ROME rom: I. DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION 1. Original Roman State 2. The Struggle between Patricians and Plebeians 3. The Senate and Magistrates 4. Underlying Principles II. EXTENSION OF ROMAN SOVEREIGNTY III. THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT 1. Imperial Authority 2. Three Classes of Citizens IV. ROMAN RELIGION 1. Deities 2. Religio

ROMAN; ROMANS ro'-man, ro'-manz. See ROME, III, 2; CITIZENSHIP. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ROMAN; ROMANS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE || 1. Its Genuineness 2. Its Integrity 3. The Approximate Date 4. The Place of Writing 5. The Destination 6. The Language 7. The Occasion 8. Some Characteristics 9. Main Teachings of the Epistle (1) Doctrine of Man (2) Doctrine of God (3) Doctrine of Son of God--Redemption; Justification (4) Doctrine of the Spirit

ROMAN RELIGION See ROMAN EMPIRE AND CHRISTIANITY, III; ROME, IV. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ROMAN RELIGION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ROMAN LAW || I. ROMAN PRIVATE LAW 1. The Twelve Tables 2. Civil Procedure 3. Jus honorarium 4. The praetor peregrinus 5. Imperial Ordinances 6. Golden Age of Juristic Literature 7. Codification in the Later Empire II. ROMAN CRIMINAL LAW 1. Jurisdiction in the Royal Period 2. The Right of Appeal (1) Penalties (2) The Porcian Law 3. Popu

ROMAN EMPIRE AND CHRISTIANITY, 3 V. Victory of Christianity and Conversion of the Roman Empire. Christianity was now acknowledged as the religion of both East and West. It had also grown strong enough to convert the barbarians who overran the West. It restrained and educated them under the lead of the papacy, so that its conquests now extended bey

ROMAN EMPIRE AND CHRISTIANITY, 1 em'-pir: I. OUTLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 1. Roman Empire a Result of Social Conflict 2. Coming of Monarchy (1) Exhaustion of Parties (2) Inability of Either Aristocracy or Democracy to Hold Equilibrium (3) Precedents (4) Withdrawal from Public Life: Individualism (5) Industrial (6) Military (7) Imperial In

ROMAN 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 the old Roman religion became almost unrecognizable, and even the antiquarian learning of a Varro co

ROMAN ARMY See ARMY, ROMAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ROMAN ARMY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ROMAMTI-EZER ro-mam-ti-e'-zer, ro-mam-ti-e'-zer (romamti `ezer, "highest help"): Son of Heman, appointed chief of the 24th division of singers in David's time (1 Chronicles 25:4,31). See JOSHBEKASHAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ROMAMTI-EZER'". "Int

ROLLING THING rol'-ing: Isaiah 17:13, the King James Version "like a rolling thing before the whirlwind," a noncommittal translation of galgal, "revolving thing," "wheel" (Ecclesiastes 12:6). the Revised Version (British and American) "like the whirling dust before the storm" is probably right. See CHAFF; DUST; STUBBLE. Copyright Statement These

ROLLER rol'-er: the King James Version and the English Revised Version in Ezekiel 30:21 for chittul, "bandage" (so the American Standard Revised Version). "Roller" was formerly a technical term in surgery for a wide bandage. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry fo

ROLL (SCROLL) rol: The usual form of book in Biblical times. It had been in use in Egypt for perhaps 2,000 years at the time when, according to the Pentateuch, the earliest Biblical books were written in this form. The Babylonian tablet seems to have been the prevailing form in Palestine up to about 1350 BC, but by 1100 BC, at least, the roll had

ROIMUS ro'-i-mus (Rhoeimos; Codex Alexandrinus Rhomelios): One of the leaders with Zerubbabel in the return (1 Esdras 5:8) = "Rehum" in Ezra 2:2, of which it is the Greek form = "Nehum" in Nehemiah 7:7. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ROIMUS'". "Internat

ROHGAH ro'-ga (Kethibh rohaghah, Qere rohgah): A name in the genealogy of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:34). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ROHGAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ROGELIM ro'-ge-lim, ro-ge'-lim (roghelim; Rhogelleim): The place whence came Barzillai the Gileadite to succor David in his flight from Absalom (2 Samuel 17:27; 19:31). It probably lay near the path followed by David, but it is not identical. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General

ROE; ROEBUCK ro, ro'-buk: the King James Version has "roe" and "roebuck" for tsehi, tsebhiyah. the Revised Version (British and American) usually substitutes "gazelle" in the text (Deuteronomy 12:15, etc.) or margin (Proverbs 6:5, etc.), but retains "roe" in 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 12:8; Song of Solomon 3:5; 7:3. So the Revised Version (Britis

RODANIM rod'-a-nim: The reading of Massoretic Text in 1 Chronicles 1:7 for the DODANIM (which see) of Genesis 10:4, corresponding to the Rhodioi of the Septuagint in both passages. The Rodanim are generally identified as inhabitants of the island of RHODES (which see), well known to the ancient Phoenicians (Homer's Iliad). Copyright Statement Thes

ROCK-BADGER r.-baj'-er: This term is found in the Revised Version margin for "coney," shaphan (Leviticus 11:5; compare Deuteronomy 14:7; Psalms 104:18; Proverbs 30:26). It is a translation of klip das, the name given. by the Boers to the Cape hyrax or coney. See CONEY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Or

ROD (maqqel, maTTeh, shebheT; rhabdos): Little distinction can be drawn between the Hebrew words used for "rod" and "staff." Maqqel is the word used in Genesis 30:37 for the twigs of poplar put by Jacob before his sheep, and in Jeremiah 1:11 of the "rod of an almond-tree." MaTTeh is used of a rod in the hand, as the "rods" of Moses and of Aaron (E