RAAMAH
(horse’s mane), a son of Cush and father of the Cushite Sheba and Dedan. (Genesis 10:7) (B.C. after 2513.) The tribe of Raamah became afterward renowned as traders. (Ezekiel 27:...
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RAAMIAH
(thunder of Jehovah), one of the chiefs who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:7) In (Ezra 2:2) he is called REELAIAH. (B.C. 445.)
RAAMSES
(Exodus 1:11) [RAMESES, OR RAAMSES]
RABBAH
(great).A very strong place on the east of the Jordan, and the chief city of the Ammonites. In five passages -- (3:11; 2 Samuel 12:26; 17:27; Jeremiah 49:2; Ezekiel 21:20) --it ...
RABBATH OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
RABBATHMOAB
[AR]
RABBI
a title of respect signifying master, teacher, given by the Jews to their doctors and teachers, and often addressed to our Lord. (Matthew 23:7,8; 26:25,49; Mark 9:6; 11:21; 14:4...
RABBITH
(multitude) a town in the territory, perhaps on the boundary, of Issachar. (Joshua 18:20) only.
RABBONI
(John 30:18) [RABBI]
RABMAG
(Jeremiah 39:3,13) a title borne by Nergal-sharezer, probably identical with the king called by the Greeks Neriglissar. [NERGAL-SHAREZER] (it probably means chief of the magi; a...
RABSARIS
(chief of the eunuchs).An officer of the king of Assyria sent up with Tartan and Rabshakeh against Jerusalem in the time of Hezekiah. (2 Kings 18:17) (B.C. 713.)One of the princ...
RABSHAKEH
(chief cupbearer), (2 Kings 19:1; Isaiah 36:1; Isaiah 37:1)... one of the officers of the king of Assyria sent against Jerusalem in the reign of Hezekiah. [HEZEKIAH] (B.C. 713.)...
RACA
a term of reproach derived from the Chaldee reka, worthless. ("Raca denotes a certain looseness of life and manners, while ’fool,’ in the same passage, means a downright wicked ...
RACE
[GAMES]
RACHAB
Rahab the harlot. (Matthew 1:15)
RACHAL
(trade), (1 Samuel 30:29) a town in the southern part of the tribe of Judah, one of the towns to which David sent presents out of the spoil of the Amalekites.
RACHEL
(ewe, or sheep), the younger of the daughters of Laban, the wife of Jacob (B.C. 1753) and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. The incidents of her life may be found in Genesis29-33, ...
RADDAI
(trampling), one of David’s brothers, fifth son of Jesse. (1 Chronicles 2:14)
RAGAU
one of the ancestors of our Lord, son of Peleg. (Luke 3:35) He is the same person with Reu, son of Peleg.
RAGES
an important city in northeastern Media, where that country bordered its ruins, still known by the name of Rhey, lie about five miles southeast of Teheran.
RAGUEL, OR REUEL
(friend of God).Probably the same as Jethro. [JETHRO; HOBAB] (B.C. 1490.)A pious Jew of "Ecbatane, a of Media," father of Sara, the wife of Tobias. Tob. 3:7,17, etc.
RAHAB
a poetical name of Egypt, (Psalms 89:10; Isaiah 51:9) signifying "fierceness, insolence, pride." Rahab, as a name of Egypt, occurs once only without reference to the exodus: thi...
RAHAB, OR RACHAB
(wide), a celebrated woman of Jericho who received the spies sent by Joshua to spy out the land, hid them in her house from the pursuit of her countrymen, was saved with all her...
RAHAM
(belly). In the genealogy of the descendants of Caleb the son of Hezron, (1 Chronicles 2:44) Raham is described as the son of Shema and father of Jorkoam.
RAHEL
the original form in our Authorized Version of the now familiar Rachel. (Jeremiah 31:15)
RAIN
In the Bible "early rain" signifies the rain of the autumn, (11:14) and "latter rain" the rain of spring. (Proverbs 16:1,5) For six months in the year, from May to October, no r...
RAINBOW
the token of the covenant which God made with Noah when he came forth from the ark that the waters should no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. The right interpretation o...