Repair
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: 2 Kings 12:5
- Last Reference: Isaiah 61:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
REPA'IR, verb transitive [Latin reparo; re and paro, to prepare. See Pare.]
1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation or partial destruction; as, to repair a house, a wall or a ship; to repair roads and bridges. Temperance and diet may repair a broken or enfeebled constitution. Food repairs the daily waste of the body.
2. To rebuild a part decayed or destroyed; to fill up; as, to repair a breach.
3. To make amends, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
REPA'IR, noun Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury or partial destruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or a city.
REPA'IR, verb intransitive To go to; to betake one's self; to resort; as, to repair to a sanctuary for safety.
Go, mount the winds and to the shades repair
REPA'IR, noun The act of betaking one's self to any place; a resorting; abode.
REPA'IRABLE, adjective That may be repaired; reparable.
REPA'IRED, participle passive Restored to a good or sound state; rebuilt; made good.
REPA'IRER, noun One who repairs, restores or makes amends; as the repairer of decay.
REPA'IRING, participle present tense Restoring to a sound state; rebuilding; making amends for loss or injury.