Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city. Int. 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

Multi-Version 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)