War, Warfare wor, worfar (, milhamah, , ‘anshe milhamah, men of war, soldiers; , polemos, , polemen, , strateuesthai, , stratia): 1.Religious Significance 2.Preliminaries 3.Operations of War 4.Strategy 5.Important Requisites 6.Characteristics 7.Defeat and Victory 8.Spoils and Trophies 9.Treaties of Peace 10.War in the New Testament LITERATURE 1. Religious Significance: From an early period of Hebrew … Continue reading “War, Warfare”
WAR-PEACE
WAR-PEACE (A) WAR(1) General References to Gen 14:2; 2Sa 22:35; Psa 27:3; Ecc 3:8; Mat 24:6; Rev 6:4 (2) Jewish Laws Concerning Deu 20:2; Deu 23:9; Deu 24:5; Luk 14:31 (3) An Era of Peace Prophesied Psa 46:9; Isa 2:4; Hos 2:18; Mic 4:3; Zec 9:10 (4) Threatened as a Judgment from God Lev 26:25; … Continue reading “WAR-PEACE”
War of the Peasants
War of the Peasants A popular uprising which started among the peasant classes of Germany in 1524, due to causes both economic and religious. As far back as 1502 and 1514, there had been local revolts prompted by the increasing exactions of the feudal lords. The declamations of Luther against monks and priests and his … Continue reading “War of the Peasants”
War, Man of
War, Man of ( , ‘sh milhamah): Yahweh is a man of war: Yahweh is his name (Exo 15:3). In early Israel the character of Yahweh as the war-God forms a prominent feature in the conception of God (Num 10:35; Num 21:14; Jos 5:13; Jos 10:11; Jdg 5:4, Jdg 5:13, Jdg 5:20, Jdg 5:23, Jdg … Continue reading “War, Man of”
39. WAR. FIGHTING
39. WAR. FIGHTING The words and are translated ‘fight,’ or ‘fighting.’ They both occur in Jam 4:1; “From whence come wars (.) and fightings (.)?” and in the next verse occur the verbs to which these words belong: “Ye fight () and war ().” These passages show the distinction between the words, and they may … Continue reading “39. WAR. FIGHTING”
War, Christian Views Of
War, Christian Views Of I. History of Opinion The question whether war is allowable to Christians divides itself into two, which are intimately related to each other: (a) Is it right for a Christian government to carry on war? and (b) is a Christian subject obliged to serve as a soldier? Christianity always breathes the … Continue reading “War, Christian Views Of”
War (Verb and Noun)
War (Verb and Noun) (Eng., “polemics”), “to fight, to make war,” is used (a) literally, Rev 12:7 (twice), RV; Rev 13:4; Rev 17:14; Rev 19:11; (b) metaphorically, Rev 2:16, RV; (c) hyperbolically, Jam 4:2. See FIGHT, B, Note (1). used in the Middle Voice, “to make war” (from stratos, “an encamped army”), is translated “to … Continue reading “War (Verb and Noun)”
War
WAR One of the evil fruits of the fall, and an appalling manifestation of the depravity of mankind, Gen 6:11-13 Isa 9:5 Jam 4:1-2, often rendered apparently inevitable by the assaults of enemies, or commanded by God for their punishment. See AMALEKITES and CANAAN.By this scourge, subsequently to the conquest of Canaan, God chastised both … Continue reading “War”
Wappers, Gustave
Wappers, Gustave a Flemish painter, was born at Antwerp in 1803. He studied there, and afterwards at Paris, where he adopted the style of the Romantic school. In 1830 he produced the Devotions of the Burgomasters of Leyden, which established his reputation as an original historical painter. He was secretary of Leopoid I, who made … Continue reading “Wappers, Gustave”
Waple, Edward
Waple, Edward an English clergyman of the 17th century, became prebendary of Bath and Wells in 1677; archdeacon of Taunton in 1682; prebendary of Winchester in 1690; and died in 1712. He was the author of Book of the Revelation Paraphrased (1693) and Seventy Sermons (1714-20, 3 vols.; a second edition with Life, 1729). See … Continue reading “Waple, Edward”