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Waire, Venerable English friar and martyr, hanged, drawn, and quartered at St. Thomas Waterings in Camberwell (a brook at the second milestone on the Old Kent Road), 8 July, 1539. All authorities agree that there were four martyrs at this time and place, and all agree that one of them was the Vicar of Wandsworth, … Continue reading “Waire, Venerable”

Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, D.D a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born in Liverpool, England, Feb. 24, 1792. His parents were on a visit to England when he was born, and they remained there until he was eleven years old. During this period he spent several years at a school at Ruthin, in North … Continue reading “Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, D.D”

Wainscot This term originally seems to have implied rough planks of oak timber, and subsequently to have been given to wooden paneling, to which they were converted for lining the inner walls of houses and churches. It was very extensively employed during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I, and for a long period … Continue reading “Wainscot”

Wainright, William an English Congregational minister, was born in London, September, 1806. He was educated at Christ’s Hospital, and while there became deeply impressed with religious things. He early engaged in Sabbath school work and lay preaching, and in 1849 was ordained at Tarrant, Hampshire. Mr. Wainright labored successively at Wheathampstead and Cordicote, and was … Continue reading “Wainright, William”

Wainright, David an English Congregational minister, was born at Leeds, Jan. 28, 1835. He was educated at Airedale College, and became the minister of the Wesleyan Free Church, Great Horton. He was ordained, April 6, 1860, pastor of the Congregational Church at Chorley, Lancashire, and died Sept. 28, 1862. Mr. Wainright was a truth-seeker, and … Continue reading “Wainright, David”

Wailing-place, Jews’ a section of the western wall of the temple area, where the Jews assemble every Friday afternoon to bewail their desolate condition (Ps. 79:1, 4, 5). The stones in this part of the wall are of great size, and were placed, as is generally believed, in the position in which they are now … Continue reading “Wailing-place, Jews’”

Wailing of the Wicked Mat 13:42 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Wailing WAILING.The expression of sorrow by loud cries is several times alluded to in the Gospels: Mat 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard; Mat 11:17 We have mourned unto you (cf. Luk 23:27, Joh 16:20). The Jewish custom is abundantly evidenced from the OT (see esp. Jer 9:10; Jer 9:17); in the Gospels … Continue reading “WAILING”

Wail, Wailing wal, waling. See BURIAL, III, 2; IV, 4, 5, 6. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Wail, Wailing * Notes: (1) For alalazo, rendered “to wail” in Mar 5:38, see CLANGING. (2) For kopto, rendered “to wail” in Rev 1:7, AV (RV, “shall mourn”) and Rev 18:9, RV, “wail” (AV, “lament”), see BEWAIL. (3) … Continue reading “Wail, Wailing”

Wail [MOURNING] Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature