King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Remnant
CategoryTheological Term / Prophetic Term
Modern Equivalenta faithful surviving minority; those who remain true to God when most have fallen away.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionA small surviving portion — especially the faithful minority within Israel who remained true to God through times of apostasy, exile, and judgment. The remnant theme runs through the prophets and into the NT, where Paul sees Jewish believers as the remnant of Israel according to election.
Key Verses"Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace." (Romans 11:5); "Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal." (1 Kings 19:18)