Ragau

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ra'gau. One of the ancestors of our Lord, son of Peleg. Luke 3:35. He is the same person with Reu, son of Peleg. See Reu.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Luke 3:35. Ancestor of Jesus; equated to Reu, son of Peleg (Genesis 9:19).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Luke 3:35

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

RAGAU . See following article.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See REU.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( ῾Ραγαῦ; Vulg. Ragau), the Greek form of the name of a place and of a person.

1. A place named only in the Apocrypha (Judith 1:5; Judith 1:15). In the latter verse the "mountains of Ragau" are mentioned. It is probably identical with RAGES (See Rages) (q.v.).

2. One of the ancestors of our Lord, son of Phalec (Luke 3:35). He is the same person with REU (See Reu) (q.v.), son of Peleg; and the difference in the name arises from our translators having followed the Greek form, in which the Hebrew ע was frequently expressed by γ, as is the case in Raguel (which once occurs for Reuel), Gomorrha, Gotholiah (for Atholiah), Phogor (for Peor), etc.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rā´gô ( Ῥαγαῦ , Rhagaū́ (Westcott-Hort), Ῥαγαύ , Rhagaú  : the King James Version; Greek form of "Reu" (thus, the Revised Version (British and American)) ( Luke 3:35 ).