Wen
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [1]
Leviticus 22:22 (c) This may be considered as a type of any defect in the Christian's life which would hinder him from being a true servant of GOD, faithful, useful and devoted to the Lord.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
One of the runes (/) adopted into the Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, alphabet. It had the value of modern English w, and was replaced from about a. d. 1280 at first by uu, later by w.
King James Dictionary [3]
WEN, n. An encysted swelling or tumor also, a fleshy excrescence growing on animals, sometimes to a large size.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
A suppurating sore. Leviticus 22:22 .
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]
WEN . See Medicine, p. 600 a .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
Only in Leviticus 22:22 , "maimed" or "having a wen (margin "sores"), or scurvy," for (יבּל , yabbāl ), "running," hence, "a suppurating sore" (compare the Revised Version margin). A "wen" is a non-inflamed indolent tumor, and so "wen" is about as far as possible from the meaning of the Hebrew.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
is the inaccurate rendering in the A.V. of יִבָּל , Yabbal (on Leviticus 22:22), which means flowing with a running sore; spoken of a diseased flock.
References
- ↑ Wen from Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
- ↑ Wen from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Wen from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Wen from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Wen from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Wen from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Wen from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature