The word in Scripture

Remnant in the Bible

The word remnant appears 92 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A remnant is the faithful few God preserves through judgment. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What remnant means in the Bible

A remnant is the faithful few God preserves through judgment.

Where the word remnant appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word remnant appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.”Exodus 26:12

“The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.”Isaiah 10:21

“And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:”Isaiah 37:31

“And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.”Matthew 22:6

“Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:”Romans 9:27

“Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.”Romans 11:5

“And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.”Revelation 11:13

“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”Revelation 12:17