Ramiah

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Ramiah . One of the sons of Parosh who had married a foreign wife (  Ezra 10:25 [  Esther 9:26  Esther 9:26 Hiermas ]).

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [2]

Or more properly Ram-jah. One who returned from Babylon, ( Ezra 10:25) The compound makes the name, raised up of the Lord.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]

Rami'ah. One who had taken "a strange wife."  Ezra 10:25.

Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]

One who had married a strange wife.  Ezra 10:25 .

Holman Bible Dictionary [5]

 Ezra 10:25

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]

ra - mı̄´a ( רמיה , ramyāh , "Yah has loosened" or "Yah is high"): One of the Israelites, of the sons of Parosh, mentioned in the register of those who had offended in the matter of foreign marriages (  Ezra 10:25 ). The form of the name in 1 Esdras (9:26), "Hiermas," presupposes a Hebrew form yeremyāh or possibly yirmeyāh = "Jeremiah."

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]

(Heb. Ramyah', רִמְיָה , Fixed Of Jehovah Sept. ῾Ραμία ), an Israelite of the sons of Parosh, who divorced his Gentile wife under the influence of Ezra ( Ezra 10:25). B.C. 458.

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