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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Rephaiah

re-fa'-ya, re-fi'-a (rephayah, probably "Yah is healing"; Septuagint Rhaphaia(s)) :

(1) In David's family, Septuagint also Rhaphal (1 Chronicles 3:21).

(2) A captain of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:42).

(3) A grandson of Issachar, Septuagint also Rhaphara (1 Chronicles 7:2).

(4) A descendant of Saul (1 Chronicles 9:43; in 1 Chronicles 8:37 called "Raphah" (raphah); Septuagint also Raphai).

(5) One of the repairers of the wall under Nehemiah (Nehemiah 3:9).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.