Rei

Rei in Hitchcock's Bible Names

my shepherd; my companion; my friend...

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Rei in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(friendly), a person mentioned (in 1Ki 1:8 only) as having remained firm to David's cause when Adonijah rebelled. (B.C. 1015.)...

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Rei in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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

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Rei in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Remained faithful to David in Adonijah's rebellion. Ewald makes Rei as Shimei, David's brother. Raddad (1 Kings 1:8). Jerome (Quaest. Hebrew) makes him "Hiram the Zairite," i.e. "Ira the Jairite."...

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Rei in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

re'-i (re`i, "friendly"; Rhesei): Rei, Shimei and the Gibborim who belonged to David are listed among those who did not join Adonijah in his attempt on the throne (1 Ki 1:8). The name is very uncertain. Winckler (Geschichte, II, 247) identifies him with Ira, the Jairite, who was a "priest to David" (2 Sam 20:26 the Revised Version margin); he ...

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Rei in Naves Topical Bible

-An Israelite who remained loyal to David at the time of the usurpation of Adonijah 1Ki 1:8...

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