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9541 Etymology dictionary, p. wedding (n.).2
… "bridal run," in reference to conducting the bride to her new home. Wedding ring is from late 14c.; wedding cake is recorded from 1640s, as a style of architecture …
9542 Etymology dictionary, p. weft (n.).2
"threads which run across the web from side to side," Old English weft, wefta "weft," related to wefan "to weave," from Proto-Germanic *weftaz (see weave (v.)).
9543 Etymology dictionary, p. whore (n.).6
… who runs after men." Avestan jahika is literally "woman," but only of evil creatures; another term is kunairi, from pejorative prefix ku- + nairi "woman."
9544 Etymology dictionary, p. wild (v.).2
"to run wild, refuse to be tamed," Old English awildian (see wild (adj.)). Wilding (n.) in the teen gang sense first recorded 1989. Earlier it meant "plant that grows without cultivation" (1520s).
9545 Etymology dictionary, p. yakuza (n.).2
… who runs afoul of them), or it may be a reference to the fact that a player who draws this hand requires great skill to win.
9546 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Absalom (1).3
… men run before him. Such magnificence produced the desired effect upon the hearts of the young aristocrats of the royal city ( 2 Samuel 15:1 ff).
9547 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Accommodation.46
… has run a course in history. For example, the ideas embodied in the Messianic Kingship and the conception of the Servant of Yahweh could be known only in the …
9548 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Achor.2
… and runs between steep banks south of the modern Jericho to Jordan, the stream after rams becoming a foaming torrent. Possibly the name may have been applied …
9549 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 1-7.31
… argument runs as follows: The author was a companion of Paul. The "we" sections prove that ( Acts 16:10 - 17; Acts 20:6 - 16; Acts 21:1 - 40; Acts 27:1 - 44; Acts 28:1 - 31 ). These sections …
9550 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam, City of.2
… and run out below, permitting Joshua’s host to cross on dry land (SWP, II, 15; Wright, SCOTH, 130-34).
9551 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agrapha.3
… title runs: Agrapha Extra-canonical Fragments of Scripture; and the volume contains a first collection of Old Testament agrapha. The term is still however …
9552 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agrapha.7
… clause runs: "and not from greater to be less." The new saying is noteworthy but obscure. A third passage (9) of less value but still of interest is an insertion in …
9553 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agrapha.8
… Swete runs as follows: "Woe to you blind who see not.... But I and my disciples who thou sayest have not been dipped have dipped in the waters of eternal life which …
9554 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ahaz.7
… was running, the seeking of aid from Assyria. His appeal was to both king and people. By Divine direction, meeting Ahaz "at the end of the conduit of the upper pool …
9555 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).34
… there runs through all the note of one who has seen God’s working in all Nature and His presence in every phenomenon. Rustic he may be, but there is no rudeness …
9556 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.58
… to run its course, with the need, which though it does not distinctly teach, at least is inclined to maintain, that the universe is immortal or eternal, both in …
9557 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apostles' Creed; The.6
1. Old Roman Form: First, the Old Roman Form is given from the Greek of Marcellus, of Ancyra, 341 AD. It runs thus:
9558 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Arabah.3
… water running in all directions, birds fluttering from every tree, the whole country alive with life; nowhere have I seen so great and sudden a contrast" (Mount …
9559 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Arabah.7
… seen running up into all the wadies on either side, being very prominent opposite their mouths, but much eroded since its deposition. On the shores of the lake …
9560 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Arabia.37
… country runs parallel to the West coast at a distance of between 50 and 100 miles from the sea, with a subsidiary watershed running along the south; and the …