RACHEL: this name is applied by the
prophet in describing the sorrows of the
tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, lament-
ing their children slain in captivity, Jer.
31:15; which the evangelist applies
to the distress through Herod's mur-
dering the children of Bethlehem, Matt.
2:18.
RAD'DAI, [h] (that defends, or
rules), a
brother of king David, 1 Chron. 2:14.
RAFTERS, the timbers under the roof
of a house, Sol. Song 1:17.
RAGE, violent anger, 2 Kings 5:12.
RAGE, to be in a fury, Psal. 2:1; Prov.
14:16.
RAGGED, broken or rugged, as rocks,
Isa. 2:21.
RAGING, furious, as a stormy sea, Jon.
1:15; as a man inflamed with strong drink,
Prov. 20:1.
RAGS, worn-out vile clothes, Prov.
23:21. "Our righteousnesses being as
filthy rags," denotes the imperfections
even of our holy duties, Isa. 64:6.
RAGU'EL, [h] (shepherd of God), the
father-in-law of Moses, Num. 10:2; called
also Reuel, Exod. 2:18; and Jethro, 3:1.
See JETHRO.
RAHAB, a title applied to Egypt, as
terrible in power and pride, Psal. 87:
4; Isa. 51:9.
RAIL, to reproach or insult, 2 Chron.
32:17, Mark 15:29.
RAILED, did rail or insult, 1 Sam. 25:
14.
RAILER, an insolent person, 1 Cor. 5:
11.
RAILING, insult, 1 Pet. 3:9.
RAIMENT, clothing, Gen. 24:5; 45:
22. Buying "white raiment" of Christ,
denotes seeking his righteousness and
grace, to clothe and adorn the soul for
Heaven, Rev. 3:18.
RAIN, water that falls in showers from
the clouds, Eccles. 11:3. Rain is neces-
sary to the ordinary fertility of land,
and this was promised as a blessing to
Israel in Canaan, Lev. 26:4; Deut. 11:
11-14.
RAIN, to fall in drops from the clouds,
Gen. 2:5: to pour down as rain, Exod.
9:18; 16:4: to descend in numerous
blessings, Hos. 10:12.
RAINED, did rain, Jam. 5:17.
RAINED, showered down in the man-
ner of rain, Gen. 19:24; Psal. 78:
24.
RAINBOW, the splendid semicircle of
various colours that appears in the
clouds in showery weather, Rev. 4:3;
10:1. God directed Noah to regard the
rainbow as a token of His covenant of
safety and of seasons to the earth, even
to the end of the world, Gen. 9:8-17.
RAINY, showery or wet in the weather,
Prov. 27:15.
RAM, an Arab or Mesopotamian chief,
from whom Elihu descended, Job 32:
2.
RAM, the male of sheep, Gen. 15:9:
it is made a symbolical representation of
a warlike prince or state, Dan. 8:3, 20:
powerful persons are thus represented,
Isa. 60:7.
RA'MA, [h], or RAMAH (elevated or sub-
lime), a city of Benjamin, about six miles
north of Jerusalem, Josh. 18:25, and
famous as the residence of the prophet Samuel, 1 Sam. 1:19; 7:17; 8:4; 25:
1. Ramah being a frontier town, situa-
ted in a pass between Israel and Judah,
king Baasha seized it and began to for-
tify it for himself, 1 Kings 15:17-21:
here Nebuzaradan disposed of his Jewish
prisoners, which occasioned grievous la-
mentation, represented as Rachel weep-
ing for her children, Jer. 31:15; 41:1;
Matt. 2:18.
RA'MOTH, [h] (eminences), a city in
the
mountains of Gilead, Deut. 4:43; Josh.
20:8; 21:38.
RAMOTH-GILEAD, the same as Ramoth,
1 Kings 22:3, 4.
RAMPART, the wall round a fortified
place or city, Lam. 2:8; Nah. 3:8.
RAN, did run, Gen. 18:2: did pur-
sue or labour, Jude 11: did direct, as a
ship to a place, Acts 27:1.
RANG, did ring, as the air with a mul-
titude shouting, 1 Sam. 4:5; 1 Kings 1:
45.
RANGE, the unfenced or open ground
for beasts, Job 39:8.
RANGES, frames for domestic utensils,
Lev. 11:35: fences or enclosures, 2 Kings
11:8-15.
RANGING, wandering without bound-
aries, Prov. 28:15.
RANK, an orderly line, as of an army
on a march, Num. 2:16-24.
RANK, luxuriant or rich, Gen. 41:57.
RANSOM, the price for the redemption
of a forfeited thing, as a condemned ox,
Exod. 21:30; or a captive person, Job
36:18. God, having delivered the
Israelites from slavery in Egypt, claimed
a bekah or half shekel from every male
of twenty years old, as the ransom of his
soul or life, the price of his redemption,
--the money to be applied to the erec-
tion of the tabernacle, Exod. 30:12-16;
38:25-27; Deut. 7:8. God has
found a ransom for sinners in the
Person
of His Son, Job 33:24. Christ, hav-
ing undertaken to redeem sinners, gave
Himself to sacrifice His life as the
ransom,
Matt. 20:28; 1 Tim. 2:6.
RANSOM, to redeem, as Christ has
given Himself a ransom to redeem His
church, 1 Tim. 2:6; [His people] Tit. 2:2-14: to re-
cover by power, as the bodies of saints
from the grave, Hos. 13:14.
RANSOMED, redeemed, recovered from
captivity, Isa. 51:10; Jer. 31:11; or
from the grave, Isa. 35:10.
RA'PHAH, [h] (relaxation or
physic), a
son of Benjamin, 1 Chron. 8:2.
RA'PHAEL, [h] (physic of God), one of
the
porters of the temple, 1 Chron. 26:7.
RA'PHU, [h] (cured or
comforted), father
of Palti, one of the spies, Num. 13:9.
RATHER, more willingly, 2 Kings 5:
13: more especially, Rom. 8:34.
RATTLE, to shake with noise, Job
39:23.
RATTLING, making a noise, as carriage-
wheels, Nah. 3:2.
RAVEN, a well-known bird of prey,
Gen. 8:7; Lev. 11:15; Isa. 34:11.
Doubts have been suggested as to
Elijah
being "fed by ravens;" some supposing
they might be Orebim, people of Oreb,
which is the Hebrew word, a town: but
the common interpretation of the text
seems correct; as in the other case there
would have been no miracle, and he
would have been found by Ahab, 1 Kings
17:4-6; 18:1-10.
RAVENING, thirsting for prey, Ezek.
22:25.
RAVENOUS, hungry to fury, Isa. 35:
9.
RAVIN, prey, Nah. 2:12.
RAVIN, to seize as a beast of prey,
Gen. 49:27.
RAVISHED, cruelly forced, Isa. 13:16;
Lam. 5:11: transported with delight,
Prov. 5:19, 20.
RAW, uncooked, as flesh meat, Exod.
11:9: inflamed and sore, as a wound,
Lev. 13:10-15.
RAZOR, a kind of knife, exceedingly
sharp, for the purpose of shaving, Num.
6:5; Ezek. 5:1. "The LORD
shaving
with a hired razor," Isa. 7:20, means
the severe inflictions of calamity, by
Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Nebuchad-
nezzar, 2 Kings 18:13; 19:37; 24:1.
Doeg's false and flattering tongue is
likened to a razor, Psal. 52:2; 1 Sam.
22:9.
REACH, to extend, as in height, Gen.
11:4; 28:12; in distance, John 20:27;
2 Cor. 10:10.
REACHED, extended, Gen. 28:12:
presented, Ruth 2:14.
REASON, that faculty of the soul by
which we conceive and judge concerning
the nature and propriety of things, Dan.
4:36: the cause or occasion of an action
or course of life, 1 Kings 9:15: a justi-
fiable inducement, Acts 6:2; 18:14:
a justification by argument, 1 Pet. 3:15.
"By reason" is on account of, Gen. 41:3;
Exod. 2:23; Heb. 7:23.
REASON, to reflect, confer, or argue,
on the desirableness, propriety, or policy
of any course, 1 Sam. 12:7; Luke 5:21,
22.
REASON. To practice biblical
discernment
and / or judgment.
Tract.
REBEC'CA, [h], or REBEKAH (fat, or fattened, or appeared), the wife of Isaac:
her piety was [important], especially during
the former twenty years of her married
life, before the birth of her twin sons.
Rebekah, on various occasions, showed
most affection for Jacob, as Isaac ex-
pressed his chief regard for Esau; but
this partiality occasioned much domestic
sorrow, in the division of the family, and
the exile of Jacob, Gen. 24.; 27.;
35:6-8; 49:31.
REBUKE, reproof, Prov.
27:5: cause
of reproof, Phil. 2:15: God's rebuke is
calamity or affliction, Deut. 28:20;
2 Kings 19:3.
REBUKE, to reprove,
Gen. 31:42;
Lev. 19:19: to silence by authority,
Luke 19:39: to check or restrain, Zech.
3:2: to instruct, Isa. 2:4: to afflict,
Psal. 6.: to punish, 68:30; Isa. 18:
13.
RECORD, to make a declaration, espe-
cially by a written document, Exod. 20:
20: to testify or witness, Isa. 8:2; Acts
20:26: to celebrate, as the Levites in
praising God, 1 Chron. 16:4.
RECORDER, one who registers events
of public interest, 2 Sam. 8:16. Re-
corders appear to have been appointed
by the kings of Israel, as secretaries of
state, to make the national chronicles,
1 Kings 4:3; 2 Kings 18:18.
RECORDS, national registers or chroni-
cles, Ezra 4:15; Est. 6:1.
REED, a hollow knotted stalk of a
plant growing in marshy grounds and
fens, Job 40:21; Isa. 19:6: something
feeble and yielding, Matt. 11:7. A staff
or rod of a reed or cane was put into
the hands of Christ, by way of derision,
instead of a sceptre, 27:29.
Egypt
is called a "bruised reed," indicating
the inability of the Egyptians to aid
Hezekiah against the Assyrians, 2 Kings
18:21.
REED, a measure of about eleven feet,
Ezek. 40:3; 42:16-19. Being made of a
reed, this measure was so called, Rev.
21:15. See MEASURE.
REEL, to stagger as a drunken man,
Psal. 107:27; Isa. 24:20.
REFUGE, God Is Our Haven from the
Avenger--p. 76: HL.
Psa. 61:3; Jer. 17:17. Deu. 33:27.
REFUGE, CITIES OF: Moses was di-
rected to establish six "cities of refuge,"
as places of safety in Canaan, to
receive
all those who might have killed persons
undesignedly, that such should not fall
victims to the revenge of surviving
friends, who, in that age, assumed the
character of "avengers of blood;" a
practice still common in unsettled, un-
civilised nations, Num. 35:13; Josh.
20:3.
REGENERATION, a new birth unto
holiness in the service of God, Tit. 3:5.
Regeneration being the recovery of the soul to the life and moral likeness of
God, is therefore called "Being born
again," John 3:3-4, 6-8; 1 Pet. 1:23, and
"quickened" to "newness of
life," Eph. 2:
1; Rom. 6:4[b]: it is a new creation in
righteousness and true holiness, Eph. 2:
10; 4:24; 2 Cor. 5:17 [creature]: it is the
work of
the Holy Spirit, graciously
illuminating
the understanding to perceive the infi-
nite excellency of the revealed things of
God, and the glory of Christ in the gos-
pel, cleansing the heart from the love of
sin, and engaging the affections to delight
in the character, ordinances, and ways
of God, as a preparation for the blessed-
ness of Heaven. Regeneration is the
origin of conversion, the
commencement
of sanctification, and the evidence
of a
state of justification and adoption, from
which it is inseparable, John 1:12, 13;
Jam. 1:18; Rom. 8:14-17; Gal. 4:5.
Regeneration is spoken of by our Saviour
to denote His [renovation] of the church
by the establishment of His gospel in the
world instead of the Levitical institu-
tions of religion, Matt. 19:28. Some
consider the application of the words of
Christ to be fulfilled in the new life in
Heaven, when the new creation will be
perfected at the glorious resurrection,
Rev. 21. 22.
REGION, a province or district of a
country, Deut. 3:4; Gal. 1:21.
REGISTER, a public record of family
names or estates, Ezra 2:62; Neh. 7:
5, 64.
REHABI'AH, [h] (breadth, or space
of
the Lord), the eldest son of Eliezer, and
grandson of Moses, 1 Chron. 23:14-17;
26:25.
REHEARSE, to tell over events for the
instruction of others, Exod. 17:14;
Judg. 5:11; Acts 11:4; 14:27.
REHEARSED, did report in detail, 1
Sam. 17:31; Acts 11:4.
RE'HOB, [h] (breadth or
extent), father of
Hadadezer, king of Syria, 2 Sam. 8:3.
REHOBO'AM, [h] (who sets the people at
liberty), the son of Solomon by
Naamah,
an Ammonitess princess, and his suc-
cessor on the throne of Israel, 1 Kings
14:21. Rehoboam was a foolish and wicked prince, from whom ten tribes of
the people revolted, and formed the inde-
pendent kingdom of Israel under Jero-
boam, 1 Kings 12.; 2 Chron. 10. 11. 12.
REHO'BOTH, [h] (room), an ancient
city of Assyria near the Euphrates, Gen.
10:11; 36:37.
REHOBOTH, a well dug by Isaac, near
to Gerar, Gen. 26:22.
RE'HUM, [h] (merciful or
friendly), a
Jew of note, who returned from Babylon,
Ezra 2:2.
REHUM, a chief Levite, who returned
from Babylon, Neh. 3:17.
REHUM, chancellor to Artaxerxes, king
of Persia, and an enemy of the Jews,
Ezra 4:8-23.
RE'I, [h] (my shepherd, or my
friend), a
chief officer of David, who remained
faithful to the king during the usurpa-
tion of Adonijah, 1 Kings 1:8.
REIGN, to rule over a nation, as a
king, 1 Sam. 9:17; 12:12; 1 Kings 1:13:
to exercise authority, Gen. 38:8;
Deut. 15:6: to enjoy elevated dignity,
Rom. 5:17; 1 Cor. 4:8: to prevail, as death has from Adam, ver. 14; as the
influence of Divine grace has in the
godly, ver. 21; or as the sinful passions
do in the ungodly, 6:12.
RELEASE, THE YEAR OF: the sabbati-
cal year, of the LORD'S release, a jubilee
every seventh year, intended to remind
the Israelites that their land belonged
to
the LORD. Two things were remarkable
in this festival :--1. The omission of tilling
the land and of pruning the vines that
year, Lev. 25:2-7. 2. The discharge of
debts and debtors, as it was required by
the law of Moses: hence it was called
the LORD'S release, Deut. 15:2-9. But
lest the timid should fear a famine, God
promised His special blessing on the sixth
year, Lev. 25:20. Religious instruc-
tion was required to be specially im-
parted to the poor during the Sabbatical
year of the LORD, Deut. 31:10-13.
RELIGION, the right disposition of the
heart towards God: it consists of the
faith, fear, and love of God reigning in
the heart, manifesting itself by obedience
to divine ordinances, affection for all
who are evidently pious, benevolence
towards all mankind, tender sympathy for
those in distress, and zeal for the glory
of God in the universal prevalence of
Divine knowledge through JesusChrist.
Religion has always been the same in
substance; but its forms have varied,
as they have been divinely appointed
for the observance of the patriarchs, of
the Israelites, and of Christians; but
always including the doctrine of sacrifice
for atonement of sin, directing to Christ
as our Mediator with God.
Religion
denotes also a system of faith and wor-
ship, as the Jews' religion, Acts 26:5. Paul had profited in this above many of
his equals in age, because of his ardent
devotion to its observances; but though
he lived after the strictest and principal
sect of it a Pharisee, he was mad
against
the saints, persecuting them to death,
being an enemy to vital piety, and to the
spiritual worship of God, Gal. 1:13; 1
Tim. 1:13.
REMIT, to [declare the gospel], John 20:23: the
apostles remitting sins was not the actual
granting of pardon, which has never been
committed to any creature; but infallibly
declaring, by divine inspiration, the doc-
trine of full forgiveness through the
pro-
pitiation of Christ, 1 John 2:1, 2.
REMIT. "Whose
soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;
and whose soever sins ye retain, they are
retained."--Jesus said to His disciples.
See Mark 2:7; Luke 5:20, 21, 24; Luke 7:49; 23:34.
REMNANT, the residue, that which is
left of anything, Lev. 2:3; or of a nation,
Josh. 23:12; 2 Kings 25:11; Isa. 1:9.
REMOVE, to change the place, Gen.
48:17: to scatter, 2 Kings 23:27:
to take away, as suffering, Luke 22:42.
REMOVED, did remove, changed the
place, Gen. 8:13: did proceed, as on a
journey, Num. 12:16: did destroy, 2
Kings 18:4: did take away by death,
Acts 13:22.
REM'PHAN, [g] (Saturn), the Egyp-
tian name of the idol deity Chiun, wor-
shipped by many of the Israelites in the
wilderness, Acts 7:43. See CHIUN.
REND, to tear, as clothes were torn in
seasons of grief, Lev. 10:6; Job 1:20; 2:
12; John 19:24: to take away, as part
of a king's subjects, 1 Kings 11:11, 13,
31: to distress the mind, Hos. 13:8.
RENDER, to offer or give, Num. 8:
9: to pay rent, Matt. 21:41, or tribute,
22:21: to return, as thankful acknow-
ledgments, Psal. 61:12; 116:12: to dis-
pense, as God will render to every man
according to his character and doings,
Rom. 2:6.
RENEWED, did renew, or rededicate,
as king Asa cleansed and restored the
altar of God, which had been disused
after having been profaned by idolatry,
2 Chron. 15:8.
RENEWED, restored, as the regene-
rated mind is recovered to holiness, Col.
3:10: reinvigorated, 2 Cor. 4:16; Eph.
4:23.
RENEWING, the act of purifying, sanc-
tifying, and invigorating the soul, by the
grace of the Holy Spirit, Tit. 3:5.
REPENT. Be willing to turn from
your sin(s) to God's way.
You must Repent or you will Perish! Acts 3:19; 8:22.
REPENTANCE, regret, or change of mind: this may regard mere worldly
interests, as Esau deeply regretted his
loss, but though pierced with grief and
sorrow, he could not move his father to
repentance, to regret having blessed
Jacob, much less to recal the birthright
privilege, Heb. 12:17; Gen. 27:34,
38. Repentance towards God, is heart-
felt regret for past iniquity, and
turning
to worship and glorify Him with devoted-
ness of soul: this is repentance unto life,
Acts 11:18; 20:21; and repentance unto
salvation, 2 Cor. 7:10: it is the gift of
God, 2 Tim. 2:25; and connected with
acceptance and eternal salvation,
Luke
24:47; Acts 13:38, 39.
REPENTANCE, a necessary
part of true Bible
salvation. Tract.
"Repentance is a change of mind that
results in a change of life" (B. Lackey).
Book: Doctrine.
REPETITIONS, reiterations, as the super-
stitious heathens call over many times
the names of their idol gods, and as the
Jews repeated their familiar prayers, for
which they expected they were sure to
be regarded, 1 Kings 18:26; Matt.
6:7.
RE'PHAH, [h] (physic), son of
Beriah,
the son of Ephraim, 1 Chron. 7:25.
REPH'AIM, [h] (giants), a tribe or
family of great stature and ferocity in
Canaan, Gen. 14:5; Josh. 12:4; 17:15;
they were called also Anakims and Emims,
Deut. 2:10, 11.
REPHAIM, a fertile district or valley
on the south-west of Jerusalem, 1 Chron.
11:15; 14:9; Isa. 17:5.
REPH'IDIM, [h] (beds, or places
of
rest), an encampment of the Israelites
near Sinai, Exod. 17:1; 19:2.
REPLENISH, to fill up or stock, Gen. 1:
28: to enrich, Isa. 23:2: to satisfy,
Jer. 31:25.
REPLENISHED, filled up, furnished, or
satisfied, Isa. 23:2; Jer. 31:25.
REPLIEST: to reply is to object or
cavil, as at the providential dispensations
of God, Rom. 9:20.
REPORT, an account of anything, Gen.
37:2: a rumour, Exod. 23:1:
popular fame, Deut. 2:25: reputation,
Acts 6:3; 10:22; Heb. 11:2: published
doctrine, Isa. 53:1.
REPORT, to relate, Jer. 20:10: to de-
clare, 1 Cor. 14:25.
REPUTED, reckoned or regarded, Job
18:3; Dan. 4:35.
REQUEST, a favour entreated, as Nehe-
miah solicited the king to grant him a
commission to rebuild Jerusalem, Neh.
2:4-9: a prayer, Phil. 4:6.
REQUESTED, solicited or asked for,
Judg. 8:26; Dan. 2:49.
REQUIRE, to demand as due, Gen. 9:
5; 31:39; Deut. 10:12: to ask as a favour,
Ezra 7:21; 8:22.
REQUIRED, requested, Exod. 12:36:
demanded, as a penalty, Gen. 42:22:
expected as due, 1 Cor. 4:2.
REQUIRING, demanding, Luke 23:
23.
REQUITE, to make return or recom-
pense, as children should return honour
to their parents, 1 Tim. 5:4; or as God
recompensed to king Ahab for his mur-
der of Naboth, 2 Kings 9:26.
REQUITED, returned as merited, Judg.
1:7; 1 Sam. 25:21.
REST, repose, as in sleep, John 11:13:
quietness, as exemption from labour,
Exod. 5:5: the holy season of cessation
of work and care, as the Sabbath, 16:
23; 31:15: national quiet, as from
enemies and war, Deut. 12:10: the land
of Canaan, as promised to Israel to repose
from their slavery, Exod. 33:14; Heb.
3:11; Judg. 3:30: domestic provision
and comfort, Ruth 1:9: the grave of the
righteous, as a relief from pain of body,
while the spirit is with God, Job 3:13-
22: spiritual peace through faith in
Christ, Matt. 11:28, 29; Heb. 4:1-11:
Christian communion, Acts 9:31: eter-
nal peace and glory in heaven, 2 Thess.
1:7. The "rest remaining to the people
of God," is the spiritual freedom and
holiness of the gospel dispensation, as
emblematical of heaven, Heb. 4:8.
REST, to repose after travelling, Gen.
18:4: to retire from labour, Exod. 5:
5: to stand still, Judg. 3:13: to rely, as
saints do upon God, 2 Chron. 14:11;
Psal. 37:7: to be quiet in the grave
till the resurrection, Dan. 12:13: to
influence, as the Spirit that inspired
Elijah was possessed by Elisha, 2 Kings
2:15: to inspire, as the Holy Spirit filled
Christ, Isa. 11:2; 61:1. God rested
from
His creation, as He ceased creating, and
rejoiced in the goodness of all His works,
Gen. 2:2, 3; Heb. 4:4.
REST, the remainder, as of a flock,
Gen. 30:36; or of a people, Num 31:
8; or of land, Deut. 3:13; or of money,
2 Chron. 24:14; or of time, 1 Pet.
4:2.
