Dictionaries :: Reelaiah

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Reelaiah:

shepherd or companion to the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Reelaiah:

re-el-a'-ya, re-el-i'-a (re‘elyah): One of the 12 chiefs who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2 parallel Ne 7:7). In the passage in Ne the name is Raamiah" (ra‘amyah), and in 1 Esdras 5:8 "Resaias." Which is the original, it is almost impossible to decide; "Reelaiah" seems preferable.

Nave's Topical Bible

Reelaiah: A Returned Captive from Babylon

Ezr 2:2

Reelaiah: Called Raamiah

Neh 7:7

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Reelaiah:

(bearer of Jehovah) one who went up with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2). In Nehemiah 7:7 he is called Raamiah. SEE [RAAMIAH]. (B.C. 445)