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works” (
RV
, “the mighty works”).¶ (3) In Matt. 21:15, the neuter plural of the adjective
$
, “wonderful,” is used as a noun, “wonderful things,” lit., “wonders.”
WONT
(
+
, 1486), “to be accustomed,” is used in the pluperfect tense (with imperfect
meaning),
, rendered “was wont” in Matt. 27:15; Mark 10:1. See
CUSTOM
, B, No.
2,
MANNER
, A,
Note
(1).
Notes:
(1) In Mark 15:8, “he was wont to do,”
RV
, represents the imperfect tense of
, “to do” (
KJV
, “he had ever done”). (2) In Luke 22:39,
KJV
,
, “a custom,”
preceded by
and the article, lit., “according to the (i.e., His) custom,” is translated
“as He was wont” (
RV
, “as His custom was”): see
CUSTOM
, A, No. 1. (3) In Acts 16:13
the
KJV
, “was wont,” translates the texts which have the passive voice of
with its
meaning “to hold by custom”; the
RV
, “we supposed,” translates the texts which have the
imperfect tense, active, with the meaning “to consider, suppose.”
WOOD
1.
@$
(
"
, 3586) denotes “timber, wood for any use” 1 Cor. 3:12; Rev. 18:12
(twice). See
STAFF
,
STOCKS
,
TREE
.
2.
$
(
>
, 5208) denotes “a wood, a forest,” Jas. 3:5 (
KJV
, “matter,” marg.,
“wood”).¶ See
MATTER
,
Note
(3).
WOOL
(
+$
, 2053) occurs in Heb. 9:19; Rev. 1:14.¶
WORD
1.
(
, 3056) denotes (I) “the expression of thought”—not the mere name of
an object—(a) as embodying a conception or idea, e.g., Luke 7:7; 1 Cor. 14:9, 19; (b) a
saying or statement, (1) by God, e.g., John 15:25; Rom. 9:9; 9:28,
RV
, “word” (
KJV
,
“work”); Gal. 5:14; Heb. 4:12; (2) by Christ, e.g., Matt. 24:35 (plur.); John 2:22; 4:41;
14:23 (plur.); 15:20. In connection with (1) and (2) the phrase “the word of the Lord,”
i.e., the revealed will of God (very frequent in the OT), is used of a direct revelation
given by Christ, 1 Thess. 4:15; of the gospel, Acts 8:25; 13:49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10; 1
Thess. 1:8; 2 Thess. 3:1; in this respect it is the message from the Lord, delivered with
His authority and made effective by His power (cf. Acts 10:36); for other instances
relating to the gospel see Acts 13:26; 14:3; 15:7; 1 Cor. 1:18,
RV
; 2 Cor. 2:17; 4:2; 5:19;
6:7; Gal. 6:6; Eph. 1:13; Phil. 2:16; Col. 1:5; Heb. 5:13; sometimes it is used as the sum
of God’s utterances, e.g., Mark 7:13; John 10:35; Rev. 1:2, 9; (c) discourse, speech, of
instruction, etc., e.g., Acts 2:40; 1 Cor. 2:13; 12:8; 2 Cor. 1:18; 1 Thess. 1:5; 2 Thess.
2:15; Heb. 6:1,
RV
, marg.; doctrine, e.g., Matt. 13:20; Col. 3:16; 1 Tim. 4:6; 2 Tim. 1:13;
Titus 1:9; 1 John 2:7;
(II) “The Personal Word,” a title of the Son of God; this identification is substantiated
by the statements of doctrine in John 1:1-18, declaring in verses 1 and 2 (1) His distinct
and superfinite Personality, (2) His relation in the Godhead (
, “with,” not mere
company, but the most intimate communion), (3) His deity; in v. 3 His creative power; in
v. 14 His incarnation (“became flesh,” expressing His voluntary act; not as
KJV
, “was