English Bible words starting with V
119 meanings beginning with V, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 2. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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vain4 words
- mataiosμάταιοςfutile: empty of any real result, so it cannot deliver what it seems to promise
- shavשָׁוְאthat which has no substance and so cannot be trusted: emptiness that shows up as futile effort, as lying speech, and as worthless idols
- reqרֵיקempty: holding nothing, and so, of people or words, without worth or substance
- riqרִיקemptiness that yields nothing: a container with nothing in it, and so work, strength, or scheming that comes back with no result
vain conceit1 word
vain discussion1 word
vain repetitions1 word
vainglory1 word
vainly1 word
Vaizatha1 word
vale1 word
valiant1 word
valley8 words
- naḥalנַחַלa seasonal desert watercourse: the ravine that channels rushing water in the rainy season and lies dry the rest of the year, and the rushing water itself
- pharagxφάραγξvalleynot studied yet
- emeqעֵמֶקa broad, open valley: the wide, flat lowland that lies between hills
- kikkarכִּכָּרa round district: a level circular tract of land, most often the broad valley around the lower Jordan
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- a talent: the largest standard weight, used to measure out gold, silver, or bronze
- a round loaf of bread
- gayגַּיְאa valley: a deep, narrow, steep-sided ravine cut between hills or mountains
valor4 words
- ḥayilחַיִלstrength: effective power, the capacity to act and to prevail
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- army: an armed force, the fighting men a ruler commands
- wealth: the resources, property, and substance a person or nation has amassed
- worth: capability and strength of character that make a person able and admirable
- gevurahגְּבוּרָהstrength to prevail: the power to overcome, and the mighty deeds that show it
- ḥayilחַיִלstrength in action: force brought to bear, whether against people, in a fighter's body, or in a voice raised to a shout
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- an army: the armed men a ruler commands, his strength counted out in bodies
- sallayסַלָּי`valor`not studied yet
- ḥayilחַיִלstrength: effective power, the capacity to act and to prevail
valuable3 words
valuation1 word
- erekhעֵרֶךְan ordered arrangement: things set out in place, laid out in proper order
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- an assessed value: a set amount of worth fixed on a person or thing by a standard
- erekhעֵרֶךְan ordered arrangement: things set out in place, laid out in proper order
value3 words
- timēτιμήprice: the amount at which something is valued, or the money it fetches.
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- honor: the public recognition of someone's worth, and the respect or esteem that worth is owed.
- timaōτιμάωto set a price on, value, or appraise: to fix the worth of something in money
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- to honor: to regard and treat someone as worthy of high respect
- meḥirמְחִירwhat something costs: the payment given in exchange for it, and so also the sum that measures its worth
- timēτιμήprice: the amount at which something is valued, or the money it fetches.
valued2 words
- entimosἔντιμοςvalued/honorednot studied yet
- yaqarיָקַרto be worth a great deal: to count as valuable, whether treasured by someone who will not give it up or expensive because the price is high
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- to make something scarce: to thin it out, or to hold it back so that it comes only rarely
Vaniah1 word
vanish5 words
- pheugōφεύγωto flee: to move fast away from something dangerous, whether to save yourself, to get clear of it, or to keep well away from it
- nusנוּסto flee: to run from danger, whether to escape it or to reach safety
- aphanizōἀφανίζωto make something no longer visible: to spoil how it looks, ruin it away to nothing, or (of the thing itself) fade from sight
- ḥalaphחָלַףto pass: to move on past, sweep through a place, come to an end, or drive clean through
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- to change: to exchange one thing for another, or put a substitute in its place
- to renew: to come up fresh again, or to gain new strength
- tsamatצָמַתto put a final end to someone or something: to destroy, exterminate, wipe out
vanish away1 word
- malaḥמָלַחto vanish away: to dissolve or be torn to nothing, said of the sky wearing out
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- to salt something: to sprinkle or rub salt onto it, whether an offering set on God's altar or a newborn's skin
- malaḥמָלַחto vanish away: to dissolve or be torn to nothing, said of the sky wearing out
vanity5 words
- avenאָוֶןevil that comes to nothing: the emptiness, harm, and wickedness of a life set against God
- hevelהֶבֶלa breath or puff of vapor, and so anything that is fleeting, insubstantial, or comes to nothing: too thin to grasp, gone before you can hold it.
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- idols and false gods, dismissed as worthless nothings: powerless objects of worship that promise much and deliver nothing.
- shavשָׁוְאthat which has no substance and so cannot be trusted: emptiness that shows up as futile effort, as lying speech, and as worthless idols
- tohuתֹּהוּemptiness: something drained of its proper contents and so unable to serve its purpose, from a trackless desert to a worthless idol to the unformed earth
- riqרִיקemptiness that yields nothing: a container with nothing in it, and so work, strength, or scheming that comes back with no result
vapor3 words
- nasiנָשִׂיאrising mist: vapor or clouds that lift up from the earth
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- a leader: one lifted up over others to rule, represent, or speak for them
- hevelהֶבֶלa breath or puff of vapor, and so anything that is fleeting, insubstantial, or comes to nothing: too thin to grasp, gone before you can hold it.
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- idols and false gods, dismissed as worthless nothings: powerless objects of worship that promise much and deliver nothing.
- atmisἀτμίςvapornot studied yet
- nasiנָשִׂיאrising mist: vapor or clouds that lift up from the earth
variation1 word
variegated1 word
variety1 word
various1 word
Vashti1 word
vassal1 word
- nesikhנָסִיךְsomething poured out: wine poured as an offering to a god, or metal poured into a mold to make an image.
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- a chief installed in office: one of a group of rulers over a people, named alongside a greater king or as the leadership of a nation.
- nesikhנָסִיךְsomething poured out: wine poured as an offering to a god, or metal poured into a mold to make an image.
vat1 word
vault2 words
vaunt itself1 word
vegetable2 words
vegetables1 word
vegetation3 words
- esevעֵשֶׂבthe green, seed-bearing plants of the ground: herbs, low growth, and field crops, as opposed to trees
- tsemaḥצֶמַחwhat has sprouted: the fresh growth a field or plant puts out, and by extension the ruler God promises to grow from David's line
- yereqיֶרֶקgreen growth: everything on the land that is alive and green, taken together as one class
vehement1 word
vehemently1 word
veil11 words
- kaluptōκαλύπτωto cover: to lay something over a thing so that what is underneath is shielded, swallowed from sight, or kept from being known.
- katapetasmaκαταπέτασμαthe curtain hung inside the tabernacle or the temple to shut off a sanctuary room, above all the innermost room where God's presence dwelt.
- porekhetפָּרֹכֶתthe veil: the heavy, richly woven curtain hung across the sanctuary that sealed off the innermost room where God's presence dwelt.
- kalummaκάλυμμαveilnot studied yet
- atahעָטָהto wrap oneself in a covering, or to drape a covering over: to enfold, cover, or clothe.
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- to grip or seize firmly: to take tight hold of.
vengeance3 words
- ekdikēsisἐκδίκησιςjustice carried out on a wrong: the redress the wronged party is granted and the penalty the wrongdoer is dealt, as two sides of one act
- neqamahנְקָמָהvengeance: repaying a wrong with the punishment it deserves.
- naqamנָקָםvengeance: punishment inflicted in return for a wrong, by one who has the standing to inflict it
venison1 word
- tsayidצַיִדhunting, and the wild game it yields: the chase itself and the meat a hunter brings home
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- provisions: food stored or carried as supply, especially for a journey
- tsayidצַיִדhunting, and the wild game it yields: the chase itself and the meat a hunter brings home
venom1 word
venomous creature1 word
venture2 words
verbally abusive person1 word
verdant1 word
verdict1 word
verily2 words
- amēnἀμήνso be it: a word of response that seals a prayer, praise, or blessing with the agreement of all who hear it
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- truly: a word Jesus speaks before his own statements to mark them as certain and carrying his own authority
- the Amen: a title for Christ in Revelation, marking him as the one in whom God's complete reliability is made personal
- amenאָמֵןamen: a one-word reply that takes another person's words and makes them binding on oneself
- amēnἀμήνso be it: a word of response that seals a prayer, praise, or blessing with the agreement of all who hear it
verity1 word
vermilion1 word
very3 words
very compassionate1 word
very hungry1 word
very little1 word
very sick1 word
very small1 word
very sorrowful1 word
vessel6 words
- skeuosσκεῦοςa made object put to use: most often a vessel or container, and by extension one's belongings or a person shaped for a purpose
- keliכְּלִיa manufactured object put to use: any article, vessel, tool, or implement made by human hands for a practical purpose
- tevahתֵּבָהa sealed, floating box that carries chosen lives safely through deadly water
- etsevעֶצֶבhard, draining work and the hurt that comes with it: the strenuous labor of a fallen world and the pain that labor costs
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- a fashioned object, a clay pot, used of a person treated as a worthless, broken thing
- agganאַגָּןa large, deep, wide-mouthed bowl: an open basin for holding and mixing liquid
vestibule2 words
vestments1 word
vesture4 words
- begedבֶּגֶדa piece of clothing: any woven covering worn on the body, from an everyday robe to priestly vestments
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- treachery: faithless, deceitful dealing that breaks trust
- peribolaionπεριβόλαιονa covering: an outer garment thrown around the body, such as a wrap, cloak, or mantle
- kesutכְּסוּתa covering: cloth put over the body or over anything, most often clothing.
- sutסוּתvesturenot studied yet
- begedבֶּגֶדa piece of clothing: any woven covering worn on the body, from an everyday robe to priestly vestments
vex4 words
- ka'asכָּעַסto be angry, or to be grieved and vexed; the inward state of a stirred-up spirit
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- to provoke someone to anger; to goad another into fury, most often God
- tsararצָרַרto bind tight, or to be pressed tight: to wrap something up, to be too narrow, or to be squeezed into hardship
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- to treat as an enemy: to be hostile toward someone, to oppose them as a foe or rival
- atsavעָצַבto be in or cause deep pain, chiefly the inner pain of grief and distress
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- to shape or fashion something by hand, as a craftsman forms a figure
- qutsקוּץto be sick of someone or something: to feel a revulsion built up past the point of bearing it, whether it comes out as disgust or as dread
- ka'asכָּעַסto be angry, or to be grieved and vexed; the inward state of a stirred-up spirit
vexation3 words
- ka'asכַּעַסinner distress: the grief, sorrow, or frustration of a spirit worn down by trouble
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- anger and its provocation: hot displeasure in a person or in God, and the offense that kindles God's anger
- re'utרְעוּתa chasing after: the reaching for something that cannot be caught, used only in the Ecclesiastes phrase "a chasing after wind".
- rayonרַעְיוֹןa straining after something: the reaching of a person's will toward what it wants and cannot hold.
- ka'asכַּעַסinner distress: the grief, sorrow, or frustration of a spirit worn down by trouble
vexed1 word
vial2 words
vicinity1 word
victory6 words
- yeshu'ahיְשׁוּעָהsalvation: the rescue brought to someone who cannot get themselves out of trouble, covering the saving act, the victory it wins, and the safety it leaves behind.
- netsaḥנֵצַחlasting on and on without stopping: forever, perpetually, to the very end
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- eminence, glory: the enduring splendor and preeminence that marks someone out
- yesahיֵשַׁעdeliverance: the rescue, victory, or safety that God brings to people in danger or distress
- teshu'ahתְּשׁוּעָהdeliverance: being rescued from danger or enemies, especially the victory that God gives
- nikēνίκηvictorynot studied yet
victuals3 words
- okhelאֹכֶלfood: anything eaten, especially as a supply or provision
- tsedahצֵידָהprovisions: the food people gather up and take with them when they leave home.
- miḥyahמִחְיָהwhat keeps a life going: the rescue, the food, or the returning strength that lets someone survive.
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- the patch of living flesh showing inside a skin sore or a burn.
vigil1 word
vigor3 words
- hodהוֹדvigor, healthy bloom: the visible freshness and strength of a living body
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- splendor, majesty: the visible, awe-inspiring radiance that marks a legitimate sovereign
- kelaḥכֶּלַחvigornot studied yet
- le'aḥלֵחַvigornot studied yet
- hodהוֹדvigor, healthy bloom: the visible freshness and strength of a living body
vigorous1 word
vile2 words
- zalalזָלַלto treat what is precious as cheap: to squander it, or to be counted worthless
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- to quake or tremble, said of mountains shaking at God's coming
- nemivzehנְמִבְזֶהvilenot studied yet
- zalalזָלַלto treat what is precious as cheap: to squander it, or to be counted worthless
vile deed1 word
vileness1 word
village8 words
- batבַּתdaughter: a female child in relation to her parents
- ḥatserחָצֵרan enclosed open yard belonging to a larger building, especially the walled space around the tabernacle, temple, or a palace
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- an unwalled rural settlement: a cluster of dwellings out in the open country, smaller and less defended than a walled town
- kōmēκώμηa village: a small rural settlement, smaller and less protected than a walled city
- kopherכֹּפֶרa village: an unwalled country settlement, set against a fortified town
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- a ransom: a price paid in place of a life that is forfeit, to spare it from the death or penalty it owes
- pitch: the black, tar-like bitumen used to seal and waterproof
- henna: the fragrant henna shrub and its clustered, pale blossoms
- ḥavvahחַוָּהvillagenot studied yet
villager2 words
villainy1 word
vindicate5 words
- shaphatשָׁפַטto judge: to exercise rightful authority over a person or dispute and set it right, whether by deciding a case, ruling a people, defending the wronged, or punishing the guilty
- ekdikeōἐκδικέωto see justice done: to carry out what a wrong requires, whether by securing the wronged party's rights or by exacting the penalty from the wrongdoer
- dikaioōδικαιόωto declare someone to be in the right: to hand down a favorable verdict, acquitting, clearing, or vindicating a person rather than making the person good
- tsadaqצָדֵקto put someone in the right: to declare, pronounce, or treat a person as righteous, to acquit and vindicate them
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- to be in the right: to stand righteous, just, or cleared, whether as a settled state of life or as a verdict won in a dispute
- dinדִּיןto take up a cause and rule on it: to render and carry out a verdict, most often by securing justice for the wronged
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- to remain, abide: a contested reading found only at Genesis 6:3, and probably a different word from the verb to judge above
vindication1 word
vine4 words
- ampelosἄμπελοςa grapevine: the single cultivated plant, stock and branches together, that bears the grapes wine is made from
- gephenגֶּפֶןvine: the grapevine, the cultivated plant whose grapes give Israel its wine
- qiqavonקִיקָיוֹןa broad-leaved bush that shoots up fast and casts shade, most likely the castor-oil plant
- soreqשֹׂרֵקvinenot studied yet
vine-row1 word
vinedresser1 word
vinegar2 words
vineyard2 words
vintage2 words
viol1 word
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
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- a stringed instrument of the harp or lyre family, used in worship and celebration
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
violate1 word
violation1 word
violence3 words
violent4 words
- ischurosἰσχυρόςstrong: possessing real, built-in force that grips, holds, and resists
- aritsעָרִיץruthless: fiercely violent and terror-inspiring, overpowering others by sheer force
- hubristēsὑβριστήςan insolent, violent person: someone whose arrogance breaks out into the open humiliation and mistreatment of others
- peritsפָּרִיץviolentnot studied yet
violently1 word
violet1 word
viper3 words
virgin3 words
- parthenosπαρθένοςa young unmarried woman of marriageable age, expected by custom to be sexually untouched
- betulahבְּתוּלָהa poetic title for a city or nation pictured as an unconquered young woman, as in "Virgin Daughter of Zion"
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- a young woman past childhood and old enough to marry but not yet married, usually still in her father's household
- almahעַלְמָהa young woman who has reached the age to marry and bear children
virginity2 words
virtue1 word
- aretēἀρετήmoral excellence: the quality that makes a person or a thing genuinely admirable and worth commending.
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- praiseworthy greatness: the mighty acts and displayed splendor of God, the kind of thing his people are meant to announce out loud.
- aretēἀρετήmoral excellence: the quality that makes a person or a thing genuinely admirable and worth commending.
visage1 word
visibility1 word
visible1 word
vision13 words
- horasisὅρασιςappearance/visionnot studied yet
- marehמַרְאֶהwhat something looks like: the way a person or thing presents itself to the eye, and by extension a sight seen or a vision
- horamaὅραμαsomething seen: the sight set before a person's eyes, and in Acts above all an appearance God gives in order to say something
- apokalupsisἀποκάλυψιςan uncovering: the moment something hidden is brought out into the open, especially something God had kept concealed
- ḥazonחָזוֹןa prophetic vision: revelation that God grants a prophet or seer to see, together with the message it delivers.
vision of the night1 word
visions1 word
- marahמַרְאָהa vision: the sight God gives a prophet when he reveals himself, and the state the prophet is in while it lasts
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- a mirror: a disc of polished bronze in which a person sees her own reflection
- marahמַרְאָהa vision: the sight God gives a prophet when he reveals himself, and the state the prophet is in while it lasts
visit2 words
- paqadפָּקַדto turn one's attention to someone and act on it: to step in, whether to help or to harm.
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- to count people one by one for a purpose: to take a census, or to call up and review fighting men.
- to put someone in charge: to appoint a person over people or things and entrust the responsibility to them.
- to entrust something to someone's keeping: to hand over goods, money, or a charge for safekeeping.
- episkeptomaiἐπισκέπτομαιto come to someone and take a close look, meaning to act on what is found: to visit and help, to look after, to pick out
- paqadפָּקַדto turn one's attention to someone and act on it: to step in, whether to help or to harm.
visitation2 words
- episkopēἐπισκοπήvisitation: the moment God comes near to attend to his people, whether to rescue or to hold them to account
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- office of oversight: an appointed charge to watch over and care for others
- pequddahפְּקֻדָּהa visitation: God's decisive coming to deal with a person or people, most often to punish and sometimes to help
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- oversight: a charge or office entrusted to someone, with responsibility to answer for it
- a mustering: the counting of people and the numbered company it produces
- a store: goods laid up or set in reserve
- episkopēἐπισκοπήvisitation: the moment God comes near to attend to his people, whether to rescue or to hold them to account