International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Viol

vi'-ol (nebhel, nebhel): the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) inIsa 14:11;Am 5:23;6:5; the King James Version alone inIsa 5:12, the Revised Vers...

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Violence, Violent

vi'-o-lens; vi'-o-lent: Chiefly for gazal, qamac; bia, and their derivatives. Difficulty is offered only by the very obscure passageMt 11:12parallelLu 16:16. Both Matthew and Lu...

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Viper

vi'-per ('eph`eh (Job 20:16;Isa 30:6;59:5); echidna (Mt 3:7=Lu 3:7;Mt 12:34;23:33;Ac 28:3)): Several vipers are found in Palestine, but it is not certain that 'eph`eh referred d...

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Virgin Birth

|| I. DEFINITIONII. THE TEXTUAL QUESTIONIII. THE HISTORICAL QUESTION1. Statement Not Dogmatic but Vital as History2. Its Importance to Leaders of the Early Church3. Hypothesis o...

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Virgin, Virginity

vur'-jin; vur-jin'-i-ti:(1) bethulah, from a root meaning "separated," is "a woman living apart," i.e. "in her father's house," and hence "a virgin." Bethulah seems to have been...

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Virtue

vur'-tu: This word has two quite distinct meanings in the King James Version: (1) It was formerly often used in the now obsolete sense of "manly power," "valor," "efficacy" (Lat...

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Vision

vizh'-un (chazon, chizzayon, mar'ah; horama, optasia): Psychologists find that man is prevailingly and persistently "eye-minded." That is, in his waking life he is likely to thi...

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Visitation

viz-i-ta'-shun, vis-(pequddah; episkope): In Biblical writings, the divine investigation or inspection of men's character and deeds with a view to apportioning to them their due...

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Vocation

vo-ka'-shun.SeeCALLING.

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Voice

vois.SeeBATH KOL.

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Void

void: The uses of "void" in English Versions of the Bible are all modern, except for the phrase "void place" in the King James Version1Ki 22:10parallel2Ch 18:9(the Revised Versi...

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Volume

vol'-um: This word (from Latin volvere, "roll"), twice used in the King James Version (Ps 40:7(Hebrew meghillah);Heb 10:7), is better in English as "roll" in the Revised Version...

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Voluntary

vol'-un-ta-ri: For the sake of variety the King James Version inLe 7:16;Eze 46:12(bis) has rendered nedhabhah, by "voluntary offering" instead of the usual "freewill offering" (...

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Vophsi

vof'-si (wophci, meaning unknown): Father of Nahbi the Naphtalite spy (Nu 13:14); but the text is doubtful. The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Iabei; Codex Alexandrinus, Codex...

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Vow

vou (nedher; euche; 'iccar, found only inNu 30:6,8,10and translated horismos, by the Septuagint: A vow could be positive (nedher) and included all promises to perform certain th...

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Voyage And Shipwreck Of Paul

voi'-aj, ship'-rek.See PAUL, THE APOSTLE; PHOENIX; and "Literature" to SHIPS AND BOATS.

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Vulgate

vul'-gat:I. NAME AND ITS HISTORY1. Present Usage2. Earlier Usage3. Post-Hieronymic4. Historical Importance of the VulgateII. ORIGIN1. Corruption and Confusion of Old Versions2. ...

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Vulture

vul'-tur (da'ah; Septuagint gups, and iktinos; Latin Vulturidae): Any member of a family of large birds that subsist wholly or in part on carrion. The largest vulture of Palesti...