Rapha

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The Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary by Robert Hawker (1828)

Benjamin’s fifth son was called by this name, I Chron. 8. 2 - - - And Binea had a son called Rapha, 1 Chron. 8. 37. The name means medicine or healing.

Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863) ↑

Ra’pha. (tall).

1. Son of Binea, among the descendants of Saul. 1Ch 8:37.

2. One of Benjamin’s descendants. 1Ch 8:2.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1878) ↑

1Ch 8:37. Rephaiah in 1Ch 9:43.

New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (1899) ↑

[Ra’pha]

1. Son of Benjamin. 1Ch 8:2.

2. Son of Binea. 1Ch 8:37. Called REPHAIAH in 1Ch 9:43.

3. Rapha, occurs in the margin of 2Sa 21:16; 2Sa 21:18; 2Sa 21:20; 1Ch 20:4, where it is ’the giant’ in the text. An ancestor of certain warriors.

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

RAPHA.—1. A Benjamite (1Ch 8:2). 2. See Rephaim.