International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Rephaiah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Rephaiah


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rḗ-fā´ya, rḗ-fı̄´a (רפיה, rephāyāh, probably “Yah is healing”; Septuagint Ῥαφαιά(ς), Rhaphaiá(s)) :

(1) In David's family, Septuagint also Rhaphál ().

(2) A captain of Simeon ().

(3) A grandson of Issachar, Septuagint also Rhaphará ().

(4) A descendant of Saul (; in called “Raphah” (רפה, rāphāh); Septuagint also Raphaı́).

(5) One of the repairers of the wall under Nehemiah ().