American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Valley

With respect to the general features of the Holy Land, seeCANAAN; and for descriptions of some of its numerous valleys, seeJERUSALEM,JEZREEL, JORDAN, REPHAIM, SHECHIEM, andSODOM...

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Vanity

Does not usually denote, in Scripture, self-conceit or personal pride, 2Pe 2:18, but sometimes emptiness and fruitlessness, Job 7:3Ps 144:4Ec 1:1-18. It often denotes wickedness...

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Vashti

The queen of Persia, divorced by Ahasuerus or Xerxes her husband for refusing to appear unveiled before his reveling company, Ex 1:1- 22.

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Veil

An indispensable part of the outdoor dress of Eastern Ladies, who live secluded from the sight of all men except their own husbands and their nearest relatives. If an Egyptian l...

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Vengeance

In De 32:35Ro 12:19Heb 10:30Jude 1:7, means retributive justice- a prerogative of God with which those interfere who seek to avenge themselves. So also in Ac 28:4; though many s...

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Vermilion

A brilliant red color, resembling scarlet, Jer 22:14; Eze 23:14. The vermilion now used is a sulphuret of mercury.

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Vethes

SeeFITCHES.

08

Vials

SeeCENSER.

09

Vine

Of this valuable and familiar plant there are several varieties, the natural products of warm climates, where also it has been cultivated from the earliest times. Hence the earl...

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Vinegar

Poor or sour wine, the produce of the second or acetous fermentation of vinous liquors. The term sometimes designates a thin, sour wine, much used by laborers and by the Roman s...

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Vineyard

SeeVINE.

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Viol

Isa 5:12Am 6:5, a stringed instrument of music, resembling the psaltery. SeeMUSIC.

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Viper

A genus of serpents noted for the virulence of their poison, which is said to be one of the most dangerous in the animal kingdom. Hence the viper is a symbol of whatever is most...

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Vision

A supernatural presentation of certain scenery or circumstances to the mind of a person either while awake or asleep, Isa 6:1-13Eze 1:1-28Da 8:1-27Ac 26:13. SeeDREAM.

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Vow

A promise made to God of doing some good thing or abstaining from some lawful enjoyment, under the influence of gratitude for divine goodness, of imminent danger, the apprehensi...

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Vulgate

Is the name of the Latin version of the Scriptures used by the church of Rome. The Old Testament was a very close translation of the Greek Septuagint, not of the Hebrew. It was ...

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Vulture

A large bird of prey, belonging to the genus hawks, and including a great many species. It is pronounced unclean by Moses, Le 11:14De 14:13. SeeBIRDS. The vulture has a naked or...