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 7:7 Ezra 2:2

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 7:7 Ezra 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.