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In biblical terms, the concept of a "resort" is not directly mentioned as it is understood in contemporary language, such as a vacation destination. However, the idea of seeking a place for rest, refuge, or gathering is present throughout the Scriptures. The term "resort" can be understood in the context of places where individuals or groups would gather for specific purposes, such as rest, refuge, or worship.
Old Testament Context1.
Cities of Refuge: In the Old Testament, the cities of refuge served as a place where individuals who had accidentally committed manslaughter could flee for safety from the avenger of blood. These cities provided a form of asylum until a fair trial could be conducted.
Numbers 35:11-12 states, "Select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a manslayer who kills someone unintentionally may flee. They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly."
2.
Gathering for Worship: The Israelites were commanded to gather at specific times and places for worship and festivals. These gatherings were a form of spiritual resort, where the community would come together to honor God.
Deuteronomy 16:16 instructs, "Three times a year all your men must appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles."
New Testament Context1.
Jesus Seeking Solitude: Jesus often sought solitary places to pray and rest, which can be seen as a form of resort for spiritual renewal.
Mark 1:35 records, "Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray."
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Gathering of Believers: The early church frequently gathered in homes or designated places for fellowship, teaching, and prayer. These gatherings were essential for the spiritual growth and encouragement of believers.
Acts 2:46 describes, "With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart."
Symbolic and Spiritual Implications1.
God as a Refuge: Throughout the Bible, God is depicted as a refuge and strength for His people, a spiritual resort where believers can find safety and peace.
Psalm 46:1 declares, "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble."
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Eternal Rest: The ultimate resort for believers is the promise of eternal rest in the presence of God.
Hebrews 4:9-10 speaks of this rest, "So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His."
In summary, while the term "resort" is not explicitly used in the Bible, the concept of seeking a place for rest, refuge, and gathering is deeply embedded in the biblical narrative, reflecting both physical and spiritual dimensions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) Active power or movement; spring.
2. (v. i.) To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
3. (v. i.) To fall back; to revert.
4. (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
5. (n.) The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force.
6. (n.) A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.
7. (v.) That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
Greek
4848. sumporeuomai -- to journey together, hence to come together... go with,
resort. From sun and poreuomai; to journey together; by implication, to
assemble -- go with,
resort. see GREEK sun. see GREEK poreuomai.
...4905. sunerchomai -- to come together, by ext. to accompany
... depart in company with, associate with, or (specially), cohabit (conjugally) --
accompany, assemble (with), come (together), come (company, go) with,resort....
4693. spelaion -- a cave
... cave, den. Neuter of a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto); a cavern; by
implication, a hiding-place orresort -- cave, den. (spelaia) -- 1 Occurrence....
2064. erchomai -- to come, go
... a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) -- accompany, appear,
bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass,resort, be set...
4863. sunago -- to lead together, ie bring together, hence come...
... to entertain (hospitably) -- + accompany, assemble (selves, together), bestow, come
together, gather (selves together, up, together), lead into,resort, take in...
58. agora -- an assembly, place of assembly
... From ageiro (to gather; probably akin to egeiro); properly, the town-square (as
a place of publicresort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare -- market...
Strong's Hebrew
1875. darash -- toresort to, seek... 1874, 1875. darash. 1876 . to
resort to, seek. Transliteration: darash Phonetic
Spelling: (daw-rash') Short Definition: seek. Word Origin a prim.
...3320. yatsab -- to set or station oneself, take one's stand
... present selves, remaining,resort, set selves, be able to, can, with stand
fast, forth,. A primitive root; to place (any thing so...
6908. qabats -- to gather, collect
... A primitive root; to grasp, ie Collect -- assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together,
selves together, up), heap,resort, X surely, take up. 6907, 6908....
1980. halak -- to go, come, walk
... 1), passing (1), patrol (2), patrolled (2), pressed heavier (1), proceed (2), proceed*
(1), proceeded (4), prowl (1), prowled (1), ran (3),resort (1), return...
935. bo -- to come in, come, go in, go
... be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed,
(in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put,resort, run (down...
Library
Newcastle as a SummerResort
... Chapter 11. "I do Indeed Live by Preaching"; Wesley's Advice to Travelers;
Wesley and the French Prisoners Newcastle as a SummerResort....
It is not to the Philosophers that weResort for Information About...
... Chapter I."It is Not to the Philosophers that WeResort for Information
About the Soul But to God. [1489] [1490] Having discussed...
The Right to a Normal Romance, if Any
... That day I had received a letter from them written from a little hillresort operated
by our Mission, where they and others had gone to escape the worst of the...
The Champion of Origen, You See, the Encomiast of Pamphilus...
... Or, in the lastresort, if the matter comes to the proof, and your effrontery is
overborne by the multitude of testimonies, sing a palinode after the manner of...
Circular Letter to the Clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of Suffolk.
... by one, as on several other other articles, so particularly on this; Whether there
he any in their parish, that absent themselves from Church, whoresort to no...
Import of the Great Commission.
... The danger consists in the eager rush and universalresort. To be sensible that
there is such a rush, begin and enumerate.... Proxy is the universalresort....
The Arrest
... of the hill is the actual spot, or that the six aged olive trees which it contains
are those to the silent shadows of which the Saviour used toresort; but the...
Elucidations
... For moral purposes, it is the Bible of the millions whoresort to their confessors
and "directors." These remarks, however, are here introduced merely with...
Elucidation
... on account of more potent principality, [3795] it is necessary that every Church
(that is, those who are, on every side, faithful)resort." The greatness of...
Thou Shalt not Covet Thy Neighbor's House. Thou Shalt not Covet...
... And yet we pretend to be godly, know how to adorn ourselves most finely and conceal
our rascality,resort to and invent adroit devices and deceitful artifices...
Thesaurus
Resort (14 Occurrences)... act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting
or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular
resort; -- often figuratively
...Public (99 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NIV). Matthew 23:7 and like to be bowed to in places
of publicresort, and to be addressed by men as 'Rabbi.' (WEY)....
Bowed (150 Occurrences)
... See NAS). Matthew 23:7 and like to be bowed to in places of publicresort,
and to be addressed by men as 'Rabbi.' (WEY). Matthew 27...
Repair (26 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To go; to betake one's self; toresort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for
safety.... 4. (n.) Place to which one repairs; a haunt; aresort....
Recourse (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or
application for aid;resort.... 5. (vi) To have recourse; toresort....
Resorted (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) ofResort. Multi-Version Concordance
Resorted (10 Occurrences). Mark 2:13 And he went forth...
Den (19 Occurrences)
... 9; 104:22; Job 37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile (Isaiah 11:8); a recess for
secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" (Hebrews 11:38); aresort of thieves...
Appeal (30 Occurrences)
... or a favor; entreaty. 14. (vt)Resort to physical means; recourse. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. APPEAL. In the institution of...
Haunt (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To frequent; toresort to frequently;
to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon....
Zoheleth (1 Occurrence)
... serpent-stone, a rocky plateau near the centre of the village of Siloam, and near
the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the villageresort for water...
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