Smith's Bible Dictionary

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REBEKAH

(ensnarer), daughter of Bethuel, (Genesis 22:23) and sister of Laban, married to Isaac. She is first presented to us in (Genesis 24:1)... where the beautiful story of her marria...

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RECHAB

(rider).One of the two "captains of bands" whom Ish-bosheth took into his service, and who conspired to murder him. (2 Samuel 4:2) (B.C. 1046.)The father of Malchiah, ruler of p...

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RECHABITES

[RECHAB]

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RECHAH

(uttermost part), probably a place in Judah--a village, Rashiah, three miles south of Jerusalem.

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RECORDER

an officer of high rank in the Jewish state, exercising the functions, not simply of an annalist, but of chancellor or president of the privy council. In David’s court the recor...

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RED SEA

Name. --The sea known to us as the Red Sea was by the Israelites called "the sea," (Exodus 14:2,9,16,21,28; 15:1,4,8,10,19; Joshua 24:6,7) and many other passages, and specially...

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REED

Under this name may be noticed the following Hebrew words:Agmon occurs in (Job 40:12,16; Isaiah 9:14) (Authorized Version "rush"). There can be no doubt that it denotes some aqu...

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REELAIAH

(bearer of Jehovah), one who went up with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:2) In (Nehemiah 7:7) he is called RAAMIAH. (B.C. 445.)

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REFINER

The refiner’s art was essential to the working of the precious metals. It consisted in the separation of the dress from the pure ore, which was effected by reducing the metal to...

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REFUGES CITIES OF

[CITIES OF REFUGE] CITIES OF REFUGE - 1019

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REGEM

(friend) a son of Jahdai. (1 Chronicles 2:47)

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REGEMMELECH

(friend of the king). The names of Sherezer and Regem-melech occur in an obscure passage of Zechariah. (Zechariah 7:2) They were sent on behalf of some of the captivity to make ...

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REHABIAH

(enlarged by Jehovah), the only son of Eliezer the son of Moses. (1 Chronicles 23:17; 24:21; 26:25) (B.C. about 1455.)

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REHOB

The father of Hadadezer king of Zobah, whom David smote at the Euphrates. (2 Samuel 8:3,12) (B.C. before 1043.)A Levite or family of Levites who sealed the covenant with Nehemia...

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REHOBOAM

(enlarger of the people), son of Solomon by the Ammonite princess Naamah, (1 Kings 14:21,31) and his successor. (1 Kings 11:43) Rehoboam selected Shechem as the place of his cor...

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REHOBOTH

(wide places, i.e. streets).The third of the series of wells dug by Isaac, (Genesis 26:22) in the Philistines’ territory, lately identified as er-Ruheibeh, 16 miles south of Bee...

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REHUM

(merciful).One who went up from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:2) (B.C. 536.)"Rehum the chancellor." (Ezra 4:8,9,17,23) He was perhaps a kind of lieutenant-governor of the pro...

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REI

(friendly), a person mentioned (in (1 Kings 1:8) only) as having remained firm to David’s cause when Adonijah rebelled. (B.C. 1015.)

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REINS

(i.e. kidneys). In the ancient system of physiology the kidneys were believed to be the seat of desire and longing, which accounts for their often being coupled with the heart. ...

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REKEM

one of the towns of the allotment of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:27) Its existing site is unknown.

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REKEM

(variegation).One of the five kings or chieftains of Midian slain by the Israelites. (Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21)One of the four sons of Hebron, and father of Shammai. (1 Chroni...

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REMALIAH

(protected by Jehovah). The father of Pekah, captain of Pekahiah; king of Israel, who slew his master and usurped his throne. (2 Kings 15:25-37; 16:1,5; 2 Chronicles 28:6; Isaia...

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REMETH

(height), one of the towns of Issachar. (Joshua 19:21) It is probably though not certainly, a distinct place from the RAMOTH of (1 Chronicles 6:73)

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REMMON

(pomegranate), a town in the allotment of Simeon, (Joshua 10:7) elsewhere accurately given in the Authorized Version as Rimmon.

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REMMONMETHOAR

a place which formed one of the landmarks of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:13) only. Methoar does not really form a part of the name, but should be translated (as in the margin of the Aut...

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REMPHAN

(Acts 7:43) and Chi’un, (Amos 5:26) have been supposed to be names of an idol worshipped secretly by the Israelites in the wilderness, difficulty has been occasioned by this cor...

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REPHAEL

(healed of God), son of Shemaiah, the first-born of Obed-edom. (1 Chronicles 26:7) (B.C. about 1015.)