Rephaiah
The name Rephaiah means “medicine or refreshment of the Lord”.
Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863
(healed of Jehovah).
- The sons of Rephaiah appear among the descendants of Zerubbabel in (1 Chronicles 3:21)
- A Simeonite chieftain in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:42) (B.C. 727.)
- Son of Tola the son of Issachar. (1 Chronicles 7:2)
- Son of Binea, and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 9:43)
- The son of Hur, and ruler of a portion of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:9) (B.C. 441.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915
re-fa'-ya, re-fi'-a (rephayah, probably "Yah is healing"; Septuagint Rhaphaia(s)) :
(1) In David's family, Septuagint also Rhaphal (1Ch 3:21).
(2) A captain of Simeon (1Ch 4:42).
(3) A grandson of Issachar, Septuagint also Rhaphara (1Ch 7:2).
(4) A descendant of Saul (1Ch 9:43; in 1Ch 8:37 called "Raphah" (raphah); Septuagint also Raphai).
(5) One of the repairers of the wall under Nehemiah (Ne 3:9).