Vapor
Vapor
vaper: (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 (Gen 2:6). (2) , nas’, vapor, i.e. that which rises, from root , nasa’, to lift: Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth (Psa 135:7; compare Jer 10:13; Jer 51:16); also translated clouds: as clouds and wind without rain (Pro 25:14). (3) In Job 36:33, the King James Version has vapour (concerning the vapour) for , alah, root , alah, to go up, where the Revised Version (British and American) reads concerning the storm that cometh up. (4) , ktor: fire and hail, snow and vapor (Psa 148:8); elsewhere, smoke: The smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace (Gen 19:28); I am become like a wineskin in the smoke (Psa 119:83).
(5) , atms: blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke (Act 2:19); For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away (Jam 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.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Vapor
is used of “smoke,” Act 2:19; figuratively of human life, Jam 4:14.