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The concept of "repaired" in the Bible often refers to the restoration or fixing of physical structures, such as walls, gates, and altars, as well as the spiritual renewal of individuals and communities. This theme is prevalent throughout the Scriptures, symbolizing both physical and spiritual restoration.

Old Testament References

1. Nehemiah's Rebuilding of Jerusalem's Walls: One of the most prominent examples of repair in the Bible is found in the Book of Nehemiah. After the Babylonian exile, Nehemiah led the effort to repair the walls of Jerusalem. This task was not only a physical undertaking but also a spiritual revival for the people of Israel. Nehemiah 4:6 states, "So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work." The repair of the walls symbolized the restoration of the community's identity and security.

2. The Temple Repairs under King Josiah: In 2 Kings 22, King Josiah initiated repairs to the Temple in Jerusalem. This act of restoration was accompanied by a spiritual reformation, as the Book of the Law was rediscovered during the repairs. 2 Kings 22:5 records, "And let them deliver it into the hands of the workmen appointed to oversee the house of the LORD, to give it to the workers repairing the damages to the house of the LORD."

3. Hezekiah's Reforms: King Hezekiah also undertook significant repairs to the Temple, as recorded in 2 Chronicles 29. His efforts were part of a broader spiritual renewal, calling the people back to the worship of Yahweh. 2 Chronicles 29:3 notes, "In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them."

New Testament References

While the New Testament does not focus on physical repairs as much as the Old Testament, the theme of spiritual repair and restoration is evident.

1. Restoration through Christ: The New Testament emphasizes the repair of the broken relationship between God and humanity through Jesus Christ. This spiritual repair is central to the message of the Gospel. In 2 Corinthians 5:18 , Paul writes, "All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation."

2. Peter's Restoration: After Peter's denial of Jesus, he experienced a personal restoration. In John 21, Jesus reinstates Peter, asking him three times, "Do you love Me?" This act of repair not only restored Peter's relationship with Jesus but also reaffirmed his role in the early Church.

Symbolism and Application

The act of repairing in the Bible often symbolizes a return to faithfulness and obedience to God. It serves as a reminder of God's desire to restore what is broken, whether it be physical structures, relationships, or spiritual lives. The biblical narrative consistently points to God's redemptive work, calling His people to participate in the repair and restoration of their communities and their own hearts.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Repair.

Strong's Hebrew

2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... 1), post a strong (1), prevailed (4), prevailed over (1), put (1), received strength
(1), recovered (1), rely (1), repair (12), repaired (14), repairers (1 ...
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2421a. chayah -- to live
... his life (1), preserve...alive (1), preserves the lives (1), raise (1), recover
(4), recovered (1), recovery (1), remained alive (1), repaired (1), restored to ...
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7495. rapha -- to heal
... healed (1), heal (24), healed (22), healer (1), healing (2), heals (3), physician
(1), physicians (4), purified (2), reappeared (1), repaired (2), take care (1 ...
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Library

Chap. xxxiii. How Augustine Repaired the Church of Our Saviour ...
... How Augustine repaired the church of our Saviour, and built the monastery of the
blessed Peter the Apostle; and concerning Peter the first abbot of the same. ...
/.../bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxxiii how augustine repaired.htm

"But Clearly, as we Experienced, He Repaired, with Manifold ...
... Dialogues of Sulpitius Severus. Chapter XIV. "But clearly, as we experienced,
he repaired, with manifold interest? "But clearly ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xiv but clearly as.htm

Whether Venial Sin is Fittingly Condivided with Mortal Sin?
... with virtue, is the order to the last end, as stated above ([1914]Q[72], A[5];[1915]
Q[87], A[3]): and if this order be corrupted, it cannot be repaired by any ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether venial sin is fittingly.htm

The Discovery of the Life-Bringing Cross and of the Holy
... At the same time his mother Helena repaired to the city for the purpose
of offering up prayer, and of visiting the sacred places. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter i the discovery of the.htm

How Zachariah Shallum, Menahem Pekahiah and Pekah Took the ...
... virtue, but was religious towards God, and righteous towards men, and careful of
the good of the city [for what part soever wanted to be repaired or adorned he ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 11 how zachariah shallum.htm

This Day are Opened, Our Mouths to Give Thanks
... Praise unto the Triune God goes up from the three breaches; for that He descended
and repaired them, in His mercy which restrains wrath. ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn ii this day are.htm

Methodical Liberality
... house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.6. But it was so, that in the three
and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/methodical liberality.htm

All the Characteristics of Our Bodies --Sex, Various Limbs, Etc. ...
... of Which Point, However, We are No Judges. Analogy of the Repaired Ship.
But behold how persistently they still accumulate their ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter lx all the characteristics of.htm

Sharon. Caphar Lodim. The Village of those of Lydda.
... "But the men of Sharon withdrew not themselves back" (they are the words of the
Jerusalem Gemara), "because they repaired their houses within seven years: and ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 17 sharon caphar lodim.htm

John Chapter vii. 19-24
... For it was bodily health. The health of the flesh is repaired, and the flesh dies;
and when it is repaired, death is only put off, not taken away. ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xxx john chapter vii.htm

Thesaurus

Repaired (46 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Repaired (46 Occurrences). ... 1 Samuel 24:22 And David swore
to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men repaired to the hold. ...
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Repairs (24 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 12:6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash
the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. (See RSV). ...
/r/repairs.htm - 13k

Section (22 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 3:4 Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz.
Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. ...
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Meshul'lam (23 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Nehemiah 3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the
son of Hakkoz. ... And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. (See RSV). ...
/m/meshul'lam.htm - 12k

Official (45 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 3:7 Next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite,
the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, that appertained to the throne of the ...
/o/official.htm - 20k

Berechi'ah (11 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. ...
And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. (See RSV). ...
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Berechiah (12 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 3:4 Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz.
Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. ...
/b/berechiah.htm - 12k

Berekiah (11 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. ...
And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. (See NIV). ...
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Meshullam (25 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 3:4 Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz.
Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. ...
/m/meshullam.htm - 18k

Koz (5 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 3:4 Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz.
Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. ...
/k/koz.htm - 8k

Resources

What does it mean to stand in the gap (Ezekiel 22:30)? | GotQuestions.org

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Who was Hur in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Repaired: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Repaired (46 Occurrences)

Judges 21:23
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
(KJV WBS)

1 Samuel 24:22
And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men repaired to the hold.
(WBS)

1 Kings 11:27
This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

1 Kings 18:30
Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me;" and all the people came near to him. He repaired the altar of Yahweh that was thrown down.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 12:6
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

2 Kings 12:7
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why have ye not repaired the breaches of the house? And now receive no money of your acquaintances, but give it for the breaches of the house.
(DBY)

2 Kings 12:14
for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

1 Chronicles 11:8
He built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 15:8
When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:3
He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 32:5
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
(KJV WBS)

2 Chronicles 33:16
And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
(KJV WBS)

2 Chronicles 34:10
And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it to mend and repair the house;
(See NIV)

Ezra 4:12
Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you are come to us to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.
(WEB ASV)

Nehemiah 3:4
Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. Next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:5
Next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't put their necks to the work of their lord.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:6
The old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:7
Next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, that appertained to the throne of the governor beyond the River.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:8
Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. Next to him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified Jerusalem even to the broad wall.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:9
Next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:10
Next to them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against his house. Next to him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:11
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:12
Next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:13
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:14
The dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth Haccherem; he built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:15
The spring gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of David.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:16
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, to the place over against the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:17
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:18
After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:19
Next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:20
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:21
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:22
After him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:23
After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:24
After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:25
Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Nehemiah 3:26
(Now the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)
(See RSV)

Nehemiah 3:27
After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:28
Above the horse gate repaired the priests, everyone over against his own house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:29
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his own house. After him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:30
After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:31
After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 3:32
Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 4:7
And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
(DBY)

Jeremiah 19:11
and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without place to bury;
(YLT NAS NIV)

Amos 9:11
In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Repaired

Related Terms

Repaired (46 Occurrences)

Zadok (50 Occurrences)

Joiada (5 Occurrences)

Jeshuah (1 Occurrence)

Jeshua (30 Occurrences)

Wastes (33 Occurrences)

Frequented (1 Occurrence)

Raisest (4 Occurrences)

Repairers (3 Occurrences)