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In biblical terms, the concept of "remainder" often refers to what is left over or what remains after a portion has been removed or used. This idea can be applied in various contexts, including spiritual, material, and numerical aspects within the Scriptures.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, the notion of a remainder is frequently associated with the remnant of Israel. This remnant is the portion of the Israelite population that remains faithful to God despite widespread apostasy or judgment. The prophet Isaiah speaks of this remnant, emphasizing God's preservation of a faithful group: "Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return" (Isaiah 10:22). This remnant is seen as a testament to God's mercy and faithfulness, ensuring the continuation of His covenant promises.

The concept of remainder is also evident in the laws concerning offerings and sacrifices. For example, in the instructions for the grain offering, the remainder of the offering is given to Aaron and his sons: "The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons, a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD" (Leviticus 2:3). This remainder is considered holy and set apart for the priests, signifying the sacredness of what is left after the offering to God.

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, the idea of a remainder can be seen in the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. The parable of the sower, for instance, illustrates how the Word of God is received differently by various people, with only a portion (or remainder) producing a fruitful harvest (Matthew 13:3-9). This highlights the concept of a faithful remnant who truly understand and live out the teachings of Christ.

The Apostle Paul also addresses the concept of a remnant in his letter to the Romans, where he speaks of a remnant chosen by grace: "So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace" (Romans 11:5). Paul reassures the believers that God has not rejected His people entirely, but has preserved a faithful group who continue to uphold His covenant.

Spiritual Implications

Theologically, the concept of a remainder or remnant underscores God's sovereignty and faithfulness. It serves as a reminder that, despite human unfaithfulness, God always preserves a group of faithful followers who uphold His truth and carry forward His purposes. This remnant is often seen as a beacon of hope and a catalyst for renewal and restoration within the broader community of believers.

In a broader sense, the idea of a remainder can also be applied to the Christian life, where believers are called to be set apart from the world, living as a holy remnant that reflects God's character and purposes. This call to holiness and faithfulness is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, encouraging believers to remain steadfast in their faith and commitment to God.

Conclusion

The biblical concept of a remainder, whether in the form of a remnant of people or the portion of an offering, carries significant spiritual meaning. It highlights God's enduring faithfulness and the call for His people to remain true to His covenant, serving as a testament to His grace and mercy throughout the ages.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.

2. (n.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.

3. (n.) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particular estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.

4. (a.) Remaining; left; left over; refuse.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

REMAINDER

re-man'-der (yathar, "to be left," she'erith, "remnant"): In 2 Samuel 14:7 "residue" would have been clearer (compare Psalm 76:10), but the changes of the Revised Version (British and American) in Leviticus 6:16; Leviticus 7:16, 17 are pointless (contrast Exodus 29:34).

Greek

3005. leimma -- a remnant
... a remnant. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: leimma Phonetic Spelling:
(lime'-mah) Short Definition: a remnant, remainder Definition: a remnant ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3005.htm - 6k

3062. loipos -- the rest, the remaining
... remaining. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: loipos Phonetic Spelling:
(loy-poy') Short Definition: left, left behind, the remainder Definition: left ...
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2645. kataloipos -- remaining
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kataloipos Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-al'-oy-pos) Short Definition: left behind, the remainder Definition: left behind ...
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2640. kataleimma -- remnant.
... Word Origin variant reading for hupoleimma, qv. remnant. From kataleipo; a remainder,
ie (by implication) a few -- remnant. see GREEK kataleipo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7611. sheerith -- rest, residue, remnant, remainder
... rest, residue, remnant, remainder. Transliteration: sheerith Phonetic Spelling:
(sheh-ay-reeth') Short Definition: remnant. ... remainder or residual. ...
/hebrew/7611.htm - 6k

3499a. yether -- remainder, excess, preeminence
... 3499, 3499a. yether. 3499b . remainder, excess, preeminence. Transliteration:
yether Short Definition: rest. Word Origin from yathar ...
/hebrew/3499a.htm - 5k

7606. shear -- rest, remainder
... 7605, 7606. shear. 7607 . rest, remainder. Transliteration: shear Phonetic
Spelling: (sheh-awr') Short Definition: rest. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/7606.htm - 6k

3499. yether -- remainder, excess, preeminence
... 3498, 3499. yether. 3499a . remainder, excess, preeminence. Transliteration:
yether Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-ther) Short Definition: abundant. ...
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7605. shear -- rest, residue, remnant
... Word Origin from shaar Definition rest, residue, remnant NASB Word Usage remainder
(1), remnant (11), rest (13), survivors (1). other, remnant, residue, rest. ...
/hebrew/7605.htm - 6k

3498. yathar -- to remain over
... left (47), left behind (1), left over (6), let remain (1), more than enough (1),
preserve (1), prosper you abundantly (1), remain (2), remainder (7), remained ...
/hebrew/3498.htm - 6k

Library

Of a Certain Remainder of Love that Oftentimes Rests in the Soul ...
... BOOK IV. OF THE DECAY AND RUIN OF CHARITY. CHAPTER IX. OF A CERTAIN REMAINDER OF
LOVE THAT OFTENTIMES RESTS IN THE SOUL THAT HAS LOST HOLY CHARITY. ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ix of a certain.htm

Because the Rapture of a Part of the Church Only, Would Leave the ...
... Chapter Seven The Beneficiaries of the Redeemer's Return 4. Because the Rapture
of a part of the Church only, would leave the remainder of it still upon the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/4 because the rapture of.htm

System of the Arithmeticians; Predictions through Calculations ...
... For example, if I divide 19 into 9, the remainder is 1, for 9 times 2 are 18, and
there is a remaining monad: for if I subtract 18 from 19, there is a ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xiv system of the arithmeticians.htm

Argument. The First Part of the Apostles' Creed --viz. The ...
... Adam's fall; and, secondly, Redemption itself. The first five chapters are devoted
to the former subject, and the remainder to the latter. ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/argument the first part of.htm

He Then Clearly and Skilfully Criticises the Doctrine of the ...
... In the remainder of the passage, however, he becomes conciliatory, and says that
the essence "is not compared with any of the things that were made by it and ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 7 he then clearly.htm

After This
... But the remainder, for the sake of those who deem them of much force, he briefly
summarizes, and refutes the blasphemy of Eunomius, who says of the Lord also ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 4 after this.htm

The General Conference of 1804, and of the Annual Conferences of ...
... 3. The Philadelphia conference shall include the remainder of the state of New York,
all New Jersey, that part of Pennsylvania which lies on the east side of ...
/.../chapter 6 the general conference.htm

The Christian Rejoicing in the views of Death and Judgment.
... reconcile the mind to the prospect of death."4. From the considerations of the many
evils that surround us in this mortal life."5. Of the remainder of sin ...
/.../chapter xxix the christian rejoicing.htm

Acts XXVIII
... the services of Paul, they had lacked nothing during their stay on the island, and
were now about to leave it with all the necessaries for the remainder of the ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xxviii.htm

Meditation vi. The Last Pasch.
... Fire had already been lighted there, and Jesus poured some blood upon the hearth,
consecrating it as an altar; and the remainder of the blood and the fat were ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/meditation vi the last pasch.htm

Thesaurus

Remainder (33 Occurrences)
... for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life
interest is a particular estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in ...
/r/remainder.htm - 18k

Oblation (208 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 2:3 And the remainder of the oblation shall be Aaron's and his sons':
it is most holy of Jehovah's offerings by fire. (DBY). ...
/o/oblation.htm - 40k

Tablets (31 Occurrences)
... 81 are in the British Museum = BM; 160 in the New Babylonian and Assyrian Museum,
Berlin= B; 60 in the Cairo Museum = C; 20 at Oxford = O; the remainder, 20 or ...
/t/tablets.htm - 41k

Tell (3056 Occurrences)
... 81 are in the British Museum = BM; 160 in the New Babylonian and Assyrian Museum,
Berlin= B; 60 in the Cairo Museum = C; 20 at Oxford = O; the remainder, 20 or ...
/t/tell.htm - 33k

Rest (831 Occurrences)
... 21. (n.) That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part,
either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. 22. ...
/r/rest.htm - 47k

Remain (933 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To await; to be left to. 4. (n.) State of remaining; stay. 5. (n.) That
which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. ...
/r/remain.htm - 7k

El-amarna
... 81 are in the British Museum = BM; 160 in the New Babylonian and Assyrian Museum,
Berlin= B; 60 in the Cairo Museum = C; 20 at Oxford = O; the remainder, 20 or ...
/e/el-amarna.htm - 31k

Elamarna
... 81 are in the British Museum = BM; 160 in the New Babylonian and Assyrian Museum,
Berlin= B; 60 in the Cairo Museum = C; 20 at Oxford = O; the remainder, 20 or ...
/e/elamarna.htm - 31k

Surrender (18 Occurrences)
... a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state,
or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion. ...
/s/surrender.htm - 13k

Xerxes (24 Occurrences)
... During the remainder of his reign, Xerxes seems to have spent a listless existence,
absorbed in intrigues of the harem, and leaving the government to be ...
/x/xerxes.htm - 14k

Resources

What were the various sacrifices in the Old Testament? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that he who endures to the end will be saved (Matthew 24:13)? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that the Word of God will not return void? | GotQuestions.org

Remainder: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Remainder (33 Occurrences)

Exodus 29:34
If anything of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 2:3
And the remainder of the oblation shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is most holy of Jehovah's offerings by fire.
(DBY NAS)

Leviticus 2:10
And the remainder of the oblation shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is most holy of Jehovah's offerings by fire.
(DBY NAS)

Leviticus 5:13
And the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven; and the remnant shall be the priest's, as the meal-offering.
(See RSV)

Leviticus 6:16
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 7:16
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
(KJV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 7:17
But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 8:32
And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 14:18
And the remainder of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah.
(DBY)

Leviticus 14:29
And the remainder of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Jehovah.
(DBY)

Numbers 3:48
and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."
(WEB)

Joshua 21:40
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 10:10
The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 14:7
Behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say,'Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.' Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Samuel 21:2
And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)
(DBY)

1 Kings 12:23
Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remainder of the people, saying,
(DBY)

1 Kings 22:46
And the remainder of the sodomites, which were left in the days of his father Asa, he put away from out of the land.
(DBY)

2 Kings 4:7
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children on the remainder.
(WBS)

1 Chronicles 19:11
and the remnant of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set in array to meet the sons of Ammon.
(See NAS)

Esther 9:16
The other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn't lay their hand on the plunder.
(See NIV)

Psalms 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 10:19
And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.
(DBY)

Isaiah 21:17
And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'
(See NAS RSV)

Isaiah 44:17
And with the remainder thereof he maketh a ?god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me, for thou art my ?god.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 34:18
Is it a little thing for you -- the good pasture ye enjoy, And the remnant of your pasture ye tread down with your feet, And a depth of waters ye do drink, And the remainder with your feet ye trample,
(YLT)

Ezekiel 48:15
The five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in its midst.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 48:18
The remainder in the length, answerable to the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be answerable to the holy offering; and its increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 48:21
The residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in its midst.
(See NAS)

Daniel 7:7
After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it hath iron teeth very great, it hath consumed, yea, it doth break small, and the remnant with its feet it hath trampled; and it 'is' diverse from all the beasts that 'are' before it; and it hath ten horns.
(See NAS)

Daniel 7:19
Then I wished for certainty concerning the fourth beast, that was diverse from them all, fearful exceedingly; its teeth of iron, and its nails of brass, it hath devoured, it doth break small, and the remnant with its feet it hath trampled;
(See NAS)

Micah 5:3
Therefore he doth give them out till the time She who bringeth forth hath brought forth, And the remnant of his brethren return to the sons of Israel.
(See NAS)

Habakkuk 2:8
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence 'to' the land, 'To' the city, and 'to' all dwelling in it.
(See NAS)

Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation -- unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Remainder

Related Terms

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