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For
REDOUND,
2 Cor. 4:15
(
RV
, “abound”), see
ABUNDANCE
, B, No. 1 (c)
REED
(
1
, 2563) denotes (a) “the reed” mentioned in Matt. 11:7; 12:20;
Luke 7:24, the same as the Heb.,
%
(among the various reeds in the OT), e.g., Isa.
42:3, from which Matt. 12:20 is quoted (cf. Job 40:21; Ezek. 29:6, “a reed with jointed,
hollow stalk”); (b) “a reed staff, staff,” Matt. 27:29, 30, 48; Mark 15:19, 36 (cf.
“a rod”; in 2 Kings 18:21,
);(c) “a measuring reed or rod,” Rev. 11:1;
21:15, 16; (d) “a writing reed, a pen,” 3 John 13; see
PEN
.¶
REFINED
$
(
$
, 4448), “to burn,” is translated “refined,” as of metals, in Rev. 1:15
and 3:18,
RV
(
KJV
, “burned,” and “tried”). See
BURN
, No. 4.
For
REFLECTING,
2 Cor. 3:18
,
RV
, see
BEHOLD
, No. 12
REFORMATION
(
$
, 1357), properly, “a making straight” ( , “through,”
,
“straight”; cf.
in Acts 24:2; see
CORRECTION
, No. 1), denotes a “reformation”
or reforming, Heb. 9:10; the word has the meaning either (a) of a right arrangement, right
ordering, or, more usually, (b) of restoration, amendment, bringing right again; what is
here indicated is a time when the imperfect, the inadequate, would be superseded by a
better order of things, and hence the meaning (a) seems to be the right one; it is thus to be
distinguished from that of Acts 24:2, mentioned above.¶ The word is used in the papyri in
the other sense of the rectification of things, whether by payments or manner of life.
REFRAIN
1.
$
(
"
, 3973), “to stop,” is used in the active voice in the sense of “making to
cease, restraining” in 1 Pet. 3:10, of causing the tongue to refrain from evil; elsewhere in
the middle voice, see
CEASE
, No. 1.
2.
(
&
, 868), “to cause to depart,” is used intransitively, in the sense
of “departing from, refraining from,” Acts 5:38. See
DEPART
, No. 20.
REFRESH, REFRESHING
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
"
, 373), “to give intermission from labor, to give rest, refresh”
( , “back,”
$
, “to cause to cease”), is translated “to refresh” in 1 Cor. 16:18; 2 Cor.
7:13; Philem. 7, 20. See
REST
.
2.
$
$
(
"
, 4875), “to lie down, to rest with” (
$
, “with,”
and No. 1 in the middle voice), is used metaphorically of being “refreshed” in spirit with
others, in Rom. 15:32,
KJV
, “may with (you) be refreshed” (
RV
, “… find rest”).¶ In the
Sept., Isa. 11:6.¶
3.
$
(
"
, 404), “to make cool, refresh” ( , “back,”
$
, “to
cool”), is used in 2 Tim. 1:16 (cf. B).¶ In the papyri it is used of “taking relaxation.”