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$$T0003350
\Window\
a diminutive of thura, "a door," occurs in Acts 20:9; 2 Cor.
11:33.

$$T0003351
\Wine\
<1,,3631,oinos>
is the general word for "wine." The mention of the bursting of
the wineskins, Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37, implies
fermentation. See also Eph. 5:18 (cp. John 2:10; 1 Tim. 3:8;
Titus 2:3). In Matt. 27:34, the RV has "wine" (AV, "vinegar,"
translating the inferior reading oxos).

        The drinking of "wine" could be a stumbling block and
the Apostle enjoins abstinence in this respect, as in others, so
as to avoid giving an occasion of stumbling to a brother, Rom.
14:21. Contrast 1 Tim. 5:23, which has an entirely different
connection. The word is used metaphorically (a) of the evils
ministered to the nations by religious Babylon, Rev. 14:8; 17:2;
18:3; (b) of the contents of the cup of Divine wrath upon the
nations and Babylon, Rev. 14:10; 16:19; 19:15.

<2,,1098,gleukos>
denotes sweet "new wine," or must, Acts 2:13, where the
accusation shows that it was intoxicant and must have been
undergoing fermentation some time. In the Sept., Job 32:19.

        Note: In instituting the Lord's Supper He speaks of the
contents of the cup as the "fruit of the vine." So Mark 14:25.

$$T0003352
\Wine (given To)\
* For GIVEN TO WINE see BRAWLER, No. 1

$$T0003353
\Winebibber\
<1,,3630,oinopotes>
"a wine drinker" (oinos, and potes, "a drinker"), is used in
Matt. 11:19; Luke 7:34. In the Sept., Prov. 23:20.

$$T0003354
\Winebibbings\
* For WINEBIBBINGS see EXCESS, Note (2)

$$T0003355
\Winepress, Wine-vat\
<1,,3025,lenos>
denotes "a through or vat," used especially for the treading of
grapes, Matt. 21:33. Not infrequently they were dug out in the
soil or excavated in a rock, as in the rock vats in Palestine
today. In Rev. 14:19,20 (twice); 19:15 (where oinos is added,
lit., "the winepress of the wine") the word is used
metaphorically with reference to the execution of Divine
judgment upon the gathered foes of the Jews at the close of this
age preliminary to the establishment of the Millennial kingdom.

<2,,5276,hupolenion>
was "a vessel" or "trough" beneath the press itself (hupo,
"beneath," and No. 1), for receiving the juice, Mark 12:1, RV,
"a pit for the winepress." In the Sept., Isa. 16:10; Joel 3:13;
Hag. 2:16; Zech. 14:10.

$$T0003356
\Wineskins\
* For WINESKINS see SKIN

$$T0003357
\Wing\
<1,,4420,pterux>
is used of birds, Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34; symbolically in Rev.
12:14, RV, "the two wings of the great eagle" (AV, "two wings of
a great eagle"), suggesting the definiteness of the action, the
"wings" indicating rapidity and protection, an allusion,
perhaps, to Exod. 19:4; Deut. 32:11,12; of the "living
creatures" in a vision, Rev. 4:8; 9:9. Cp. pterugion, "a
pinnacle."

$$T0003358
\Wink at\
* For WINK AT see OVERLOOK

$$T0003359
\Winter (Noun and Verb)\
<A-1,Noun,5494,cheimon>
denotes "winter," in Matt. 24:20; Mark 13:18; John 10:22; 2 Tim.
4:21. See TEMPEST.

<B-1,Verb,3914,paracheimazo>
denotes "to winter at a place" (para, at, and A), Acts 27:12
(2nd part); 28:11; 1 Cor. 16:6: Titus 3:12.

        Notes: In Acts 27:12 (1st part) paracheimasia, "a
wintering," is rendered "(to) winter in."

$$T0003360
\Wipe\
<1,,631,apomasso>
"to wipe off, wipe clean" (apo, "from," masso, "to touch,
handle"), is used in the Middle Voice, of "wiping" dust from the
feet, Luke 10:11.

<2,,1591,ekmaso>
"to wipe out" (ek), "wipe dry," is used of "wiping" tears from
Christ's feet, Luke 7:38,44; John 11:2; 12:3; of Christ's
"wiping" the disciples' feet, John 13:5.

<3,,1813,exaleipho>
"to wipe out or away" (ek, or ex, "out," aleipho, "to anoint"),
is used metaphorically of "wiping" away tears from the eyes,
Rev. 7:17; 21:4. See BLOT OUT.

$$T0003361
\Wisdom\
<1,,4678,sophia>
is used with reference to (a) God, Rom. 11:33; 1 Cor. 1:21,24;
2:7; Eph. 3:10; Rev. 7;12; (b) Christ, Matt. 13:54; Mark 6:2;
Luke 2:40,52; 1 Cor. 1:30; Col. 2:3; Rev. 5:12; (c) "wisdom"
personified, Matt. 11:19; Luke 7:35; 11:49; (d) human "wisdom"
(1) in spiritual things, Luke 21:15; Acts 6:3,10; 7:10; 1 Cor.
2:6 (1st part); 12:8; Eph. 1:8,17; Col. 1:9, RV, "(spiritual)
wisdom," Col 1:28; 3:16; 4:5; Jas. 1:5; 3:13,17; 2 Pet. 3:15;
Rev. 13:18; 17:9; (2) in the natural sphere, Matt. 12:42; Luke
11:31; Acts 7:22; 1 Cor. 1:17,19-21 (twice),22; 2:1,4-6 (2nd
part),13; 3:19; 2 Cor. 1:12; Col. 2:23; (3) in its most debased
form, Jas. 3:15, "earthly, sensual, devilish" (marg.,
"demoniacal").

<2,,5428,phronesis>
"understanding, prudence," i.e., a right use of phren, "the
mind," is translated "wisom" in Luke 1:17. See PRUDENCE.

        Note: "While sophia is the insight into the true nature
of things, phronesis is the ability to discern modes of action
with a view to their results; while sophia is theoretical,
phronesis is practical" (Lightfoot). Sunesis, "understanding,
intelligence," is the critical faculty; this and phronesis are
particular applications of sophia.

$$T0003362
\Wise, Wiser, Wisely\
<A-1,Adjective,4680,sophos>
is used of (a) God, Rom. 16:27; in 1 Tim. 1;17; Jude 1:25 sophos
is absent, in the best mss. (see the RV), the comparative
degree, sophoteros, occurs in 1 Cor. 1:25, where "foolishness"
is simply in the human estimate; (b) spiritual teachers in
Israel, Matt. 23:34; (c) believers endowed with spiritual and
practical wisdom, Rom. 16:19; 1 Cor. 3:10; 6:5; Eph. 5:15; Jas.
3:13; (d) Jewish teachers in the time of Christ, Matt. 11:25;
Luke 10:21; (e) the naturally learned, Rom. 1:14,22; 1 Cor.
1:19,20,26,27: 3:18-20.

<A-2,Adjective,5429,phronimos>
"prudent, sensible, practically wise," Matt. 7:24; 10:16; 24:45;
25:2,4,8,9; Luke 12:42; 16:8 (comparative degree,
phronimoteros); 1 Cor. 10:15; in an evil sense, "wise (in your
own conceits)," lit., "wise (in yourselves)," i.e., "judged by
the standard of your self-complacency," Rom. 11:25; 12:16;
ironically, 1 Cor. 4:10; 2 Cor. 11:19.

<B-1,Noun,3097,magos>
denotes "a Magian," one of a sacred caste, originally Median,
who apparently conformed to the Persian religion while retaining
their old beliefs; it is used in the plural, Matt. 2:1,7,16
(twice), "wise men." See also SORCERER.

<C-1,Verb,4679,sophizo>
is rendered "to make wise" in 2 Tim. 3:15 see DEVISED.

<C-2,Verb,4920,suniemi | sunio>
"to perceive, understand," is used negatively in 2 Cor. 10:12,
AV, "are not wise" (RV, "are without understanding"). See
UNDERSTAND.

<D-1,Adverb,5430,phronimos>
"wisely" (akin to A, No. 2), occurs in Luke 16:8.

$$T0003363
\Wise (in No)\
<1,,3364,ou me>
a double negative, expressing an emphatic negation, "by no
means," is rendered "in no wise" in Matt. 10:42; Luke 18:17;
John 6:37; Acts 13:41; Rev. 21:27.

<2,,3843,pantos>
"altogether, by all means," is used with the negative ou ("not")
in Rom. 3:9, stating a complete denial, rendered "No, in no
wise." See ALL, B, 3, ALTOGETHER, B, 1.

<3,,3838,panteles>
the neuter of panteles, is used with the negative me, and with
eis to, "unto the," in Luke 13:11, and translated "in no wise,"
lit., "not to the uttermost:" see UTTERMOST, No. 1.

$$T0003364
\Wise (on This)\
* For WISE (ON THIS) see THUS

$$T0003365
\Wish\
<1,,2172,euchomai>
is rendered "to wish" in Acts 27:29 (RV marg., "prayed"); so
Rom. 9:3; in 2 Cor. 13:9; 3 John 1:2, RV, "pray:" see PRAY.

<2,,1014,boulomai>
in Mark 15:15, RV, is translated "wishing" (AV, "willing"); so 2
Pet. 3:9; in Acts 25:22, RV, could wish" (AV, "would"). See
WILL, C, No. 2.

<3,,2309,thelo>
in 1 Cor. 16:7, RV, is translated "wish" (AV, "will"); Gal.
4:20, "I could wish" (AV, "I desire"). See WILL, C, No. 1.

$$T0003366
\Wist\
<1,,5613,oida>
"to know," in the pluperfect tense (with imperfect meaning) is
rendered "wist" (the past tense of the verb "to wit:" cp. WOT)
in Mark 9:6; 14:40; Luke 2:49; John 5:13; Acts 12:9; 23:5. See
KNOW, No. 2.

$$T0003367
\Wit (to)\
<A-1,Adverb,5613,hos>
a relative adverb signifying "as," or "how," is used in 2 Cor.
5:19 to introduce the statement "that God was ...," and rendered
"to wit," lit., "how."

<B-1,Verb,1107,gnorizo>
"to know, to make known," is rendered "we do (you) to wit" in 2
Cor. 8:1, AV, RV, "we make known (to you)." See KNOW, No. 8.

        Note: In Rom. 8:23 the italicized words "to wit" are
added to specify the particular meaning of "adoption" there
mentioned.

$$T0003368
\Witchcraft\
* For WITCHCRAFT see SORCERY

$$T0003369
\With\
* For WITH see +, p. 9

$$T0003370
\Withal\
<1,,260,hama>
at the same time, is rendered "withal" in Acts 24:26, RV (AV,
"also"); 1 Tim. 5:13 (with kai, "also"); Philem. 1:22.

        Notes: (1) In Eph. 6:16, RV, the phrase en pasin (en,
"in," and the dative plural of pas, "all") is rightly rendered
"withal" (AV, "above all"); the shield of faith is to accompany
the use of all the other parts of the spiritual equipment. (2)
In 1 Cor. 12:7 sumphero is rendered "profit withal." See
EXPEDIENT, PROFIT, B, No. 1. (3) In Acts 25:27, kai, "also," is
rendered "withal."

$$T0003371
\Withdraw\
<1,,5288,hupostello>
is translated "withdraw" in Gal. 2:12: see DRAW, B, No. 4.

<2,,645,apospao>
in the Passive Voice, is translated "was withdrawn" in Luke
22:41, AV: see PART (Verb), No. 3.

<3,,402,anachoreo>
is translated "to withdraw" in the RV of Matt. 2:22; John 6:15;
RV and AV in Matt. 12:15; Mark 3:7. See DEPART, No. 10.

<4,,5298,hupochoreo>
"to retire," is translated "withdrew Himself" in Luke 5:16;
elsewhere in Luke 9:10, RV, "withdrew apart" (AV, "went aside").
See GO, No. 16.

<5,,4724,stello>
"to bring together, gather up" (used of furling sails), hence,
in the Middle Voice, signifies "to shrink from a person or
thing," 2 Thess. 3:6, "withdraw;" elsewhere, 2 Cor. 8:20,
"avoiding." See AVOID. Cp. No. 1.

        Note: In 1 Tim. 6:5, some texts have aphistemi, rendered
"withdraw thyself," AV.

$$T0003372
\Wither (away)\
<1,,3583,xeraino>
"to dry up, parch, wither," is translated "to wither," (a) of
plants, Matt. 13:6; 21:19,20; Mark 4:6; 11:20, RV (AV, "dried
up"),21; Luke 8:6; John 15:6; Jas. 1:11; 1 Pet. 1:24; (b) of
members of the body, Mark 3:1, and, in some texts, 3. See DRY,
B, OVERRIPE, PINE AWAY, RIPE.

        Notes: (1) For the adjective xeros, "dry, withered," see
DRY, A, No. 1. (2) For "whose fruit withereth," Jude 1:12, AV,
see AUTUMN.

$$T0003373
\Withhold\
<1,,2967,koluo>
"to hinder, restrain," is translated "withhold (not)" in Luke
6:29, RV, AV, "forbid (not) to take." See FORBID, HINDER, KEEP,
Note (7), SUFFER, WITHSTAND.

        Note: For "withholdeth" in 2 Thess. 2:6 see RESTRAIN.

$$T0003374
\Within\
* Note: This is a translation of (a) entos: see INSIDE, No. 1;
in Luke 17:21 the RV marg., "in the midst of," is to be
preferred; the kingdom of God was not in the hearts of the
Pharisees; (b) en, "of thinking or saying within oneself," e.g.,
Luke 7:39, 49 (marg., "among"); locally, e.g., Luke 19:44; (c)
esothen, 2 Cor. 7:5; Rev. 4:8; 5:1; "from within," Mark 7:21,23;
Luke 11:7; "within," Matt. 23:25; Luke 11:40, RV, "inside;" in
Matt. 23:27,28, RV, "inwardly;" (d) eso, John 20:26; Acts 5:23;
1 Cor. 5:12 (i.e., "within" the church); (e) pros, to, or with,
in Mark 14:4, AV, "within" (RV, "among"); (f) dia, "through,"
rendered "within (three days)" in Mark 14:58, AV (RV, "in,"
looking through the time to the event, and in keeping with the
metaphor of building); (g) esoteros, Heb. 6:19, the comparative
degree of eso, used with the article translated "that within,"
lit., "the inner (part of the veil)," i.e., "inside:" see INNER,
No. 2; (h) in Luke 11:41, RV, eneimi, "to be in," is rendered
"are within" (AV, "ye have").

$$T0003375
\Without\
* Notes: (1) This is a translation of (a) exo, "outside," e.g.,
Matt. 12:46,47; "(them that are) without," 1 Cor. 5:12,13; Col.
4:5; 1 Thess. 4:12 (the unregenerate); Heb. 13:11-13; (b)
exothen, "from without," or "without," e.g., Mark 7:15,18; Luke
11:40; 2 Cor. 7:5; 1 Tim. 3:7; as a preposition, Rev. 11:2; (c)
choris, "apart from," frequently used as a preposition,
especially in Hebrews (Heb. 4:15; 7:7,20,21; 9:7,18,22,28; 11:6;
in Heb. 11:40, RV, "apart from" (AV, "without"); Heb. 12:8,14);
(d) aneu, like choris, but rarer, Matt. 10:29; Mark 13:2; 1 Pet.
3:1; 4:9; (e) ater, Luke 22:6, marg., "without (tumult);" Luke
22:35; (f) ektos, "out of, outside," 1 Cor. 6:18: see OTHER,
OUT, OUTSIDE; (g) parektos, "besides, in addition," 2 Cor.
11:28, "(those things that are) without," RV, marg., "(the
things which) I omit," or "(the things that come) out of
course." (2) In Acts 5:26, ou, "not," meta, "with," is rendered
"without (violence)." (3) In Acts 25:17, AV, "without (any
delay)" represents poieo, "to make," and medemian, "no," RV, "I
made no (delay)." (4) For "without ceasing, Acts 12:5, AV, see
EARNESTLY, C, No. 1. (5) In many nouns the negative prefix a
forms part of the word and is translated "without."

$$T0003376
\Withstand\
<1,,2967,koluo>
"to hinder," is rendered "withstand" in Acts 11:17. See FORBID,
HINDER.

<2,,436,anthistemi>
"to set against," is translated "to withstand" in Acts 13:8
(Middle Voice); in the intransitive 2nd aorist, Active Voice,
Eph. 6:13; 2 Tim. 3:8 (1st part; Middle Voice in 2nd part);
4:15. See RESIST.

$$T0003377
\Witness (Noun and Verb)\
<A-1,Noun,3144,martus | martur>
(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 is used (a) of God, Rom. 1:9; 2 Cor. 1:23; Phil. 1:8;
1 Thess. 2:5,10 (2nd part); (b) of Christ, Rev. 1:5; 3:14; (c)
of those who "witness" for Christ by their death, Acts 22:20;
Rev. 2:13; Rev. 17:6; (d) of the interpreters of God's counsels,
yet to "witness" in Jerusalem in the times of the Antichrist,
Rev. 11:3; (e) in a forensic sense, Matt. 18:16; 26:65; Mark
14:63; Acts 6:13; 7:58; 2 Cor. 13:1; 1 Tim. 5:19; Heb. 10:28;
(f) in a historical sense, Luke 11:48; 24:48; Acts 1:8,22; 2:32;
3:15; 5:32; 10:39,41; 13:31; 22:15; 26:16; 1 Thess. 2:10 (1st
part); 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:2; Heb. 12:1, "(a cloud) of
witnesses," here of those mentioned in ch. 11, those whose lives
and actions testified to the worth and effect of faith, and
whose faith received "witness" in Scripture; 1 Pet. 5:1.

<A-2,Noun,3141,marturia>
"testimony, a bearing witness," is translated "witness" in Mark
14:55,56,59; Luke 22:71; John 1:7,19 (RV); 3:11,32,33 (RV);
5:31,32,34 (RV),36; RV in 8:13,14,17; 19:35; 21:24; AV in Titus
1:13; AV and RV in 1 John 5:9 (thrice), 10 (1st part); RV in 1
John 5:10 (2nd part),11; 3 John 12: see TESTIMONY, No. 2.

<A-3,Noun,3142,marturion>
"testimony or witness as borne, a declaration of facts," is
translated "witness" in Matt. 24:14, AV; Acts 4:33; 7:44 (AV);
Jas. 5:3 (AV): see TESTIMONY, No. 1.

<A-4,Noun,5575,pseudomartus[-tur]>
denotes "a false witness," Matt. 26:60; 1 Cor. 15:15.

<A-5,Noun,5577,pseudomarturia>
"false witness," occurs in Matt. 15:19; 26:59.

<B-1,Verb,3140,martureo>
denotes (I) "to be a martus" (see A, No. 1), or "to bear witness
to," sometimes rendered "to testify" (see TESTIFY, No. 1); it is
used of the "witness" (a) of God the Father to Christ, John
5:32,37; 8:18 (2nd part); 1 John 5:9,10; to others, Acts 13:22;
15:8; Heb. 11:2,4 (twice),5,39; (b) of Christ, John 3:11,32;
4:44; 5:31; 7:7; 8:13,14,18 (1st part); 13:21; 18:37; Acts 14:3;
1 Tim. 6:13; Rev. 22:18,20; of the Holy Spirit, to Christ, John
15:26; Heb. 10:15; 1 John 5:7,8, RV, which rightly omits the
latter part of ver. 7 (it was a marginal gloss which crept into
the original text: see THREE); it finds no support in Scripture;
(c) of the Scriptures, to Christ, John 5:39; Heb. 7:8,17; (d) of
the works of Christ, to Himself, and of the circumstances
connected with His Death, John 5:36; 10:25; 1 John 5:8; (e) of
prophets and apostles, to the righteousness of God, Rom. 3:21;
to Christ, John 1:7,8,15,32,34; 3:26; 5:33, RV; 15:27; 19:35;
21:24; Acts 10:43; 23:11; 1 Cor. 15:15; 1 John 1:2; 4:14; Rev.
1:2; to doctrine, Acts 26:22 (in some texts, so AV; see No. 2);
to the Word of God, Rev. 1:2; (f) of others, concerning Christ,
Luke 4:22; John 4:39; 12:17; (g) of believers to one another,
John 3:28; 2 Cor. 8:3; Gal. 4:15; Col. 4:13; 1 Thess. 2:11 (in
some texts: see No. 2); 3 John 1:3,6,12 (2nd part); (h) of the
Apostle Paul concerning Israel, Rom. 10:2; (i) of an angel, to
the churches, Rev. 22:16; (j) of unbelievers concerning
themselves, Matt. 23:31; concerning Christ, John 18:23;
concerning others, John 2:25; Acts 22:5; 26:5; (II) "to give a
good report, to approve of," Acts 6:3; 10:22; 16:2; 22:12; 1
Tim. 5:10; 3 John 1:12 (1st part); some would put Luke 4:22
here.

<B-2,Verb,3143,marturomai>
strictly meaning "to summon as a witness," signifies "to affirm
solemnly, adjure," and is used in the Middle Voice only,
rendered "to testify" in Acts 20:26, RV (AV, "I take ... to
record"); 26:22, RV, in the best texts [see No. 1 (e)]; Gal.
5:3; Eph. 4:17; 1 Thess. 2:11, in the best texts [see No. 1
(g)].

<B-3,Verb,4828,summartureo>
denotes "to bear witness with" (sun), Rom. 2:15; 8:16; 9:1.

<B-4,Verb,4901,sunepimartureo>
denotes "to join in bearing witness with others," Heb. 2:4.

<B-5,Verb,2649,katamartureo>
denotes "to witness against" (kata), Matt. 26:62; 27:13; Mark
14:60 (in some mss., Mark 15:4, for kategoreo, "to accuse," RV).

<B-6,Verb,5576,pseudomartureo>
"to bear false witness" (pseudes, "false"), occurs in Matt.
19:18; Mark 10:19; 14:56,57; Luke 18:20; in some texts, Rom.
13:9.

<C-1,Adjective,267,amarturos>
denotes "without witness" (a, negative, and martus), Acts 14:17.

$$T0003378
\Woe\
<1,,3759,ouai>
an interjection, is used (a) in denunciation, Matt. 11:21; 18:7
(twice); eight times in ch. 23; 24:19; 26:24; Mark 13:17; 14:21;
Luke 6:24,25 (twice),26; 10:13; six times in ch. 11; Luke 17:1;
21:23; 22:22; 1 Cor. 9:16; Jude 1:11; Rev. 8:13 (thrice); 12:12;
as a noun, Rev. 9:12 (twice); 11:14 (twice); (b) in grief,
"alas," Rev. 18:10,16,19 (twice in each).

$$T0003379
\Wolf\
<1,,3074,lukos>
occurs in Matt. 10:16; Luke 10:3; John 10:12 (twice);
metaphorically, Matt. 7:15; Acts 20:29.

$$T0003380
\Woman\
<1,,1135,gune>
for which see also WIFE, is used of a "woman" unmarried or
married, e.g., Matt. 11:11; 14:21; Luke 4:26, of a "widow;" Rom.
7:2; in the vocative case, used in addressing a "woman," it is a
term not of reproof or severity, but of endearment or respect,
Matt. 15:28; John 2:4, where the Lord's words to His mother at
the wedding in Cana, are neither rebuff nor rebuke. The question
is, lit., "What to Me and to thee?" and the word "woman," the
term of endearment, follows this. The meaning is "There is no
obligation on Me or you, but love will supply the need." She
confides in Him, He responds to her faith. There was
lovingkindness in both hearts. His next words about "His hour"
suit this; they were not unfamiliar to her. Cana is in the path
to Calvary; Calvary was not yet, but it made the beginning of
signs possible. See also John 4:21; 19:26.

        In Gal 4:4 the phrase "born of a woman" is in accordance
with the subject there, viz., the real humanity of the Lord
Jesus; this the words attest. They declare the method of His
Incarnation and "suggest the means whereby that humanity was
made free from the taint of sin consequent upon the Fall, viz.,
that He was not born through the natural process of ordinary
generation, but was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
... To have written 'born of a virgin' would have carried the
argument in a wrong direction ... Since that man is born of
woman is a universal fact, the statement would be superfluous if
the Lord Jesus were no more than man" (Notes on Galatians, by
Hogg and Vine, pp. 184f.).

<2,,1133,gunaikarion>
a diminutive of No. 1, a "little woman," is used contemptuously
in 2 Tim. 3:6, "a silly woman."

<3,,4245,presbuteros>
"elder, older," in the feminine plural, denotes "elder women" in
1 Tim. 5:2. See ELDER, A, No. 1

<4,,4247,presbutis>
the feminine of presbutes, "aged," is used in the plural and
translated "aged women" in Titus 2:3.

<5,,2338,theleia>
the feminine of the adjective thelus, denotes "female," and is
used as a noun, Rom. 1:26,27. See FEMALE.

$$T0003381
\Womb\
<1,,2836,koilia>
denotes "the womb," Matt. 19:12; Luke 1:15,41,42,44; 2:21;
11:27; 23:29; John 3:4; Acts 3:2; 14:8; Gal. 1:15. See BELLY,
No. 1.

<2,,1064,gaster>
is rendered "womb" in Luke 1:31. See BELLY, No. 2.

<3,,3388,metra>
the matrix (akin to meter, "a mother"), occurs in Luke 2:23;
Rom. 4:19.

$$T0003382
\Wonder (Noun and Verb)\
<1,Noun,5059,teras>
"something strange," causing the beholder to marvel, is always
used in the plural, always rendered "wonders," and generally
follows semeia, "signs;" the opposite order occurs in Acts
2:22,43; 6:8, RV; 7:36; in Acts 2:19 "wonders" occurs alone. A
sign is intended to appeal to the understanding, a "wonder"
appeals to the imagination, a power (dunamis) indicates its
source as supernatural. "Wonders" are manifested as Divine
operations in thirteen occurrences (9 times in Acts); three
times they are ascribed to the work of Satan through human
agents, Matt. 24:24; Mark 13:22; 2 Thess. 2:9.

<2,Noun,2285,thambos>
"amazement," is rendered "wonder" in Acts 3:10. See AMAZE, A,
No. 2.

        Notes: (1) For thauma, "a wonder" (rendered "admiration"
in Rev. 17:6, AV), see MARVEL. (2) In Rev. 12:1,3; 13:13
semeion, "a sign," is translated in the AV, "wonder(s)," RV,
"sign(s)." (3) In Acts 3:11 ekthambos (ek, intensive, and No. 2)
is translated "greatly wondering." (4) For pseudos, 2 Thess.
2:9, "lying wonders," see FALSE, B. Cp. AMAZE, B, Nos. 3 and 4.

* Note: (Verbs). For thaumazo, see MARVEL; for existemi, Acts
8:13, AV, see AMAZE, B, No. 1.

$$T0003383
\Wonderful (thing, Work)\
* Notes: (1) In Matt. 7:22, AV, dunamis (in the plural) is
rendered "wonderful works" (RV, is rendered "wonderful works"
(RV, "mighty works," marg., "powers"). See POWER. (2) In Acts
2:11, AV, the adjective megaleios, "magnificent," in the neuter
plural with the article, is rendered "the wonderful works" (RV,
"the mighty works"). (3) In Matt. 21:15, the neuter plural of
the adjective thaumasios, "wonderful," is used as a noun,
"wonderful things," lit., "wonders."

$$T0003384
\Wont\
<1,,1486,etho>
"to be accustomed," is used in the pluperfect tense (with
imperfect meaning), eiotha, rendered "was wont" in Matt. 27:15;
Mark 10:1. See CUSTOM, B, No. 2, MANNER, A, Note (1).

        Notes: (1) In Mark 15:8, "he was wont to do," RV,
represents the imperfect tense of poieo, "to do" (AV, "he had
ever done"). (2) In Luke 22:39, AV, ethos, "a custom," preceded
by kata and the article, lit., "according to the (i.e., His)
custom," is translated "as He was wont" (RV, "as His custom
was"): see CUSTOM, A, No. 1. (3) In Acts 16:13 the AV, "was
wont," translates the texts which have the Passive Voice of
nomizo with its meaning "to hold by custom;" the RV, "we
supposed," translates the texts which have the imperfect tense,
Active, with the meaning "to consider, suppose."

$$T0003385
\Wood\
<1,,3586,xulon>
denotes "timber, wood for any use" 1 Cor. 3:12; Rev. 18:12
(twice). See STAFF, STOCKS, TREE.

<2,,5208,hule>
denotes "a wood, a forest," Jas. 3:5 (AV, "matter," marg.,
"wood"). See MATTER, Note (3).

$$T0003386
\Wool\
<1,,2053,erion>
occurs in Heb. 9:19; Rev. 1:14.

$$T0003387
\Word\
<1,,3056,logos>
denotes (I) "the expression of thought," not the mere name of an
object, (a) as embodying a conception or idea, e.g., Luke 7:7; 1
Cor. 14:9,19; (b) a saying or statement, (1) by God, e.g., John
15:25; Rom. 9:9; 9:28, RV, "word" (AV, "work"); Gal. 5:14; Heb.
4:12; (2) by Christ, e.g., Matt. 24:35 (plur.); John 2:22; 4:41;
14:23 (plur.); 15:20. In connection with (1) and (2) the phrase
"the word of the Lord," i.e., the revealed will of God (very
frequent in the OT), is used of a direct revelation given by
Christ, 1 Thess. 4:15; of the gospel, Acts 8:25; 13:49;
15:35,36; 16:32; 19:10; 1 Thess. 1:8; 2 Thess. 3:1; in this
respect it is the message from the Lord, delivered with His
authority and made effective by His power (cp. Acts 10:36); for
other instances relating to the gospel see Acts 13:26; 14:3;
15:7; 1 Cor. 1:18, RV; 2 Cor. 2:17; 4:2; 5:19; 6:7; Gal. 6:6;
Eph. 1:13; Phil. 2:16; Col. 1:5; Heb. 5:13; sometimes it is used
as the sum of God's utterances, e.g., Mark 7:13; John 10:35;
Rev. 1:2,9; (c) discourse, speech, of instruction, etc., e.g.,
Acts 2:40; 1 Cor. 2:13; 12:8; 2 Cor. 1:18; 1 Thess. 1:5; 2
Thess. 2:15; Heb. 6:1, RV, marg.; doctrine, e.g., Matt. 13:20;
Col. 3:16; 1 Tim. 4:6; 2 Tim. 1:13; Titus 1:9; 1 John 2:7;

        (II) "The Personal Word," a title of the Son of God;
this identification is substantiated by the statements of
doctrine in John 1:1-18, declaring in verses John 1:1,2 (1) His
distinct and superfinite Personality, (2) His relation in the
Godhead (pros, "with," not mere company, but the most intimate
communion), (3) His deity; in John 1:3 His creative power; in
John 1:14 His incarnation ("became flesh," expressing His
voluntary act; not as AV, "was made"), the reality and totality
of His human nature, and His glory "as of the only begotten from
the Father," RV (marg., "an only begotten from a father"), the
absence of the article in each place lending stress to the
nature and character of the relationship; His was the shekinah
glory in open manifestation; John 1:18 consummates the
identification: "the only-begotten Son (RV marg., many ancient
authorities read "God only begotten,"), which is in the bosom of
the Father, He hath declared Him," thus fulfilling the
significance of the title "Logos," the "Word," the personal
manifestation, not of a part of the Divine nature, but of the
whole Deity (see IMAGE).

        The title is used also in 1 John 1:1, "the Word of life"
combining the two declarations in John 1:1,4 and Rev. 19:13 (for
1 John 5:7 see THREE).

<2,,4487,rhema>
denotes "that which is spoken, what is uttered in speech or
writing;" in the singular, "a word," e.g., Matt. 12:36; 27:14; 2
Cor. 12:4; 13:1; Heb. 12:19; in the plural, speech, discourse,
e.g., John 3:34; 8:20; Acts 2:14; 6:11,13; 11:14; 13:42; 26:25;
Rom. 10:18; 2 Pet. 3:2; Jude 1:17; it is used of the Gospel in
Rom. 10:8 (twice),17, RV, "the word of Christ" (i.e., the "word"
which preaches Christ); 10:18; 1 Pet. 1:25 (twice); of a
statement, command, instruction, e.g., Matt. 26:75; Luke 1:37,
RV, "(no) word (from God shall be void of power);" Luke 1:38;
Acts 11:16; Heb. 11:3.

        The significance of rhema (as distinct from logos) is
exemplified in the injunction to take "the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God," Eph. 6:17; here the reference is not
to the whole Bible as such, but to the individual scripture
which the Spirit brings to our remembrance for use in time of
need, a prerequisite being the regular storing of the mind with
Scripture.

        Notes: (1) Epos, "a word," is used in a phrase in Heb.
7:9, lit., "(as to say) a word," RV, "(so to) say," AV, "(as I
may so) say;" logos is reasoned speech, rhema, an utterance,
epos, "the articulated expression of a thought" (Abbott-Smith).
(2) In Rom. 16:18, AV, chrestologia, "useful discourse"
(chrestos, "beneficial"), is rendered "good words" [RV, "smooth
... (speech)"]. (3) For logikos, 1 Pet. 2:2 (RV, "spiritual"),
rendered "of the word," AV, see MILK. (4) For the verb
apangello, rendered "to bring word," see BRING, No. 36. (5) In
Matt. 2:13, AV, eipon, "to tell" (RV) is rendered "bring ...
word." (6) For "enticing words," Col. 2:4, see ENTICE and
PERSUASIVENESS. (7) For "strifes of words," 1 Tim. 6:4, AV, and
"strive ... about words," 2 Tim. 2:14, see STRIFE, STRIVE. (8)
For suntomos, Acts 24:4, "a few words," see FEW, B. For the same
phrase see FEW, A, Nos. 1 and 2.

$$T0003388
\Work (Noun and Verb), Wrought\
<A-1,Noun,2041,eron>
denotes (I) "work, employment, task," e.g., Mark 13:34; John
4:34; 17:4; Acts 13:2; Phil. 2:30; 1 Thess. 5:13; in Acts 5:38
with the idea of enterprise; (II) "a deed, act," (a) of God,
e.g., John 6:28,29; 9:3; 10:37; 14:10; Acts 13:41; Rom. 14:20;
Heb. 1:10; 2:7; 3:9; 4:3,4,10; Rev. 15:3; (b) of Christ, e.g.,
Matt. 11:2; especially in John, 5:36; 7:3,21; 10:25,32,33,38;
14:11,12; 15:24; Rev. 2:26; (c) of believers, e.g., Matt. 5:16;
Mark 14:6; Acts 9:36; Rom. 13:3; Col. 1:10; 1 Thess. 1:3, "work
of faith," here the initial act of faith at conversion (turning
to God, 1 Thess. 1:9); in 2 Thess. 1:11, "every work of faith,"
RV, denotes every activity undertaken for Christ's sake; 2:17; 1
Tim. 2:10; 5:18; 2 Tim. 2:21; 3:17; Titus 2:7,14; 3:1,8,14; Heb.
10:24; 13:21; frequent in James, as the effect of faith [in Jas.
1:25, AV, "(a doer) of the work," RV, "(a doer) that worketh"];
1 Pet. 2:12; Rev. 2:2 and in several other places in chs. 2 and
3; Rev. 14:13; (d) of unbelievers, e.g., Matt. 23:3,5; John 7:7;
Acts 7:41 (for idols); Rom. 13:12; Eph. 5:11; Col. 1:21; Titus
1:16 (1st part); 1 John 3:12; Jude 1:15, RV; Rev. 2:6, RV; of
those who seek justification by works, e.g., Rom. 9:32; Gal.
3:10; Eph. 2:9; described as the works of the law, e.g., Gal.
2:16; 3:2,5; dead works, Heb. 6:1; 9:14; (e) of Babylon, Rev.
18:6; (f) of the Devil, John 8:41; 1 John 3:8. See DEED.

<A-2,Noun,2039,ergasia>
denotes "a work" or "business," also "a working, performance,"
Eph. 4:19, where preceded by eis, "to," it is rendered "to work"
(marg., "to make a trade of"). See DILIGENCE, GAIN.

        Notes: (1) In Rom. 9:28, AV, logos, "a word" (RV), is
rendered "work." (2) For progma, Jas. 3:16, rendered "work" in
AV, the RV has "deed." (3) For praxis, "a doing," Matt. 16:27,
RV marg., AV, "works," see DEED. (4) For the AV, "much work,"
Acts 27:16, see DIFFICULTY. (5) For "workfellow," Rom. 16:21,
AV, see WORKER, No. 2. (6) In Matt. 14:2; Mark 6:14, AV,
dunameis, "powers," RV, is translated "mighty works;" in Acts
2:22, RV, "mighty works," AV, "miracles." (7) For "wonderful
works" see WONDERFUL, Note (2).

<B-1,Verb,2038,ergazomai>
is used (I) intransitively, e.g., Matt. 21:28; John 5:17; 9:4
(2nd part); Rom. 4:4,5; 1 Cor. 4:12; 9:6; 1 Thess. 2:9; 4:11; 2
Thess. 3:8,10-12 (for the play upon words in ver. 11 see
BUSYBODY, A); (II) transitively, (a) "to work something,
produce, perform," e.g., Matt. 26:10, "she hath wrought;" John
6:28,30; 9:4 (1st part); Acts 10:35; 13:41; Rom. 2:10; 13:10; 1
Cor. 16:10; 2 Cor. 7:10, in the best texts, some have No. 2;
Gal. 6:10, RV, "let us work;" Eph. 4:28; Heb. 11:33; 2 John 1:8;
(b) "to earn by working, work for," John 6:27, RV, "work" (AV,
"labor"). See COMMIT, DO, LABOR, MINISTER, TRADE.

<B-2,Verb,2716,katergazomai>
an emphatic form of No. 1, signifies "to work out, achieve,
effect by toil," rendered "to work" (past tense, "wrought") in
Rom. 1:27; 2:9, RV; 4:15 (the Law brings men under condemnation
and so renders them subject to Divine wrath); 5:3; 7:8,13;
15:18; 2 Cor. 4:17; 5:5; 7:10 (see No. 1),11; 12:12; Phil. 2:12,
where "your own salvation" refers especially to freedom from
strife and vainglory; Jas. 1:3,20; 1 Pet. 4:3. See DO, No. 5.

<B-3,Verb,1754,energeo>
lit., "to work in" (en, and A, No. 1), "to be active,
operative," is used of "(a) God, 1 Cor. 12:6; Gal. 2:8; 3:5;
Eph. 1:11,20; 3:20; Phil. 2:13; Col. 1:29; (b) the Holy Spirit,
1 Cor, 12:11; (c) the Word of God. 1 Thess. 2:13 (Middle Voice;
AV, 'effectually worketh'); (d) supernatural power, undefined,
Matt. 14:2; Mark 6:14; (e) faith, as the energizer of love, Gal.
5:6; (f) the example of patience in suffering, 2 Cor. 1:6; (g)
death (physical) and life (spiritual), 2 Cor. 4:12; (h) sinful
passions, Rom. 7:5; (i) the spirit of the Evil One, Eph. 2:2;
(j) the mystery of iniquity, 2 Thess. 2:7." * [* From Notes on
Galatians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 114,115.]

        To these may be added (k) the active response of
believers to the inworking of God, Phil. 2:13 (2nd part), RV,
"to work (for)," AV, "to do (of);" (l) the supplication of the
righteous, Jas. 5:16, RV, "in its working" (AV, "effectual
fervent").

<B-4,Verb,4160,poieo>
"to do," is rendered "to work" in Matt. 20:12, AV (RV, "spent");
Acts 15:12, "had wrought;" Acts 19:11; 21:19; Heb. 13:21; Rev.
16:14; 19:20; 21:27, AV (RV, "maketh;" marg., "doeth"). See DO.

<B-5,Verb,4903,sunergeo>
"to work with or together" (sun), occurs in Mark 16:20; Rom.
8:28, "work together;" 1 Cor. 16:16, "helpeth with;" 2 Cor. 6:1,
"workers together," present participle, "working together;" the
"with Him" represents nothing in the Greek; Jas. 2:22, "wrought
with." See HELP.

<B-6,Verb,1096,ginomai>
"to become, take place," is rendered "wrought" in Mark 6:2; Acts
5:12, "were ... wrought."

$$T0003389
\Worker, Workfellow, fellow Workers, Workman\
<1,,2040,ergates>
is translated "workers" in Luke 13:27 ("of iniquity"); 2 Cor.
11:13 ("deceitful"); Phil. 3:2 ("evil"); "work man," Matt.
10:10, AV (RV, "laborer"); "workman," 2 Tim. 2:15; "workmen,"
Acts 19:25. See LABORER.

<2,,4904,sunergos>
denotes "a worker with," and is rendered "workfellow" in Rom.
16:21, AV, RV, "fellow worker;" in Col. 4:11, "fellow workers"
(see RV). See the RV, "God's fellow workers," in 1 Cor. 3:9. See
COMPANION, HELPER, LABORER, Note.

        Note: For "workers at home," Titus 2:5, see HOME, B.

$$T0003390
\Working\
<1,,1753,energeia>
(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 call and enduement of Paul, Eph. 3:7;
Col. 1:29; (c) in His retributive dealings in sending "a working
of error" (AV, "strong delusion") upon those under the rule of
the Man of Sin who receive not the love of the truth, but have
pleasure in unrighteousness, 2 Thess. 2:11; (2) of the "power"
of Christ (a) generally, Phil. 3:21; (b) in the church,
individually, Eph. 4:16; (3) of the power of Satan in energizing
the Man of Sin in his "parousia," 2 Thess. 2:9, "coming."

<2,,1755,energema>
"what is wrought," the effect produced by No. 1, occurs in 1
Cor. 12:6, RV, "working" (AV, "operations"); 1 Cor. 12:10.

$$T0003391
\Workmanship\
* For WORKMANSHIP see MADE, B

$$T0003392
\World\
<1,,2889,kosmos>
primarily "order, arrangement, ornament, adornment" (1 Pet. 3:3,
see ADORN, B), is used to denote (a) the "earth," e.g., Matt.
13;35; John 21:25; Acts 17:24; Rom. 1:20 (probably here the
universe: it had this meaning among the Greeks, owing to the
order observable in it); 1 Tim. 6:7; Heb. 4:3; 9:26; (b) the
"earth" in contrast with Heaven, 1 John 3:17 (perhaps also Rom.
4:13); (c) by metonymy, the "human race, mankind," e.g., Matt.
5:14; John 1:9 [here "that cometh (RV, 'coming') into the world"
is said of Christ, not of "every man;" by His coming into the
world He was the light for all men]; 1 John 3:10; 3:16,17
(thrice),19; 4:42, and frequently in Rom. 1 Cor. and 1 John; (d)
"Gentiles" as distinguished from Jews, e.g., Rom. 11:12,15,
where the meaning is that all who will may be reconciled (cp. 2
Cor. 5:19); (e) the "present condition of human affairs," in
alienation from and opposition to God, e.g., John 7:7; 8:23;
14:30; 1 Cor. 2:12; Gal. 4:3; 6:14; Col. 2:8; Jas. 1:27; 1 John
4:5 (thrice); 5:19; (f) the "sum of temporal possessions," Matt.
16:26; 1 Cor. 7:31 (1st part); (g) metaphorically, of the
"tongue" as "a world (of iniquity)," Jas. 3:6; expressive of
magnitude and variety.

<2,,165,aion>
"an age, a period of time," marked in the NT usage by spiritual
or moral characteristics, is sometimes translated "world;" the
RV marg. always has "age." The following are details concerning
the world in this respect; its cares, Matt. 13:22; its sons,
Luke 16:8; 20:34; its rulers, 1 Cor. 2:6,8; its wisdom, 1 Cor.
1:20; 2:6; 3:18, its fashion, Rom. 12:2; its character, Gal.
1:4; its god, 2 Cor. 4:4. The phrase "the end of the world"
should be rendered "the end of the age," in most places (see
END, A, No. 2); in 1 Cor. 10:11, AV, "the ends (tele) of the
world," RV, "the ends of the ages," probably signifies the
fulfillment of the Divine purposes concerning the ages in regard
to the church [this would come under END, A, No. 1, (c)]. In
Heb. 11:3 [lit., "the ages (have been prepared)"] the word
indicates all that the successive periods contain; cp. Heb. 1:2.
Aion is always to be distinguished from kosmos, even where the
two seem to express the same idea, e.g., 1 Cor. 3:18, aion, 1
Cor. 3:19, kosmos; the two are used together in Eph. 2:2, lit.,
"the age of this world." For a list of phrases containing aion,
with their respective meanings, see EVER, B.

<3,,3625,oikoumene>
"the inhabited earth" (see EARTH, No. 2), is used (a) of the
whole inhabited world, Matt. 24:14; Luke 4:5; 21:26; Rom. 10:18;
Heb. 1:6; Rev. 3:10; 16:14; by metonymy, of its inhabitants,
Acts 17:31; Rev. 12:9; (b) of the Roman Empire, the world as
viewed by the writer or speaker, Luke 2:1; Acts 11:28; 24:5; by
metonymy, of its inhabitants, Acts 17:6; 19:27; (c) the
inhabited world in a coming age, Heb. 2:5.

        Notes: (1) In Rev. 13:3, AV, ge, "the earth" (RV), is
translated "world." (2) For phrases containing aionios, e.g.,
Rom. 16:25; 2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 1:2, see ETERNAL, No. 2.

$$T0003393
\Worldly\
<1,,2886,kosmikos>
"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 this visible world, local and
transitory); (b) in Titus 2:12, ethically, of "worldly lusts,"
or desires.

$$T0003394
\World rulers\
* For WORLD RULERS, Eph. 6:12, RV, see RULER, No. 3

$$T0003395
\Worm\
<1,,4663,skolex>
"a worm which preys upon dead bodies," is used metaphorically by
the Lord in Mark 9:48; in some mss. vv. 44,46, cp. Isa. 66:24.
The statement signifies the exclusion of the hope of
restoration, the punishment being eternal.

<2,,4662,skolekobrotos>
denotes "devored by worms" (skolex, and bibrosko, "to eat"),
Acts 12:23.

$$T0003396
\Wormwood\
<1,,894,apsinthos>
(Eng., "absinthe"), a plant both bitter and deleterious, and
growing in desolate places, figuratively suggestive of
"calamity" (Lam. 3:15) and injustice (Amos 5:7), is used in Rev.
8:11 (twice; in the 1st part as a proper name).

$$T0003397
\Worse\
<A-1,Adjective,5501,cheiron>
used as the comparative degree of kakos, "evil," describes (a)
the condition of certain men, Matt. 12:45; Luke 11:26; 2 Pet.
2:20; (b) evil men themselves and seducers, 2 Tim. 3:13; (c)
indolent men who refuse to provide for their own households, and
are worse than unbelievers, 1 Tim. 5:8, RV; (d) a rent in a
garment, Matt. 9:16; Mark 2:21; (e) an error, Matt. 27:64; (f) a
person suffering from a malady, Mark 5:26; (g) a possible
physical affiction, John 5:14; (h) a punishment, Heb. 10:29,
"sorer." See SORE.

<A-2,Adjective,1640,elasson | elatton>
is said of wine in John 2:10. See LESS.

<A-3,Adjective,2276,hesson | hetton>
"less, inferior," is used in the neuter, after epi, "for," is
translated "worse" in 1 Cor. 11:17; in 2 Cor. 12:15 the neuter,
used adverbially, is translated "the less."

<B-1,Verb,5302,hustereo>
is rendered "are we the worse" in 1 Cor. 8:8. See BEHIND, B, No.
1, COME, No. 39, DESTITUTE, FAIL, Note (2), LACK, WANT.

<B-2,Verb,4281,proecho>
"to hold before, promote," is rendered "are we better" in Rom.
3:9, AV (Passive Voice); RV, "are we in worse case." See BETTER
(be), Note (1).

$$T0003398
\Worship (Verb and Noun), Worshiping\
<A-1,Verb,4352,proskuneo>
"to make obeisance, do reverence to" (from pros, "towards," and
kuneo, "to kiss"), is the most frequent word rendered "to
worship." It is used of an act of homage or reverence (a) to
God, e.g., Matt. 4:10; John 4:21-24; 1 Cor. 14:25; Rev. 4:10;
5:14; 7:11; 11:16; 19:10 (2nd part); 22:9; (b) to Christ, e.g.,
Matt. 2:2,8,11; 8:2; 9:18; 14:33; 15:25; 20:20; 28:9,17; John
9:38; Heb. 1:6, in a quotation from the Sept. of Deut. 32:43,
referring to Christ's Second Advent; (c) to a man, Matt. 18:26;
(d) to the Dragon, by men, Rev. 13:4; (e) to the Beast, his
human instrument, Rev. 13:4,8,12; 14:9,11; (f) the image of the
Beast, Rev. 13:15; 14:11; 16:2; (g) to demons, Rev. 9:20; (h) to
idols, Acts 7:43.

        Note: As to Matt. 18:26, this is mentioned as follows,
in the "List of readings and renderings preferred by the
American Committee" (see RV Classes of Passages, IV): "At the
word 'worship' in Matt. 2:2, etc., add the marginal note 'The
Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether paid to man (see
chap. Matt. 18:26) or to God (see chap. Matt. 4:10)'." The Note
to John 9:38 in the American Standard Version in this connection
is most unsound; it implies that Christ was a creature. J. N.
Darby renders the verb "do homage" [see the Revised Preface to
the Second Edition (1871) of his New Translation].

<A-2,Verb,4576,sebomai>
"to revere," stressing the feeling of awe or devotion, is used
of "worship" (a) to God, Matt. 15:9; Mark 7:7; Acts 16:14;
18:7,13; (b) to a goddess, Acts 19:27. See DEVOUT, No. 3.

<A-3,Verb,4573,sebazomai>
akin to No. 2, "to honor religiously," is used in Rom. 1:25.

<A-4,Verb,3000,latreuo>
"to serve, to render religious service or homage," is translated
"to worship" in Phil. 3:3, "(who) worship (by the Spirit of
God)," RV, AV, "(which) worship (God in the spirit);" the RV
renders it "to serve" (for AV, "to worship") in Acts 7:42;
24:14; AV and RV, "(the) worshipers" in Heb. 10:2, present
participle, lit., "(the ones) worshiping." See SERVE.

<A-5,Verb,2151,eusebeo>
"to act piously towards," is translated "ye worship" in Acts
17:23. See PIETY (to show).

        Notes: (1) The worship of God is nowhere defined in
Scripture. A consideration of the above verbs shows that it is
not confined to praise; broadly it may be regarded as the direct
acknowledgement to God, of His nature, attributes, ways and
claims, whether by the outgoing of the heart in praise and
thanksgiving or by deed done in such acknowledgment. (2) In Acts
17:25 therapeuo, "to serve, do service to" (so RV), is rendered
"is worshiped." See CURE, HEAL.

<B-1,Noun,4574,sebasma>
denotes "an object of worship" (akin to A, No. 3); Acts 17:23
(see DEVOTION); in 2 Thess. 2:4, "that is worshiped;" every
object of "worship," whether the true God or pagan idols, will
come under the ban of the Man of Sin.

<B-2,Noun,1479,ethelothreskeia[-ia]>
"will-worship" (ethelo, "to will," threskeia, "worship"), occurs
in Col. 2:23, voluntarily adopted "worship," whether unbidden or
forbidden, not that which is imposed by others, but which one
affects.

<B-3,Noun,2356,threskeia>
for which see RELIGION, is translated "worshiping" in Col. 2:18.

        Note: In Luke 14:10, AV, doxa, "glory" (RV), is
translated "worship."

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<1,,4353,proskunetes>
akin to proskuneo (see WORSHIP, A, No. 1), occurs in John 4:23.

<2,,3511,neokoros>
is translated "worshiper" in Acts 19:35 AV: see TEMPLE KEEPER.

<3,,2318,theosebes>
denotes "reverencing God" (theos, "God," sebomai, see WORSHIP,
A, No. 2), and is rendered "a worshiper of God" in John 9:31.
Cp. theosebeia, "godliness," 1 Tim. 2:10.

        Note: For Heb. 10:2, see WORSHIP, A, No. 4.