Vine's Expository Dictionary

Ripe (to be fully) "to be at the prime" (akin to akme, "a point"), "to be ripe," is translated "are fully ripe" in Rev 14:18. "to dry up, wither," is used of "r…

Rise up Early (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7925Original Word: shakamUsage Notes: "to rise early, start early." Found in both biblical and modern Hebrew…

Rise, Rising * Notes: (1) For the various verbs anistemi, exanistemi, egeiro, anabaino, anatello, sunephistemi, see under ARISE. (2) For the AV, "should rise" i…

River Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H5158Original Word: nah?alUsage Notes: "wadi (or wady); torrentvalley; torrent; river; shaft." This ro…

Roar, Roaring properly of oxen, an onomatopeic word, "to low, bellow," is used of a lion, Rev 10:3. "to howl" or "roar," onomatopoeic, of animals or men, is use…

Rob "to plunder, spoil," is translated "I robbed" in 2Co 11:8. Cp. sulagogeo, "to make spoil of," Col 2:8. "to give judgment against, to condemn" (kata, "agains…

Robber "a robber, brigand" (akin to leia, "booty"), "one who plunders openly and by violence" (in contrast to kleptes, "a thief," see below), is always translat…

Robbery * For ROBBERY see PRIZE

Robe for which see CLOTHING, No. 8, is translated "robe" in Mar 16:5, RV (AV, "garment"); "long robes" in Luk 20:46. "a cloak," is translated "robe" in Mat 27:2…

Rock Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6697Original Word: s?ûrUsage Notes: "rock; rocky wall; cliff; rocky hill; mountain; rocky surface; boulder." Cognates of t…

Rocky "rock-like" (petra, "a rock," eidos, "a form, appearance"), is used of "rock" underlying shallow soil, Mat 13:5, Mat 13:20, RV, "the rocky places" (AV, "s…

Rod "a staff, rod, scepter," is used (a) of Aaron's "rod," Heb 9:4; (b) a staff used on a journey, Mat 10:10, RV, "staff" (AV, "staves"); so Luk 9:3, Mar 6:8, "…

Roll (Noun and Verb) "to roll away" (apo, "from," kulio, "to roll;" cp. Eng., "cylinder," etc.), is used of the sepulchre stone, Mat 28:2, Mar 16:3 (Mar 16:4 in…

Roman occurs in Joh 11:48, Act 2:10, RV, "from Rome" (AV, "of Rome"); Act 16:21, Act 1:16-38, Act 1:22-27, Act 22:29, Act 23:27, Act 25:16, Act 28:17. For a not…

Roof "a covering" (stego, "to cover"), denotes "a roof," Mar 2:4; said of entering a house, Mat 8:8, Luk 7:6.

Room "a place," is translated "room" in Luk 2:7, Luk 14:22, i.e., "place;" in the AV in Luk 1:14-10, RV, "place" (of a couch at a feast); of a position or condi…

Root is used (a) in the natural sense, Mat 3:10, Mat 13:6, Mat 13:21, Mar 4:6, Mar 4:17, Mar 11:20, Luk 3:9, Luk 8:13; (b) metaphorically (1) of "cause, origin,…

Rope a diminutive of schoinos, "a rush," is used of the small cords of which Christ made a scourge, Joh 2:15; of the "ropes" of a boat, Act 27:32. See CORD.

Rose * For ROSE see RISE

Rough "hard," is translated "rough" in Jam 3:4, RV, of winds (AV, "fierce"). See AUSTERE, FIERCE, Note (1). "rough, uneven," is used of paths, Luk 3:5; of rocky…

Round, Round about from kuklos, "a circle, ring" (Eng., "cycle," etc.), occurs in Rev 1:4-4; in Rev 4:8, RV, "round about," with reference to the eyes. "on all …

Rouse "roused out of sleep" (ek, "out of," hupnos, "sleep"), occurs in Act 16:27. Cp. exupnizo, AWAKE, No. 4.

Row (Verb) "to drive," is used of "rowing" or sailing a boat, Mar 6:48, Joh 6:19. See DRIVE.

Royal from basileus, "a king," is used in 1Pe 2:9 of the priesthood consisting of all believers. Cp. Luk 7:25, for which see COURT, No. 3. In the Sept., Exo 19:…

Rub "to rub, to rub to pieces," is used in Luk 6:1.

Rudder "a rudder" (akin to pedos, "the blade of an oar"), occurs in Jam 3:4, RV, "rudder" (AV, "helm"), and Act 27:40, plural, RV, "(the bands of) the rudders,"…

Rude for which see IGNORANT, No. 4, is translated "rude" in 2Co 11:6.

Rudiments "one of a row or series," is translated "rudiments" in the RV of Gal 4:3, Gal 4:9, Heb 5:12, and the AV and RV of Col 2:8, Col 2:20. See ELEMENTS.

Rue a shrubby plant with yellow flowers and a heavy smell, cultivated for medicinal purposes, is mentioned in Luk 11:42.

Ruin akin to rhegnumi, "to break," denotes "a cleavage, fracture" (so in the Sept., e.g., 1Ki 1:11-31); by metonymy, that which is broken, "a ruin," Luk 6:49. t…

Rule (Noun and Verb) "a beginning," etc., denotes "rule," Luk 20:20, RV, "rule" (AV, "power"); 1Co 15:24, Eph 1:21, RV, "rule" (AV, "principality"). See BEGINNI…

Rule (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4910Original Word: mashalUsage Notes: "to rule, reign, have dominion." This term is common in both ancient and modern…

Ruler "a ruler, chief, prince," is translated "rulers," e.g., in 1Co 2:6, 1Co 2:8, RV (AV, "princes"); "ruler," Rev 1:5 (AV, "prince"). See MAGISTRATE, PRINCE, …

Rumor "a hearing," is translated "rumor" in Mat 24:6, Mar 13:7. See HEARING, B, No. 1. "a noise, sound," is translated "rumor" in Luk 4:37, RV (AV, "fame"). See…

Run (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7323Original Word: rûs?Usage Notes: "to hasten, run." This verb also appears in Ethiopic, Aramaic …

Run, Ran "to run," is used (a) literally, e.g., Mat 27:48 (dramon, an aorist participle, from an obsolete verb dramo, but supplying certain forms absent from tr…

Rush, Rushing for which see RUN, Note (1), with refs., is akin to horme (see ASSAULT) and hormema, "a rushing" (see VIOLENCE). "to bear," is used in the present…

Rust (Noun and Verb) "an eating" (akin to bibrosko, "to eat"), is used metaphorically to denote "rust" in Mat 1:6-20. See EAT, B, No. 1, FOOD, MEAT, MORSEL. "po…