Bible Names N-Z

Rabshakeh in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(chief cupbearer), 2Ki 18:1..., 19:1 ...; Isa 36:1 ..., 37:1 ... one of the officers of the king of Assyria sent against Jerusalem in the reign of Hezekiah. [HEZEKIAH] (B.C. 713.) The English version takes Rabshakeh as the name of a person; but it is more probably the name of the office which he held at the court, that of chief cupbearer....

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Raguel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("friend of God.") 1. Prince priest of Midian; father of Zipporah, Moses' wife, and of Jethro and Hobab. (See JETHRO; HOBAB.) (Exodus 2:21; Exodus 3:1; Numbers 10:29). The older tradition, and the insecurity from Egyptian power which Moses would have been exposed to in the W. of the Elanitic gulf, favor the view that Raguel lived on the coas...

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Rapha in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ra'-fa (rapha'): (1) In the Revised Version margin these names are substituted for "the giant" in 1 Ch 20:4,6,8 and in 2 Sam 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 th...

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Rabshakeh in Easton's Bible Dictionary

chief of the princes, the name given to the chief cup-bearer or the vizier of the Assyrian court; one of Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah. See the speech he delivered, in the Hebrew language, in the hearing of all the people, as he stood near the wall on the north side of the city (2 Kings 18:17-37). He and the other envoys returned to...

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Rapha in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Benjamin 1Ch 8:2 -2. Also called REPHAIAH A descendant of Jonathan 1Ch 8:37; 9:43 -3. An ancestor of certain Philistine warriors, (margins) 2Sa 21:16,20,22; 1Ch 20:4,6,8...

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Rabshakeh in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

i.e. "chief cupbearer" (2 Kings 18-19; Isaiah 36-37). Sent by Sennacherib with Tartan who probably had chief command (first in 2 Kings 18:17; Isaiah 20:1) of an army to induce Jerusalem by threats and promises to surrender. Spokesman for Tartan and Rabsaris. Possibly a Jewish deserter and apostate. This is favored by his familiarity with the H...

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Raham in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ra'-ham (racham, "pity," "love"): Son of Shema, and father of Jorkeam (1 Ch 2:44)....

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Rapha in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(tall). 1. Son of Binea, among the descendants of Saul. 1Ch 8:37 2. One of Benjamin's descendants. 1Ch 8:2...

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