International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Reelias

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Reelias


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rḗ-el´i-as (Codex Alexandrinus Ῥεέλιας, Rheélias (Fritzschel); Codex Vaticanus followed by Swete, Βορολείας, Boroleı́as; the King James Version Reelius): One of the “leaders” with Zerubbabel in the return from exile (1 Esdras 5:8, margin “Reelaiah”). It occupies the place of “Bigvai” in ; , but in form it must be the equivalent of “Reelaiah” of Ezr and “Raamiah” of Nehemiah. It is perhaps a duplicate of “Resaias.”