Raamiah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

RAAMIAH . One of the twelve chiefs who returned with Zerubbabel ( Nehemiah 7:7 = Ezra 2:2 [ Reelaiah ], Esther 5:8 Esther 5:8 [ Resaias] ).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ra-ami'ah. (thunder of Jehovah). One of the chiefs, who returned with Zerubbabel. Nehemiah 7:7. In Ezra 2:2, he is called Reelaiah. (B.C. 445).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("whom Jehovah makes to tremble".) (Nehemiah 7:7). Reeliah in Ezra 2:2.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 7:7Ezra 2:2

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 7:7Ezra 2:2

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See REELAIAH.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Raamyah', רִעִמְיָה, thundesr of Jehovah; Sept. ῾Ρεελμά [v. r. Νααμία ), one of the chief Israelites who returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:7), B.C. 445. In the parallel list (Ezra 2:2) he is called REELAIAH, and the Greek equivalent of the name in the Sept. of Nehemiah appears to have arisen from a confusion of the two readings, unless, as Bulrrington (Geneal. ii, 68) suggests, ῾Ρεελμά is an error of the copyist for ῾Ρεελαία, the-uncial letters ai having been mistaken for m. In 1 Esdras 5:2 the name appears as REESALAS.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rā - a - mı̄´a ( רעמיה , ra‛amyāh  ; Codex Vaticanus Νααμιά , Naamiá  ; Codex Alexandrinus, Ῥεελμά , Rheelmá ): One of the leading men who returned with Zerubbabel from captivity ( Nehemiah 7:7 ). In the corresponding passage in Ezra 2:2 , where the same list is named, a slight variation in form is given. "Reelaiah" is the name found in this passage. Doubtless, one is a corruption of the other. Both have the same root meaning.