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.
Wizard
Sin & Judgment - Old Testament
A wizard was one who claimed secret or supernatural knowledge, especially through forbidden spiritual practices. Israel was warned not to consult wizards or familiar spirits, because such practices opposed trust in the Lord.
Wolf
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
The wolf was a fierce, nocturnal predator feared by shepherds and associated in Scripture with cruelty, treachery, and false teachers. The peaceful reign of the Messiah is pictured as a time when the wolf dwells with the lamb.
Woman
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Woman was created by God as man’s complementary companion and helper. Scripture records women serving in family, public, prophetic, and charitable roles, while teaching their dignity, responsibilities, and proper relationship within marriage and the church.
Women
Jewish Life & Customs - Both
Women in biblical society participated in family life, work, worship, celebrations, and sometimes public leadership. Scripture records women such as Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, Anna, and others exercising notable influence and faithful service.
Wood
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Wood is the material of trees and forests, used in Scripture for fuel, construction, tools, vessels, and sacred furnishings. Biblical references commonly connect it with trees, forests, and timber.
Wood-offering
Worship & Prayer - Old Testament
The wood-offering was an arrangement in Nehemiah’s time for designated families or districts to supply wood for the altar fire. It helped maintain the continual fire required for temple worship.
Wool
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Wool is fleece taken from sheep and one of the chief fibers used for clothing and weaving. It was valuable in Israelite life, subject to certain ceremonial restrictions, and sometimes offered to priests or paid as tribute.
Word of God
Scripture - Both
The Word of God is God’s revealed message recorded in Holy Scripture. Because the biblical writers spoke under divine guidance, it teaches truth, exposes sin, gives saving wisdom, and directs believers in faith and obedience.
Word, The
Jesus Christ - New Testament
“The Word” is a title of Jesus Christ in John’s writings. The Word was with God and was God, created all things, revealed the Father, and became flesh for the salvation of humanity.
Works, Covenant of
Doctrine & Theology - Old Testament
The covenant of works is understood as God’s covenant with Adam as representative of humanity, requiring perfect obedience. It is distinguished from the covenant of grace, which rests on God’s gracious provision rather than human obedience.
Works, Good
Christian Life - Both
Good works are acts of obedience that flow from faith and love for God, seek His glory, and follow His revealed will. They are fruits of grace and gratitude, imperfect in themselves, yet accepted and rewarded through Jesus Christ.
WORLD (GENERAL)
Places & Geography - Both
World may mean the earth, the inhabited human realm, an age or period, the created universe, or humanity in its sinful opposition to God. Its precise meaning depends on the biblical context.
WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL
God - Both
The biblical world is presented as the heavens and the earth, created and sustained by the one sovereign God. Scripture emphasizes its beginning, ordered design, dependence on divine providence, and ultimate purpose rather than a technical scientific description.
Worm
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
In Scripture, “worm” can refer to caterpillars, moth larvae, maggots, or other crawling creatures. Worms are also used figuratively for human frailty, decay, and the continuing judgment of the wicked.
Wormwood
Objects & Symbols - Both
Wormwood is a notably bitter plant associated in Scripture with sorrow, calamity, affliction, remorse, and punitive suffering. In Revelation, wormwood symbolizes waters made bitter by a fallen star.
WORMWOOD, THE STAR
Prophecy - New Testament
In Revelation, Wormwood is the figurative name of a great star that falls upon rivers and springs, making their waters bitter and causing many deaths. It represents a severe divine judgment or calamity.
Worship
Worship & Prayer - Both
Worship is the reverent homage, adoration, obedience, prayer, praise, and service offered supremely to God. Scripture includes both private and public worship, while forbidding worship of created beings, idols, or any power besides God.
Worshipper
People & Groups - New Testament
A worshipper is one who offers religious reverence or service. In Acts 19:35, the term refers specifically to a temple attendant or keeper associated with the worship of Diana at Ephesus.
WORTHIES
People & Groups - Old Testament
Worthies means nobles, distinguished men, or commanders. In Nahum it refers to the leaders whom the Assyrian king recalls in haste during the attack, though the passage is textually difficult.
WRATH, (ANGER)
Sin & Judgment - Both
Wrath is intense anger or indignation. God’s wrath is His holy and righteous opposition to sin, while human wrath is generally sinful, though anger against evil may be righteous when it is free from personal vengeance.
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