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WONDER-WORKER

Definition: WONDER-WORKER

WONDER-WORKER

Noun

1. One who performs wonders, or miracles.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "WONDER-WORKER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references)


Specialty Definitions: WONDER-WORKER

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Wonder-worker St. Gregory, of Neo-Cæsare'a, in Pontus. So called because he "recalled devils at his will, stayed a river, killed a Jew by the mere effort of his will, changed a lake into solid earth, and did many other wonderful things." (See Thaumaturgus. ). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: WONDER-WORKER

Language Translations for "WONDER-WORKER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

чудотворец (thaumaturge). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

想知"工作者. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csodatévő. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

경이하 노동자. (various references)

   

Manx

  

obbree yindyssagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onder-workerway

   

Russian 

  

чудотворец (thaumaturge), человек, творящий чудеса. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

čudotvorac (thaumaturge). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

harikalar yaratan kimse (wizard, wonder-doer). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: WONDER-WORKER

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 13, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAnqistato de autoiV elumaV o magoV outwV gar meqermhneuetai to onoma autou zhtwn diastreyai ton anqupaton apo thV pistewV
Latin405VulgateResistebat autem illis Elymas magus sic enim interpretatur nomen eius quaerens avertere proconsulem a fide
Middle English1395WyclifBut Elymas witche withstoode hem; for his name is expowned so; and he souyte to turne awei the proconsul fro bileue.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBut Elemas the sorcerar (for so was his name by interpretacion) wt stode them and sought to turne awaye the ruler fro the fayth.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBut Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Victorian English1833WebsterBut Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Basic English1964OgdenBut Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: WONDER-WORKER

LanguageActs Chapter 13, Verse 8
Croatianali im se usprotivi Elim, Vraèar - tako mu se ime prevodi - nastojeæi odvratiti namjesnika od vjere.
FinnishMutta Elymas, noita - sillä niin tulkitaan hänen nimensä - vastusti heitä, koettaen kääntää käskynhaltijaa pois uskosta.
FrenchMais Élymas, le magicien, -car c`est ce que signifie son nom, -leur faisait opposition, cherchant détourner de la foi le proconsul.
MaoriOtira i tautohe ki a raua a Erima te kaimakutu, ko te whakamaoritanga hoki tenei o tona ingoa, i mea kia tahuri ke te tino kawana i te whakapono.
NorwegianMen Elymas, trollmannen for således uttydes hans navn stod dem imot og søkte å vende landshøvdingen bort fra troen.
RumanianDar Elima, vrqjitorul, -cqci awa se tklcuiewte numele lui-le stqtea kmpotrivq, wi cquta sq abatq pe dregqtor dela credinyq.
ShuarTura uwishin Erimias nuna nakitiak "Auka pénkerchaiti" Tímiayi. Akupniusha Yúsan umirkain tusa nuna Tímiayi.
UmaModao' -ra hobo' hi lewuto' toe, duu' -ra rata hi ngata Pafos. Hi ria-ra mpohirua' -ki hadua to Yahudi, hanga' -na Baryesus. Hi rala basa Yunani hanga' -na Elimas. Elimas toei, hadua topobali'mata to wori' inca-na, pai' na'uli' wo'o kahi'a-na nabi Alata'ala. Hi'a toei bale-na gubernur to hi lewuto' toe, Sergius Paulus hanga' -na. Gubernur toei, tauna to pante. Nakio' -ra Barnabas pai' Saulus tumai mpohirua' -ki, apa' doko' na'epe-hawo Lolita Alata'ala. Aga Elimas topobali'mata toei, mpobaro lolita-ra, apa' doko' nalawa' bona neo' mpai' gubernur mepangala' hi Yesus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "WONDER-WORKER"

Words rhyming with "WONDER-WORKER" (pronounced 'Won"der-work`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references)

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Anagrams: WONDER-WORKER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-k-n-o-o-r-r-r-w-w"

-2 letters: wonderwork.

-4 letters: reworked, wonderer, woodener.

-5 letters: drowner, endower, orderer, reendow, reorder, rewoken.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WONDER-WORKER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 4F 4E 44 45 52 2D 57 4F 52 4B 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01001111 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 00101101 01010111 01001111 01010010 01001011 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#79 &#78 &#68 &#69 &#82 &#45 &#87 &#79 &#82 &#75 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 004F 004E 0044 0045 0052 002D 0057 004F 0052 004B 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57494838395215574952453952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Bible Trace
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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