Vagabond
vag'-a-bond (nudh, "to wander"): The word is used in the curse pronounced on Cain (Ge 4:12,14). the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes in each case "wanderer," b...
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Vaheb
va'-heb (wahebh; Zoob): The name occurs in a quotation from the book of the Wars of Yahweh inNu 21:14. SeeSUPHAH. It was apparently in Amorite territory. It is not identified.
Vail
val.SeeVEIL.
Vain
van: The adjective of "vanity," and representing the same Hebrew and Greek words as does the latter, with a few additions (chiefly kenos, "empty," and its compounds in the New T...
Vainglory
van-glo'-ri (kenodoxia): "Vainglory" is the translation of kenodoxia, "empty glory" or "pride," nearly akin to vanity in the modern sense (Php 2:3). Kenodoxos is "vainglorious" ...
Vaizatha; Vajezatha
vi'-za-tha, va-iz'-a-tha, va-jez'-a-tha, vaj-e-za'-tha (wayzatha'): One of the sons of Haman (Es 9:9). The form has been held to be corrupt, the Hebrew letter waw (w) being exce...
Vale, Valley
val, val'-i:(1) gay'; either absolute: "from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab" (Nu 21:20); or with a proper name: "valley of Hinnom," also "valley of the son of...
Valiant, Valiantly
val'-yant, val'-yant-li (chayil; ischuros): "Valiant" in the Old Testament is for the most part the translation of chayil, "power," or "might," and is applied to the courageous ...
Valley
val'-i.SeeVALE;VALLEY.
Valley Gate
(sha`ar ha-gay', "Gate of the Gai"): Is placed (Ne 3:13) between the "tower of the furnaces" and the "dung gate"; from here Nehemiah (2:13) set out on his ride down the "Gai" (H...
Valley Of Decision
('emeq he-charuts).See JEHOSHAPHAT, VALLEY OF.
Valley Of Giants
See REPHAIM, VALE OF.
Valley Of Keziz
See EMEK-KEZIZ.
Valley Of Slaughter
See HINNOM, VALLEY OF; SLAUGHTER, VALLEY OF; TOPHETH.
Valley Of Vision
(ge' chizzayon): A symbolic name generally understood to signify Jerusalem as being the home of prophetic vision (Isa 22:1,5).
Valley, Jordan
SeeJORDAN VALLEY.
Vampire
vam'-pir (alaqah): the Revised Version margin for "horseleach" (Pr 30:15) has "vampire."SeeHORSELEACH.
Vaniah
va-ni'-a (wanyah, meaning unknown): A son of Bani, who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:36). The text is, however, doubtful. The Septuagint Codex Vaticanus has Ouiechoa; Codex...
Vanity, Vanities
"Vanity" does not often occur in the New Testament; but see VAIN, VAINGLORY. InAc 14:15we have mataios, "empty," translated "vanities" (of idols); mataiotes, "emptiness," "trans...
Vapor
va'-per:(1) edh: "For he draweth up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor" (Job 36:27); "There went up a mist ['edh] from the earth, and watered the whole fac...
Vashni
vash'-ni (washni, see below; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus Sanei; Codex Alexandrinus Sani): Read in1Ch 6:28the King James Version (Hebrew 13) as the name of the firstborn son...
Vashti
vash'-ti (washti; Astin; Old Persian "beautiful woman"): The former queen of Xerxes, whom he divorced. On the 7th day of a great feast which the king was giving to the assembled...
Vat
SeeWINEVAT.
Vault
volt (natsar, "to guard," "protest"): Isaiah's charge against Israel as "a people that.... lodge in the secret places" (Isa 65:4, margin "vaults," the King James Version "monume...
Vault Of Earth
See ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 1.
Vav
vav.SeeWAW.
Vedan
ve'-dan (wedhan): A place-name occurring only inEze 27:19, "Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares." the King James Version, taking the syllable we as the Hebrew conjunc...