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1.
(
&
, 3062), an adjective (akin to
, “to leave”) signifying
“remaining,” is used as a noun and translated “the rest” in the
RV
, where the
KJV
has “the
remnant,” Matt. 22:6; Rev. 11:13; 12:17; 19:21. See
OTHER
,
RESIDUE
,
REST
(
THE
).
2.
(
, 3005), “that which is left” (akin to
, “to leave”), “a remnant,”
is used in Rom. 11:5, “there is a remnant,” more lit., “there has come to be a remnant,”
i.e., there is a spiritual “remnant” saved by the gospel from the midst of apostate Israel.
While in one sense there has been and is a considerable number, yet, compared with the
whole nation, past and present, the “remnant” is small, and as such is an evidence of
God’s electing grace (see v. 4).¶ In the Sept., 2 Kings 19:4.¶
3.
$
(
%
, 5259, and
%
, 3005).
$
. “under.” signifying “diminution,”
and No. 2, is used in Rom. 9:27: some mss. have
, which has virtually the
same meaning (
, “down, behind”), “a remnant,” where the contrast is drawn between
the number of Israel as a whole, and the small number in it of those who are saved
through the gospel. The quotation is chiefly from the Sept. of Isa. 10:22, 23, with a
modification recalling Hosea 1:10, especially with regard to the word “number.” The
return of the “remnant” is indicated in the name “Shear-Jashub,” see Isa. 7:3, marg. The
primary reference was to the return of a remnant from captivity to their own land and to
God Himself; here the application is to the effects of the gospel. There is stress on the
word “remnant”.¶
REMOVE, REMOVING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 3327), “to pass over from one place to another” (
,
implying “change,” and
, “to go”), is translated “to remove” in Matt. 11:20 (twice).
See
PASS
, No. 7.
2.
(
&
, 3179) is used transitively in the sense of causing “to
remove,” in Acts 13:22, of the “removing” of King Saul, by bringing about his death; in 1
Cor. 13:2, of “removing” mountains. See
PUT
, No. 23,
TRANSLATE
,
TURN
.
3.
(
&
, 3346), “to remove a person or thing from one place to
another” (
, implying “change,”
, “to put”), e.g., Acts 7:16, “were carried
over,” signifies, in the middle voice, “to change oneself,” and is so used in Gal. 1:6 “(I
marvel that) ye are … removing,”
RV
(not as
KJV
, “removed”); the present tense suggests
that the defection of the Galatians from the truth was not yet complete and would
continue unless they changed their views. The middle voice indicates that they were
themselves responsible for their declension, rather than the Judaizers who had influenced
them. See
CARRY
, No. 5.
4.
(
$ !$
, 3911), lit., “to bring to or before” (
, “beside,”
,
“to carry”), “to take or carry away,” is translated “remove” in the Lord’s prayer in
Gethsemane, Mark 14:36,
RV
(
KJV
, “take away”); Luke 22:42. See
TAKE
. In the Sept., 1
Sam. 21:13.¶