Wine
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.
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Wine-press
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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.
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