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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Village

This word in addition to its ordinary sense, is often used, especially in the enumeration of towns in (Joshua 13:15,19) to imply unwalled suburbs outside the walled towns. Arab villages, as found in Arabia, are often mere collections of stone huts, "long, low rude hovels, roofed only with the stalks of palm leaves," or covered for a time with tent-cloths, which are removed when the tribe change their quarters. Others are more solidly built, as are most of the of palestine, though in some the dwellings are mere mud-huts.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

VILLAGE

vil'-aj (qaphar, chawwoth, qatserim, banoth, perazoth; kome):

(1) The general term for a village, in common with Aramaic and Arabic is qaphar (Songs 7:11 1 Chronicles 27:25; kopher; 1 Samuel 6:18; kephir, Nehemiah 6:2). This designation is derived from the idea of its offering "cover" or shelter. It is used in combination, and place-names of this formation became prominent in post-Biblical times, probably because the villages so named had then grown into towns. A well-known Biblical instance of such names is Capernaum.

(2) Chawwoth (always "town" in English Versions of the Bible; see HAVVOTH-JAIR) means originally a group of tents (Arabic chiwa'). These in settled life soon became more permanent dwellings, or what we understand by a village. The term, however, is applied only to the villages of Jair in the tribe of Manasseh (Numbers 32:41 1 Kings 4:13).

(3) Chatserim likewise came from nomadic life. They were originally enclosures specially for cattle, alongside of which dwellings for the herdsmen and peasantry naturally grew up (see HAZAR-ADDAR; HAZOR). They were unwalled (Leviticus 25:31) and lay around the cities (Joshua 19:8).

(4) Banoth is literally "daughters." The word is applied to the dependent villages lying around the larger cities, and to which they looked as to a kind of metropolis (Numbers 21:25, etc.); the Revised Version (British and American) "towns" except in Numbers 32:42.

(5) Perazoth means "the open country," but it soon came to mean the villages scattered in the open (Ezekiel 38:11 Zechariah 2:4 Esther 9:19). Some have sought to connect the Perizzites with this word and to regard them, not as a distinct people, but as the peasant class. Attempts have also been m

ade to connect perazon in Judges 5:7, 11 with the same root, and the King James Version rendered it "inhabitants of the villages." the Revised Version (British and American), on the contrary, gives it the meaning of "rulers." The versions indicate a word meaning authority, and probably the text should be emended to read rozenim, "rulers." A similar emendation is required in Habakkuk 3:14. "Village" in the Revised Version (British and American) of the New Testament invariably represents the Greek kome, but in 2 Maccabees 8:6 the Revised Version (British and American) Apocrypha has "village" for chora, lit. "country."

See CITY; TOWN.

W. M. Christie

Greek

2968. kome -- a village
... a village. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kome Phonetic Spelling:
(ko'-may) Short Definition: a village Definition: a village, country town. ...
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2970. komos -- a village festival, revel
... a village festival, revel. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: komos
Phonetic Spelling: (ko'-mos) Short Definition: a feasting, reveling Definition ...
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967. Bethphage -- "house of unripe figs," Bethphage, a village on ...
... "house of unripe figs," Bethphage, a village on the Mt. ... Word Origin of Aramaic origin
Definition "house of unripe figs," Bethphage, a village on the Mt. ...
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3484. Nain -- Nain, a village of Galilee
... Nain, a village of Galilee. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration:
Nain Phonetic Spelling: (nah-in') Short Definition: Nain Definition: Nain ...
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2969. komopolis -- a country town
... a country town. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: komopolis Phonetic
Spelling: (ko-mop'-ol-is) Short Definition: a large village Definition: a ...
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1695. Emmaous -- Emmaus, a place 60 stadia (7.5 miles) west of Jer ...
... of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Emmaous Phonetic Spelling:
(em-mah-ooce') Short Definition: Emmaus Definition: Emmaus, a village not far ...
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296. amphodon -- a road around
... amphodon Phonetic Spelling: (am'-fod-on) Short Definition: a street, quarter, block
Definition: prop: a road around anything; the street of a village. ...
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4999. taberne -- "hut," a tavern, spec. Treis Tabernai, "Three ...
... Transliteration: taberne Phonetic Spelling: (tab-er'-nahee) Short Definition: taverns
Definition: taverns; Three Taverns, the name of a village or town on the ...
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993. Boanerges -- Boanerges, an epithet applied to the two sons of ...
... zeal which characterized both the brothers, which prompted them to suggest the calling
of fire from heaven to consume the inhospitable Samaritan village (Lk 9 ...
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1148. Dalmanoutha -- Dalmanutha, an unidentified place near the ...
... Transliteration: Dalmanoutha Phonetic Spelling: (dal-man-oo-thah') Short Definition:
Dalmanutha Definition: Dalmanutha, a town or village near Magdala. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3726. Kephar Haammoni -- "a village of the Ammonites," a village ...
... "a village of the ... Word Origin from kaphar and Ammoni Definition "a village of the
Ammonites," a village in Benjamin NASB Word Usage Chephar-ammoni (1). ...
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3723. kaphar -- a village
... 3722b, 3723. kaphar. 3724 . a village. Transliteration: kaphar Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-fawr') Short Definition: villages. ... village. ...
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2701. Chatsar Susah -- "village of cavalry," a place in Simeon
... "village of cavalry," a place in Simeon. Transliteration: Chatsar Susah Phonetic
Spelling: (khats-ar'soo-saw') Short Definition: Hazar-susah. ...
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2705. Chatsar Shual -- "village of the fox," a place in S. Judah
... "village of the fox," a place in S. Judah. Transliteration: Chatsar Shual Phonetic
Spelling: (khats-ar' shoo-awl') Short Definition: Hazar-shual. ...
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2702. Chatsar Susim -- "village of horses," a place in Simeon
... "village of horses," a place in Simeon. Transliteration: Chatsar Susim Phonetic
Spelling: (khats-ar' soo-seem') Short Definition: Hazar-susim. ...
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2333. chavvah -- a tent village
... 2332, 2333. chavvah. 2334 . a tent village. Transliteration: chavvah
Phonetic Spelling: (khav-vaw') Short Definition: towns. Word ...
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8556b. Timnath Serech -- "territory of the sun," a village in the ...
... Timnath Serech. 8557 . "territory of the sun," a village in the hill country of
Ephraim. Transliteration: Timnath Serech Short Definition: Timnath-serah. ...
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3724d. kopher -- village
... kopher. 3725 . village. Transliteration: kopher Short Definition: villages. Word
Origin from the same as kephir Definition village NASB Word Usage villages (2 ...
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980. Bachurim -- "young men's village," a city in Benjamin
... 979, 980. Bachurim. 981 . "young men's village," a city in Benjamin.
Transliteration: Bachurim Phonetic Spelling: (bakh-oo-reem') Short Definition: Bahurim ...
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2691b. chatser -- settled abode, settlement, village
... 2691a, 2691b. chatser. 2692 . settled abode, settlement, village.
Transliteration: chatser Short Definition: villages. Word Origin ...
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Library

Twenty-Five Village Sermons
Twenty-Five Village Sermons. <. Twenty-Five Village Sermons Charles
Kingsley. Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074 ...
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The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent
The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent. <. The Village
Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent S. Baring-Gould. ...
/.../baring-gould/the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/

Daniel and the Village Priest.
... CHAPTER NINETEEN. DANIEL AND THE VILLAGE PRIEST. After his baptism Daniel
was very consistent in his conduct as a Christian, and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hodson/old daniel/chapter nineteen daniel and the.htm

Village Washerman.
... CHAPTER FOURTEEN. VILLAGE WASHERMAN. Daniel was by this time regularly
installed as Mission Washerman. There is no such person as ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/hodson/old daniel/chapter fourteen village washerman.htm

"There was a Certain Village in the Country of the Senones which ...
... Dialogues of Sulpitius Severus. Chapter VII. "There was a certain village
in the country of the Senones which was every year� ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter vii there was a.htm

To Miss Mitford: Authoress of 'Our Village'
... TO MISS MITFORD: AUTHORESS OF 'OUR VILLAGE'. The single eye, the daughter
of the light; Well pleased to recognise in lowliest shade ...
/.../kingsley/andromeda and other poems/to miss mitford authoress of.htm

A Converted Village Blacksmith.
... CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. A CONVERTED VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. We have already seen
how Daniel tried to bring his heathen neighbours into ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hodson/old daniel/chapter twenty three a converted.htm

New Village Chapel.
... CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. NEW VILLAGE CHAPEL. Up to the year 1864, one building in
Singonahully, had served the double purpose of chapel and school-room. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hodson/old daniel/chapter twenty four new village.htm

Sharon. Caphar Lodim. The Village of those of Lydda.
... A Chorographical Century. Chapters 11-20 Chapter 17 Sharon. Caphar Lodim.
The Village of those of Lydda. Between Lydda and the sea ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 17 sharon caphar lodim.htm

The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent
The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent. <. ... Title Page.
THE VILLAGE PULPIT A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons ...
/.../baring-gould/the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/title page.htm

Thesaurus

Village (21 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. VILLAGE. ... These in settled life soon became
more permanent dwellings, or what we understand by a village. ...
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Bethany (13 Occurrences)
... (2.) A village on the south-eastern slope of the Mount of Olives (Mark
11:1), about 2 miles east of Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho. ...
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Emmaus (1 Occurrence)
... Hot baths, a village "three-score furlongs" from jerusalem, where our Lord had an
interview with two of his disciples on the day of his resurrection (Luke 24:13 ...
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Ramah (38 Occurrences)
... It is probably identical with the modern er-Rameh, a large Christian village on
the highway from Cafed to the coast, about 8 miles West-Southwest of that city. ...
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Nain (1 Occurrence)
... It is identified with the village called Nein, standing on the north-western slope
of Jebel ed-Duhy (=the "hill Moreh" = "Little hermon"), about 4 miles from ...
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Fountain (57 Occurrences)
... Others are situated along the courses of the few perennial streams. But wherever
a spring exists it is very apt to be the nucleus of a village. ...
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Cana (4 Occurrences)
... Kefr Kennah, a thriving village about 3 3/4 miles from Nazareth, on the southern
edge of Sahl Tor`an, the plain South of the range of that name, through which ...
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Siloam (4 Occurrences)
... Mentioned only Luke 13:4. The place here spoken of is the village now called Silwan,
or Kefr Silwan, on the east of the valley of Kidron, and to the north-east ...
/s/siloam.htm - 21k

Visited (40 Occurrences)
... Luke 8:1 Shortly after this He visited town after town, and village after village,
proclaiming His Message and telling the Good News of the Kingdom of God. ...
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Zoheleth (1 Occurrence)
... The serpent-stone, a rocky plateau near the centre of the village of Siloam, and
near the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the village resort for ...
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Bible Concordance

Village (21 Occurrences)

Matthew 10:11 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 21:2 saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:6 He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 8:23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 8:26 He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village."
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 11:2 and said to them, "Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 5:17 It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:1 It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 9:6 They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.
(Root in WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 9:52 and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 9:56 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." They went to another village.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 10:38 It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 13:22 He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 17:12 As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 19:30 saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 24:13 Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 24:28 They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:42 Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. The Acts of the Apostles
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 11:30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Village

Related Terms

Bethany (13 Occurrences)

Emmaus (1 Occurrence)

Ramah (38 Occurrences)

Nain (1 Occurrence)

Fountain (57 Occurrences)

Cana (4 Occurrences)

Siloam (4 Occurrences)

Visited (40 Occurrences)

Zoheleth (1 Occurrence)