Reference

Bible dictionary

3,964 entries on the people, places and words of the Bible, each linked to the passages it cites.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.

• Raamah

  Thunder.

• Raamiah

  Thunder of the Lord, one of the princes who returned from the Exile (Neh.

• Raamses

  (Ex.

• Rabbah

  Or Rab'bath, great.

• Rabbi

  My master, a title of dignity given by the Jews to their doctors of the law and their distinguished teachers.

• Rabboni

  (id.) occurs only twice in the New Testament (Mark 10:51, A.V., "Lord," R.V., "Rabboni;" John 20:16).

• Rabmag

  Assyrian Rab-mugi, "chief physician," "who was attached to the king (Jer.

• Rabsaris

  Chief of the Heads, one of the three officers whom Sennacherib sent from Lachish with a threatening message to Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17;

• Rabshakeh

  Chief of the princes, the name given to the chief cup-bearer or the vizier of the Assyrian court;

• Raca

  Vain, empty, worthless, only found in Matt.

• Rachab

  =Rahab, a name found in the genealogy of our Lord (Matt.

• Rachal

  Traffic, a town in the tribe of Judah, to which David sent presents from the spoils of his enemies (1 Sam.

• Rachel

  Ewe, "the daughter", "the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter" of Laban, and one of Jacob's wives

• Raguel

  Friend of God, (Num.

• Rahab

  Insolence;

• Raham

  Merciful, one of the descendants of Caleb, the son of Hezron (1 Chr.

• Rain

  There are three Hebrew words used to denote the rains of different seasons, (1.) Yoreh (Hos.

• Rainbow

  Caused by the reflection and refraction of the rays of the sun shining on falling rain.

• Raisins

  Dried grapes;

• Rakkath

  Shore-town, a "fenced city" of the tribe of Naphtali (Josh.

• Rakkon

  A place upon the shore, a town belonging to Dan (Josh.

• Ram

  Exalted.

• Rama

  (Matt.

• Ramathaim-zophim

  The two heights of the Zophites or of the watchers (only in 1 Sam.

• Ramathite

  The designation given to Shimei, the manager of David's vineyard (1 Chr.

• Ramath-lehi

  Elevation of Lehi, or the jawbone height;

• Ramath-mizpeh

  The height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower (Josh.

• Ramath of the south

  (Heb.

• Rameses

  "the land of" (Gen.

• Ramoth

  Heights.

• Ramoth-gilead

  Heights of Gilead, a city of refuge on the east of Jordan;

• Ranges

  (1.) Lev.

• Ransom

  The price or payment made for our redemption, as when it is said that the Son of man "gave his life a ransom for many" (Matt.

• Rapha

  Tall.

• Raphu

  Healed, a Benjamite, whose son Palti was one of the twelve spies (Num.

• Raven

  Heb.

• Razor

  The Nazarites were forbidden to make use of the razor (Num.

• Reba

  Fourth, one of the Midianite chiefs slain by the Israelites in the wilderness (Num.

• Rebekah

  A noose, the daughter of Bethuel, and the wife of Isaac (Gen.

• Rechab

  Horseman, or chariot.

• Rechabites

  The descendants of Rechab through Jonadab or Jehonadab.

• Reconcilation

  A change from enmity to friendship.

• Recorder

  (Heb.

• Redeemer

  Heb.

• Redemption

  The purchase back of something that had been lost, by the payment of a ransom.

• Red Sea

  The sea so called extends along the west coast of Arabia for about 1,400 miles, and separates Asia from Africa.

• Red Sea, Passage of

  The account of the march of the Israelites through the Red Sea is given in Ex.

• Reed

  (1.) "Paper reeds" (Isa.

• Refiner

  The process of refining metals is referred to by way of illustrations in Isa.

• Refuge, Cities of

  Were six in number (Num.

• Regem-melech

  Friend of the king, one of the two messengers sent by the exiled Jews to Jerusalem in the time of Darius (Zech.

• Regeneration

  Only found in Matt.

• Rehabiah

  Enlargement of the Lord, the son of Eliezer, and grandson of Moses (1 Chr.

• Rehob

  Street;

• Rehoboam

  He enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne, and apparently his only son.

• Rehoboth

  Broad places.

• Rehum

  Merciful.

• Rei

  Friendly, one who maintained true allegiance to king David (1 Kings 1:8) when Adonijah rebelled.

• Reins

  The kidneys, the supposed seat of the desires and affections;

• Rekem

  Embroidered;

• Remaliah

  Adorned by the Lord, the father of Pekah, who conspired successfully against Pekahiah (2 Kings 15:25, 27, 30, 32, 37;

• Remeth

  Another form of Ramah (q.v.) or Ramoth (1 Chr.

• Remmon-methoar

  (Josh.

• Remphan

  (Acts 7:43;

• Rent

  (Isa.

• Repentance

  There are three Greek words used in the New Testament to denote repentance.

• Rephael

  Healed of God, one of Shemaiah's sons.

• Rephaim

  Lofty men;

• Rephaim, Valley of

  (Josh.

• Rephidim

  Supports, one of the stations of the Israelites, situated in the Wady Feiran, near its junction with the Wady esh-Sheikh.

• Reprobate

  That which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jer.

• Rereward

  (Josh.

• Resen

  Head of the stream;

• Rest

  (1.) Gr.

• Resurrection of Christ

  One of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel.

• Resurrection of the dead

  Will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan.

• Reuben

  Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen.

• Reuben, Tribe of

  At the Exodus numbered 46,500 male adults, from twenty years old and upwards (Num.

• Reuel

  Friend of God.

• Revelation

  An uncovering, a bringing to light of that which had been previously wholly hidden or only obscurely seen.

• Revelation, Book of

  =The Apocalypse, the closing book and the only prophetical book of the New Testament canon.

• Revelation of Christ

  The second advent of Christ.

• Rezeph

  Solid;

• Rezin

  Firm;

• Rezon

  Prince, son of Eliadah.

• Rhegium

  Breach, a town in the south of Italy, on the Strait of Messina, at which Paul touched on his way to Rome (Acts 28:13).

• Rhesa

  Affection, son of Zorobabel, mentioned in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:27).

• Rhoda

  A rose, the damsel in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark.

• Rhodes

  A rose, an island to the south of the western extremity of Asia Minor, between Coos and Patara, about 46 miles long and 18 miles broad.

• Riblah

  Fruitful, an ancient town on the northern frontier of Palestine, 35 miles north-east of Baalbec, and 10 or 12 south of Lake Homs, on the eas

• Riddle

  (Heb.

• Righteousness

  See [535]JUSTIFICATION.

• Rimmon

  Pomegranate.

• Rimmon-parez

  A pomegranate breach, or Rimmon of the breach, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num.

• Ring

  Used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and also the ears and the nose.

• Riphath

  A crusher, Gomer's second son (Gen.

• Rissah

  Heap of ruins;

• Rithmah

  Wild broom, a station in the wilderness (Num.

• River

  (1.) Heb.

• River of Egypt

  (1.) Heb.

• River of Gad

  Probably the Arno (2 Sam.

• River of God

  (Ps.

• Rivers of Babylon

  (Ps.

• Rivers of Damascus

  The Abana and Pharpar (2 Kings 5:12).

• Rivers of Judah

  (Joel 3:18), the watercourses of Judea.

• Rizpah

  Coal;

• Road

  (1 Sam.

• Robbery

  Practised by the Ishmaelites (Gen.

• Rock

  (Heb.

• Roe

  (Heb.

• Rogelim

  Fullers, a town of Gilead, the residence of Barzillai the Gileadite (2 Sam.

• Roll

  The common form of ancient books.

• Romamti-ezer

  Elevation of help, one of the sons of Heman, "the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn." He was head of the "four-and-twenti

• Romans, Epistle to the

  This epistle was probably written at Corinth.

• Rome

  The most celebrated city in the world at the time of Christ.

• Rose

  Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria.

• Rosh

  (Ezek.

• Rosin

  Found only in Authorized Version, margin, Ezek.

• Ruby

  (Heb.

• Rudder bands

  Ancient ships had two great broad-bladed oars for rudders.

• Rue

  A garden herb (Ruta graveolens) which the Pharisees were careful to tithe (Luke 11:42), neglecting weightier matters.

• Rufus

  Red, the son of Simon the Cyrenian (Mark 15:21), whom the Roman soldiers compelled to carry the cross on which our Lord was crucified.

• Ruhamah

  Having obtained mercy, a symbolical name given to the daughter of Hosea (2:1).

• Rumah

  Elevation, probably the same as Arumah (Judg.

• Rush

  The papyrus (Job 8:11).

• Ruth

  A friend, a Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, whose father, Elimelech, had settled in the land of Moab.

• Ruth The Book of

  Was originally a part of the Book of Judges, but it now forms one of the twenty-four separate books of the Hebrew Bible.

• Rye

  =Rie, (Heb.