Lexical Definition

‎רְפָיָה‎ Rᵉphâyâh (ref-aw-yaw') Rephaiah ^N:N-M-P
from ‎רָפָא‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has cured

Rephaiah.

• § Rephaiah = "healed of Jehovah"
• Rephajah, the name of five Israelites

1) a descendant of Zerubbabel and David
2) a Simeonite chief in the reign of Hezekiah
3) son of Tola and grandson of Issachar
4) son of Binea and a descendant of Saul
5) son of Hur and a ruler of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

See Greek: Ῥησά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רְפָיָה‎

proper name, masculine 1. in David's family 1Chr 3:21, Ραφαλ, A ᵐ5^L Ραφαια.

2. in Simeon, 1Chr 4:42, Ραφαια(ς).

3. in Issachar, 1Chr 7:2, Ραφαρα, A ᵐ5^L Ραφαια.

4. descendant of Saul 1Chr 9:43, Ραφαια, ᵐ5^L Αραχα (= ‎רָפָה‎ 1Chr 8:37).

5. post-exilic name Neh 3:9, Ραφαια(ς).

Also see: רִפְיוֹן

‎רְפָיָה‎ proper name, masculine see below ‎רפא‎. ‎רִפְיוֺן‎ see ‎רפה‎. above,

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