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Refresh, Refreshing
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"to give intermission from labor, to give rest, refresh" (ana, "back," pauo, "to cause to cease"), is translated "to refresh" in 1 Corinthians 16:18; 2 Corinthians 7:13; Philemon 1:7,20 . See REST.
"to lie down, to rest with" (sun, "with," and No. 1 in the Middle Voice), is used metaphorically of being "refreshed" in spirit with others, in Romans 15:32 , AV, "may with (you) be refreshed" (RV, "... find rest"). In the Sept., Isaiah 11:6 .
"to make cool, refresh" (ana, "back," psucho, "to cool"), is used in 2 Timothy 1:16 (cp. B). In the papyri it is used of "taking relaxation."
Note: In Acts 27:3 , the verb tunchano, "to obtain or receive," with the object epimeleia, "care," is translated "to refresh himself" (RV, marg., "to receive attention," i.e., to enjoy the kind attention of his friends)."a refreshing" (akin to A, No. 3), occurs in Acts 3:19 . In the Sept., Exodus 8:15 . In the papyri it is used of "obtaining relief."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Refresh, Refreshing'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/r/refresh-refreshing.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Refresh, Refreshing'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/r/refresh-refreshing.html. 1940.
