Wot (Hastings' Dictionary)
See WiT. WRATH See Angkb. WRESTLING is Uvice referred to in EV of OT and once in NT. The Heb. terms are — 1. p3x (in Niph.), of Jacob's wrestling at Peniel, Gn 32-^-^ (LXX TraXalu). On the word-play between ne'tbak and Jabhok see vol. ii. p. 530°, note t. 2. %p, in Kaeliel's saying : ' With mighty wrestlings (naph- ti'dim) have 1 -wrestled (niphtalti) with my sister and have prevailed,' whence she is said to have given to Bilhah's son tiie name Naphtali, Gn 30.
The word means ' twist oneself without being spe- cifically confined to wrestling. Wrestling, which was a familiar spectacle at the games in any Greek city, supplies a metaphor to St. Paul in Eph 6" 'For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood,' etc. (Sn ovk Icmv rnjiiv [v.l. u/iii'] Ti Td\r) 7rp6s at/ua xoi aapxa, k.t.\.) For a description of wrestling contests see Smith's Diet, of Gr. and Bom. Ant., s.v. ' Lucta.'
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Wot
Wot See WIST; WITTY; WOT. ⇒See the definition of wot in the KJV Dictionary
References
- Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
- Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
- Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
- Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia