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Riphath in Hitchcock's Bible Names

remedy; medicine; release; pardon...

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Rufus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(red) is mentioned in Mr 15:21 as a son of Simon the Cyrenian. Lu 23:26 (A.D. 29.) Again, in Ro 16:13 the apostle Paul salutes a Rufus whom he designates as "elect in the Lord." This Rufus was probably identical with the one to whom Mark refers....

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Rimmon in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Father of Rechab and Bannah: 2 Samuel 4:2-9.(See RECHAB; BAANAH.) 2. An idol worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus (2 Kings 5:18). The name appears in Hadad Rimmon. From rum, "the most high"; as El-ion (Selden, Gesenius, etc.). Others from Hebrew rimmon, a "pomegranate," sacred to Venus; the fertilizing principle in nature; tree worship a...

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Romamti-ezer in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ro-mam-ti-e'-zer, ro-mam-ti-e'-zer (romamti `ezer, "highest help"): Son of Heman, appointed chief of the 24th division of singers in David's time (1 Ch 25:4,31). See JOSHBEKASHAH....

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Rufus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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. Probably it is the same person who is again mentioned in Rom. 16:13 as a disciple at Rome, whose mother also was a Christian held in esteem by the apostle. Mark mentions him along with his brother Alexande...

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Rimmon in Hitchcock's Bible Names

exalted; pomegranate...

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Romamti-ezer in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Heman 1Ch 25:4,31...

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Rufus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Simon the Cyrenian who bore Christ's cross. Mark (Mark 15:21) wrote at Rome (Clemens Alex.). Now if "Rufus (whom Paul salutes as at Rome) chosen in the Lord" (Romans 16:13) be the same Rufus as Mark mentions in writing a Gospel for the Romans, the undesigned coincidence will account for what otherwise would be gratuitous information to...

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Rezon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(prince), son of Eliadah, a Syrian, who when David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, put himself at the head of a band of freebooters and set up a petty kingdom at Damascus. 1Ki 11:23 He harassed the kingdom of Solomon during his whole reign. (B.C. 1043-975.)...

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Rezin in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

re'-zin (retsin; Rhaasson): The last of the kings of Syria who reigned in Damascus (2 Ki 15:37; 16:5-10; Isa 7:1; 8:4- 7). Alona with Pekah, the son of Remaliah, who reigned 20 years over Israel in Samaria, he joined in the Syro- Ephraimitic war aaainst Ahaz, the king of Judah. Together they laid siege to Jerusalem, but were unsuccessful in the ...

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