Revive, Reviving
Revive, Reviving
re-vv, re-vving: revive is the translation of , hayah, to live, cause to live, used of restoration to life (Gen 45:27; Jdg 15:19, etc.); of rebuilding (Neh 4:2); of restoration to well-being (Psa 85:6 (the Revised Version (British and American) quicken); Psa 138:7; Isa 57:15; Hos 6:2; Hos 14:7); of Yahweh’s gracious work for His people (Hab 3:2, revive thy work in the midst of the years, etc.); reviving is the translation of , mihyah preservation or means of life (Ezr 9:8, Ezr 9:9). Revive occurs in the New Testament as the translation of , anazao, to live again (Rom 7:9, and Rom 14:9, the King James Version Christ both died, and rose, and revived, the Revised Version (British and American) (omitting and rose) Christ died and lived again zao).
In 1 Macc 13:7 the Revised Version (British and American) we have And the spirit of the people revived, , anazopureo, to stir or kindle up as a fire, the same word as in 2Ti 1:6, the Revised Version (British and American) stir up the gift of God, which is in thee, margin Greek: ‘stir into flame.’
In view of the frequent modern use of revive and revival, it is worthy of notice that it is to Timothy himself the exhortation is addressed. We too often merely pray for revivals, forgetting that it is for us to stir into flame the gift of the Spirit which we have already received of God. It is ours from Him, but we let it lie dormant, as a slumbering ember merely.