Vine's Expository Dictionary

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…

Sabachthani an Aramaic word signifying "Thou hast forsaken Me," is recorded as part of the utterance of Christ on the Cross, Mat 27:46, Mar 15:34, a quotation f…

Sabaoth is the transliteration of a Hebrew word which denotes "hosts" or "armies," Rom 9:29, Jam 5:4. While the word "hosts" probably had special reference to a…

Sabbath the latter, the plural form was transliterated from the Aramaic word, which was mistaken for a plural; hence the singular, sabbaton, was formed from it.…

Sackcloth "a warm material woven from goat's or camel's hair," and hence of a dark color, Rev 6:12; Jerome renders it saccus cilicinus (being made from the hair…

Sacred denotes "consecrated to God," e.g., the Scriptures, 2Ti 3:15, RV, "sacred" (AV "holy"); it is used as a noun in the neuter plural in 1Co 9:13, RV, "sacre…

Sacrifice Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2077Original Word: zebah?Usage Notes: "sacrifice." This root with the meaning "to sacrifice" is represented in other …

Sacrifice (Noun and Verb) primarily denotes "the act of offering;" then, objectively, "that which is offered" (a) of idolatrous "sacrifice," Act 7:41; (b) of an…

Sacrilege * For SACRILEGE see ROBBER, No. 2, Rom 2:22

Sad * For SAD see COUNTENANCE

Sadducees * For SADDUCEES see under PHARISEES

Safe, Safely, Safety "certain, secure, safe" (from a, negative, and sphallo, "to trip up"), is translated "safe" in Phi 3:1. See CERTAIN, B. "certainty, safety"…

Sail (Noun) * For SAIL (Noun, Act 27:17, AV) see GEAR

Sail (Verb) "to sail," occurs in Luk 8:23, Act 21:3, Act 27:2, Act 27:6, Act 27:24, Rev 18:17, RV, "saileth" (for the AV see COMPANY, A, No. 7). "to sail away" …

Sailing * For SAILING see VOYAGE

Sailors * For SAILORS see MARINERS

Saint(s) for the meaning and use of which see HOLY, B, No. 1, is used as a noun in the singular in Phi 4:21, where pas, "every," is used with it. In the plural,…

Sake (for the) * For SAKE (for the) see +, p. 9

Salt (Noun, Adjective and Verb), Saltness a late form of hals (found in some mss. in Mar 9:49), is used (a) literally in Mat 5:13 (2nd part); Mar 9:50 (1st part…

Salutation and Salute * For SALUTATION and SALUTE see GREET