International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Ramathaim; Ramathem

ra-ma-tha'-im, ram'-a-them (1 Macc 11:34; the King James Version).See RAMAH, (4).

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Ramathite

ra'-math-it (ha-ramathi; Codex Vaticanus ho ek Rhael; Codex Alexandrinus ho Rhamathaios): So Shimei is called who was set by David over the vineyards (1Ch 27:27). There is nothi...

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Rameses

ram'-e-sez, ra-me'-sez.SeeRAAMSES.

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Ramiah

ra-mi'-a (ramyah, "Yah has loosened" or "Yah is high"): One of the Israelites, of the sons of Parosh, mentioned in the register of those who had offended in the matter of foreig...

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Ramoth (1)

ra'-moth:(1) ra'moth; he Rhamoth: A city in the territory of Issachar assigned to the Gershonite Levitea (1Ch 6:73), mentioned between Daberath and Anem. It seems to correspond ...

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Ramoth (2)

ra'-moth (ramoth, Qere for yeremoth (Ezr 10:29the King James Version); the Revised Version margin Kethibh makes the name similar to those inEzr 10:26,27): One of the offenders i...

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Ramoth (3)

(Job 28:18King James Version margin).See STONES, PRECIOUS.

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Ramoth-Gilead

ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad (ramoth gil'adh; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmath Galadd; Codex Alexandrinus Rhammoth, and other forms): A great and strong city East of the Jordan in the territory o...

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Rampart

ram'-part (La 2:8;Na 3:8).SeeFORTIFICATION.

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Rams' Skins

The skin of the sheep, roughly tanned with all the wool on, is the common winter jacket of the shepherd or peasant, the ram's being considered especially desirable (compareHeb 1...

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Range

ranj: "Range" and "rank" have the same derivation, and in the sense of a "row" (of men, etc.) they were formerly interchangeable. "Range" with this meaning is found in2Ki 11:8,1...

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Rank

rank:(1) 'orach, used inJoe 2:7of the advance of the locust army which marched in perfect order and in straight lines, none crossing the other's track.(2) ma`arakhah, "battle ar...

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Ranks

ranks (prasid, "a square plot of ground," "a garden-bed"): "They sat down in ranks" (Mr 6:40); the several reclining ranks formed, as it were, separate plots or "garden-beds."

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Ransom

ran'-sum (the noun occurs in the English Bible 12 times (Ex 21:30the King James Version pidhyon;Ex 30:12;Job 33:24;36:18;Pr 6:35;13:8;21:18;Isa 43:3, kopher;Mt 20:28;Mr 10:45, l...

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Rape

rap. SeeCRIMES;PUNISHMENTS.

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Rapha, Raphah

ra'-fa (rapha'):(1) In the Revised Version margin these names are substituted for "the giant" in1Ch 20:4,6,8and in2Sa 21:16,18,20,22. The latter passage states that certain cham...

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Raphael

ra'-a-el, ra'-fa-el (repha'el, from rapha' 'el, "God has healed"; Rhaphael): The name of the angel who, as Azarias, guides Tobias to ECBATANA andRAGES(which see). The purpose of...

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Raphaim

raf'-a-im, ra-fa'-im (Codex Vaticanus omits; Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus have Rhapha(e)in): An ancestor of Judith (Judith 8:1).

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Raphon

ra'-fon (@Rhapheion]): The place where in his campaign East of Jordan Judas inflicted disastrous defeat on the host of Timotheus, the fugitives fleeing for refuge to the temple ...

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Raphu

ra'-fu (raphu', "one healed"): The father of Palti, the spy selected from the tribe of Benjamin (Nu 13:9).

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Rasses

ras'-ez (Rhaasseis, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus, Rhasseis; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Tharsis; Old Latin Thiras et Rasis): The children of Rasses ar...

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Rathumus

ra-thu'-mus (Rhathumos): One of those who joined in writing a letter to protest to Artaxerxes against the Jews (1 Esdras 2:16 ff). In 1 Esdras 2:17 he is styled "story-writer," ...

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Raven

ra'-vn (`orebh; korax; Latin Corvus corax): A large family of the smaller birds of prey belonging to the genus Corvus corax. A bird of such universal distribution that it is kno...

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Raven; Ravin

rav'-n, rav'-in: "Raven" (verb) is from "rapine," "violent plundering, used for Taraph, inGe 49:27;Ps 22:13;Eze 22:25,27, while "ravin" (noun) is the object ravened, inNa 2:12th...

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Razis

ra'-zis (Rhazeis): "An elder of Jerusalem," "lover of his countrymen," and for his good will toward them called "father of the Jews," accused before the Syrian general Nicanor a...

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Razor

ra'-zer (ta`ar, "knife" (Nu 6:5;Ps 52:2;Isa 7:20;Eze 5:1), morah, "razor" (Jud 13:5;16:17;1Sa 1:11)).SeeBARBER;HAIR.

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Reading

red'-ing (miqra'; anagnosis): As a noun occurs once in the Old Testament (Ne 3:8) and 3 times in the New Testament (Ac 13:15;2Co 3:14;1Ti 4:13), each time with reference to the ...