restoration

i was prompted to do a word study on the word 'restore' in the bible, and discovered there were so many things God restored:

Old Testament
שׁוּב
Hebrew - shûb (read as shoob)
= to turn back, deliver (again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), repent, requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward...

• health: flesh, hand,
  
• property in terms of crops, homes, lands
  
• cities and towns
• rule/leadership/kingdom/dominion
• life
• altar/temple of the Lord
  
• soul
• the joy of our salvation
• relationship with God; to be in His presence
  
• the nation
• comfort
• devastated places
• sanity
  
• family
• finances
• social status
• righteous state
• restore twice (Zechariah 9:12)

New Testament
ἀποκαθίστημι
Greek - apokathistēmi (read as ap-ok-ath-is'-tay-mee)
= to reconstitute (in health, home or organization): - restore (again).

• sight to the blind - Matthew 9:30. Mark 8:25
  
• withered hand became whole - Matthew 12:13; Mark 3:5; Luke 6:10
  

καταρτίζω
Greek - katartizō (read as kat-ar-tid'-zo)
= to complete thoroughly, that is, repair (literally or figuratively) or adjust: - fit, frame, mend, (make) perfect (-ly join together), prepare, restore.

• restore from sin - Galatians 6:1

στηρίζω
Greek - stērizō (read as stay-rid'-zo)
= to set fast, that is, (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction, or (figuratively) to confirm: - fix, (e-) stablish, stedfastly set, strengthen.

• restore to strength in the midst of suffering - 1 Peter 5:10
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The Lord gives everyone such hope in life. No matter what we have gone through, He loves so much, He is willing to restore us...that we may be whole again in every way - spirit, soul, body!