רְפָיָהRᵉphâyâh

רְפָיָה: 1.

Pronunciation: ref-aw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7509

Meanings

in David's family (1 Chronicles 3:21)

2. in Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:42)

3. in Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:2)

4. descendant of Saul (1 Chronicles 9:43; 1 Chronicles 8:37)

5. post-exilic name (Nehemiah 3:9)

רְפָיָה: proper name, masculine: see below רפא

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:21 The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah’s son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah’s son was Arnan. Arnan’s son was Obadiah. Obadiah’s son was Shecaniah.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:42 Five hundred of these invaders from the tribe of Simeon went to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel—all sons of Ishi.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. At the time of King David, the total number of mighty warriors listed in the records of these clans was 22,600.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:43 Moza was the father of Binea. Binea’s son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah’s son was Eleasah. Eleasah’s son was Azel.
  • Nehemiah 3:9 Rephaiah son of Hur, the leader of half the district of Jerusalem, was next to them on the wall.

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).