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temporarily) of Israel. A new relationship Godward is offered to the Gentiles in the
gospel. The word also occurs in 2 Cor. 5:18, 19, where “the ministry of reconciliation”
and “the word of reconciliation” are not the ministry of teaching the doctrine of
expiation, but that of beseeching men to be “reconciled” to God on the ground of what
God has wrought in Christ. See No. 1, above.¶
Note:
In the OT in some passages the
KJV
incorrectly has “reconciliation,” the
RV
rightly changes the translation to “atonement,” e.g., Lev. 8:15; Ezek. 45:20,
RV
, “make
atonement for” (
KJV
, “reconcile”).
For
RECONCILIATION (MAKE),
Heb. 2:17
,
KJV
, see
PROPITIATION
For
RECORD
(
KJV
) see
TESTIFY
, No. 3,
TESTIMONY
, No. 2
RECOVER
1.
(
0
, 4982), “to save,” is sometimes used of “healing” or “restoration to
health,” the latter in John 11:12,
RV
, “he will recover,” marg., “be saved” (
KJV
, “he shall
do well”). See
HEAL
,
PRESERVE
,
SAVE
,
WHOLE
2.
(
)
, 366), “to return to soberness,” as from a state of delirium or
drunkenness ( , “back,” or “again,”
, “to be sober, to be wary”), is used in 2
Tim. 2:26, “may recover themselves” (
RV
marg., “return to soberness,”
KJV
marg.,
“awake”), said of those who, opposing the truth through accepting perversions of it, fall
into the snare of the Devil, becoming intoxicated with error; for these “recovery” is
possible only by “repentance unto the knowledge of the truth.” For a translation of the
verse see
CAPTIVE
, B, No. 3.¶
Notes:
(1) For “recovering of sight,” Luke 4:18, see
SIGHT
. (2) In Mark 16:18, the
phrase
, lit., “to have well,” i.e., “to be well,” is rendered “they shall recover.”
RED
A. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
9:
, 4450) denotes “firecolored” (
$
, “fire”), hence, “fiery red,” Rev.
6:4; 12:3, in the latter passage said of the Dragon, indicative of the cruelty of the Devil.¶
2.
$
(
#$ $
, 2063) denotes “red” (the ordinary color); the root
$
—is
seen, e.g., in the Latin
$7$
, Eng., “ruby,” “ruddy,” “rust,” etc. It is applied to the Red
Sea, Acts 7:36; Heb. 11:29.¶ The origin of the name is uncertain; it has been regarded as
due, e.g., to the color of the corals which cover the Red Sea bed or line its shores, or to
the tinge of the mountains which border it, or to the light of the sky upon its waters.
B. Verb.
$
(
9:1
, 4449), “to be fiery red” (akin to A, No. 1), is used of the sky,
Matt. 16:2, 3.¶ In the Sept.,
$
, Lev. 13:19, 42, 43, 49; 14:37.¶
REDEEM, REDEMPTION
A. Verbs.
1.
@
(
# $1
, 1805), a strengthened form of
, “to buy” (see
BUY
,
No. 1), denotes “to buy out” (
@
for ), especially of purchasing a slave with a view to
his freedom. It is used metaphorically (a) in Gal. 3:13 and 4:5, of the deliverance by
Christ of Christian Jews from the Law and its curse; what is said of
$
(RANSOM,