International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Raama

ra'-a-ma (ra`ma'): Thus spelled only in1Ch 1:9; elsewhere "Raamah" (ra`mah). A son of Cush and father of Sheba and Dedan (Ge 10:7=1Ch 1:9). In Ezekiel's lament over Tyre (Eze 27...

02

Raamiah

ra-a-mi'-a (ra`amyah; Codex Vaticanus Naamia; Codex Alexandrinus, Rheelma): One of the leading men who returned with Zerubbabel from captivity (Ne 7:7). In the corresponding pas...

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Raamses; Rameses

ra-am'-sez, ram'-e-sez (Ex 1:11), (Ge 47:11;Ex 12:37;Nu 33:3,5) (ra`mecec, ra`amcec; Rhamesse; Egyptian Ra-messu, "Ra created him" (or "it")):1. The Meaning of "Store-Cities":On...

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Rab-Mag

rab'-mag (rabh-magh;. Septuagint has it as a proper noun, Rhabamath): The name of one of the Babylonian princes who were present at the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezza...

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Rab-Saris

rab'-sa-ris (rabh-caric): As with Rab-mag, which is not regarded as a name, but a title, so this is to be regarded as a descriptive title for the person whose name precedes it (...

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Rabbah

rab'-a:(1) (rabbah; Rhabba, Rhabbath, Rhabban. The full name is rabbath bene `ammon; he akra ton huion Ammon, Rhabbath huion Ammon, "Rabbah of the children of Ammon"): This alon...

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Rabbi

rab'-i, rab'-i (rabbi; rhabbi, or rhabbei): A term used by the Jews of their religious teachers as a title of respect, from rabh, "great," so "my great one" (compare Latin magis...

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Rabbith

rab'-ith (ha-rabbith; Codex Vaticanus Dabeiron; Codex Alexandrinus Rhabboth): A town in the territory of Issachar (Jos 19:20) which is probably represented today by Raba, a vill...

09

Rabble

rab'-l: This word is not found in the King James Version. the Revised Version (British and American) has it once as the translation of agoraios (literally, "lounger in the marke...

10

Rabboni

rab-o'-ni, rab-o'-ni (rhabboni, "my great master" (Mr 10:51); rhabbouni (Westcott-Hort rhabbounei), (Joh 20:16)).of agoraios (literally, "lounger in the market place"), inAc 17:...

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Rabshakeh

rab'-sha-ke, rab-sha'-ke (rabhshaqeh): A compound word, the first part, rabh, indicating "head" or "chief" (see RAB-MAG; RAB-SARIS). The second part, which in the Aramaic, proba...

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Raca

ra'-ka, ra-ka'> (rhaka, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek with Codices Sinaiticus (corrected), Vaticanus, Codex E, etc.; rhacha, Tischendorf with Codices Sinaiticus ...

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Racal

ra'-kal (rakhal, "trader"): A place in Judah, enumerated among "the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt," to the elders of which he sent a share of his spo...

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Race

ras (merox; agon, dromos).See GAMES, I, 2; II, 3.

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Races

ras'-iz.SeeTABLE OF NATIONS.

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Rachab

ra'-kab (Rhachab): the King James Version; Greek form of "Rahab" (thusMt 1:5the Revised Version (British and American)).

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Rachal

ra'-kal.SeeRACAL.

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Rachel

ra'-chel (rachel, "ewe"; Rhachel (Ge 29:6;Jer 31:15, the King James Version "Rahel")):1. Biography:An ancestress of Israel, wife of Jacob, mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel ...

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Rachel's Tomb

(matstsebheth qebhurath rachel): InGe 35:20we read: "Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day," i.e. the time of the writer. ...

20

Raddai

rad'-a-i, ra-da'-i (radday, "beating down"(?)): The 5th of the 7 sons of Jesse, father of David, according to1Ch 2:14Septuagint, Codex Alexdrinus, "Rhaddai"; Lucian, "Rhedai"; o...

21

Radiant

ra'-di-ant (nahar, "to sparkle" i.e. (figurative) be cheerful; hence (from the sheen of a running stream), to flow, i.e. (figurative) assemble; flow (together), be lightened): t...

22

Raft

raft.See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 1, (2).

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Rafter

raf'-ter (So 1:17).SeeGALLERY;HOUSE.

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Rag

Plural inPr 23:21, "Drowsiness will clothe a man with rags" (qera'im "torn garment"; compare1Ki 11:30), and figuratively inIsa 64:6the King James Version, "All our righteousness...

25

Ragau

ra'-go (Rhagau (Westcott-Hort): the King James Version; Greek form of "Reu" (thus, the Revised Version (British and American)) (Lu 3:35).

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Rages; Ragau

ra'-jez, ra'-go1. Location:("Rages," Tobit 1:14; 4:1,20; 5:5; 6:9,12; 9:2; "Ragau," Judith 1:5,15; Rhagai, Rhaga, Rhage, Rhagau; in Darius' Behistun Inscriptions, II, 71, 72, Ra...

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Raguel (1)

ra-gu'-el, rag'-u-el (Rhagouel): "The friend of God," of Ecbatana, the husband of Edna, father of Sarah, and father-in-law of Tobias (Tobit 3:7,17; 6:10; 7:2 f; 14:12). In Tobit...