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The concept of "recovered" in the Bible often relates to themes of healing, restoration, and redemption. Throughout Scripture, God is depicted as a healer and restorer, bringing individuals and nations back from physical, spiritual, and moral decline.

Physical Healing and Recovery

In the Old Testament, physical recovery is frequently associated with God's intervention. For instance, in 2 Kings 20:5, God tells King Hezekiah through the prophet Isaiah, "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you." Hezekiah's recovery from illness is a testament to God's power to restore health.

The New Testament continues this theme, with Jesus Christ performing numerous healings. In Matthew 9:22, Jesus tells the woman who had been suffering from bleeding for twelve years, "Take courage, daughter, your faith has healed you." Her recovery is immediate, demonstrating the power of faith and the compassion of Christ.

Spiritual Recovery and Restoration

Beyond physical healing, the Bible emphasizes spiritual recovery. The parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 illustrates the theme of spiritual restoration. The wayward son, after squandering his inheritance, returns to his father, who welcomes him back with open arms. This account highlights God's readiness to forgive and restore those who repent and return to Him.

Psalm 23:3 speaks to spiritual restoration, stating, "He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name." This verse underscores the belief that God actively works to bring His people back to a state of spiritual well-being.

National and Communal Recovery

The Bible also addresses the recovery of nations and communities. In the Old Testament, the Israelites often experienced cycles of sin, punishment, repentance, and restoration. In 2 Chronicles 7:14, God promises, "If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land." This verse is a powerful reminder of the potential for national recovery through collective repentance and prayer.

The prophetic books frequently speak of Israel's future restoration. In Jeremiah 30:17, God declares, "For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds," affirming His commitment to the recovery of His people.

Moral and Ethical Recovery

The Bible also addresses moral and ethical recovery, urging individuals to turn from sin and embrace righteousness. In the New Testament, the apostle Paul writes in Galatians 6:1, "Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness." This instruction highlights the importance of community support in the moral recovery of individuals.

The theme of recovery in the Bible is multifaceted, encompassing physical, spiritual, national, and moral dimensions. It reflects the overarching narrative of God's redemptive work in the world, offering hope and restoration to all who seek Him.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Recover.

Strong's Hebrew

2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... himself strong (1), overcome (1), persuaded (1), post a strong (1), prevailed (4),
prevailed over (1), put (1), received strength (1), recovered (1), rely (1 ...
/hebrew/2388.htm - 8k

7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... put the back (1), put back (1), rebuilt* (2), recall (2), recalls* (1), receded
(1), recompense (1), recompense* (1), recompensed (4), recovered (4), refreshes ...
/hebrew/7725.htm - 9k

2421a. chayah -- to live
... alive (1), nourished (1), preserve (3), preserve his life (1), preserve...alive
(1), preserves the lives (1), raise (1), recover (4), recovered (1), recovery (1 ...
/hebrew/2421a.htm - 6k

5337. natsal -- to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered ...
... 1), delivering (1), delivers (7), escape (1), escaped (1), plucked (1), plunder
(1), plundered (1), preserved (1), recover (1), recovered (2), rescue (11 ...
/hebrew/5337.htm - 6k

Library

How David, when He had Recovered his Kingdom, was Reconciled to ...
... How David, When He Had Recovered His Kingdom, Was Reconciled To Shimei, And To Ziba;
And Showed A Great Affection To Barzillai; And How, Upon The Rise Of A ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 11 how david when.htm

After this Diamond Recovered So Fast, that in a Few Days He was ...
... Chapter 14 After this Diamond recovered so fast, that in a few days he
was quite able? After this Diamond recovered so fast, that ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 14 after this diamond.htm

His Soul Recovered Its Pristine Liberty
... THE THIRD CENTURY 95 His soul recovered its pristine liberty. His soul recovered
its pristine liberty, and saw through the mud walls of flesh and blood. ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/95 his soul recovered its.htm

How the Emperor Severus Divided from the Rest by a Rampart that ...
... BOOK I CHAP. V. How the Emperor Severus divided from the rest by a rampart
that part of Britain which had been recovered. In the ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap v how the emperor.htm

Eusebius Bishop of Nicomedia, and Theognis Bishop of Nic??a ...
... Book I. Chapter XXIII."Eusebius Bishop of Nicomedia, and Theognis Bishop of Nic??a,
having recovered Confidence, endeavor to subvert the Nicene Creed, by ...
/.../chapter xxiii eusebius bishop of nicomedia.htm

Whether virginity is a virtue?
... Objection 3: Further, every virtue is recovered by penance. But virginity
is not recovered by penance: wherefore Jerome says [*Ep. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether virginity is a virtue.htm

The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil
... men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with
us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/the statute of david for.htm

Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson
... The pagan age was truly an Eden or golden age, in this essential sense, that
it is not to be recovered. And it is not to be recovered ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xii paganism and mr lowes.htm

Preface.
... A portion of a gospel has been recovered which was read in the latter part of the
second century in certain Christian churches and purports to be the work of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the gospel of peter/preface.htm

The Prodigal and his Brother.
... And His excuse was this: It is natural, humanly natural, to rejoice more over that
which has been recovered than over that which has been never lost. ...
/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/xx the prodigal and his.htm

Thesaurus

Recovered (25 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Recover. Multi-Version Concordance
Recovered (25 Occurrences). Matthew 8:13 And Jesus said ...
/r/recovered.htm - 15k

Sidon (35 Occurrences)
... gave the latter a great impetus. Sidon, however, recovered from the disaster
and became powerful again. The Book of Judges claims ...
/s/sidon.htm - 25k

Parthians (1 Occurrence)
... The king then turned his attention toward Armenia, which he probably brought under
his control, but its king Tigranes recovered its independence and even ...
/p/parthians.htm - 16k

Recover (37 Occurrences)
... 10. (vi) To make one's way; to come; to arrive. 11. (vi) To obtain a judgment; to
succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit. 12. ...
/r/recover.htm - 21k

Recovery (6 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Isaiah 38:9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had
been sick, and was recovered of his sickness. (See NAS NIV). ...
/r/recovery.htm - 8k

Elath (6 Occurrences)
... It was within the limits of Solomon's dominion, but afterwards revolted. It was,
however, recovered and held for a time under king Uzziah (2 Kings 14:22). ...
/e/elath.htm - 10k

Arvad (2 Occurrences)
... in the South. It had its own local dynasty and coinage, and some of the
names of its kings have been recovered. Its inhabitants ...
/a/arvad.htm - 11k

Arvadites (1 Occurrence)
... in the South. It had its own local dynasty and coinage, and some of the
names of its kings have been recovered. Its inhabitants ...
/a/arvadites.htm - 10k

Tyre (59 Occurrences)
... A short Phoenician text of the fourth century BC is the only monument yet recovered.".
Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Curdled milk. 2. (n. & v.) Attire. ...
/t/tyre.htm - 45k

Syrians (63 Occurrences)
... 3. Syria and Israel: In the days of Omri the Syrians of Damascus brought them into
subjection, but Ahab recovered all the lost territory and Damascus seems to ...
/s/syrians.htm - 37k

Resources

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Recovered (25 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:13
And Jesus said to the Captain, "Go, and just as you have believed, so be it for you." And the servant recovered precisely at that time.
(WEY)

Mark 8:25
Then for the second time He put His hands on the man's eyes, and the man, looking steadily, recovered his sight and saw everything distinctly.
(WEY)

John 4:50
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
(WEY)

John 4:53
Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.
(WEY)

Acts 19:12
Towels or aprons, for instance, which Paul had handled used to be carried to the sick, and they recovered from their ailments, or the evil spirits left them.
(WEY)

Revelation 13:14
And his power of leading astray the inhabitants of the earth is due to the marvels which he has been permitted to work in the presence of the Wild Beast. And he told the inhabitants of the earth to erect a statue to the Wild Beast who had received the sword-stroke and yet had recovered.
(WEY)

Revelation 18:14
The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all.
(See NIV)

Genesis 38:12
After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 20:41
As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 30:18
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 30:19
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
(KJV WBS)

1 Samuel 30:22
Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, "Because they didn't go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 14:14
For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 5:6
And he bringeth in the letter unto the king of Israel, saying, 'And now, at the coming in of this letter unto thee, lo, I have sent unto thee Naaman my servant, and thou hast recovered him from his leprosy.'
(YLT)

2 Kings 5:11
And Naaman is wroth, and goeth on, and saith, 'Lo, I said, Unto me he doth certainly come out, and hath stood and called in the name of Jehovah his God, and waved his hand over the place, and recovered the leper.
(YLT)

2 Kings 13:25
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash strike him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 14:28
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 16:6
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and lived there, to this day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 20:7
Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Isaiah 38:9
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 38:16
Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live.
(DBY)

Isaiah 39:1
At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then isn't the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Jeremiah 41:16
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to wit, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 38:8
After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

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