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Whisperer A slanderer. Rom 1:29; 2Co 12:20 Slander; Speaking, Evil Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Whisper See Busybody; Slander; Talebearer Busybody; Slander; Talebearer Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

WHIRLWINDS Were very frequent in the deserts of Arabia, Job 37:9 38:1 Na 1:3, and travelers in the East have encountered many. Most of them are not formidable, Isa 17:13 ; but one now and then occurs, sudden, swift, and awful in its devastating course; houses and trees are no obstruction in its way, and … Continue reading “WHIRLWINDS”

Whirlwind (, suphah, Job 37:9; Pro 1:27; Pro 10:25; Isa 5:28; Isa 17:13; Isa 21:1; Isa 66:15; Jer 4:13; Hos 8:7; Amo 1:14; Neh 1:3; elsewhere “storm,” etc., denoting the sweeping force of the wind or hurricane; also , sdar Jer 23:19; Jer 25:32; Jer 30:23; elsewhere “tempest,” or [fem.] , 2Ki 2:1; 2Ki 2:11; … Continue reading “Whirlwind”

WHIPS 1Ki 12:11; Pro 26:3; Nah 3:2 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Whipple, George, D.D a professor of the Congregational Church, was born in Albany, N. Y., June 4, 1805. For a time he was a student in the Oneida Institute; was one year (1833) in the Lane Theological Seminary; and graduated from the theological department of Oberlin College in 1836, in which year he was ordained … Continue reading “Whipple, George, D.D”

Whipple, Amiel Weeks Military engineer and soldier, born at Greenwich, Massachusetts, 1818; died at Washington, D.C., 7 May, 1863. He was the son of David and Abigail Pepper Whipple. After studying at Amherst College, he made the course at West Point, graduating 1 July, 1841. His early years of service were spent in surveying the … Continue reading “Whipple, Amiel Weeks”

Whipping was a punishment employed in the ancient Church for the discipline of junior monks arid inferior clergy for insubordination. It was also applied to others in certain cases. Bingham (Christ. Antiq. book 7, chapter 3) quotes from Palladius as follows: “In the Church of Mount Nitria, there were three whips hanged upon three palm-trees … Continue reading “Whipping”

WHIPPERS Or FLAGELLANTES, a sect of wild fanatics, who chastised and disciplined themselves with whips in public. It had its rise in Italy in the year 1260: its author was one Rainer, a hermit; and it was propagated from hence through almost all the countries of Europe. A great number of persons, of all ages … Continue reading “WHIPPERS”

Whip (, shot; occasionally rendered scourge, Job 5:21; Job 9:23; Isa 10:26; Isa 28:15). In ancient times, whips were used not only for driving animals, but also as instruments of torture; and even now, in slaveholding countries, the unfortunate slaves are obliged to work with the, fear of the whip before their eyes. The system … Continue reading “Whip”