Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ruin The words used in the Hebrew thus rendered in the A.V. are very expressive. The ruin of a city by dilapidation, separating all its stones: Isa 25:2, Thou hast made of a fenced city a ruin (or separation, ; so of a country, Isa 23:13; , Isa 17:1; Eze 13:13; Eze 27:27). Ruin of … Continue reading “Ruin”

Ruhumah No text for this entry. Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures

Ruhmani in Hinda mythology, was the first consort of the god Vishnu in the incarnation of Krishna. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ruhamah [some Ru, hamah] (Heb. Ruchamah’, , finding mercy; part. of , to be merciful; Sept. translates , and so Vulg. misericordium consecuta), a figurative title of Israel. When God directed Hosea to prophesy against the wickedness of Israel and Judah, he commanded him to take to wife a harlot, the symbol of idolatry, the … Continue reading “Ruhamah”

Rugiwit in Wendish mythology, was a war god of the ancient Rugians, and presumably the same as Karewit, since the latter is represented in a similar character (at Karenz, on the island of Rugen). Frequent colossal statues of stone or wood were erected to him in the different towns, in which he appeared as a … Continue reading “Rugiwit”

Ruggles, William, LL.D. a Baptist educator, was born in Rochester, Mass., Sept. 5, 1797, and was a graduate of Brown University in the class of 1820. Shortly after graduating, he went to Washington, D.C., and was appointed a tutor in Columbian College in 1822, his name being retained in the list of its faculty for … Continue reading “Ruggles, William, LL.D.”

Ruggles, Henry Edwin a Presbyterian minister, was born at Newbury, Vt., Nov. 27, 1822. He entered Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1845. He spent a year in teaching the classics at Lyndon, Vt., and also at Hoosic Falls, where he remained two years, at the end of which time he entered the Union Theological … Continue reading “Ruggles, Henry Edwin”

Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich (1711 -1787 ) Natural philosopher, born Ragusa, Italy ; died Milan, Italy . Educated at the Jesuit college at Ragusa, he joined the order and was appointed professor of mathematics at the Roman College, 1740 . Besides publishing astronomical dissertations on sunspots, transit of Mercury, etc., he showed his ability as a … Continue reading “Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich”

Rugger, Prosper (originally Salono Meir ben-Moses), a Jewish scholar, was born at Novara in 1606. At the age of thirteen he was already known as a good Hebraist, and was afterwards appointed rabbi at Jerusalem. On June 25, 1664, he joined the Christian Church and received the name Prosper Ruggerius. The date of his death … Continue reading “Rugger, Prosper”

Rugg, John, Blessed Martyr , died Glastonbury, England , 1539. He had been a fellow of the two Saint Mary Winton colleges, and the first holder of the Wykehamical prebend “Bursalis,” at Chichester, but was living in retirement at Glastonbury, where he was executed with his abbot, Blessed Hugh Faringdon, for refusing to take the … Continue reading “Rugg, John, Blessed”