International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Raguel (2)

ra-gu'-el, rag'-u-el (re`u'-el; Septuagint: Rhagouel): The Midianite chothen, i.e. either father-in-law or brother-in-law of Moses (Nu 10:29the King James Version, the Revised V...

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Rahab

ra'-hab:(1) (rachabh, "broad"; in Josephus, Ant, V, i, 2, 7, Rhachab;Heb 11:31andJas 2:25, Rhaab): A zonah, that is either a "harlot," or, according to some, an "innkeeper" in J...

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Raham

ra'-ham (racham, "pity," "love"): Son of Shema, and father of Jorkeam (1Ch 2:44).

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Rahel

ra'-hel (Jer 31:15the King James Version).SeeRACHEL.

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Raid

rad (1Sa 27:10).See WAR, 3.

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Rail; Railing; Railer,

ral, ral'-ing, ral'-er: To "rail" on (in modern usage "against") anyone is to use insolent or reproachful language toward one. It occurs in the Old Testament as the translation ...

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Raiment

ra'-ment.SeeDRESS.

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Raiment, Soft

(malakos): InMt 11:8English Versions of the Bible, where Jesus, speaking of John the Baptist, asks "What went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment?" where "raiment," tho...

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Rain

ran (maTar, Arabic (?), maTar, "rain" geshem, "heavy rain" moreh, "early rain," yoreh, "former rain," malqosh, "latter rain"; brecho, huetos):1. Water-Supply in Egypt and Palest...

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Rainbow

ran'-bo (qesheth, translated "a bow"; iris, "rainbow"): As most of the rainfall in Palestine is in the form of short heavy showers it is often accompanied by the rainbow. Most b...

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Rainfall In Jerusalem In Inches

Year Amount1861 27.30"1862 21.86"1863 26.54"1864 15.51"1865 18.19"1866 18.55"1867 29.42"1868 29.10"1869 18.61"1870 13.19"1871 23.17"1872 22.26"1873 22.72"1874 29.75"1875 27.01"1...

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Raise

raz: "To raise" in the Old Testament is most frequently the translation of the Hiphil form of qum, "to cause to arise," e.g. raising up seed (Ge 38:8), a prophet (De 18:18), jud...

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Raisin-Cakes

ra'-z'-n-kaks: the Revised Version (British and American) gives this rendering for the King James Version "foundations" inIsa 16:7(Hebrew 'ashishah from 'ashash, "to found," "ma...

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Raisins

ra'-z'-nz:(1) cimmuqim; staphides, translated "dried grapes,"Nu 6:3; mentioned in all other references as a portable food for a march or journey. Abigail supplied David with "a ...

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Rakem

ra'-kem (raqem, the pausal form of reqem): The eponym of a clan of Machir (1Ch 7:16).SeeREKEM.

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Rakkath

rak'-ath (raqqath; Codex Vaticanus Omathadaketh; Codex Alexandrinus Rhekkath): The Greek is obviously the result of confusing the two names Rakkath and Hammath, taking "r" in th...

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Rakkon

rak'-on (ha-raqqon; Hierakon).See ME-JARKON.

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Ram (1)

ram (ram, "high," "exalted"):(1) An ancestor of David (Ru 4:19(Arran);Mt 1:3,4(Aram); in1Ch 2:9he is called the "brother," but in 2:25, the "son of Jerahmeel" (compare 2:27). Ra...

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Ram (2)

ram:(1) The ordinary word is 'ayil, which is remarkably near to 'ayyal, "deer" (compare Latin caper, capra, "goat," and capreolus, "wild goat" or "roe-buck"; also Greek dorkas, ...

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Ram, Battering

SeeSIEGE.

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Ram's Horn

SeeMUSIC.

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Rama

ra'-ma (Rhama): the King James Version; Greek form ofRAMAH(which see) (Mt 2:18).

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Ramah

ra'-ma (ha-ramah, without the definite article only inNe 11:33;Jer 31:15): The name denotes height, from root rum, "to be high," and the towns to which it applied seem all to ha...

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Ramath Of The South

ra'-math, (Jos 19:8the King James Version).See RAMAH, (5).

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Ramath-Lehi

ra'-math-le'-hi (ramath lechi, "the hill" or "height of Lehi"; Anairesis siagonos): So the place is said to have been called where Samson threw away the jaw-bone of an ass, with...

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Ramath-Mizpeh

ra'-math-miz'-pe (ramath ha-mitspeh; Codex Vaticanus Araboth kata ten Massepha, Codex Alexandrinus Ramoth kata ten Maspha: A place mentioned inJos 13:26in a statement of the bou...

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Ramathaim-Zophim

ra-ma-tha'-im-zo'-fim.See RAMAH, (4).