VEIN van: Only in Job 28:1, the King James Version "a vein for the silver," or motsa', "going forth," "source." Both the King James Version "vein" and the Revised Version (British and American) "mine" are more specialized than motsa', but the Revised Version (British and American) doubtless conveys the original meaning. Copyright Statement These f

VENGEANCE ven'-jans. See AVENGE; GOEL; RETRIBUTION; REVENGE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VENGEANCE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

VEIL (2) (1) (parokheth; katapetasma; the King James Version vail): In Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, the veil that hung between the two holy chambers of the tabernacle is mentioned 23 times (Exodus 26:31, etc.). In several places it is termed "the veil of the screen" and it is distinguished from "the screen for the door of the tabernacle" (Exodus 35

VEIL (1) val: The following words are so translated in English Versions of the Bible (sometimes the King James Version vail): (1) miTpachath, Ruth 3:15 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "mantle." As the material was strong enough to serve as a bag for a large quantity of grain the Revised Version (British and Amer

VEDAN ve'-dan (wedhan): A place-name occurring only in Ezekiel 27:19, "Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares." the King James Version, taking the syllable we as the Hebrew conjunction, renders "and Da also." The text is in bad condition. Some read "Dedan," but Dedan is spoken of separately in the following verse. Assuming that Vedan is th

VEHEMENT, VEHEMENTLY ve'-he-ment, ve'-he-ment-li (charishi; epipothesis): "Vehement" (from Latin vehere, "to carry," or ve, "out of," and mens, "mind"), carried away by the mind or force of passion, occurs twice in the Old Testament (Song of Solomon 8:6, the King James Version "a most vehement flame" (jealousy)) as the translation of shalhebheth-y

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

VAULT OF EARTH See ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 1. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VAULT OF EARTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

VAULT volt (natsar, "to guard," "protest"): Isaiah's charge against Israel as "a people that .... lodge in the secret places" (Isaiah 65:4, margin "vaults," the King James Version "monuments") probably refers to the custom of sleeping in sacred tombs or vaults of idol temples to learn the future through dreams by the method known as incubation. S

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

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 nobles of the empire and others, he commanded the seven chamberlains who served in his presence to bring the queen into the assembly. We are told (Esther 1:11) that

VASHNI vash'-ni (washni, see below; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus Sanei; Codex Alexandrinus Sani): Read in 1 Chronicles 6:28 the King James Version (Hebrew 13) as the name of the firstborn son of Samuel. According to 1 Chronicles 6:33 (Hebrew 18) and 1 Samuel 8:2, Samuel's oldest son was Joel, and the second Abijah. The explanation of this is t

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 face of the ground" (Genesis 2:6). (2) nasi', "vapor," i.e. that which rises, from nasa', "to lift": "Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth" (P

VANIAH va-ni'-a (wanyah, meaning unknown): A son of Bani, who had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:36). The text is, however, doubtful. The Septuagint Codex Vaticanus has Ouiechoa; Codex Sinaiticus Ouierecho; Codex Alexandrinus Ouounia, Lucian Ouania. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D.

VANITY, VANITIES van'-i-ti, van'-i-tiz (hebhel, 'awen, shaw'; kenos; mataiotes): The words "vain," "vanity," "vanities" are frequent in the Bible. Their idea is almost exclusively that of "evanescence," "emptiness," including "idolatry" and "wickedness" as being not only evil but vain and empty things. They also signify falseness. The chief word t

VAMPIRE vam'-pir (alaqah): the Revised Version margin for "horseleach" (Proverbs 30:15) has "vampire." See HORSELEACH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VAMPIRE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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

VALLEY OF VISION (ge' chizzayon): A symbolic name generally understood to signify Jerusalem as being the home of prophetic vision (Isaiah 22:1,5). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VALLEY OF VISION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

VALLEY OF KEZIZ See EMEK-KEZIZ. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VALLEY OF KEZIZ'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

VALLEY OF SLAUGHTER See HINNOM, VALLEY OF; SLAUGHTER, VALLEY OF; TOPHETH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VALLEY OF SLAUGHTER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.