1. (n.) A rest; a postponement or delay; a break.

2. (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.

3. (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

4. (n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

5. (n.) To give or grant a respite to.

6. (n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.

7. (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

8. (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

7309. revachah -- respite, relief
... 7308, 7309. revachah. 7310 . respite, relief. Transliteration: revachah Phonetic
Spelling: (rev-aw-khaw') Short Definition: relief. ... breathing, respite. ...
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7305. revach -- a space, interval, respite, relief
... 7304, 7305. revach. 7306 . a space, interval, respite, relief. Transliteration:
revach Phonetic Spelling: (reh'-vakh) Short Definition: relief. ...
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Misused Respite
... ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER MISUSED RESPITE. 'Because ... 11. When the Pharaoh
of the Exodus saw there was respite, he hardened his heart. ...
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Whether in Hell the Damned are Tormented by the Sole Punishment of ...
... Objection 3: Further, variety of punishment affords a respite, as when one passes
from heat to cold. But we can admit no respite in the damned. ...
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Saul's Expedition against the Nation of the Ammonites and victory ...
... But they desired that he would give them seven days' respite, that they might send
ambassadors to their countrymen, and entreat their assistance; and if they ...
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Book xii. Epistle i. To Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage.
... But since, when we are snatched from peril of death, it is uncertain, dearest brother,
for what we are reserved, let us turn the time of respite to the profit ...
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Whether a Man is Bound to Immediate Restitution, or May He Put it ...
... Ecclus.21:2, "Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent." Consequently one is
bound to immediate restitution, if possible, or to ask for a respite from the ...
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In this Passage all Room for Doubt is Removed. In the Former ...
... the mere opinion, not the mature judgment, of another worthy of condemnation who
thinks it possible that the devil may one day have a respite from punishment ...
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The Barren Fig-Tree.
... The first part of his plea is, Spare: he appeals for a respite of definite and limited
duration,"one year: less would not afford an opportunity for amendment ...
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The Bishop of Hippo
... Might not his passions, which were so violent, begin to torment him again after
this respite with greater frenzy than before his conversion? ...
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Israel's Obstinacy and God's Patience
... They are: Relapse into idolatry, retribution, respite and deliverance, and brief
return to God. ... III. Respite and deliverance are described in verses 16 and 18. ...
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The Wicked Heart Set to do Evil.
... Some respite is given. ... What a perversion and abuse of the gracious design of
the King in granting a little respite from instant execution! ...
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Respite (8 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
5. (n.) To give or grant a respite to. ...Respite (8 Occurrences). ...
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Respit (2 Occurrences)
... Respit (2 Occurrences). Exodus 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite,
he hardened his heart, and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. ...
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Relief (32 Occurrences)
... Exodus 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart,
and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. (See NAS NIV). ...
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Apple (8 Occurrences)
... He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye," ie Yahweh's; Zechariah 2:8);
bath-`ayin, "daughter of the eye"; "Give thyself no respite, let not the ...
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Naboth (18 Occurrences)
... A temporary respite was given to Ahab because of a repentant mood (1 Kings
21:27-29); but later the blow fell, first upon himself in a conflict with Syria ( ...
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Resplendent (3 Occurrences)

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Enlargement (7 Occurrences)
... Enlargement, the King James Version, Esther 4:14 from rawach, "to enlarge," "to
respite," is rendered "relief" by the Revised Version (British and American) in ...
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Enlarge (18 Occurrences)
... Enlargement, the King James Version, Esther 4:14 from rawach, "to enlarge," "to
respite," is rendered "relief" by the Revised Version (British and American) in ...
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Malchus (1 Occurrence)
... addressed either to the disciples, ie "Suffer ye that I thus far show kindness to
my captors," or to those about to bind him, ie asking a short respite to heal ...
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Breath (95 Occurrences)
... am out of breath. 3. (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life. 4. (n.)
Time to breathe; respite; pause. 5. (n.) A single respiration ...
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