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Wood, Francis Asbury, D.D a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Charleston, S.C., June 23, 1830. He graduated from Charleston College in 1850, and was admitted into the South Carolina Conference in the same year During the war he was commissioned as chaplain, and served in the Charleston hospitals. In 1869 … Continue reading “Wood, Francis Asbury, D.D”

Wood-Carving In general, the production from wood of objects of trade or art by means of sharp instruments, as a knife, chisel, file, or drill. Here only that branch of wood-carving is dealt with which produces artistic objects, belonging either to plastic (as statues, crucifixes, and similar carvings), or to industrial art (as arabesques and … Continue reading “Wood-Carving”

Wood-carrying, The Feast Of one of the annual festivals instituted after the Babylonian captivity, although not mentioned in the Bible. SEE FESTIVAL. I. Name of the Festival and its Significance. The name or , which literally denotes the wood-offering, Xylophoria, or its fuller phrase, , the feast of wood-offering, (Josephus, War, 2:17, 6), by which … Continue reading “Wood-carrying, The Feast Of”

Wood, Andrew a Scotch prelate, was bishop of the Isles, where he continued until 1680. when he was translated to the bishopric of Caithness. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, pages 218, 310. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Wood, Aaron, D.D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Pendleton, Virginia, October 15, 1802. He joined the Ohio Conference in 1827. He was fourteen years presiding elder, twelve years agent for benevolent institutions and societies, and chaplain six years. He died August 20, 1887. He was a member of the General Conferences of 1840, … Continue reading “Wood, Aaron, D.D”

Wood (usually , also rendered tree; ). The East, especially Egypt (Hasselquist, p. 70; Norden, p. 361), is remarkably destitute of forests, and Palestine. is nearly as barren of them, except in some of the northern and eastern districts. SEE TREE. Consequently the inhabitants are obliged to use, instead of fire-wood, dried grass (Mat 6:30; … Continue reading “Wood”

Wont “to be accustomed,” is used in the pluperfect tense (with imperfect meaning), eiotha, rendered “was wont” in Mat 27:15; Mar 10:1. See CUSTOM, B, No. 2, MANNER, A, Note (1). Notes: (1) In Mar 15:8, “he was wont to do,” RV, represents the imperfect tense of poieo, “to do” (AV, “he had ever done”). … Continue reading “Wont”

WONDERS OF GOD Exo 4:21; Exo 15:11; Jos 3:5; Psa 77:14; Dan 4:3; Joe 2:30; Act 6:8 –, Lying. SEE Magic, MAGIC Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Wonders in an ecclesiastical sense, are those remarkable occurrences, whether deceptive or otherwise, which partake of the nature of miracles, and have been regarded as such by those who witnessed them. Miracles were very common in the early Church, and were a powerful weapon in the hands of the clergy, both to convince unbelievers and … Continue reading “Wonders”

Wonderful (thing, Work) * Notes: (1) In Mat 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 Act 2:11, AV, the adjective megaleios, “magnificent,” in the neuter plural with the article, is rendered “the wonderful works” (RV, “the mighty works”). … Continue reading “Wonderful (thing, Work)”