Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today! Bible Encyclopedias
Recover
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Search for…
or
rḗ - kuv´ẽr : "Recover" has (1) the transitive meaning of "to retake" or "regain" (anything); and (2) the intransitive sense of "to regain health" or "become well." In Judith 14:7 it means "restore to consciousness." In the former sense it is in the Old Testament the translation of נצל , nācal , "to snatch away" ( Judges 11:26; 1 Samuel 30:8 , 1 Samuel 30:22; in Hosea 2:9 , the Revised Version (British and American) "pluck away"); also of שׁוּב , shūbh (Qal and Hiphil 1 Samuel 30:19 the King James Version; 2 Samuel 8:3 , etc.), and of various other words in single instances. In 2 Kings 5:3 , 2 Kings 5:6 , 2 Kings 5:7 , 2 Kings 5:11 , "to restore to health" is אסף , 'āṣaph . In its intransitive sense "recover" is chiefly the translation of חיה , ḥāyāh , "to live," "revive" (2 Kings 1:2 , etc.; Isaiah 38:9 , Isaiah 38:21 ). "Recover" appears only twice in the King James Version of the New Testament; Mark 16:18 (for kalṓs héxousin ) and 2 Timothy 2:26 (from ananḗphō , the Revised Version margin "Greek: 'return to soberness' "); but the Revised Version (British and American) has "recover" for "do well" in John 11:12 ( sōthḗsetai ; margin "Greek: 'be saved'"). "Recovering" (of sight) (anáblepsis ) occurs in Luke 4:18 .
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain and were generously provided by the folks at WordSearch Software.
Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Recover'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/r/recover.html. 1915.
