Reference

Bible dictionary

3,964 entries on the people, places and words of the Bible, each linked to the passages it cites.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.

• Vagabond

  From Lat.

• Vajezatha

  Purity;

• Valley

  (1.) Heb.

• Vashti

  Beautiful, the queen of Ahasuerus, who was deposed from her royal dignity because she refused to obey the king when he desired her to appear

• Vaticanus, Codex

  Is said to be the oldest extant vellum manuscript.

• Veil, vail

  (1.) Heb.

• Version

  A translation of the holy Scriptures.

• Villages

  (Judg.

• Vine

  One of the most important products of Palestine.

• Vinegar

  Heb.

• Vine of Sodom

  Referred to only in Deut.

• Viol

  Heb.

• Viper

  In Job 20:16, Isa.

• Virgin

  In a prophecy concerning our Lord, Isaiah (7:14) says, "A virgin [R.V.

• Vision

  (Luke 1:22), a vivid apparition, not a dream (comp.

• Vows

  Voluntary promises which, when once made, were to be kept if the thing vowed was right.

• Vulture

  (1.) Heb.