International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Reaiah

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | Download

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Reaiah


Subjects in this Topic:

rḗ-ā´ya, rḗ-ı̄´a (ראיה, re'āyāh, “Yah has seen”; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus, Ῥαδά, Rhadá, A, Ῥειά, Rheiá):

(1) The eponym of a Calebite family (). The word “Reaiah” should probably be substituted for “Haroeh” in , but both forms may be corruptions.

(2) A Reubenite (, the King James Version “Reaia”). See JOEL.

(3) The family name of a company of Nethinim (; = 1 Esdras 5:31).