Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
Wimple
Jewish Life & Customs - Old Testament
A wimple was an older term for a shawl, mantle, hood, or veil. The precise garment is uncertain, but the word describes a woman’s outer covering or wrap.
WIND
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Wind is moving air, including ordinary breezes, seasonal winds, storms, and desert blasts. Scripture also uses it as a picture of God’s power, judgment, uncertainty, transience, and the work of the Spirit.
Window
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A window was an opening in a house for light and air, commonly closed with latticework rather than glass. Windows could provide escape routes, overlook streets or courtyards, and symbolize openings in heaven.
Winds
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
The Bible speaks of winds from the four quarters and describes their differing effects: the east wind was dry and forceful, the south wind hot, and the west wind associated with moisture. All winds remain under God’s rule.
Wine
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Wine is the fermented or freshly pressed juice of grapes, used for food, hospitality, worship, and celebration. Scripture also warns against drunkenness and records restrictions on its use by Nazirites and priests during service.
Wine-press
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A wine-press consisted of an upper basin where grapes were trodden and a lower vat that received the juice. Scripture uses the treading of the winepress as a figure for the execution of divine judgment.
WINEBIBBER
Sin & Judgment - New Testament
A winebibber is a habitual wine-drinker. Jesus was falsely accused of being one because He ate and drank with people, in contrast to John the Baptist’s more secluded manner of life.
Winefat
Agriculture & Daily Life - New Testament
A winefat was the lower vat or receiving basin of a wine-press, where juice flowed from the upper trough after the grapes were crushed. The term can also refer to the entire pressing apparatus.
Winepress
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
A winepress was usually formed from two vats cut into rock: grapes were trodden in the higher vat, and the juice flowed into the lower vat. Ancient winepresses remain among the notable remains of early life in Palestine.
WINGS
Objects & Symbols - Both
Wings commonly symbolize shelter, strength, speed, endurance, and loving protection. Biblical poetry uses the wings of birds to portray God’s care, renewed strength, refuge, and the swift passing of riches.
Winnow
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
To winnow is to separate grain from chaff by throwing it into the wind or using a fan. The heavier grain falls while the lighter chaff is blown away, providing a picture of judgment and separation.
Winnowing
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Winnowing is the agricultural process of separating grain from chaff by wind or a fan. Scripture uses this familiar work as an image of purification, judgment, and the separation of the righteous from the wicked.
WINTER
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Winter is the cold and rainy season, also associated in some passages with autumn harvest conditions. The New Testament uses the term for remaining through the winter.
WINTER-HOUSE
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A winter-house was a residence or chamber used during the cold season. King Jehoiakim’s winter-house included a brazier or fire for warmth.
WISDOM OF GOD
Doctrine & Theology - New Testament
“Wisdom of God” in Luke 11:49 is best understood as a written or traditional declaration presenting God’s wisdom as speaking and announcing the sending and persecution of prophets and apostles.
Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach
Scripture - Inter-testament
The Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach, also called Ecclesiasticus, is a Jewish wisdom book preserved among the Apocrypha. It contains instruction concerning godly conduct, wisdom, worship, and practical life.
Wisdom, The, Of Solomon
Scripture - Inter-testament
The Wisdom of Solomon is a Jewish wisdom book of the Apocrypha, composed in Greek before the time of Christ. It praises wisdom, contrasts righteousness with sensual wickedness, and traces God’s wisdom through sacred history.
Wise men
People & Groups - Both
Wise men may mean learned advisers or, in some passages, specialists in magic, astrology, and divination. Daniel’s wisdom came from God, while the magi who visited Jesus came from the East seeking the newborn King.
Wise, wisdom
Doctrine & Theology - Both
Biblical wisdom is chiefly moral and spiritual rather than merely intellectual. True wisdom comes from God, leads to righteousness and reverence, and is fulfilled in Christ, who is called the wisdom and power of God.
WISH
Christian Life - Both
A wish is a desire, request, petition, or heartfelt longing. Biblical usage may refer to an expressed desire, a plea to God, or something imagined and strongly desired.
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