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Room
room.SeeHOUSE.
Root
root (shoresh; rhiza): Frequently mentioned in the Old Testament and New Testament, but almost always in a figurative sense, e.g. "root of the righteous" (Pr 12:3,12); "root tha...
Root Of David
See DAVID, ROOT OF.
Root Of Jesse
(shoresh yishay (Isa 11:10); rhiza tou Iessai (Ro 15:12)): The Hebrew and Greek words are practically the same in meaning. "Root" means descendant, branch of the family or stock...
Rope
rop: Used in the Old Testament for chebhel, "that which binds" (2Sa 17:13, etc.), and for `abhoth, "that which is woven" (Jud 15:13, etc.). In neither word is any specified thic...
Rose
roz: (1) (chabhatstseleth; anthos, "a flower" (So 2:1) krinon, "a lily" (Isa 35:1)): By general consent English Versions of the Bible is wrong: inSo 2:1margin reads "Hebrew haba...
Rosh (1)
rosh, rosh (ro'sh): A son or grandson of Benjamin (Ge 46:21).
Rosh (2)
(ro'sh; Rhos, variant (Q margin) kephales; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) capiris):1. Rosh and Its Renderings:This name occurs in the prophecies against Gog inEze ...
Rot; Rottenness
rot, rot'-'-n-nes (verb raqebh, noun raqabh (riqqabhon,Job 41:27), with maq, "decay" (Isa 5:24), and `abhash, "shrivel" (soJoe 1:17the Revised Version margin)): "Rottenness of t...
Rote
rot: the Revised Version margin gives "learned by rote" inIsa 29:13for the King James Version "taught," which indicates that the service of Yahweh was merely formal.
Rower; Rowing
ro'-er, ro'-ing.See SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 1.
Royal
roi'-al: Either belonging to a king (kingdom) or having kingly power, dignity, authority, etc. In Hebrew, the word is expressed by using different nouns in the gen. case (the "c...
Royal City
See ROYAL, (2), (4).
Ruby
roo'-bi.See STONES, PRECIOUS.
Rudder; Rudder-Bands
rud'-er.See SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 2, (3).
Ruddy
rud'-i ('adhmoni (1Sa 16:12;17:42;Ge 25:25the Revised Version margin), 'adhom (So 5:10); verbs 'adham (La 4:7), and eruthriao, "to blush" (Ad Es 15:5)): "Ruddy" is the form take...
Rude
rood: Not "impolite" in English Versions of the Bible (except perhaps 2 Macc 12:14), but "untrained," "ignorant"; compare the modern phrase, "a rude drawing." So Sirach 8:4 (apa...
Rudiments
roo'-di-ments (stoicheia, plural of stoicheion (Ga 4:3,9;Col 2:8,20;Heb 5:12;2Pe 3:10,12)): This word occurs 7 t in the New Testament, and the King James Version translates it i...
Rue
roo (peganon): One of the plants mentioned inLu 11:42as subject to tithe: in the parallel passage,Mt 23:23, anise and cummin are mentioned. Ruta graveolens (Natural Order, Rutac...
Rufus
roo'-fus (Rhouphos): The name is mentioned twice:(1) Simon of Cyrene, who was compelled to bear the cross of Jesus, is "the father of Alexander and Rufus" (Mr 15:21);(2) Paul se...
Rug
rug: Alternative rendering of a word (semikhah) inJud 4:18the Revised Version (British and American), "mantle" the King James Version. The translation is doubtful; Oxford Hebrew...
Ruhamah
roo-ha'-ma, roo-ha'-ma: See LO-RUHAMAH, the symbolical name of Hosea's daughter (Ho 1:6,8).
Ruin
roo'-in (haricah, etc.; rhegma): "Ruin," the translation of haricah (Am 9:11; compareAc 15:16, where the Revised Version (British and American) Greek text, ta katestrammena), an...
Ruler
rool'-er:1. In the Old Testament:(1) moshel, "ruler," "prince," "master" (tyrant), applied to Joseph in Egypt (Ge 45:8; comparePs 105:21); to the Philistines (Jud 15:11); to Dav...
Ruler Of The Feast
(architriklinos; the King James Version governor): The word occurs in the New Testament in the account of the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee (Joh 2:8,9). According to Ecclesia...
Ruler Of The Synagogue
See RULER, 3, (1), (2).