Reaiah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Reaiah . 1 . A Calebite family (  1 Chronicles 4:2 ), called in   1 Chronicles 2:52 Haroeh (wh. see). 2 . A Reubenite family (  1 Chronicles 5:5 ). 3 . A Nethinim family name (  Ezra 2:47 =   Nehemiah 7:50 = 1Es 5:31 Jairus ).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Reai'ah. (Seen Of Jehovah).

1. A descendant of Shubal, the son of Judah.  1 Chronicles 4:2.

2. The children of Reaiah were a family of Nethinim, who returned from Babylon, with Zerubbabel.  Ezra 2:47;  Nehemiah 7:50. (B.C. before 536).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Shobal, a son of Judah.   1 Chronicles 4:2 .

2. Ancestor of some Nethinim who returned from exile.   Ezra 2:47;  Nehemiah 7:50 .

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

Son of Shobel. ( 1 Chronicles 4:2) There was another of this name, the son of Micah. ( 1 Chronicles 5:5) Compounded of Rea, or Raah, to see—and Jah, Lord.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 2:52 2 1 Chronicles 5:5 3 Ezra 2:47 Nehemiah 7:50

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  1 Chronicles 4:2.

2.  Ezra 2:47;  Nehemiah 7:50.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Reayah', רְאָיָה , Seen Of Jehovah ) , the name of three Hebrews.

1. (Sept. ῾Ράδα v. r. ῾Ρεϊά ) A "son" of Shobal son of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:2). B.C. post 1658. He is apparently designated by the epithet Haroeh ( הָרֹאֶה , Ha-Roeh, The Seer; Sept. Ἀραά , Vulg. Qui Videbat; evidently a mere corruption of Reaiah ) . (See Shobal).

2. (Sept. ῾Ρηχά ) The son of Micah and father of Baal, apparently phylarchs of the tribe of Reulben not long before the invasion of Tiglath-Pileser ( 1 Chronicles 5:5, A.V. "Reaia"). B.C. ante 720.

3. (Sept.' ῾Ραϊά v. R. ῾Ρααϊά , etc.) One of the Nethinim whose posterity returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:47;  Nehemiah 7:50). B.C. ante 536.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rḗ - ā´ya , rḗ - ı̄´a ( ראיה , re'āyāh , "Yah has seen"; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus, Ῥαδά , Rhadá , A, Ῥειά , Rheiá ):

(1) The eponym of a Calebite family ( 1 Chronicles 4:2 ). The word "Reaiah" should probably be substituted for "Haroeh" in  1 Chronicles 2:52 , but both forms may be corruptions.

(2) A R eubenite ( 1 Chronicles 5:5 , the King James Version "Reaia"). See Joel .

(3) The family name of a company of Nethinim ( Ezra 2:47;  Nehemiah 7:50 = 1 Esdras 5:31).