Residue
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
(2): ( n.) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.
(3): ( n.) Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.
(4): ( n.) That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; - used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
an adjective denoting "left remaining" (kata, "after, behind," leipo, "to leave"), akin to the verb in the Note above, is translated "residue" in Acts 15:17 , from the Sept. of Amos 9:12 .
King James Dictionary [3]
RES'IDUE, n. L. residuus.
1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed or designated.
The locusts shall eat the residue of that which has escaped. Exodus 10 .
The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jeremiah 15 .
2. The balance or remainder of a debt or account.
