Smith's Bible Dictionary

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VAJEZATHA

(strong as the wind), one of the ten sons of Haman whom the Jews slew in Shushan. (Esther 9:9) (B.C. 473.)

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VALE, VALLEY

It is hardly necessary to state that these words signify a hollow sweep of ground between two more or less parallel ridges of high land. The structure of the greater part of the...

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VANIAH

(Jehovah is praise), one of the sons of Bani, (Ezra 10:36) (B.C. 458.)

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VASHNI

(strong), the first-born of Samuel as the text now stands. (1 Chronicles 6:28) (13); but in (1 Samuel 8:2) the name of his first-born is Joel. Most probably in the Chronicles th...

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VASHTI

(beautiful), the "queen" of Ahasuerus, who, for refusing to show herself to the king’s guests at the royal banquet, when sent for by the king, was repudiated and deposed. (Esthe...

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VEIL

With regard to the use of the veil, it is important to observe that it was by no means so general in ancient as in modern times. Much of the scrupulousness in respect of the use...

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VEIL OF THE TABERNACLE AND TEMPLE

[TABERNACLE; TEMPLE]

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VERSIONS, ANCIENT, OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

In treating of the ancient versions that have come down to us, in whole or in part, they will be described in the alphabetical order of the languages. AETHIOPIC VERSION. --Chris...

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VERSIONS, AUTHORIZED

WYCLIFFE. --The New Testament was translated by Wycliffe himself The Old Testament was undertaken by Nicholas Deuteronomy Hereford, but was interrupted, and ends abruptly (follo...

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VILLAGE

This word in addition to its ordinary sense, is often used, especially in the enumeration of towns in (Joshua 13:15,19) to imply unwalled suburbs outside the walled towns. Arab ...

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VINE

the well-known valuable plant (vitis vinifera) very frequently referred to in the Old and New Testaments, and cultivated from the earliest times. The first mention of this plant...

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VINE OF SODOM

occurs only in (32:32) It is generally supposed that this passage alludes to the celebrated apples of Sodom, of which Josephus speaks, "which indeed resemble edible fruit in col...

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VINEGAR

The Hebrew word translated "vinegar" was applied to a beverage consisting generally of wine or strong drink turned sour, but sometimes artificially made by an admixture of barle...

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VINEYARDS, PLAIN OF THE

This place, mentioned only in (Judges 11:33) lay east of the Jordan, beyond Aroer.

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VIOL

[PSALTERY]

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VIPER

[SERPENT]

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VOPHSI

(rich), father of Nahbi, the Naphtalite spy. (Numbers 13:14) (B.C. before 1490.)

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VOWS

A vow is a solemn promise made to God to perform or to abstain from performing a certain thing. The earliest mention of a vow is that of Jacob. (Genesis 28:18-22; 31:13) Vows in...

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VULGATE, THE

the Latin version of the Bible. The influence which it exercised upon western Christianity is scarcely less than that of the LXX. upon the Greek churches. Both the Greek and the...

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VULTURE

The rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew daah, dayyah, and also in (Job 28:7) of ayyah. There seems no doubt that the Authorized Versions translation is incorrect, ...