Smith's Bible Dictionary

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RAISINS

[VINE]

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RAKEM

(flower garden), a descendant of Machir the son of Manasseh. (1 Chronicles 7:16) (B.C. before 1451.)

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RAKKATH

(shore), a fortified city in the tribe of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:35) It was on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, not far from the warm baths of Tiberias.

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RAKKON

(the temple) (of the head), a well-watered place in the inheritance of Dan, not fur from Joppa. (Joshua 19:46)

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RAM

(high, exalted).A son of Hezron and the father of Ammin-adab, born in Egypt after Jacob’s migration there. (Ruth 4:19) (B.C. 1706.) In (Matthew 1:3,4) and Luke 3:33 He is called...

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RAM

[See BATTERING-RAM]

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RAMA

(Matthew 2:15) referring to (Jeremiah 31:15) It is the Greek form of Ramah.

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RAMAH

(a hill). This is the name of several places in the holy land.One of the cities of the allotment of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:25) Its site is at er-Ram, about five miles from Jerusal...

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RAMATH OF THE SOUTH

one of the towns at the extreme south limit of Simeon. (Joshua 19:8) It is in all probability the same place as south Ramoth. (1 Samuel 30:27)

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RAMATHAIMZOPHIM

(the two heights of the watchers). [RAMAH, 2]

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RAMATHITE, THE

Shimei the Ramathite, i.e. a native of Ramah, had charge of the royal vineyards of King David. (1 Chronicles 27:27) (B.C. 1050.)

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RAMATHLEHI

(hill of the jawbone, or hill of Lehi), the name bestowed by Samson on the scene of his slaughter of the thousand Philistines with the jaw bone, (Judges 15:17) a place by the ro...

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RAMATHMIZPEH

(high place of the watch-tower). [RAMOTH-GILEAD]

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RAMESES, OR RAAMSES

(child of the sun), a city and district of lower Egypt. (Genesis 47:11; Exodus 12:37; Numbers 33:3,5) This land of Rameses either corresponds to the land of Goshen or was a dist...

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RAMIAH

one who had taken "a strange wife." (Ezra 10:25)

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RAMOTHGILEAD

(heights of Gilead), one of the great fastnesses on the east of jordan, and the key to an important district. (1 Kings 4:13) It was the city of refuge for the tribe of Gad, (4:4...

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RAMS HORNS

[CORNET; JUBILEE, THE YEAR OF]

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RAPHA

(tall).Son of Binea, among the descendants of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37)One of Benjamin’s descendants. (1 Chronicles 8:2)

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RAPHAEL

(the divine healer). According to Jewish tradition, Raphael was one of the four angels which stood round the throne of God --Michael, Uriel, Gabriel, Raphael.

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RAPHON

a city of Gilead, 1 Macc. 15:37 perhaps identical with Raphana, which is mentioned by Pliny as one of the cities of the Decapolis.

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RAPHU

the father of Palti, the Benjamite spy. (Numbers 13:9) (B.C. before 1490.)

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RAVEN

(black). The Hebrew oreb is applied to the several species of the crow family, a number of which are found in Palestine. The raven belongs to the order Insessores, family Corvid...

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RAZOR

Besides other usages, the practice of shaving the head after the completion of a vow must have created among the Jews a necessity for the special trade of a barber. (Leviticus 1...

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REAIA

a Reubenite, son of Micah, and apparently prince of his tribe. (1 Chronicles 5:5) The name is identical with Reai’ah.

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REAIAH

(seen of Jehovah).A descendant of Shubal the son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:2)The children of Reaiah were a family of Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:...

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REBA

(four), one of the five kings of the Midianites slain by the children of Israel when Balaam fell. (Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21) (B.C. 1450.)

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REBECCA

(Romans 9:10) only. [REBEKAH]