Vine's Expository Dictionary

Rabbi from a word rab, primarily denoting "master" in contrast to a slave; this with the added pronominal suffix signified "my master" and was a title of respec…

Rabble * For RABBLE see COURT, No. 1 12 (AV, "silence"); in Act 22:2, RV, "(they were the more) quiet," AV, "(they kept the more) silence," lit., "they kept qui…

Rabboni formed in a similar way to the above, was an Aramaic form of a title almost entirely applied to the president of the Sanhedrin, if such was a descendant…

Raca is an Aramaic word akin to the Heb. req, "empty," the first "a" being due to a Galilean change. In the AV of 1611 it was spelled racha; in the edition of 1…

Race (contest) is translated "race" in Heb 12:1, one of the modes of athletic contest, this being the secondary meaning of the word. See CONFLICT. "a stadium," …

Race (kindred) * For RACE (kindred) see KIND

Rage, Raging was primarily used of "the snorting, neighing and prancing of horses;" hence, metaphorically, of "the haughtiness and insolence of men," Act 4:25. …

Rail, Railer, Railing "to blaspheme, rail, revile" (for the meanings of which see BLASPHEME), is translated "to rail at, or on," in Mat 27:39, RV (AV, "reviled"…

Raiment * Notes: (1) For himation, rendered "raiment" in Mat 17:2, AV (RV, "garments"), so Mat 27:31, Mar 9:3, Luk 23:34, Joh 19:24, Act 22:20, Rev 3:5, Rev 3:1…

Rain (Noun and Verb) from huo, "to rain," is used especially, but not entirely, of "showers," and is found in Act 14:17, Act 28:2, Heb 6:7, Jam 5:7 (see EARLY a…

Rainbow whence Eng., "iris," the flower, describes the "rainbow" seen in the heavenly vision, "round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon," Rev 4:3, e…

Raise (up) for the various meanings of which see ARISE, No. 3, is used (a) of "raising" the dead, Active and Passive Voices, e.g., of the resurrection of Christ…

Ram Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H352Original Word: ’ayilUsage Notes: "ram." This word, which has cognates in Ugaritic, Egyptian, and Coptic, occurs in bibli…

Ran * For RAN see RUN

Ranks "a garden bed or plot" (probably from prason, "a leek"), is used metaphorically in Mar 6:40 of "ranks" of persons arranged in orderly groups.

Ransom "a means of loosing" (from luo, "to loose"), occurs frequently in the Sept., where it is always used to signify "equivalence." Thus it is used of the "ra…

Rash, Rashly * For RASH, RASHLY see HEADSTRONG

Rather the comparative degree of mala, "very, very much," is frequently translated "rather," e.g., Mat 10:6, Mat 10:28, 1Co 14:1, 1Co 14:5; sometimes followed b…

Raven "a raven" (perhaps onomatopoeic, representing the sound), occurs in the plural in Luk 12:24. The Heb. oreb and the Arabic ghurab are from roots meaning "t…

Ravening an adjective signifying "rapacious," is translated "ravening" (of wolves) in Mat 7:15, see EXTORT, C. is translated "ravening" in Luk 11:39, AV: see EX…

Reach "to follow," is translated "have reached," in Rev 18:5, of the sins of Babylon. Some mss. have the verb kollaomai, "to cleave together," RV, marg.; see FO…

Read, Reading primarily, "to know certainly, to know again, recognize" (ana, "again," ginosko, "to know"), is used of "reading" written characters, e.g., Mat 12…

Readiness "eargerness, willingness, readiness" (pro, "forward," thumos, "mind, disposition," akin to prothumos, READY, A, No. 2), is translated "readiness of mi…

Ready "prepared, ready" (akin to hetoimasia, "preparation"), is used (a) of persons, Mat 24:44, Mat 25:10, Luk 12:40, Luk 22:33, Act 23:15, Act 23:21 (for 2Co 1…

Reap "to reap" (akin to theros, "summer, harvest"), is used (a) literally, Mat 6:26, Mat 25:24, Mat 25:26, Luk 12:24, Luk 1:19-22, Jam 5:4 (2nd part), AV, "have…

Reap down * For REAP DOWN, Jam 5:4, see MOW

Reaper "a reaper" (akin to therizo, see above), is used of angels in Mat 13:30, Mat 13:39.

Rear up * For REAR UP, Joh 2:20, see RAISE, No. 1 (f)

Reason (by reason of) * For the prepositions rendered BY REASON OF see +, p. 9

Reason (Noun) "a word," etc., has also the significance of "the inward thought itself, a reckoning, a regard, a reason," translated "reason" in Act 18:14, in th…

Reason (Verb) "to bring together different reasons and reckon them up, to reason," is used in the NT (a) chiefly of thoughts and considerations which are more o…

Reasonable pertaining to "the reasoning faculty, reasonable, rational," is used in Rom 12:1, of the service (latreia) to be rendered by believers in presenting …

Reasoning "a thought, reasoning, inward questioning" [akin to dialogizomai, see REASON (Verb), No. 1], is translated "reasoning" or "reasonings" in Luk 5:22, RV…

Rebel (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H4784Original Word: marâUsage Notes: "to rebel, be contentious." The meaning of "being rebellious…

Rebuke (Verb and Noun) primarily, "to put honor upon," then, "to adjudge," hence signifies "to rebuke." Except for 2Ti 4:2, Jud 1:9, it is confined in the NT to…

Receipt * For RECEIPT see CUSTOM (Toll), No. 2

Receive, Receiving denotes either "to take" or "to receive," (I) literally, (a) without an object, in contrast to asking, e.g., Mat 7:8, Mar 11:24, RV, "have re…

Reckon (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3187Original Word: yah?asUsage Notes: "to reckon (according to race or family)." In Aramaic, ya…

Reckon, Reckoning is properly used (a) of "numerical calculation," e.g., Luk 22:37; (b) metaphorically, "by a reckoning of characteristics or reasons, to take i…

Recline lit., and in classical usage, "to be laid up, laid," denotes, in the NT, "to recline at table;" it is translated "reclining" in Joh 13:23, RV (AV, "lean…

Recommend * For RECOMMEND, Act 14:26, Act 15:40, AV, see COMMEND, No. 2

Recompence, Recompense akin to antapodidomi, "to recompense" (see below), lit., "a giving back in return" (anti, "in return," apo, back, didomi, "to give"), a r…

Recompense (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7999Original Word: shalemUsage Notes: "to recompense, reward, be whole, be complete, sound." A common Semitic t…

Reconcile, Reconciliation properly denotes "to change, exchange" (especially of money); hence, of persons, "to change from enmity to friendship, to reconcile." …

Reconciliation (make) * For RECONCILIATION (MAKE), Heb 2:17, AV, see PROPITIATION

Record * For RECORD (AV) see TESTIFY, No. 3, TESTIMONY, No. 2

Recover "to save," is sometimes used of "healing" or "restoration to health," the latter in Joh 11:12, RV, "he will recover," marg., "be saved" (AV, "he shall d…

Red denotes "fire-colored" (pur, "fire"), hence, "fiery red," Rev 6:4, Rev 12:3, in the latter passage said of the Dragon, indicative of the cruelty of the Devi…

Redeem (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1350Original Word: ga’alUsage Notes: "to redeem, deliver, avenge, act as a kinsman." This word …

Redeem, Redemption a strengthened form of agorazo, "to buy" (see BUY, No. 1), denotes "to buy out" (ex for ek), especially of purchasing a slave with a view to …