Wood
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.
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Wood-offering
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
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
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
“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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
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