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Willows, Brook of the nachal ha’arabim (Isa 15:7). Southern boundary of Moab. In Amo 6:14 nachal ha’arabah “the brook of the Arabah.” Now called in its upper part wady el Ahsa, and then wady es Safieh, dividing Moab from Idumea. Flowing from E. to W. it forms the southern bound of Moab, turns to the … Continue reading “Willows, Brook of the”

Willows, Brook Of ( , Ndchal ha-Arabim; Sept. ; Vulg. torrens salicum), a wady mentioned by Isaiah (15:7) in his dirge over Moab. Over this name Jerome takes a singular flight in his Commentary on Isa 15:7, connecting it with the Orebim (A.V. “ravens “) who fed Elijah during his seclusion. The prophet’s language implies … Continue reading “Willows, Brook Of”

Willows (1.) Heb. ‘arabim (Lev. 23:40; Job 40:22; Isa. 15:7; 44:3, 4; Ps. 137:1, 2). This was supposed to be the weeping willow, called by Linnaeus Salix Babylonica, from the reference in Ps. 137. This tree is frequently found “on the coast, overhanging wells and pools. There is a conspicuous tree of this species over … Continue reading “Willows”

Willow Tree wilo-tre (, caphcaphah): Comparison with the Arabic safsaf, the willow, makes it very probable that thc translation of Eze 17:5 is correct. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Willow-Tree Fig. 343WillowSalix Aegyptiaca Willow-tree (Eze 17:5). The species of willow here referred to is supposed to be a peculiar sort called safsaf, the Salix Aeyptiaca … Continue reading “Willow-Tree”

Willow Sunday Sunday before Easter, the sixth and last of Lent, and the beginning of Holy Week, commemorating Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem when olive and palm branches were strewn in His path. Before the Mass of the day the Palms are to be solemnly blessed. In connection with this blessing a procession is prescribed. … Continue reading “Willow-Sunday”

Willow (Tree) Psa 137:2 (c) We may use this as a type of sorrow in separation. Its drooping leaves and branches indicate the depressed and drooping spirit of those who have been separated from the things they love. Fuente: Wilson’s Dictionary of Bible Types

WILLOW A very common tree, which grows in marshy places, Job 40:22 Isa 44:4, with a leaf much like that of the olive. God commanded the Hebrews to take branches of the handsomest trees, particularly of the willows of the brook, and to bear them in their hands before the Lord, as a token of … Continue reading “Willow”

Willm, JOSEPH a Protestant pedagogue and philosopher, was born at Heiligenstein in 1792. In 1821 he was professor at the gymnasium in Strasburg, in 1826 professor of philosophy at the seminary, and died in 1853. He published, De l’Education du People (1843): Histoire de la Philosophie Allemande Depuis Kant (1844), which received the prize from … Continue reading “Willm, JOSEPH”

Williston, Seth, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Suffield, Conn., April 4, 1770. He studied at Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1791. Having applied himself to the study of theology, he was licensed to preach Oct. 7. 1794, and was afterwards employed for some months in supplying, temporarily, several churches in Connecticut. After … Continue reading “Williston, Seth, D.D”

Williston, PAYSON, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at West Haven, Connecticut in 1763; graduated at Yale College in 1783; studied theology at New Haven; became pastor at Easthampton, Massachusetts, in 1789 where he remained until 1833. He died there January 30, 1856. He published a Sermon in 1799, a Half-century Sermon in 1839, and … Continue reading “Williston, PAYSON, D.D”