Rephael

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Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [1]

Raphael or Rephael

Son of Shemaiah, ( 1 Chronicles 26:7) The name is a compound of Rapha and El, medicine, or remedy of God.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]

Re'phael. (Healed Of God). Son of Shemaiah, the first-born of Obed-edom.  1 Chronicles 26:7. (B.C. about 1015).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]

REPHAEL . A family of gatekeepers (  1 Chronicles 26:7 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]

Son of Shemaiah, a Levite.  1 Chronicles 26:7 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]

 1 Chronicles 26:7,8

Holman Bible Dictionary [6]

 1 Chronicles 26:7

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [7]

 1 Chronicles 26:7.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]

rē´fā́ - el , ref´ā́ - el ( רפאל , rephā'ēl , "God has healed"; Ῥαφαήλ , Rhaphaḗl ): The eponym of a family of gatekeepers (  1 Chronicles 26:7 ). The name occurs in Tobit and Enoch ("Raphael"); it probably belongs to a group of late formations. See Gray, HPN , 225, 311.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]

(Heb. Rephael', רְפָאֵל , Healed Of God; Sept. ῾Ραφαήλ ) , a son of Shemaiah the Levite, of the house of Obed-edom. an able-bodied porter in the service of the house of God in David's reign ( 1 Chronicles 26:7). B.C. cir. 1015.

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