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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Alt. of Wich.

2. (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.

3. (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

Greek

2985. lampas -- a torch
... lamp, lantern. 2985 -- a hand-held "torch" (sometimes merely a clay vessel);
a that uses a wick saturated with oil. Word Origin ...
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3043. linon -- flax, linen
... Definition: flax, linen. Word Origin a prim. word Definition flax, linen
NASB Word Usage linen (1), wick (1). linen. Probably a ...
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2885. kosmeo -- to order, arrange
... adorn, garnish, trim. From kosmos; to put in proper order, ie Decorate (literally
or figuratively); specially, to snuff (a wick) -- adorn, garnish, trim. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6594. pishtah -- flax
... Word Origin from the same as pesheth Definition flax NASB Word Usage flax (2), wick
(2). ... Feminine of pishteh; flax; by implication, a wick -- flax, tow. ...
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Library

A Burning and Shining Lamp.
... There is a great distinction between shining and burning: shining is the light-giving,
the illuminating, that comes forth from the enkindled wick; but it ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xiii a burning and shining.htm

Oil for Lamps. Matthew xxv. 1-13.
... Our Bibles, our Prayers, our Hymns, all these are channels of grace, as the lamp
and the wick are essential to the flame, but the lamp may not be lighted, or ...
//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xxvi oil for lamps matthew.htm

The Mystery of the vision of Zechariah.
... by the Lord of the whole earth," signifying the two first-born virtues that are
waiting upon God, which, in His dwelling, supply around the wick, through the ...
/.../chapter vi the mystery of the.htm

Christ the Arrester of Incipient Evil and the Nourisher of ...
... 'Smoking flax,' on the other hand"by which, of course, is meant flax used
as a wick in an old-fashioned oil lamp"is partially lit. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/christ the arrester of incipient.htm

Treats of the Same Subject: Explains, by Some Delicately Drawn ...
... Union may be symbolized by two wax candles, the tips of which touch each other so
closely that there is but one light; or again, the wick, the wax, and the ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter ii treats of the.htm

Dying Lamps
... fault, and so the light went out, and they were startled, when they awoke from their
slumber, to see how, instead of brilliant flame, there was smoking wick. ...
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His General Character as a Theologian.
... But as when the flame has got hold of a wick one cannot dim its light by means of
the flame itself, but only by mixing water with the oil in the wick, so the ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter ii his general character as.htm

A Book for Boys and Girls Or, Temporal Things Spritualized.
... Man's like a candle in a candlestick, Made up of tallow and a little wick; And as
the candle when it is not lighted, So is he who is in his sins benighted. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a book for boys and.htm

Appendix xvii. The Ordinances and Law of the Sabbath as Laid Down ...
... on Mount Sinai, the Mishnah proceeds, in the second chapter of the tractate on the
Sabbath, to discuss the substances of which respectively the wick and the ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix xvii the ordinances and.htm

Evening of the Third Day in Passion-Week-On the Mount of Olives ...
... occurs as Lampad and Lampadas. [5523] The lamp consisted of a round receptacle
for pitch or oil for the wick. This was placed in a ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vii evening of the.htm

Thesaurus

Wick (10 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Wick (10 Occurrences). ... (See NIV). Isaiah 42:3 He
won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. ...
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Lamp (45 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel
with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the ...
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Flax (11 Occurrences)
... "A dimly burning wick will he not quench" (Isaiah 42:3); "They are quenched
as a wick" (Isaiah 43:17). The thought is perhaps of ...
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Lampstand (38 Occurrences)
... lamp was a shallow, saucer-like bowl with rounded bottom and vertical rim, slightly
pointed or pinched on one side where the lighted end of the wick was placed ...
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Wicked (476 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Having a wick; -- used chiefly in
composition; as, a two-wicked lamp. 2. (a.) Evil in principle ...
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Quench (14 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 42:3 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick.
He will faithfully bring justice. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). ...
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Quenched (22 Occurrences)
... the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they
shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick): (WEB KJV JPS ...
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Utterly (170 Occurrences)
... Matthew 12:20 A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still
smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory. (WEY). ...
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Led (260 Occurrences)
... Matthew 12:20 A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still
smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory. (WEY). ...
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Waster (7 Occurrences)
... spendthrift; a prodigal. 2. (n.) An imperfection in the wick of a candle,
causing it to waste; -- called also a thief. 3. (n.) A ...
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Bible Concordance

Wick (10 Occurrences)

Matthew 12:20 A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 37:23 He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
(See NIV)

Numbers 4:9 "They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 7:50 and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, of gold.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 12:13 But there were not made for the house of Yahweh cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh;
(See NIV)

2 Kings 25:14 The pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 4:22 and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 42:3 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 43:17 who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick):
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 52:18 The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Wick

Related Terms

Lamp (45 Occurrences)

Flax (11 Occurrences)

Lampstand (38 Occurrences)

Wicked (476 Occurrences)

Quench (14 Occurrences)

Quenched (22 Occurrences)

Utterly (170 Occurrences)

Led (260 Occurrences)

Waster (7 Occurrences)