Dictionary entry

Reaiah

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

re-a'-ya, re-i'-a (re'ayah, "Yah has seen"; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus, Rhada, A, Rheia):

(1) The eponym of a Calebite family (1Ch 4:2). The word "Reaiah" should probably be substituted for "Haroeh" in1Ch 2:52, but both forms may be corruptions.

(2) A Reubenite (1Ch 5:5, the King James Version "Reaia").

SeeJOEL.

(3) The family name of a company of Nethinim (Ezr 2:47;Ne 7:50= /RAPC 1Es 5:31).