James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Wench

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James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Wench


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WENCH.—This word, once good English, was used by the Bishops’ Bible of 1568, and was transferred to AV [Note: Authorized Version.] at 2Sa_17:17. So Wyclif at Mat_9:24 ‘Go ye away, for the wenche is not dead, but slepith.’