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Restore
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "to give back," is translated "I restore" in Luke 19:8 . See DELIVER , A, No. 3.
or the alternative form apokathistano is used (a) of "restoration" to a former condition of health, Matthew 12:13; Mark 3:5; 8:25; Luke 6:10; (b) of the Divine "restoration" of Israel and conditions affected by it, including the renewal of the covenant broken by them, Matthew 17:11; Mark 9:12; Acts 1:6; (c) of "giving" or "bringing" a person back, Hebrews 13:19 . In the papyri it is used of financial restitution, of making good the breaking of a stone by a workman by his substituting another, of the reclamation of land, etc. (Moulton and Milligan).
"to mend, to furnish completely," is translated "restore" in Galatians 6:1 , metaphorically, of the "restoration," by those who are spiritual, of one overtaken in a trespass, such a one being as a dislocated member of the spiritual body. The tense is the continuous present, suggesting the necessity for patience and perseverance in the process. See FIT , MEND , PERFECT.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Restore'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/r/restore.html. 1940.
