wise
conj.
in the manner of, in the position or direction of (edgewise, clockwise, etc.); with regard to
n.
manner, way, form
v.
instruct, guide (Scottish); direct; advise (Scottish); bring to the attention of (Slang)
adj.
intelligent; clever; smart; cautious; skilled; learned; impudent (Slang)
WISE
Wise
Wise
(v.)
Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.
(v.)
Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
(v.)
Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
(v.)
Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
(v.)
Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
(v.)
Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Witch of Endor
Witch of Endor The wise woman of Endor or 'Eyn-dor, mentioned in the Bible as having "a familiar spirit" (Sam 28:7-25), who called up the shade of Samuel at the request of the dejected Saul, saying: "I saw gods ascending out of the earth"; and the prophecy of Saul's death and Israel's fall into the hands of the Philistines proved to be correct. Blavatsky speaks of her as "Sedecla, the Obeah woman of Endor" (IU 1:494); Sedecla may be a transliteration of an old Hebrew name Tsedeqlah [from tsedeq righteous, just, exact, accurate] -- a possible reference to her necromantic skill. She was one of the class of psychic seeresses so well known in ancient story, whose practices were almost universally condemned.
Passages in holy scriptures, such as 1 Samuel, have misled many Europeans into believing that such methods of attempting to peer into the future were proper and considered morally permissible by the wise of ancient days. Yet one has but to read this chapter to see that the woman knew her practice was done against the law then prevailing, which apparently made necromantic intercourse of this type punishable with death (cf 28:9).
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Lasea
thick; wise
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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