Dictionaries :: UtaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaUta: u'-ta (Outa): "The sons of Uta" returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:30); wanting in the parallel Ezr 2:45; Ne 7:48. Smith's Bible DictionaryUta: 1 Esdras 5:30. It appears to be a corruption of AKKUB. SEE [AKKUB, 3]. (Ezra 2:45).

Dictionaries :: Wedge, of GoldInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaWedge, of Gold: wej, (lashon zahabh, literally, "tongue of gold"): A piece of gold in the form of a wedge found by Achan in the sack of Jericho. It was in one of the forms in which gold was used for money and was probably stamped or marked to indicate its weight, which was 5

Dictionaries :: UtterlyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Utterly:For UTTERLY, 1Cr 6:7, see ACTUALLY; 2Pe 2:12, see CORRUPT, A, No. 2 (b)

Dictionaries :: VeinInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaVein: 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) do

Dictionaries :: Veil (2)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaVeil (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 (Ex 26:31, etc.). In several places it is termed "the veil of the screen" and it is distingu

Dictionaries :: Well-NighVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Well-Nigh:Note: This forms part of the translation of sumpleroo, "to fulfill," in Luk 9:51, "were well-nigh" come (see COME, No. 36), and pleroo, "to fulfill," in Act 7:23, "was well-nigh...," lit., "a time (of forty years) was fulfilled (to him)" (see FULFILL, A, No. 1).

Dictionaries :: WellEaston's Bible DictionaryWell: (Heb. beer), to be distinguished from a fountain (Heb. 'ain). A "beer" was a deep shaft, bored far under the rocky surface by the art of man, which contained water which percolated through the strata in its sides. Such wells were those of Jacob and Beersheba, etc. (see Gen 21:19,25,30,31; 24:11;

Dictionaries :: TyrannusEaston's Bible DictionaryTyrannus: prince, a Greek rhetorician, in whose "school" at Ephesus Paul disputed daily for the space of two years with those who came to him (Act 19:9). Some have supposed that he was a Jew, and that his "school" was a private synagogue.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryTyrannus:a prince; one tha

Dictionaries :: UnselfishnessNave's Topical BibleUnselfishness: General Scriptures Concerning Rom 12:10; 15:1-3; 1Cr 9:19-23; 10:24, 33; 13:4, 5; 2Cr 5:14, 15; 8:9; Phl 2:3, 4; Jam 2:8Unselfishness: Instances Of: Abraham, Gen 13:9; 14:23, 24. King of Sodom, Gen 14:21. The children of Heth, Gen 23:6, 11. Judah, Gen 44:33,

Dictionaries :: UnveiledVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g177Greek: akatakaluptosUnveiled:"uncovered" (a, negative, katakalupto, "to cover"), is used in 1Cr 11:5, 13, RV, "unveiled," with reference to the injunction forbidding women to be "unveiled" in a church gathering. Whatever the character of the covering, i

Dictionaries :: UnholyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g462Greek: anosiosUnholy:(a, negative, n, euphonic, hosios, "holy"), "unholy, profane," occurs in 1Ti 1:9; 2Ti 3:2. Cp. HOLY. In the Sept., Eze 22:9.2Strong's Number: g2839Greek: koinonUnholy:the neut. of koinos, "common," is translated "an unholy thing" in H

Dictionaries :: Unseemliness, UnseemlyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g808Greek: aschemosuneUnseemliness, Unseemly:from aschemon, "unseemly," is rendered "unseemliness," in Rom 1:27, RV: see SHAME, No. 4. Note: For "behave... unseemly" see BEHAVE, No. 4.

Dictionaries :: VoteVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Vote:For VOTE, Act 26:10, RV, see STONE, No. 2

Dictionaries :: UnityInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaUnity: u'-ni-ti: Ps 133:1 for (yachadh, "unitedness," and Eph 4:3,13 for henotes "oneness." Also Sirach 25:1 the King James Version for homonoia "concord" (so the Revised Version (British and American)). Nave's Topical BibleUnity: Of the Godhead: See GOD, UNITY OFUnity: Of the Rig

Dictionaries :: VoluntaryInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaVoluntary: vol'-un-ta-ri: For the sake of variety the King James Version in Le 7:16; Eze 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

Dictionaries :: VegetariansNave's Topical BibleVegetarians: Persons Who Refrain from Eating Meat Rom 14:2

Dictionaries :: Use (Verb)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g5530Greek: chraomaiUse (Verb):from chre, "it is necessary," denotes (a) "to use," Act 27:17; 1Cr 7:21, where "use it rather" means "use your bondservice rather;" 1Cr 7:31, where "they that use (this world)" is followed by the strengthened form katach

Dictionaries :: Urias (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaUrias (1): u-ri'-as (Oureias; Codex Vaticanus (b) Ouria; Codex Alexandrinus Ouri; the King James Version Iri): (1) The father of Marmoth (1 Esdras 8:62) =" Uriah" of Ezr 8:33, and perhaps identical with (2). (2) Codex Vaticanus (b) and Codex Alexandrinus, Oureias, Ourias =

Dictionaries :: UntowardInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaUntoward: un-to'-erd, un-tord' (skolios): Appears only in Ac 2:40, the King James Version "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." It means "perverse," "willful," "crooked," and is so translated in Revised Version: "this crooked generation" (apo tes geneas tes skolias taut

Dictionaries :: Weights and MeasuresInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaWeights and Measures: wats me'-zhur:The system of weights and measures in use among the Hebrews was derived from Babylonia and Egypt, especially from the former. The influence of these countries upon Palestine has long been recognized, but archaeological investigations