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For
VIGILANT,
1 Tim. 3:2
, see
TEMPERATE
;
1 Pet. 5:8
, see
WATCHFUL
VILE
A. Noun.
(
&
, 819), “dishonor,” is translated “vile” in Rom. 1:26,
RV
, marg.,
“(passions) of dishonor.” See
DISHONOR
.
B. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
: $
, 4508), “filthy dirty,” is used (a) literally, of old shabby
clothing, Jas. 2:2, “vile”; (b) metaphorically, of moral defilement, Rev. 22:11 (in the best
texts).¶ In the Sept., Zech. 3:3, 4.¶
2.
(
$
, 4190), “evil,” is translated “vile” in Acts 17:5,
RV
(
KJV
,
“lewd”). See
BAD
,
EVIL
.
Note:
For “vile” in the
KJV
of Phil. 3:21, see
HUMILIATION
.
VILLAGE
(
0
, 2968), “a village,” or “country town,” primarily as distinct from a
walled town, occurs in the Gospels; elsewhere only in Acts 8:25. The difference between
, “a city,” and
, is maintained in the NT, as in Josephus. Among the Greeks the
point of the distinction was not that of size or fortification, but of constitution and land. In
the OT the city and the village are regularly distinguished. The Mishna makes the three
distinctions, a large city, a city, and a village.
The
RV
always substitutes “village(-s)” for
KJV
, “town(-s),” Matt. 10:11; Mark 8:23,
26, 27; Luke 5:17; 9:6, 12; John 7:42; 11:1, 30. See
TOWN
.
VILLANY
1.
$
(
:` $ &
, 4468) lit. and primarily denotes “ease in working”
(
, “easy,”
, “work”), “easiness, laziness”; hence “recklessness, wickedness,”
Acts 13:10,
RV
, “villany,”
KJV
, “mischief.”¶ In the papyri it is used of “theft.”
2.
$
(
:` "$
, 4467), “a reckless act” (akin to No. 1), occurs in
Acts 18:14,
RV
, “villany” (
KJV
, “lewdness”).¶
VINE, VINTAGE
(
/
, 288) is used (a) lit., e.g., Matt. 26:29 and parallel passages; Jas.
3:12; (b) figuratively, (1) of Christ, John 15:1, 4, 5; (2) of His enemies, Rev. 14:18, 19,
“the vine of the earth” (
RV
, “vintage” in v. 19), probably figurative of the remaining mass
of apostate Christendom.¶
VINEDRESSER
$
(
$
, 289), “a worker in a vineyard” (from
, “a vine,”
and
), is rendered “vinedresser” in Luke 13:7,
RV
(
KJV
, “dresser of the vineyard”).¶
VINEGAR
@
(
7
, 3690), akin to
@$
, “sharp,” denotes “sour wine,” the ordinary drink of
laborers and common soldiers; it is used in the four Gospels of the “vinegar” offered to
the Lord at His crucifixion. In Matt. 27:34 the best texts have
, “wine” (
RV
). Some