Rei
re'-i (re`i, "friendly"; Rhesei): Rei, Shimei and the Gibborim who belonged to David are listed among those who did not join Adonijah in his attempt on the throne (1Ki 1:8). The...
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Reign
ran: The Hebrew word malekhuth, may be rendered "kinghood," "royal dignity," "kingdom," "government" ("reign"). The verb is malakh, "to be king" ("to reign as king"), "to become...
Reins
ranz (kilyah; nephros, words promiscuously translated "heart," "inward parts," "kidneys" or "reins." The latter word, which is derived from Latin "renes" through Old French "rei...
Rekem
re'-kem (rekem, "friendship"):(1) One of the five kings of Midian slain by the Israelites under Moses (Nu 31:8;Jos 13:21(Codex Vaticanus Rhobok; Codex Alexandrinus Rhokom)). Lik...
Relationships, Family
re-la'-shun-ships:I. CONSANGUINITY1. In General2. Parents and Children3. Brothers and Sisters4. Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, KinsmenII. AFFINITY1. Husband and Wife2. Father-in-Law, e...
Release
re-les': (1) The forgiveness of a debt (shemiTTah (De 15:1,2,9;31:10; see JUBILEE YEAR)), with verb shamaT, "to release,"De 31:2,3. (2) To exempt from taxation or military servi...
Religion
re-lij'-un: "Religion" and "religious" in Elizabethan English were used frequently to denote the outward expression of worship. This is the force of threskeia, translated "relig...
Religion, Comparative
SeeCOMPARATIVE RELIGION.
Religion, Science Of
SeeCOMPARATIVE RELIGION.
Remainder
re-man'-der (yathar, "to be left," she'erith, "remnant"): In2Sa 14:7"residue" would have been clearer (comparePs 76:10), but the changes of the Revised Version (British and Amer...
Remaliah
rem-a-li'-a (remalyahu, "whom Yahweh has adorned"): The father of Pekah (2Ki 15:25 ff;Isa 7:4 ff;8:6). The contemptuous allusion to Pekah as "the son of Remaliah" inIsa 7:4(simi...
Remember; Remembrance
re-mem'-ber, re-mem'-brans: "Remember" is mostly the translation, in the Old Testament, of zakhar, and in the New Testament of mnaomai (Mt 5:23;26:75;Joh 2:17, etc.), and of [@m...
Remeth
re'-meth, rem'-eth (remeth; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmas; Codex Alexandrinus Rhamath): A place in the territory of Issachar named with En-gannim (Jos 19:21). It is probably identical...
Remission Of Sins
re-mish'-un (aphesis, paresis): The two Greek words, of which the latter occurs only inRo 3:25, were translated by the same English word in the King James Version. In the Revise...
Remmon
rem'-on (rimmon,Jos 19:7).SeeRIMMON.
Remmon-Methoar
rem'-on-meth'-o-ar, rem'-on-me-tho'-ar (rimmon ha-metho'-ar (Jos 19:13)).See RIMMON, (3).
Remnant
rem'-nant: Remnant is the translation of yether, "what is left over" (De 3:11;28:54;Jos 12:4, etc.); of she'-ar, "the rest" (Ezr 3:8the King James Version;Isa 10:20,21,22;11:16,...
Remphan
rem'-fan.SeeREPHAN.
Rending Of Garments
ren'-ding.See BURIAL, IV; DRESS.
Renew
re-nu': The word is used in various senses:(1) of material things, e.g.Ps 104:30; here it means to give a new appearance, to refresh, to restore the face of the earth;(2) in1Sa ...
Repair
re-par' (machceh, "refuge"): InJoe 3:16, for the King James Version The Lord will be the hope of his people" the King James Version margin renders "place of repair," or, "harbou...
Repentance
re-pen'-tans:I. OLD TESTAMENT TERMS1. To Repent--"to Pant," "to Sigh"2. To Repent--"to Turn" or "Return"II. NEW TESTAMENT TERMS1. Repent--"to Care," "Be Concerned"2. Repent--"to...
Repetitions
rep-e-tish'-unz: InMt 6:7only, "Use not vain repetitions," for battalogeo (so Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus), a word found nowhere else and spelled variously in the manus...
Rephael
re'-fa-el, ref'-a-el (repha'el, "God has healed"; Rhaphael): The eponym of a family of gatekeepers (1Ch 26:7). The name occurs in Tobit and Enoch ("Raphael"); it probably belong...
Rephah
re'-fa (rephach (the form is corrupt); Rhaphe): The eponym of an Ephraimite family (1Ch 7:25).
Rephaiah
re-fa'-ya, re-fi'-a (rephayah, probably "Yah is healing"; Septuagint Rhaphaia(s)):(1) In David's family, Septuagint also Rhaphal (1Ch 3:21).(2) A captain of Simeon (1Ch 4:42).(3...
Rephaim
ref'-a-im, re-fa'-im (repha'-im, from rapha', "a terrible one "hence "giant," in1Ch 20:4, yelidhe ha-rapha', "sons of the giant"; the King James Version, Rephaims): A race of ab...