RAPHA, RAPHAH ra'-fa (rapha'): (1) In the Revised Version margin these names are substituted for "the giant" in 1 Chronicles 20:4,6,8 and in 2 Samuel 21:16,18,20,22. The latter passage states that certain champions of the Philistines who were slain by David's warriors had been born to the raphah in Gath. The text is corrupt; Raphah is probably an

RANKS ranks (prasid, "a square plot of ground," "a garden-bed"): "They sat down in ranks" (Mark 6:40); the several reclining ranks formed, as it were, separate plots or "garden-beds." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RANKS'". "International Standard Bible

RANK rank: (1) 'orach, used in Joel 2:7 of the advance of the locust army which marched in perfect order and in straight lines, none crossing the other's track. (2) ma`arakhah, "battle array" (1 Chronicles 12:38 the King James Version; compare 1 Samuel 4:16; 17:22,48). See ARMY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Inf

RAMS' SKINS The skin of the sheep, roughly tanned with all the wool on, is the common winter jacket of the shepherd or peasant, the ram's being considered especially desirable (compare Hebrews 11:37). Hence, the appropriateness of these skins in the covering of the tabernacle (Exodus 25:5, etc.). See TABERNACLE; DYE, DYEING. Copyright Statement Th

RANGE ranj: "Range" and "rank" have the same derivation, and in the sense of a "row" (of men, etc.) they were formerly interchangeable. "Range" with this meaning is found in 2 Kings 11:8,15 the King James Version parallel 2 Chronicles 23:14 (the Revised Version (British and American) "rank"; sedherah, "row"). Hence, "to range" is "to set in a line

RAMPART ram'-part (Lamentations 2:8; Nahum 3:8). See FORTIFICATION. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RAMPART'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

RAMOTH-GILEAD ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad (ramoth gil'adh; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmath Galadd; Codex Alexandrinus Rhammoth, and other forms): A great and strong city East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad, which played an important part in the wars of Israel. It is first mentioned in connection with the appointment of the Cities of Refuge (Deuteronomy 4:4

RAMOTH (3) (Job 28:18 King James Version margin). See STONES, PRECIOUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RAMOTH (3)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

RAMOTH (2) ra'-moth (ramoth, Qere for yeremoth (Ezra 10:29 the King James Version); the Revised Version margin Kethibh makes the name similar to those in Ezra 10:26,27): One of the offenders in the matter of foreign marriages. The English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version, adopting Kethibh, read JEREMOTH (which see). Copyri

RAMOTH (1) ra'-moth: (1) ra'moth; he Rhamoth: A city in the territory of Issachar assigned to the Gershonite Levitea (1 Chronicles 6:73), mentioned between Daberath and Anem. It seems to correspond to "Remeth" in Joshua 19:21, and to "Jarmuth" in 21:29, and is possibly identical with er-Rameh about 11 miles Southwest of Jenin. (2) Ramoth of the

RAMIAH ra-mi'-a (ramyah, "Yah has loosened" or "Yah is high"): One of the Israelites, of the sons of Parosh, mentioned in the register of those who had offended in the matter of foreign marriages (Ezra 10:25). The form of the name in 1 Esdras (9:26), "Hiermas," presupposes a Hebrew form yeremyah or possibly yirmeyah = "Jeremiah." Copyright Stateme

RAMESES ram'-e-sez, ra-me'-sez. See RAAMSES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RAMESES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

RAMATHITE ra'-math-it (ha-ramathi; Codex Vaticanus ho ek Rhael; Codex Alexandrinus ho Rhamathaios): So Shimei is called who was set by David over the vineyards (1 Chronicles 27:27). There is nothing to show to which Ramah he belonged. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor.

RAMATHAIM; RAMATHEM ra-ma-tha'-im, ram'-a-them (1 Macc 11:34; the King James Version). See RAMAH, (4). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RAMATHAIM; RAMATHEM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

RAMATHAIM-ZOPHIM ra-ma-tha'-im-zo'-fim. See RAMAH, (4). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RAMATHAIM-ZOPHIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

RAMATH-MIZPEH ra'-math-miz'-pe (ramath ha-mitspeh; Codex Vaticanus Araboth kata ten Massepha, Codex Alexandrinus Ramoth kata ten Maspha: A place mentioned in Joshua 13:26 in a statement of the boundary of Gad, between Heshbon and Betonim. It may possibly be identical with MIZPAH, (1). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography

RAMATH-LEHI ra'-math-le'-hi (ramath lechi, "the hill" or "height of Lehi"; Anairesis siagonos): So the place is said to have been called where Samson threw away the jaw-bone of an ass, with which he had slain 1,000 Philistines (Judges 15:17). The Septuagint seems to have supposed that the name referred to the "heaving" or throwing up of the jaw-bo

RAMAH ra'-ma (ha-ramah, without the definite article only in Nehemiah 11:33; Jeremiah 31:15): The name denotes height, from root rum, "to be high," and the towns to which it applied seem all to have stood on elevated sites. (1) Codex Vaticanus Arael; Codex Alexandrinus Rhama: A fenced city in the lot assigned to Naphtali (Joshua 19:36). Only in

RAMA ra'-ma (Rhama): the King James Version; Greek form of RAMAH (which see) (Matthew 2:18). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RAMA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

RAM'S HORN See MUSIC. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RAM'S HORN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.