Dictionaries :: RemainVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3306Greek: menoRemain:"to stay, abide," is frequently rendered "to remain," e.g., Mat 11:23; Luk 10:7; Jhn 1:33, AV (RV, "abiding"); 9:41 (in 15:11, the best texts have the verb to be, see RV); 15:16, AV (RV, "abide"); 19:31; Act 5:4 (twice), RV, "whiles it

Dictionaries :: Sceptre; ScepterInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSceptre; Scepter: sep'-ter (shebheT, sharbhiT, expanded form in Es 4:11; 5:2; 8:4; rhabdos (Additions to Esther 15:11; Heb 1:8), skeptros): A rod or mace used by a sovereign as a symbol of royal authority. The Hebrew shebheT is the ordinary word for rod or club, and is use

Dictionaries :: Row (Verb)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g1643Greek: elaunoRow (Verb):"to drive," is used of "rowing" or sailing a boat, Mar 6:48; Jhn 6:19. See DRIVE.

Dictionaries :: Rest (The)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3062Greek: loiposRest (The):"remaining" (for which see REMNANT), is frequently used to mean "the rest," and is generally so translated in the RV (AV, "others" in Luk 8:10; Act 28:9; Eph 2:3; 1Th 4:13; 5:6; 1Ti 5:20; AV, "other" in Luk 18:11; Act 17:9; Ro

Dictionaries :: Scourge (Noun and Verb)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g5416Greek: phragellionScourge (Noun and Verb):"a whip" (from Latin, flagellum), is used of the "scourge" of small cords which the Lord made and employed before cleansing the Temple, Jhn 2:15. However He actually used it, the whip was i

Dictionaries :: RyeEaston's Bible DictionaryRye: =Rie, (Heb. kussemeth), found in Exd 9:32; Isa 28:25, in all of which the margins of the Authorized and of the Revised Versions have "spelt." This Hebrew word also occurs in Eze 4:9, where the Authorized Version has "fitches' (q.v.) and the Revised Version "spelt." This, there can be no doubt, was

Dictionaries :: Sea, MoltenSmith's Bible DictionarySea, Molten: In the place of the laver of the tabernacle Solomon caused a laver to be cast for a similar purpose, which from its size was called a sea. It was made partly or wholly of the brass, or rather copper, which was captured by David from "Tibhath and Chun, cities of Hadarezer king of Zob

Dictionaries :: SchoolsSmith's Bible DictionarySchools: (In the early ages most of the instruction of young children was by the parents. The leisure hours of the Sabbaths and festival days brought the parents in constant contact with the children. After the captivity schools came more into use, and at the time of Christ were very abundant. The s

Dictionaries :: RockyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4075Greek: petrodesRocky:"rock-like" (petra, "a rock," eidos, "a form, appearance"), is used of "rock" underlying shallow soil, Mat 13:5, 20, RV, "the rocky places" (AV, "stony places"); Mar 4:5, RV, "the rocky ground" (AV, "stony ground"); Mar 4:16, RV, "roc

Dictionaries :: Sea, SaltInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSea, Salt: 

Dictionaries :: Seam (Without)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g729Greek: araphos | arrhaphosSeam (Without):denotes "without seam" (a, negative, and rhapto, "to sew"), Jhn 19:23.

Dictionaries :: RuhamahEaston's Bible DictionaryRuhamah: having obtained mercy, a symbolical name given to the daughter of Hosea (Hsa 2:1).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryRuhamah:having obtained mercyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRuhamah: roo-ha'-ma, roo-ha'-ma: See LO-RUHAMAH, the symbolical name of Hosea's daughter (Ho 1:6,8).

Dictionaries :: Rudder BandsEaston's Bible DictionaryRudder Bands: Ancient ships had two great broad-bladed oars for rudders. These, when not in use, were lifted out of the water and bound or tied up. When required for use, these bands were unloosed and the rudders allowed to drop into the water (Act 27:40).

Dictionaries :: Roman Empire and Christianity, 2International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRoman Empire and Christianity, 2: III. Attitude of the Roman Empire to Religions. 1. Roman or State Religion: The history of Roman religion reveals a continuous penetration of Italian, Etruscan, Greek, Egyptian and oriental worship and rites, until th

Dictionaries :: Sea of GalileeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaSea of Galilee:

Dictionaries :: PoliticsNave's Topical BiblePolitics: Definition Of Statecraft (The art of government and diplomacy)Politics: Corruption In: Psa 12:8; in the court of Ahasuerus, Est 3; of Darius, Dan 6:4-15.Politics: Instances Of: Absalom, electioneering for the throne, 2Sa 15:2-6. Pilate, condemning Jesus to gratify popu

Dictionaries :: RetaliationInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaRetaliation: re-tal-i-a'-shun, re-. Nave's Topical BibleRetaliation: General Scriptures Concerning Exd 21:23-25; Lev 19:18; 24:17-22; Deu 19:19-21; Psa 10:2; Pro 20:22; 24:29; 26:27; Isa 33:1; Mat 5:38-44; 7:1, 2; Luk 9:52-56; Rom 12:17, 19; 1Cr 6:7, 8; 1Th 5:15; 1Pe 3:9Reta

Dictionaries :: Recompence, RecompenseVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g468Greek: antapodomaRecompence, Recompense:akin to antapodidomi, "to recompense" (see below), lit., "a giving back in return" (anti, "in return," apo, "back," didomi, "to give"), a requital, recompence, is used (a) in a favorable se

Dictionaries :: Reason; Reasonable; ReasoningInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaReason; 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 Hebrew and Greek words and phrases. In the sense of

Dictionaries :: Pure; Purely; PurityInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaPure; Purely; Purity: pur, pur'-li, pu'-ri-ti: This group of words has in the Old Testament and the New Testament an almost exclusively ethical significance, though the word "pure" is of course used also in its literal sense of freedom from alloy or other alien matter