Dictionaries :: Restore

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Restore:

"to give back," is translated "I restore" in Luk 19:8.
See DELIVER, A, No. 3.

Restore:

or the alternative form apokathistano is used

(a) of "restoration" to a former condition of health, Mat 12:13; Mar 3:5; 8:25; Luk 6:10;

(b) of the Divine "restoration" of Israel and conditions affected by it, including the renewal of the covenant broken by them, Mat 17:11; Mar 9:12; Act 1:6;

(c) of "giving" or "bringing" a person back, Hbr 13:19. In the papyri it is used of financial restitution, of making good the breaking of a stone by a workman by his substituting another, of the reclamation of land, etc. (Moulton and Milligan).

Restore:

"to mend, to furnish completely," is translated "restore" in Gal 6:1, metaphorically, of the "restoration," by those who are spiritual, of one overtaken in a trespass, such a one being as a dislocated member of the spiritual body. The tense is the continuous present, suggesting the necessity for patience and perseverance in the process.
See FIT, MEND, PERFECT.