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Archaic KJV Word

Restore

Modern equivalent: repair

What Was Lost

The return to original glory. 'He restoreth my soul' did not mean God gave the psalmist a nap. It meant God returned his entire being to its original, intended state -- the state God designed before sin and brokenness distorted it. 'Restitution of all things' was the restoration of all creation to Eden's design.

Closest Survivor in Modern English

restore (still used but lacks the cosmic, all-creation-returning-to-Eden scope)

Peak Usage (1611)

KJV Psalm 23:3 -- 'He restoreth my soul'; Acts 3:21 -- 'The times of restitution of all things'

Died still used but minimized (~1900)

Hebrew shuv ('to cause to return/bring back to original state/reverse the damage') weakened into 'put back where it was' or 'renovate.' The cosmic restoration of all creation became home improvement.

What Replaced It

fix

Mechanical and limited; restore meant returning something to its original divine design

renovate

Cosmetic improvement; restoration was returning to the state God intended before the fall

repair

Functional fix; restoration was a complete return to original glory

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