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(
# !$
, 1829), “a vomit” (from
@
, “to disgorge”), occurs in 2 Pet.
2:22.¶
For
VOTE,
Acts 26:10
,
RV
, see
STONE
, No. 2
VOUCHSAFE
(
3
!
, 3670), “to agree,” is found in the best texts in Acts 7:17, and
rendered “vouchsafed,”
RV
, with reference to God’s promise to Abraham; some mss.
have
, “swore” (
$
, “to swear”), as in
KJV
. See
CONFESS
,
PROFESS
,
PROMISE
THANKS
, B,
Note
.
VOW
$
(
' )
, 2171) denotes also “a vow,” Acts 18:18; 21:23, with reference to the
“vow” of the Nazirite (wrongly spelt Nazarite), see Num. 6,
RV
; in Jas. 5:15, “prayer.”
See
PRAYER
.¶
VOYAGE
or
$
(
, 4144) is rendered “a voyage” (
, “to sail”) in Acts 27:10
(
KJV
and
RV
); in 21:7,
RV
(
KJV
, “course”); in 27:9,
RV
(
KJV
, “sailing”). See
COURSE
, B,
Note
(4).¶
W
WAG
(
!
, 2795), “to move,” is used of those who mocked the Lord at His
crucifixion, nodding their heads in the direction of the cross as if sneering at this
supposed ending of His career, Matt. 27:39; Mark 15:29. Cf. 2 Kings 19:21; Job 16:4; Ps.
22:7; 109:25; Isa. 37:22. See
MOVE
, No. 1.
WAGES
1.
(
A 0
, 3800), for which see
CHARGE
, A, No. 5, denotes (a) “soldier’s
pay,” Luke 3:14; 1 Cor. 9:7 (“charges”); (b) in general, “hire, wages of any sort,” used
metaphorically, Rom. 6:23, of sin; 2 Cor. 11:8, of material support which Paul received
from some of the churches which he had established and to which he ministered in
spiritual things; their support partly maintained him at Corinth, where he forebore to
receive such assistance (vv. 9, 10).¶
2.
(
, 3408), “hire,” is rendered “wages” in John 4:36; in 2 Pet. 2:15,
KJV
(
RV
, hire). See
HIRE
, A.
WAIL, WAILING
¶ Indicates that all the NT occurrences of the Greek word under consideration are
mentioned under the heading or sub-heading.