Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament by Curtis Mitch & Scott Hahn

Author:Curtis Mitch & Scott Hahn [Mitch, Curtis & Hahn, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Bibles, New Revised Standard Version, New Testament & Portions, Study, Spiritual & Religion
ISBN: 9781586172503
Google: jcTsxY_j8rkC
Amazon: 1586172506
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2009-11-30T07:00:00+00:00

Word Study

Remnant (Rom 11:5)

Leimma (Gk.): a "portion" or "remainder". The biblical concept of a "remnant" refers to the survivors of God's people who escape conquest, catastrophe, and divine chastisement. The Greek OT uses similar terms in contexts where God's judgment on his people stops short of total annihilation. Thus Noah's family was the surviving remnant after the flood (Sir 44:17), and Jacob and his sons were the few who escaped a severe famine (Gen 45:7). When the kingdom of Israel was divided, the remnant came to mean, first, the remainder of the northern Israelites who were spared from Assyrian destruction in 722 B.C. (Is 10:20-22; Jer 31:7; Amos 3:12). It was later applied to the survivors of the Southern Kingdom of Judah who escaped death during the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. (Ezra 9:8; Jer 40:11; Hag 1:12). Several prophets looked forward to God restoring the remnant of Israel and Judah who were scattered across the world, reuniting them as his people (Is 11:11; Jer 50:20; Zech 8:12-13).

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