WAGON, WAGGON wag'-un. See CART. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WAGON, WAGGON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

WAGES wa'-jez, wa'-jiz (chinnam, maskoreth, pe`ullah, sakhar, sakhar; misthos, opsonion): (1) Chinnam means "gratis," without cost or any advantage, for nought, or in vain; wages in the sense of reasonable return. Jeremiah pronounces woe upon him who "useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire" (Jeremiah 22:13; the onl

WAFER wa'-fer. See BREAD. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'WAFER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

VULGATE vul'-gat: I. NAME AND ITS HISTORY 1. Present Usage 2. Earlier Usage 3. Post-Hieronymic 4. Historical Importance of the Vulgate II. ORIGIN 1. Corruption and Confusion of Old Versions 2. Heresy 3. Inevitable Separation of East and West 4. Request of Pope Damasus III. JEROME'S TRANSLATIONS AND REVISIONS: METHOD 1. The New Testamen

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 Palestine was the Lammer-geier. This bird waited until smaller vultures, eagles and hawks stripped a carcass to the bone, then carried the skeleton aloft and dashed it on

VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK OF PAUL voi'-aj, ship'-rek. See PAUL, THE APOSTLE; PHOENIX; and "Literature" to SHIPS AND BOATS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK OF PAUL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

VOW vou (nedher; euche; 'iccar, found only in Numbers 30:6,8,10 and translated horismos, by the Septuagint: A vow could be positive (nedher) and included all promises to perform certain things for, or bring certain offerings to, God, in return for certain benefits which were hoped for at His hand (Genesis 28:20-22, Jacob; Leviticus 27:2,8; Numbers

VOPHSI vof'-si (wophci, meaning unknown): Father of Nahbi the Naphtalite spy (Numbers 13:14); but the text is doubtful. The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Iabei; Codex Alexandrinus, Codex F, and Lucian Iabi. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VOPHSI'". "I

VOLUNTARY vol'-un-ta-ri: For the sake of variety the King James Version in Leviticus 7:16; Ezekiel 46:12 (bis) has rendered nedhabhah, by "voluntary offering" instead of the usual "freewill offering" (so the Revised Version (British and American)). The words "of his own voluntary will" in Leviticus 1:3 the King James Version are a pure gloss, prop

VOLUME vol'-um: This word (from Latin volvere, "roll"), twice used in the King James Version (Psalms 40:7 (Hebrew meghillah); Hebrews 10:7), is better in English as "roll" in the Revised Version (British and American). See ROLL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Ent

VOICE vois. See BATH KOL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VOICE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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 Version 1 Kings 22:10 parallel 2 Chronicles 18:9 (the Revised Version (British and American) "open"); 2 Macc 14:44 (so the King James Version and the Revised Version margin). On the Old Testament passages see OPEN PLA

VOCATION vo-ka'-shun. See CALLING. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VOCATION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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 lot, whether of reward or of chastisement; divine dispensation of mercy or of punishment. (1) In a general sense: "Visited after the visitation of all men" (N

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" (Latin, virtus, "manly strength" or "excellence," from vir, "man"): "Trust in thy single virtue; for thy soldiers All levied in thy name, have in thy name Took their

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 think, imagine and remember in terms of vision. Naturally then, his dreaming is predominantly visual; so strongly visual, we are told, that it is not rare to find dream

VIRGIN BIRTH || I. DEFINITION II. THE TEXTUAL QUESTION III. THE HISTORICAL QUESTION 1. Statement Not Dogmatic but Vital as History 2. Its Importance to Leaders of the Early Church 3. Hypothesis of Invention Discredits the Church IV. THE CRITICAL QUESTION 1. Basis of Virgin-Birth Statement 2. Interrelationship of Narratives 3. Sources, Orig

VIOL vi'-ol (nebhel, nebhel): the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) in Isaiah 14:11; Amos 5:23; 6:5; the King James Version alone in Isaiah 5:12, the Revised Version (British and American) "lute." "Viol" is derived from Latin vitella, a doublet of vitula, a "viol"; hence, French vielle, doublet of viole. The viol wa

VINTAGE vin'-taj. See VINE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VINTAGE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

VINEYARD vin'-yard. See VINE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VINEYARD'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.