Rapha

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Margin of  1 Chronicles 20:4,6 , where "giant" is given in the text.

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Rapha'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/r/rapha.html. 1897.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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

2. Son of Binea.   1 Chronicles 8:37 . Called Rephaiah in  1 Chronicles 9:43 .

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

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

Benjamin's fifth son was called by this name,  1 Chronicles 8:2—And Binea had a son called Rapha,  1 Chronicles 8:37. The name means medicine or healing.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ra'pha. (tall).

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

2. One of Benjamin's descendants.  1 Chronicles 8:2.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 8:2 Genesis 46:21  1 Chronicles 8:37

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Rapha . 1 . A Benjamite (  1 Chronicles 8:2 ). 2 . See Rephaim.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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