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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Resaias

re-sa'-yas, re-si'-as (Rhesaias; the King James Version Reesaias):

One of the "leaders" with Zerubbabel in the return (1 Esdras 5:8) = "Reelaiah" in Ezra 2:2, "Raamiah" in Nehemiah 7:7. The name is apparently duplicated in 1 Esdras 5:8 in the form "Reelias."

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.