Bible Dictionaries
Wist
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Knew; the past tense, from an obsolete present wis, Exodus 16:15 . Wot and wotteth, meaning know and knoweth, Genesis 21:26 39:8 , and to wit, meaning to know, Genesis 24:21 , are also from the same Saxon root. "Do you to wit," 2 Corinthians 8:1 , means, make you to know, or inform you. "To wit," in 2 Corinthians 5:19 , means, that is to say.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Wist'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/w/wist.html. 1859.