רְאָיָהRᵉʼâyâh
proper name, masculine: hath seen
Pronunciation: reh-aw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7211
Meanings
1. Judaite (1 Chronicles 4:2; 1 Chronicles 2:52)
2. Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:5)
3. post-exilic name (Ezra 2:47; Nehemiah 7:50)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 4:2 Shobal’s son Reaiah was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
- 1 Chronicles 5:5 Micah, Reaiah, Baal,
- Ezra 2:47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
- Nehemiah 7:50 Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).