Vale, Valley
A valley is a hollow or lower area between hills or ridges. Biblical valleys included narrow rocky ravines, broad plains, streambeds, and lowlands, and many were identified by names such as Hinnom, Achor, Elah, and Jehoshaphat.
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VALIANT, VALIANTLY
Valiant means courageous, strong, or mighty, especially in warfare. In Scripture it commonly describes warriors and people of notable strength or bravery.
Valley
A valley is a low area between hills, ranging from a narrow ravine to a broad plain or watercourse. Scripture frequently names valleys as places of settlement, battle, harvest, judgment, or blessing.
VALLEY GATE
The Valley Gate was a gate of Jerusalem near the Valley of Hinnom, positioned between the Tower of the Furnaces and the Dung Gate. Nehemiah used it when inspecting the city’s defenses, and it was later included in the procession around the rebuilt walls.
VALLEY OF VISION
The Valley of Vision is a symbolic name for Jerusalem in Isaiah. It portrays the city as the place associated with prophetic revelation, while the surrounding prophecy announces coming judgment.
VAMPIRE
“Vampire” appears only as a marginal rendering for the horseleach in Proverbs 30:15. It refers to a bloodsucking creature and is not a reference to the later folkloric vampire.
Vaniah
Vaniah was a son of Bani who had married a foreign wife and was listed among those who separated from such marriages after the return from exile. The reading and meaning of his name are uncertain.
VANITY, VANITIES
Vanity means emptiness, futility, falsehood, or transitoriness. Scripture uses the word for worthless idols, human efforts without lasting substance, and the frailty of the created order apart from God’s purpose.
VAPOR
Vapor is mist, steam, smoke, or moisture rising into the air. Scripture uses it in descriptions of rain and clouds and as a picture of human life, which appears briefly and then vanishes.
Vashni
Vashni is the name found in some English versions for a son of Samuel in 1 Chronicles 6:28. The text is generally understood to mean “the second,” identifying Samuel’s sons as Joel and Abijah rather than naming a son Vashni.
Vashti
Vashti was queen of Ahasuerus. She refused the king’s command to appear at his banquet and was consequently divorced and dethroned, setting the stage for Esther’s rise to queenship.
Vaticanus, Codex
Codex Vaticanus is a highly important Greek manuscript of the Scriptures, generally dated to the fourth century. It preserves substantial portions of the Septuagint and New Testament and is designated by scholars as Codex B.
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