Rapha, Raphah
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ISBE 19158 verse references
ISBE 1915
ra'-fa (rapha'):
(1) In the Revised Version margin these names are substituted for "the giant" in 1Ch 20:4,6,8 and in 2Sa 21:16,18,20,22. The latter passage states that certain champions of the Philistines who were slain by David's warriors had been born to the raphah in Gath. The text is corrupt; Raphah is probably an eponym. Originally the name of one of the Philistines who was of the body "Rephaites" stood in the text. The plural of this word, or at least a plural of this stem, is REPHAIM (which see).
(2) Raphah (the King James Version "Rapha"), a descendant of Saul (1Ch 8:37).
See REPHAIAH.
Horace J. Wolf
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
1 Chronicles 20:41 Chronicles 20:61 Chronicles 20:82 Samuel 21:162 Samuel 21:182 Samuel 21:202 Samuel 21:221 Chronicles 8:37
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- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain