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• Vagabondvag'-a-bond (nudh, "to wander"): The word is used in the curse pronounced on Cain (Ge...
• Vahebva'-heb (wahebh; Zoob): The name occurs in a quotation from the book of the Wars of...
• Vailval. See VEIL.
• Vainvan: The adjective of "vanity," and representing the same Hebrew and Greek words as...
• Vaingloryvan-glo'-ri (kenodoxia): "Vainglory" is the translation of kenodoxia, "empty glory" or...
• Vaizatha; Vajezathavi'-za-tha, va-iz'-a-tha, va-jez'-a-tha, vaj-e-za'-tha (wayzatha'): One of the sons of...
• Vale, Valley(1) gay'; either absolute: "from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab"...
• Valiant, Valiantlyval'-yant, val'-yant-li (chayil; ischuros): "Valiant" in the Old Testament is for the...
• Valleyval'-i. See VALE; VALLEY.
• Valley Gate(sha`ar ha-gay', "Gate of the Gai"): Is placed (Ne 3:13) between the "tower of the...
• Valley of Decision('emeq he-charuts). See JEHOSHAPHAT, VALLEY OF.
• Valley of GiantsSee REPHAIM, VALE OF.
• Valley of KezizSee EMEK-KEZIZ.
• Valley of SlaughterSee HINNOM, VALLEY OF; SLAUGHTER, VALLEY OF; TOPHETH.
• Valley of Vision(ge' chizzayon): A symbolic name generally understood to signify Jerusalem as being...
• Valley, JordanSee JORDAN VALLEY.
• Vampirevam'-pir (alaqah): the Revised Version margin for "horseleach" (Pr 30:15) has...
• Vaniahva-ni'-a (wanyah, meaning unknown): A son of Bani, who had married a foreign wife (Ezr...
• Vanity, Vanities"Vanity" does not often occur in the New Testament; but see VAIN, VAINGLORY. In Ac...
• Vapor(1) edh: "For he draweth up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor"...
• Vashnivash'-ni (washni, see below; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus Sanei; Codex...
• Vashtivash'-ti (washti; Astin; Old Persian "beautiful woman"): The former queen of Xerxes,...
• VatSee WINEVAT.
• Vaultvolt (natsar, "to guard," "protest"): Isaiah's charge against Israel as "a people that...
• Vault of EarthSee ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 1.
• Vavvav. See WAW.
• Vedanve'-dan (wedhan): A place-name occurring only in Eze 27:19, "Vedan and Javan traded...
• Vehement, Vehementlyve'-he-ment, ve'-he-ment-li (charishi; epipothesis): "Vehement" (from Latin vehere,...
• Veil (1)val: The following words are so translated in English Versions of the Bible (sometimes...
• Veil (2)(1) (parokheth; katapetasma; the King James Version vail): In Exodus, Leviticus,...
• Veinvan: Only in Job 28:1, the King James Version "a vein for the silver," or motsa',...
• Vengeanceven'-jans. See AVENGE; GOEL; RETRIBUTION; REVENGE.
• Venisonven'-i-z'-n, ven'-z'-n: Is derived (through the French venaison) from the Latin...
• Verdigrisvur'-di-gres. See SCUM.
• Verily, Verityver'-i-ti, ver'-i-ti ('abhal, etc.; amen): "Verily," as corroborative adverb,...
• Vermilionver-mil'-yun. See COLORS, (3).
• Versionsvur'-shunz. See AMERICAN REVISED VERSION; ARABIC VERSIONS; ARMENIAN VERSIONS; COPTIC...
• Versions, Georgian, Gothic, Slavonic1. The Georgian Version: Georgia is the name given to the territory extending to the...
• Veryver'-i: As adjective (from verus, "true"), "true," "real," "actual," etc. (Ge...
• Vesselves'-el: Is used freely in English Versions of the Bible to translate keli, the...
• Vestmentsvest'-ments. See DRESS.
• Vestryves'-tri (meltachah): Once, in 2Ki 10:22, as a place for vestments.
• Vex, Vexationveks, vek-sa'-shun: "Vex," meaning originally to shake or toss in carrying, has a much...
• Vialvi'-al: In modern English means "a tiny flask." The word appears in English Versions...
• Vice, UnnaturalSee UNNATURAL VICE.
• Victualsvit'-'-lz. See FOOD.
• Vile, Villanyvil, vil'-an-i: The original words for "vile" and "villany" are used in about 10...
• Villagevil'-aj (qaphar, chawwoth, qatserim, banoth, perazoth; kome): (1) The general term for...
• VillanySee VILE.
• Vine1. Hebrew Words: (1) gephen, usually the cultivated grape vine. In Nu 6:4; Jud 13:14...
• Vinegarvin'-e-ger (chomets; oxos): Vinegar, whose use as a condiment (Ru 2:14) needs no...
• Vineyardvin'-yard. See VINE.
• Vineyards, Meadow (plain) of the(Jud 11:33). See ABEL-CHERAMIM; MEADOW.
• Vintagevin'-taj. See VINE.
• Violvi'-ol (nebhel, nebhel): the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and...
• Violence, Violentvi'-o-lens; vi'-o-lent: Chiefly for gazal, qamac; bia, and their derivatives....
• Vipervi'-per ('eph`eh (Job 20:16; Isa 30:6; 59:5); echidna (Mt 3:7 = Lu 3:7; Mt 12:34;...
• Virgin Birth|| I. DEFINITION II. THE TEXTUAL QUESTION III. THE HISTORICAL QUESTION 1. Statement...
• Virgin, Virginity(1) bethulah, from a root meaning "separated," is "a woman living apart," i.e. "in her...
• Virtuevur'-tu: This word has two quite distinct meanings in the King James Version: (1) It...
• Visionvizh'-un (chazon, chizzayon, mar'ah; horama, optasia): Psychologists find that man is...
• Visitationviz-i-ta'-shun, vis-(pequddah; episkope): In Biblical writings, the divine...
• Vocationvo-ka'-shun. See CALLING.
• Voicevois. See BATH KOL.
• Voidvoid: The uses of "void" in English Versions of the Bible are all modern, except for...
• Volumevol'-um: This word (from Latin volvere, "roll"), twice used in the King James Version...
• Voluntaryvol'-un-ta-ri: For the sake of variety the King James Version in Le 7:16; Eze 46:12...
• Vophsivof'-si (wophci, meaning unknown): Father of Nahbi the Naphtalite spy (Nu 13:14); but...
• Vowvou (nedher; euche; 'iccar, found only in Nu 30:6,8,10 and translated horismos, by the...
• Voyage and Shipwreck of Paulvoi'-aj, ship'-rek. See PAUL, THE APOSTLE; PHOENIX; and "Literature" to SHIPS AND BOATS.
• VulgateI. NAME AND ITS HISTORY 1. Present Usage 2. Earlier Usage 3. Post-Hieronymic 4....
• Vulturevul'-tur (da'ah; Septuagint gups, and iktinos; Latin Vulturidae): Any member of a...