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Restore [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To return to a person, as a specific thing which he has lost, or which has been taken from him and unjustly detained. We restore lost or stolen goods to the owner.

2. Now therefore restore to the man his wife. Genesis 20:7 .

3. To replace; to return; as a person or thing to a former place.

4. Pharaoh shall restore thee to thy place. Genesis 40:13 .

5. To bring back.

6. The father banish'd virtue shall restore

7. To bring back or recover from lapse, degeneracy, declension or ruin to its former state.

8. - Loss of Eden, till one greater man restore it, and regain the blissful seat.

9. - Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions.

10. To heal; to cure; to recover from disease.

11. His hand was restored whole like as the other. Matthew 12:13 .

12. To make restitution or satisfaction for a thing taken, by returning something else, or something of different value.

13. He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. Exodus 22:1 .

14. To give for satisfaction for pretended wrongs something not taken. Psalms 69:4 .

15. To repair; to rebuild; as, to restore and to build Jerusalem. Daniel 9:25 .

16. To revive; to resuscitate; to bring back to life.

17. Whose son he had restored to life. 2 Kings 8:6 .

18. To return or bring back after absence. Hebrews 13:19 .

19. To bring to a sense of sin and amendment of life.

20. Galatians 6:1 .

21. To renew or re-establish after interruption; as, peace is restored. Friendship between the parties is restored.

22. To recover or renew, as passages of an author obscured or corrupted; as, to restore the true reading.

23. To store again. The goods taken out were restored.

Restore [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Restoration.

Restore [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.

3. To renew; to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance.

4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.

5. To make good; to make amends for.

6. To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc.

7. To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like.

Restored [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Returned; brought back; retrieved; recovered; cured; renewed; re-established.

Restored [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Restorement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of restoring; restoration. [Not used.]

Restorement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Restoration.

Restorer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that restores; one that returns what is lost or unjustly detained; one who repairs or re-establishes.

Restorer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, restores.

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Genesis 20:7

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”

Genesis 20:14

And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.

Genesis 40:13

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

Genesis 40:21

And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

Genesis 41:13

And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”

Genesis 42:25

Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,

Genesis 42:28

And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

“My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”

Exodus 4:7

And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

“Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.

Exodus 22:1

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

Exodus 22:4

If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.

Leviticus 6:4

Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,

Leviticus 6:5

Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.

or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

Leviticus 24:21

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.

Leviticus 25:27

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.

Leviticus 25:28

But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.

Numbers 21:27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.

Numbers 35:25

And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

Deuteronomy 22:2

And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.

Deuteronomy 28:31

Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.

Deuteronomy 30:3

That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.