Residue

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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]

1: Κατάλοιπος (Strong'S #2645 — Adjective — kataloipos — kat-al'-oy-pos )

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 .

 Mark 16:13

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.

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