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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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WINK . To ‘wink at,’ i. e . pass over, is used of God in Acts 17:30 ‘The times of this ignorance God winked at,’ and Wis 11:23 ‘Thou … winkest at the sins of men.’ It is a good example of the colloquial language of the English Versions.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Wink'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​w/wink.html. 1909.
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