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Vapor

ἀτμίςStrong’s G0822

atmis

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Atmis is the Greek word usually translated “vapor”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:”
Acts 2:19 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “vapor”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • vapor 1
  • a vapor 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1
  • James 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

ἀτμίς atmis · vapor

ἀτμίς, -ίδος, ἡ [in LXX for עָנַן, תִּמֹּר, etc. ;] vapour: Jas.4:14; ἀ. καπνοῦ, Act.2:19 (LXX).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “vapor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

VA'POR, noun

[Latin vapor ]

  1. In a general sense, an invisible elastic fluid, rendered aeriform by heat, and capable of being condensed, or brought back to the liquid or solid state, by cold.
  2. A visible fluid floating in the atmosphere.
  3. Substances resembling smoke, which sometimes fill the atmosphere, particularly in America during the autumn.
  4. Wind; flatulence.
All definitions and other forms of “vapor”
  1. Mental fume; vain imagination; unreal fancy.
  2. Vapors, a disease of nervous debility, in which a variety of strange images float in the brain, or appear as if visible.
  3. Something unsubstantial, fleeting or transitory.“For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” James 4:14

VA'POR, verb intransitive

[Latin veporo.]

  1. To pass off in fumes or a moist floating substance; to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate. [In this sense, evaporate is generally used.]
  2. To emit fumes.
  3. To bully; to boast or vaunt with a vain ostentatious display of worth; to brag.

VA'POR, verb transitive

To emit, cast off or scatter in fumes or stream; as, to vapor away a heated fluid.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.