Dictionaries :: Rephaiah

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Rephaiah:

medicine or refreshment of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Rephaiah:

re-fa'-ya, re-fi'-a (rephayah, probably "Yah is healing"; Septuagint Rhaphaia(s)) :

(1) In David's family, Septuagint also Rhaphal (1Ch 3:21).

(2) A captain of Simeon (1Ch 4:42).

(3) A grandson of Issachar, Septuagint also Rhaphara (1Ch 7:2).

(4) A descendant of Saul (1Ch 9:43; in 1Ch 8:37 called "Raphah" (raphah); Septuagint also Raphai).

(5) One of the repairers of the wall under Nehemiah (Ne 3:9).

Nave's Topical Bible

Rephaiah: 1. A Descendant of David

1Ch 3:21

Rephaiah: 2. A Simeonite Captain

1Ch 4:42

Rephaiah: 3. Son of Tola

From the tribe of Issachar,

1Ch 7:2.

Rephaiah: 4. A Descendant of Jonathan

1Ch 9:43

Called RAPHA,

1Ch 8:37.

Rephaiah: 5. Governor over Half of Jerusalem

In the time of Nehemiah,

Neh 3:9.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Rephaiah:

(healed of Jehovah).

(1.) The sons of Rephaiah appear among the descendants of Zerubbabel in 1 Chronicles 3:21.

(2.) A Simeonite chieftain in the reign of Hezekiah (1 Chronicles 4:42). (B.C. 727)

(3.) Son of Tola the son of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:2).

(4.) Son of Binea, and descendant of Saul (1 Chronicles 9:43).

(5.) The son of Hur, and ruler of a portion of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:9). (B.C. 441)