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

VALLEY OF DECISION ('emeq he-charuts). See JEHOSHAPHAT, VALLEY OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VALLEY OF DECISION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

VALLEY GATE (sha`ar ha-gay', "Gate of the Gai"): Is placed (Nehemiah 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" (Hinnom) to Siloam, and, too (12:31,38), from here the Levites commenced their compass of the city in two directions. It must have been an ancient gate, for

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

VALE, VALLEY val, val'-i: (1) gay'; either absolute: "from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab" (Numbers 21:20); or with a proper name: "valley of Hinnom," also "valley of the son of Hinnom" (Joshua 15:8); "valley of Slaughter" (Jeremiah 7:32); "valley of Zeboim" (1 Samuel 13:18); "valley of Zephathah" (2 Chronicles 14:10); "valley

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 and to men of war ("mighty men of valor"), as in 1 Samuel 14:52; 31:12; 2 Samuel 11:16, etc.; in some passages ben chayil, "a son of might" (Judges 21:10

VAIZATHA; VAJEZATHA vi'-za-tha, va-iz'-a-tha, va-jez'-a-tha, vaj-e-za'-tha (wayzatha'): One of the sons of Haman (Esther 9:9). The form has been held to be corrupt, the Hebrew letter waw (w) being exceptionally tall, and the Hebrew letter zayin (z) exceptionally short (Benfey, Die persischen Keilinschriften (1847), XVIII, 93), and points to Vahyaz

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 Testament). And "vain" can always be replaced by its synonym "empty," often with advantage in modern English (Job 15:2; 1 Corinthians 15:14, etc.). The exception is the

VAINGLORY van-glo'-ri (kenodoxia): "Vainglory" is the translation of kenodoxia, "empty glory" or "pride," nearly akin to vanity in the modern sense (Philippians 2:3). Kenodoxos is "vainglorious" (Galatians 5:26, "Let us not be desirous of vainglory," the Revised Version (British and American) "Let us not become vainglorious"). In 1John 2:16 the Re

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

VAGABOND vag'-a-bond (nudh, "to wander"): The word is used in the curse pronounced on Cain (Genesis 4:12,14). the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes in each case "wanderer," but in Psalms 109:10 it retains "vagabonds." "Vagabond Jews" (perierchomai; the Revised Version (British and American) "strolling Jews") were persons who trave

VAHEB va'-heb (wahebh; Zoob): The name occurs in a quotation from the book of the Wars of Yahweh in Numbers 21:14. See SUPHAH. It was apparently in Amorite territory. It is not identified. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'VAHEB'". "International Standard

UZZIAH; (AZARIAH) u-zi'-a, oo-zi'-a (`uzziyah (2 Kings 15:13,30; Hosea 1:1; Amos 1:1; Zechariah 14:5), `uzziyahu (2 Kings 15:32,34; Isaiah 1:1; 6:1; 7:1; 2 Chronicles 26:1; 27:2); also called `azaryah (2 Kings 14:21; 15:1,7; 1 Chronicles 3:12), 'azaryahu (2 Kings 15:6,8); Azarias, in Kings, elsewhere Ozias; the significations of the names are simil

UZZIEL u-zi'-el, uz'-i-el, oo'-zi-el (`uzzi'el, "El (God) is my strength"): (1) A "son" of Kohath (Exodus 6:18,22; Leviticus 10:4; Numbers 3:19,30; 1 Chronicles 6:2,18 (Hebrew 5:28; 6:3); 15:10; 23:12,20; 24:24), called in Leviticus 10:4 "uncle of Aaron." The family is called Uzzielites (ha`uzzi'eli (collectively)) in Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26

UZZIA u-zi'-a (`uzziya', "my strength is Yah"; see UZZIAH): An Ashterathite and one of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:44). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'UZZIA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

UZZEN-SHEERAH uz'-en-she'-e-ra ('uzzen she'erah; Septuagint, instead of a place-name, reads kai huioi Ozan, Seera, "and the sons of Ozan, Sheera"; the King James Version Uzzen-sherah, uzzen-she'ra): As it stands in Massoretic Text this is the name of a town built by Sheerah, daughter of Ephraim, to whom is attributed also the building of the two B

UZZA; UZZAH uz'-a, uz'-a ('uzzah (2 Samuel 6:6-8), otherwise `uzza' meaning uncertain): (1) One of those who accompanied the ark on its journey from Kiriath-jearim toward David's citadel (2 Samuel 6:3-8, "Uzzah" = 1Ch 13:7-11, "Uzza"). From the text of 2 Samuel 6:3-8, as generally corrected with the help of Septuagint, it is supposed that Uzzah wa

UZAI u'-zi, u'-za-i (~'uzay>, meaning unknown): Father of Palal (Nehemiah 3:25). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'UZAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

UZ (1) uz (uts 'erets uts; Os, Ox, Ausitis): Biblical Data: (1) In Genesis 10:23 Uz is the oldest son of Aram and grandson of Shem, while in 1 Chronicles 1:17 Uz is the son of Shem. Septuagint inserts a passage which supplies this lacking name. As the tables of the nations in Genesis 10 are chiefly geographical and ethnographical, Uz seems to hav

UZ (2) ('uts; Septuagint Ausitis; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Ausitis): The home of the patriarch Job (Job 1:1; Jeremiah 25:20, "all the kings of the land of Uz"; La 4:21, "daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz"). The land of Uz was, no doubt, the pasturing-ground inhabited by one of the tribes of that name, if indeed