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2.
(
$ )
, 1028), akin to B, below, lit., “a wetting,” hence, “rain,” is used in
Matt. 7:25, 27.¶ In the Sept., Ps. 68:9; 105:32.¶ It is found in the papyri in connection
with irrigation in Egypt (Deissmann,
6
7
*
,
).
B. Verb.
(
$!
, 1026), akin to A, No. 2, signifies (a) “to wet,” Luke 7:38, 44,
RV
(
KJV
, to wash); (b) “to send rain,” Matt. 5:45; to rain, Luke 17:29 (of fire and brimstone);
Jas. 5:17, used impersonally (twice); Rev. 11:6, where
$
(A, No. 1) is used as the
subject, lit., “(that) rain rain (not).”¶
RAINBOW
(
*$
, 2463), 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,
emblematic of the fact that, in the exercise of God’s absolute sovereignty and perfect
counsels, He will remember His covenant concerning the earth (Gen. 9:9-17); in Rev.
10:1, “the rainbow,”
RV
, the definite article suggests a connection with the scene in 4:3;
here it rests upon the head of an angel who declares that “there shall be delay no longer”
(v. 6,
RV
marg., the actual meaning); the mercy to be shown to the earth must be preceded
by the execution of divine judgments upon the nations who defy God and His Christ. Cf.
Ezek. 1:28.¶
RAISE (up)
1.
(
# &$
, 1453), 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,
Matt. 16:21; 17:23; 20:19,
RV
; 26:32,
RV
, “(after) I am raised up” (
KJV
, “… risen again”);
Luke 9:22; 20:37; John 2:19; Acts 3:15; 4:10 [not 5:30, see (c) below]; 10:40 [not 13:23
in the best texts, see (c) below]; 13:30, 37; Rom. 4:24, 25; 6:4, 9; 7:4; 8:11 (twice); 8:34,
RV
; 10:9; 1 Cor. 6:14 (1st part); 15:13, 14,
RV
; 15:15 (twice), 16, 17; 15:20,
RV
; 2 Cor.
4:14; Gal. 1:1; Eph. 1:20; Col. 2:12; 1 Thess. 1:10; 1 Pet. 1:21; in 2 Tim. 2:8,
RV
, “risen”;
(b) of the resurrection of human beings, Matt. 10:8; 11:5; Matt. 27:52.
RV
(
KJV
, “arose”);
Mark 12:26,
RV
; Luke 7:22; John 5:21; 12:1, 9, 17; Acts 26:8; 1 Cor. 15:29 and 32,
RV
;
15:35, 42, 43 (twice), 44, 52; 2 Cor. 1:9; 4:14; Heb. 11:19; (c) of “raising” up a person to
occupy a place in the midst of a people, said of Christ, Acts 5:30; in 13:23,
KJV
only (the
best texts have
, to bring,
RV
, “hath … brought”); of David, Acts 13:22 (for v. 33 see
No. 2); (d) metaphorically, of a horn of salvation, Luke 1:69; (e) of children, from stones,
by creative power, Luke 3:8; (f) of the Temple, as the Jews thought, John 2:20,
RV
, “wilt
Thou raise (it) Up” (
KJV
, “rear”); (g) of “lifting” up a person, from physical infirmity,
Mark 1:31,
RV
, “raised … up” (
KJV
, “lifted”); so 9:27; Acts 3:7; 10:26,
RV
(
KJV
, “took”);
Jas. 5:15, “shall raise … up”; (h) metaphorically, of “raising” up affliction, Phil. 1:17,
RV
(in the best texts; the
KJV
, v. 16, following those which have
, has “to add”). See
AWAKE
, No. 1.
2.
(
&
, 450), for the various applications of which see
ARISE
, No. 1, is
translated “to raise or raise up,” (a) of the resurrection of the dead by Christ, John 6:39,
40, 44, 54; (b) of the resurrection of Christ from the dead, Acts 2:24 (for v. 30 see
RV
,
, “to set,” as in the best texts); 2:32; 13:34, see (c) below; Acts 17:31; (c) of