Noah Webster's 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. Int. 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

Multi-Version 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)