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of the messianic kingdom) the apostle applies it to the effects of the gospel; in Gal. 4:27
(touching the barrenness of Sarah as referred to in Isa. 54:1, and there pointing to the
ultimate restoration of Israel to God’s favor, cf. 51:2), the word is applied to the effects of
the gospel, in that the progeny of grace would greatly exceed the number of those who
had acknowledged allegiance to the Law; grace and faith are fruitful, law and works are
barren as a means of salvation; in Rev. 12:12, it is used in a call to the heavens to
“rejoice” at the casting out of Satan and the inauguration of the Kingdom of God in
manifestation and the authority of His Christ; in 18:20, of a call to heaven, saints,
apostles, prophets, to “rejoice” in the destruction of Babylon. See
GLAD
, No. 3,
MERRY
,
No. 1.
5.
$
(
1
, 2744), “to boast, to glory,” is rendered “to rejoice,” (a)
Rom. 5:2, in hope of the glory of God; (b) 5:3,
RV
(
KJV
“glory”), in tribulation; (c) 5:11,
RV
(
KJV
, “we joy”), in God; (d) Phil. 3:3,
RV
, “glory” (
KJV
, “rejoice”) in Christ Jesus; (e)
Jas. 1:9 (
RV
, “glory,”
KJV
, “rejoice”), the brother of low degree in his high estate; the rich
brother in being made low; (f) Jas. 4:16, of evil glorying. See
GLORY
(to boast).
Notes:
(1) In Jas. 2:13,
KJV
,
$
, “to glory, boast against,” is translated
“rejoiceth against” (
RV
, “glorieth against”). See
GLORY
(to boast), A, No. 2. (2) The
nouns
$
$
, signifying “glorying, boasting,” are always so rendered in
the
RV
, where the
KJV
has “rejoicing,” the former in 2 Cor. 1:14; Gal. 6:4; Phil. 1:26;
2:16; Heb. 3:6; the latter in 1 Cor. 15:31; 2 Cor. 1:12; 1 Thess. 2:19; Jas. 4:16. See
GLORY
, B, Nos. 1 and 2.
RELEASE
$
(
"
, 630), “to loose from,” is translated “to release” in Matt. 18:27,
RV
(
KJV
, “loosed”); 27:15, 17, 21, 26; Mark 15:6, 9, 11, 15; Luke 6:37 (twice),
RV
(
KJV
,
“forgive” and “ye shall be forgiven”); 23:16 (v. 17, in some mss.), 18, 20, 25; 23:22,
RV
(
KJV
, “let … go”); John 18:39 (twice); 19:10; in 19:12, in the 1st part,
KJV
and
RV
; in the
2nd part,
RV
, “release” (
KJV
, “let … go”); so in Acts 3:13. See
DEPART
,
DISMISS
.
Note:
For
, “release,” Luke 4:18,
RV
, see
DELIVERANCE
.
RELIEF
1.
(
&
, 1248), “ministry,” is translated “relief” in Acts 11:29 [
RV
,
marg., “for (
) ministry”].
2.
(
/
, 425), “a loosening, relaxation” (akin to
, “to send away, let
go, loosen”), is translated “relief” in 2 Cor. 2:13 and 7:5 (
KJV
, “rest”). See
REST
.
RELIEVE
(
# $
!
, 1884) signifies “to be strong enough for,” and so either “to ward
off,” or “to aid, to relieve” (a strengthened form of
, which has the same three
meanings, being intensive); it is used in 1 Tim. 5:10, 16 (twice).¶
RELIGION
1.
(
$
&
, 2356) signifies “religion” in its external aspect (akin to
, see below), “religious worship,” especially the ceremonial service of “religion”;