Raamah
1Ch 1:9, a region settled by Cushites, descendants of a grandson of Ham of the same name, Ge 10:7. It is supposed to have adjoined the Persian gulf on its western shore towards ...
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Raamses
Or Rameses, a city built by the Hebrews during their servitude in Egypt, Ex 1:11. It was situated in the land of Goshen; and appears to have been the capital of that country, Ge...
Rab-Mag
A general officer of Nebuchadnezzar’s army, at the taking of Jerusalem, Jer 39:3. He was, as his name signifies, a chief of the magi; a dignitary who had accompanied the king of...
Rab-Saris
An officer sent with Rabshakeh and Tartan, to summon Hezekiah, 2Ki 18:17Jer 39:3. It signifies "the chief of the eunuchs." Such officers, high in honor and in trust, are found o...
Rab-Shakeh
Chief butler or cup-bearer, an officer sent from Lachish by Sennacherib king of Assyria, to summon Hezekiah to surrender; which message he delivered in a most audacious and inso...
Rabbabbi
The wordRABin Hebrew signifies chief; thus Nebuzaradan is the chief or captain of the guard, 2Ki 25:8, in Hebrew rabtabbachim; so Ashpenaz is the rab, chief or master of the eun...
Rabbath
OrRABBATH-AMMON, afterwards called Philadelphia, the capital of the Ammonites, was situated near the southern source of the jabbok, some twenty-two miles beyond Jordan. It was f...
Rabbath-Moab
SeeAR.
Rabbi And Rabboni
SeeRAB.
Raca
A word derived from a Hebrew word signifying vain, trifling, brainless; otherwise, beggarly, worthless. It is thus translated by the Vulgate, in Jud 11:3; in the English, "vain ...
Race
Ps 19:5Ec 9:11. Various games were instituted among the Greeks and Romans, in honor of their gods, and with the design of training young men to personal vigor and activity, and ...
Rachel
Ewe or sheep, Ru 4:11, the younger sister of Leah, daughter of Laban, and the chosen wife of Jacob, though her sister was favored with more children. Rachel was the mother of Jo...
Raguel
Nu 10:29, orREUEL, Ex 2:15,18,21, the Hebrew word being the same in both places. These passages represent him as the father of Hobab and Zipporah, and he is generally supposed t...
Rahab
The English word Rahab represents two different Hebrew words:1.RAHAB, a Canaanite woman of Jericho, who gave shelter to the two spies sent in thither by Joshua; and in return wa...
Rain
In Scripture the "early" and the "latter" rain of Palestine is spoken of, De 11:14Ho 6:3. The former falls in the latter part of October, the seed-time of Palestine; and the wea...
Rainbow
Ge 9:13-15. This beautiful phenomenon is owing to the refraction of the beams of the sun in passing the drops of falling rain; the rays are separated into the prismatic colors, ...
Ramah
PluralRAMOTH, an eminence; and hence many places in Palestine are named Ramah, Ramath, Ramath, Ramathaim, etc. Sometimes the same place is called by one or other of these names ...
Ramathaim
SeeRAMAH.
Rameses
SeeRAAMSES.
Ramoth
A famous city in the mountains of Gilead; often called RamothGilead, and sometimes Ramath-Mizpeh, or the Watchtower, Jos 13:26. It belonged to Gad, was assigned to the Levites, ...
Raven
Ge 8:7; Le 11:15, a bird similar to the crow, but larger, and not gregarious. It feeds on dead bodies; and in its general characteristics resembles the crow of America. The eyes...
Rearward
The strong battalion that closed and guarded the rear of an army, Jos 6:13; Isa 52:12; 58:8.
Rebekah
A daughter of Bethuel, and sister of Laban in Mesopotamia, who became the wife of Isaac, and twenty years afterwards the mother of Jacob and Esau. The manner in which she was so...
Rechabites
Scripture acquaints us, Jer 35:2-11, that Jonadab son of Rechab, in the time of Jehu king of Israel; laid an injunction on his posterity not to drink wine, not to build houses, ...
Reconciliation
In Scripture, is the restoration of harmony between two persons at variance, by the removal of existing obstacles, 1Sa 29:4. Christ bids the man who has wronged his brother, to ...
Recorder
Or remembrancer, a sort of registrar of affairs at the court of Judah, 2Sa 8:16; 1Ki 4:3; 2Ki 18:18.
Red Sea
SeeSEA.