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Witch is the rendering, in the A.V., at Exo 22:18, of (mekashshphah, Sept. ,-Vulg. malefici), and in Deu 18:10, of the masc. form of the same word ()? , mekashshph, Sept. , Vulg. maleficus), which is elsewhere rendered sorcerer (Exo 7:11; Dan 2:2; Mal 3:5). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Witch Occurs … Continue reading “Witch”

Witbank, South Africa, diocese of Established as the Prefecture Apostolic of Lydenburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa on 12 June 1923. Entrusted to the German Sons of the Sacred Heart. Elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of Lydenburg on 9 December 1948. Elevated to the diocese of Lydenburg on 11 January 1951. Name changed to the … Continue reading “Witbank, South Africa, diocese of”

Wit, To, Wot, Wist ‘To know.’ Gen 24:21; Exo 16:15; Act 3:17; Act 23:5; etc. From the Anglo-Saxon witan, ‘to know.’ Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Wit, To ‘How.’ 2Co 5:19. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

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 know, to make known,” is rendered “we do (you) to wit” in 2Co 8:1, AV, RV, “we make known (to you).” See KNOW, No. 8. Note: … Continue reading “Wit (to)”

WIT See WIST. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Wit WIT.The vb. to wit, which means to know, is used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in most of its parts. The present tense is I wot, thou wottest, he wot or wotteth, we wot; the past tense, I wist, he wist, ye wist; the infinitive, … Continue reading “Wit”

Wist, Witty, Wot wist, witi, wot: The verb to wit in the King James Version is interchangeable with to know, and is conjugated with a present wot, and a past wist. This inflection is derived from more complicated forms in the older English, and in post-Elizabethan times has become quite obsolete. (But compare the roots … Continue reading “Wist, Witty, Wot”

WIST Knew; the past tense, from an obsolete present wis, Exo 16:15 . Wot and wotteth, meaning know and knoweth, Gen 21:26 39:8, and to wit, meaning to know, Gen 24:21, are also from the same Saxon root. “Do you to wit,” 2Co 8:1, means, make you to know, or inform you. “To wit,” in … Continue reading “Wist”

Wissowatius, Andreas one of the most prominent Socinians, and grandson of F. Socinus, was born in 1608 at Philippovien, in Lithuania. For many years he was pastor of different Socinian congregations in Poland. He died in Holland in 1678. Of his sixty-two writings we mention, Religio Rationalis (1685): Stimuli Virtutum Freni Peccator (Amsterdam, 1682). He … Continue reading “Wissowatius, Andreas”

Wissenschaftslehre (Ger. doctrine of science) Since Fichte who understood by it critical philosophy in general and his idealistic system based on consciousness of the absolute ego apart from any definite content of knowledge in particular, a term characterizing philosophy as a scientific systcm of knowledge embracing the principles and methodology of all sciences under exclusion … Continue reading “Wissenschaftslehre”