VESTRY
A vestry was a place used for storing or keeping vestments. The term appears once in Scripture, in connection with Jehu’s reforms.
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VEX, VEXATION
To vex is to trouble, distress, afflict, or harass severely. In Scripture, “vexation” may describe anguish, terror, oppression, or deep disturbance.
VILE, VILLANY
“Vile” can mean despised, dishonorable, filthy, foolish, humble, or of little account, depending on its context. “Villany” refers to emptiness, folly, or wicked conduct.
Village
A village is a small settlement, often unwalled and dependent upon a larger town. Biblical villages could consist of permanent houses, tent groups, cattle enclosures, or scattered dwellings in open country.
Villages
Villages were unwalled settlements or habitations in the open country, often surrounding fortified towns. The Hebrew term may also be understood in some passages as referring to rulers, depending on the textual interpretation.
Vine
The vine was a major cultivated plant of biblical lands, producing grapes, raisins, syrup, and wine. Scripture also uses the vine as a figure for prosperity, Israel, the people of God, and Christ’s spiritual union with his disciples.
Vine of Sodom
The “vine of Sodom” is mentioned in Deuteronomy 32:32 as a picture of corruption producing bitter or worthless fruit. Its precise botanical identification is uncertain, though it has been associated with plants near the Dead Sea.
Vinegar
Vinegar was sour wine or another fermented liquid containing acetic acid. It was used as a condiment and diluted drink, forbidden to Nazirites, and offered to Jesus during the crucifixion.
Vineyards, Plain Of The
The Plain of the Vineyards was a place east of the Jordan and beyond Aroer, mentioned only in the account of Jephthah’s victory over the Ammonites.
Viol
“Viol” is an older English rendering of the Hebrew nebel, a stringed musical instrument. The term is better understood as a lute or psaltery rather than the bowed instrument now called a viol.
VIOLENCE, VIOLENT
Violence means forceful or oppressive action, often involving harm or seizure. The difficult phrase about the kingdom of heaven being “taken by violence” has received several interpretations, and its precise meaning is uncertain.
Viper
A viper is a poisonous snake. Biblical terms translated “viper” may refer to particular poisonous serpents in the Old Testament or more generally to venomous snakes in the New Testament.
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