Bible Dictionary: Vapor

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.

2. (n.) In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.

3. (n.) Wind; flatulence.

4. (n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

5. (n.) An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues.

6. (n.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.

7. (n.) To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.

8. (n.) To emit vapor or fumes.

9. (n.) To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.

10. (v. t.) To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

VAPOR

va'-per:

(1) edh: "For he draweth up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor" (Job 36:27); "There went up a mist ['edh] from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground" (Genesis 2:6).

(2) nasi', "vapor," i.e. that which rises, from nasa', "to lift": "Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth" (Psalm 135:7; compare Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16); also translated "clouds": "as clouds and wind without rain" (Proverbs 25:14).

(3) In Job 36:33, the King James Version has "vapour" ("concerning the vapour") for `alah, alah, "to go up," where the Revised Version (British and American) reads "concerning the storm that cometh up."

(4) qiTor: "fire and hail, snow and vapor" (Psalm 148:8); elsewhere, "smoke": "The smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace" (Genesis 19:28); "I am become like a wineskin in the smoke" (Psalm 119:83).

(5) atmis: "blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke" (Acts 2:19); "For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away" (James 4:14).

The first two of the preceding quotations are interesting as indicating the knowledge that vapor of water from the earth or sea is the source of the rain. Visible vapor, i.e. mist or fog, is much less common in Palestine than in many other countries. In the mountains, however, especially in Lebanon, mists are of frequent occurrence, appearing to those below as clouds clinging to the mountains.

Alfred Ely Day

Greek

822. atmis -- vapor
... vapor. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: atmis Phonetic Spelling:
(at-mece') Short Definition: breath, steam, vapor Definition: breath, steam ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1892. hebel -- vapor, breath
... 1891, 1892. hebel. 1893 . vapor, breath. Transliteration: hebel Phonetic Spelling:
(heh'bel) Short Definition: vanity. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5387b. nasi -- rising mist, vapor
... rising mist, vapor. Transliteration: nasi Short Definition: clouds. Word Origin
from nasa Definition rising mist, vapor NASB Word Usage clouds (3), vapors (1). ...
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108. ed -- a mist
... mist, vapor. From the same as 'uwd (in the sense of enveloping); a fog -- mist,
vapor. see HEBREW 'uwd. 107, 108. ed. 109 . Strong's Numbers.
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5387. nasiy' -- one lifted up, a chief, prince
... Spelling: (naw-see') Short Definition: captain. captain, chief, cloud, governor,
prince, ruler, vapor Or nasi' {naw-see'}; from nasa ...
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79. abaq -- to wrestle
... wrestle. A primitive root, probably to float away (as vapor), but used only as
denominative from 'abaq; to bedust, ie Grapple -- wrestle. see HEBREW 'abaq. ...
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6227. ashan -- smoke
... smoke. From ashan; smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger) --
smoke(-ing). see HEBREW ashan. 6226, 6227. ashan. 6228 . Strong's Numbers.
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7834. shachaq -- dust, cloud
... From shachaq; a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension,
the firmament -- cloud, small dust, heaven, sky. see HEBREW shachaq. ...
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Library

The Oracles.
... Plans of Croesus."The River Halys."Nature of the oracles."Situation of Delphi."The
gaseous vapor."The priestess."The sacred tripod."The oracle of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter vi the oracles.htm

Who is She that Goeth up by the Wilderness, Like a Pillar of Smoke ...
... wilderness, like a pillar of smoke?""The Bride becomes so purified in the arms of
her Beloved, that she issues from them, like a subtle vapor almost consumed ...
//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/6 who is she that.htm

The Faithful Servant
... to the army who were not fighting-men, and old Momus, saw first, before the attack
on the Temple began, a soft increasing dun-colored vapor rise between the ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xxi the faithful servant.htm

Whether There are Waters Above the Firmament?
... ad lit. ii, 4), that waters resolved into vapor may be lifted above the
starry heaven, is a mere absurdity. The solid nature of ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there are waters above.htm

By the Wayside
... there lay before them a long gentle slope smooth and dun-colored as some soft pelt,
dropping down into a tender vale with levels of purple vapor hanging over it ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter v by the wayside.htm

Christ Teaching Liberality
... As the sun shines on the surface of the ocean, it makes the water warm, and turns
it into vapor, like the steam that comes from the boiling kettle. ...
/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/christ teaching liberality.htm

Acts ii. 14
... of the taking of Jerusalem. "Blood and fire, and vapor of smoke." Observe
how he describes the capture. "The sun shall be turned ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily v acts ii 14.htm

Matt. xvi. 28
... threatens, He shows a dark cloud;"as on Mount Sinai; for "Moses," it is said, "entered
into the cloud, and into the thick darkness; and as a vapor, so went ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lvi matt xvi 28.htm

The Awakened Sinner Urged to Immediate Consideration and Cautioned ...
... Is not even as a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away?"
(Jam.4:14) And what is your security, or what is your peculiar warrant ...
/.../chapter iii the awakened sinner.htm

But as to the Unjust, they are Dragged by Force to the Left Hand.. ...
... them into the neighborhood of hell itself; who, when they are hard by it, continually
hear the noise of it, and do not stand clear of the hot vapor itself; but ...
/.../josephus/discourse to the greeks concerning hades/section 4 but as to.htm

Thesaurus

Vapor (6 Occurrences)
... blues. 6. (n.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of
inhaled vapor. 7 ... evaporate. 8. (n.) To emit vapor or fumes. 9 ...
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Mist (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere,
at or near the surface of the earth; fog. ... See VAPOR. Alfred H. Joy. ...
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Smoke (98 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from
a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal ...
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Expire (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute
particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors ...
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Dew (35 Occurrences)
... atmosphere. Palestine is fortunate in being near the sea, so that there
is always a large percentage of water vapor in the air. ...
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Boil (29 Occurrences)
... 1. (v.) To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and
rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it ...
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Cloud (119 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A collection of visible vapor, or watery
particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere. 2. (n.) A ...
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Hail (42 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from
the clouds, where they are formed by the condensation of vapor. ...
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Hierapolis (1 Occurrence)
... regarded as the stronghold of Satan, for there was a Plutonium, or a hole reaching
far down into the earth, from which there issued a vapor, even poisoning the ...
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Bible Concordance

Vapor (6 Occurrences)

Acts 2:19 And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:
(ASV WBS NAS RSV)

James 4:14 Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
(WEB ASV WBS NAS)

Job 36:27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
(WEB ASV WBS)

Job 36:33 The noise of it showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor.
(WBS)

Psalms 148:8 Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
(ASV WBS)

Proverbs 21:6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Vapor

Related Terms

Mist (17 Occurrences)

Smoke (98 Occurrences)

Expire (14 Occurrences)

Dew (35 Occurrences)

Boil (29 Occurrences)