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Note:
In 1 Cor. 13:8,
KJV
,
, “to abolish,” is rendered “it shall vanish away”
(
RV
, “… be done away”). See
ABOLISH
.
B. Noun.
(
, 854), , negative,
, “to cause to appear” (akin to A),
occurs in Heb. 8:13,
RV
, “(nigh unto) vanishing away”; the word is suggestive of
abolition.¶
Note:
In Luke 24:31, the adjective
(akin to A and B), “invisible,” used with
, “to become,” and followed by
, “from,” with the plural personal pronoun, is
rendered “He vanished out of their sight” (
KJV
, marg., “He ceased to be seen of them”),
lit., “He became invisible from them.”¶
VANITY
(
, 3153), “emptiness as to results,” akin to
(see
EMPTY
,
VAIN
), is used (a) of the creation, Rom. 8:20, as failing of the results designed, owing to
sin; (b) of the mind which governs the manner of life of the Gentiles, Eph. 4:17; (c) of the
“great swelling
(
” of false teachers, 2 Pet. 2:18.¶
Note:
For
, in the neut. plur. in Acts 14:15, “vanities,” see
VAIN
, A, No. 2 (a).
VAPOR
(
&
, 822) is used of “smoke,” Acts 2:19; figuratively of human life, Jas.
4:14.¶
VARIABLENESS, VARIATION
(
$
)
, 3883) denotes, in general, “a change” (Eng., “parallax,” the
difference between the directions of a body as seen from two different points), “a
transmission” from one condition to another; it occurs in Jas. 1:17,
RV
, “variation” (
KJV
,
“variableness”); the reference may be to the sun, which “varies” its position in the sky.¶
In the Sept., 2 Kings 9:20.¶
VARIANCE
(
1
, 1369), “to cut apart, divide in two,” is used metaphorically in Matt.
10:35, “to set at variance.”¶
Notes:
(1) In Gal. 5:20,
KJV
,
, “strife” (
RV
), is rendered “variance.” (2) For
, Jas. 3:17,
RV
, “without variance” (marg., “doubtfulness, or partiality”),
KJV
,
“without partiality” (marg., “without wrangling”), see
PARTIAL
.¶
VAUNT (ONESELF)
$
(
$ $ "
, 4068), “to boast or vaunt oneself” (from
,
“vainglorious, braggart,” not in the NT), is used in 1 Cor. 13:4, negatively of love.¶
For
VAUNTINGS
see
VAINGLORY
For
VEHEMENT
see
DESIRE
, A, No. 3
VEHEMENTLY
1.
(
, 1171), for which see
GRIEVOUS
, B, No. 1, is rendered
“vehemently” in Luke 11:53.