Ready
red'-i (]~mahir]): Occurs twice in the sense of apt, skillful (Ezr 7:6;Ps 45:1). the Revised Version (British and American) gives "ready" for "fit" (Pr 24:27), for "asketh" (Mic...
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Reaiah
re-a'-ya, re-i'-a (re'ayah, "Yah has seen"; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus, Rhada, A, Rheia):(1) The eponym of a Calebite family (1Ch 4:2). The word "Reaiah" should probably be sub...
Reaping
rep'-ing (qatsar; therizo): Reaping in ancient times, as at present, consisted in either pulling up the grain by the roots or cutting it with a sickle (see SICKLE), and then bin...
Rearward
rer'-word ('acaph, "to gather,"Nu 10:25;Jos 6:9(the King James Version margin "gathering host");Isa 52:12).See ARMY; DAN, TRIBE OF; WAR, 3.
Reason; Reasonable; Reasoning
re'-z'n, re'-z'n-a-b'l, re'-z'n-ing (yakhach, etc.; logos, dialogizomai, -ismos, etc.): "Reason" with related terms, has a diversity of meanings, representing a large number of ...
Reba
re-bek'-a (rebha`, "fourth part"; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Rhobe; Codex Alexandrinus Rhebek): One of the five chieftains of Midian who were slain by the Israelites, under Mos...
Rebekah
re-bek'-a (ribhqah; Septuagint and New Testament Rhebekka, whence the usual English spelling Rebecca): Daughter of Bethuel and an unknown mother, grand-daughter of Nahor and Mil...
Rebuke
re-buk': As a verb "rebuke" is in the Old Testament the translation of ga`ar and yakhach; another word, ribh, inNe 5:7, is in the Revised Version (British and American) translat...
Recah
re'-ka (rekhah; Codex Vaticanus Rhechab; Codex Alexandrinus Rhepha; the King James Version Rechah): In1Ch 4:12certain persons are described as "the men of Recah," but there is a...
Receipt Of Custom
re-set.SeeCUSTOM.
Receiver
re-sev'-er: Found in the King James Version (Isa 33:18); but the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "he that weighed the tribute." The Hebrew is shoqel, which me...
Rechab; Rechabites
re'-kab, rek'-a-bits (rekhabh, rekhabhim): Rechab is the name of two men of some prominence in the Old Testament records:(1) A Benjamite of the town of Beeroth, son of Rimmon (2...
Rechah
re'-ka (rekhah).SeeRECAH.
Reclining
re-klin'-ing (Joh 13:23).See MEALS, III; TRICLINIUM.
Reconcile; Reconciliation
rek'-on-sil, rek-on-sil-i-a'-shun (@katallasso], katallage, also the compound form apokatallasso; once the cognate diallassomai is used inMt 5:24):1. The Terms(1) New Testament ...
Record
rek'-ord, rek'-ord:(1) The English word, where it occurs in the Old Testament and the New Testament in the sense of testimony, is translated in the Revised Version (British and ...
Recorder
re-kor'-der (mazkir; the Revised Version margin "chronicler"): A high functionary in the court of the Jewish kings, part of whose duty seems to have been to chronicle the events...
Recover
re-kuv'-er: "Recover" has(1) the transitive meaning of "to retake" or "regain" (anything); and(2) the intransitive sense of "to regain health" or "become well."In Judith 14:7 it...
Red
See COLORS, (10).
Red Dragon
SeeREVELATION OF JOHN.
Red Heifer
See HEIFER, RED.
Red Horse
See HORSE, RED; REVELATION OF JOHN.
Red Sea
(yam-cuph (Ex 10:19and often), but in many passages it is simply hayam, "the sea"' Septuagint with 2 or 3 exceptions renders it by he eruthra thalassa, "the Red Sea"; Latin geog...
Redeemer; Redemption
re-dem'-er, re-demp'-shun (paraq, "to tear loose," "to rescue," padhah, ga'al; agorazo, referring to purchase, lutroumai, from lutron, "a ransom"):1. Gradual Moralizing of Idea ...
Redness Of Eyes
red'-nes.See DRUNKENNESS, II.
Redound
re-dound' (from re-, "back," and undare, "to surge as a wave"): To be sent back as a reaction, to overflow; occurs only as the translation of perisseuo, "to be over and above," ...
Reed
red:(1) achu, translated "reed-grass" (Ge 41:2,18;Job 8:11margin). SeeFLAG.(2) 'ebheh, translated "swift," margin "reed" (Job 9:26). The "ships of reed" are the light skiffs mad...