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Reaiah
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Reaiah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
son of Shobal of Judah
son of Micah of Reuben
a Levite; head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time
vision of the Lord
son of Micah of Reuben
a Levite; head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time
vision of the Lord
Hebrew
Strongs #07211: hyar R@'ayah
Reaia or Reaiah = "Jehovah has seen"1) a descendant of Shobal the son of Judah
2) a Reubenite, son of Micah and father of Baal
3) a progenitor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile
with Zerubbabel
7211 R'ayah reh-aw-yaw'
from 7200 and 3050; Jah has seen; Reajah, the name of threeIsraelites:-Reaia, Reaiah.
see HEBREW for 07200
see HEBREW for 03050
Reaiah [NAVE]
REAIAH1. A man of Judah, son of Shobal, 1 Chr. 4:2.
Apparently called Haroeh, 1 Chr. 2:52.
2. Ancestor of a family which returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon, Ezra 2:47; Neh. 7:50.
REAIAH [SMITH]
(seen of Jehovah).- A descendant of Shubal the son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:2)
- The children of Reaiah were a family of Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:47; Nehemiah 7:50) (B.C. before 536.)
REAIAH [ISBE]
REAIAH - re-a'-ya, re-i'-a (re'ayah, "Yah has seen"; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus, Rhada, A, Rheia):(1) The eponym of a Calebite family (1 Ch 4:2). The word "Reaiah" should probably be substituted for "Haroeh" in 1 Ch 2:52, but both forms may be corruptions.
(2) A Reubenite (1 Ch 5:5, the King James Version "Reaia").
See JOEL.
(3) The family name of a company of Nethinim (Ezr 2:47; Neh 7:50 = 1 Esdras 5:31).