International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Reed-Grass

(Ge 41:2,18;Job 8:11margin).See FLAG, (2); REED, (1).

Reed, Measuring

mezh'-ur-ing (qeneh ha-middah): In Ezekiel's vision of the temple a "man" (an angel) appears with a "measuring reed" to measure the dimensions of the temple (Eze 40:3 ff;42:16)....

Reelaiah

re-el-a'-ya, re-el-i'-a (re`elyah): One of the 12 chiefs who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2parallelNe 7:7). In the passage in Ne the name is Raamiah" (ra`amyah), and in 1 Esd...

Reelias

re-el'-i-as (Codex Alexandrinus Rheelias (Fritzschel); Codex Vaticanus followed by Swete, Boroleias; the King James Version Reelius): One of the "leaders" with Zerubbabel in the...

Reesaias

re-e-sa'-yas, re-e-si'-as: the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American)RESAIAS(which see).

Refiner; Refining

re-fin'-er, re-fin'-ing: Two Hebrew words have been translated "refine": (1) tsaraph, literally, to "fuse" (Zec 13:9;Isa 48:10;Mal 3:2,3, etc.). The same word is rendered also "...

Reform

re-form' (yacar): The word in the Revised Version (British and American) is found only inLe 26:23, in the phrase "ye will not be reformed." The meaning is, "to be instructed," o...

Reformation

ref-or-ma'-shun: The word is found only inHeb 9:10, being the translation of diorthosis, in its only occurrence. This Greek word means etymologically "making straight," and was ...

Refresh; Refreshing

re-fresh', re-fresh'-ing: "Refresh" occurs a few times in the Old Testament as the translation of naphash, "to take breath," figurative "to be refreshed" (Ex 23:12;31:17;2Sa 16:...

Refuge

ref'-uj: A place of resort and safety. The principal words in the Old Testament are machceh (Ps 14:6;46:1;62:7,8;Isa 4:6, etc.), and manoc (2Sa 22:3;Ps 59:16, etc.), both applie...

Refuge, Cities Of

`are ha-miqlaT; poleis ton phugadeuterion (compare 1 Macc 10:28), and other forms):1. Location:Six cities, three on each side of the Jordan, were set apart and placed in the han...

Refuse

re-fuz': Formerly used with the additional meaning "reject," and hence, the change from the King James Version to the Revised Version (British and American) in1Sa 16:7;Eze 5:6;1...

Refute

re-fut': Only inJude 1:22, the American Revised Version margin "And some refute while they dispute with you," where the Revised Version (British and American) in the text reads ...

Regem

re'-gem (reghem, "friend" (?)): A Calebite, the son of Jahdai (1Ch 2:47), mentioned as the eponym of a Calebite family or clan.

Regem-Melech

re'-gem-me'-lek, re'-gem-mel'-ek (reghem melekh): One of a deputation sent to inquire concerning the propriety of continuing the commemoration of the destruction of the temple b...

Regeneration

re-jen-er-a'-shun, re-:I. THE TERM EXPLAINED1. First Biblical Sense (Eschatological)2. Second Biblical Sense (Spiritual)II. THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF REGENERATION1. In the Old Te...

Regeneration, Baptismal

Region

re'-jun: A "district," as in modern English. The word "region" is used by English Versions of the Bible interchangeably with "country," "coasts," etc., for various Hebrew and Gr...

Register

rej'-is-ter.SeeGENEALOGY;QUIRINIUS.

Rehabiah

re-ha-bi'-a (rechabhyah, rechabhyahu, "Yah is wide"): Son of Eliezer, and grandson of Moses. Eponym of a Levitical family (1Ch 23:17;24,21;26:25).

Rehearse

re-hurs' (sum, dabhar, naghadh, tanah; anaggello): Usually means simply "to relate," "to tell," "to declare" (Ex 17:14;Jud 5:11;1Sa 8:21;17:31;Ac 14:27); with "rehearse from the...

Rehob

re'-hob (rechobh; Rhoob, Rhaab):(1) Etymologically the word means "broad" and might be applied either to a road or a plain. Rehob is given (Nu 13:21) as the northern limit of Is...

Rehoboam

re-ho-bo'-am (rechabh`am, "the people is enlarged," or perhaps "Am is wide" Rhoboam; "Roboam,"Mt 1:7the King James Version):1. The Disruption of the Kingdom2. Underlying Causes ...

Rehoboth

re-ho'-both, re-ho'-both (rehobhoth, "broad places"; Euruchoria): One of the wells dug by Isaac (Ge 26:22). It is probably the Rubuta of the Tell el-Amarna Letters (Petrie, numb...

Rehoboth By The River

(rehobhoth ha-nahar; Codex Vaticanus Rhooboth (Rhoboth in Chronicles) he para potamon; Codex Alexandrinus Rhoboth): This city is mentioned only as the residence of Shaul, one of...

Rehoboth-Ir

r.-ur, r.-ir (rehobhoth `ir, "Rehoboth City"; Septuagint he Rhohbos (Rhooboth) polis, "the city Rhoobos, Rhooboth"):1. Probably Rebit Ninua:The second of the cities built by Ass...

Rehum

re'-hum (rechum, or rechum):(1) One of the twelve heads of the Jewish community returning from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2;Ne 7:7(by a copyist's error "Nehum");Ne 12:3; /...