International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Rulers Of The City

See RULER, 1, (8), 2, (2), 3, (5).

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Rumah

roo'-ma (rumah; Codex Vaticanus Rhouma; Codex Alexandrinus Rhuma): To this place belonged Pedaiah whose daughter Zebudah (the Revised Version (British and American) "Zebidah") e...

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Rump

rump: the King James Version uses this word as translation of 'alyah (Ex 29:22;Le 3:9;7:3;8:25;9:19), where the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders "fat tai...

301

Runagate

run'-a-gat: A runaway: "The runagates continue in scarceness" (Ps 68:6, Prayer Book Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "The rebellious dwell in a parched land").

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Runner

run'-er.SeeGAMES.

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Rush

(1) (gome'; papuros, "bulrushes," margin "papyrus" (Ex 2:3); "rush," margin "papyrus" (Job 8:11); "papyrus," the King James Version "rush" (Isa 18:2); "rushes" (Isa 35:7)): This...

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Rust

rust (chel'ah; brosis): Strictly speaking rust is the red oxide of iron formed by the corrosion of that metal, but by extension it has come to mean corrosion produced on any met...

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Ruth

rooth (ruth; Rhouth): The name Ru is found in the Old Testament only in the book which is so entitled. It is a contraction for re'uth perhaps signifying "comrade," "companion" (...

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Ruth, The Book Of

1. Order in the Canon:The place which the Book of Ru occupies in the order of the books of the English Bible is not that of the Hebrew Canon. There it is one of the five meghill...

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Rye

ri.SeeSPELT.