Bible Dictionary

Rephaiah

The name Rephaiah means “medicine or refreshment of the Lord”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(healed of Jehovah).
  1. The sons of Rephaiah appear among the descendants of Zerubbabel in (1 Chronicles 3:21)
  2. A Simeonite chieftain in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:42) (B.C. 727.)
  3. Son of Tola the son of Issachar. (1 Chronicles 7:2)
  4. Son of Binea, and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 9:43)
  5. 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).