews'

Wailing-place, Jews' a section of the western wall of the temple area, where the Jews assemble every Friday afternoon to bewail their desolate condition (Ps 79:1, 4, 5). The stones in this part of the wall are...

Wall

Wall Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek 38:11; Lev 25:29-34). They were made thick and strong (Num 13:28; Deut 3:5). Among the Jews walls were built of stone, some...

Wandering

Wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness in consequence of their rebellious fears to enter the Promised Land (Num 14:26-35). They wandered for forty years before they were permitted to cross the Jordan (J...

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