Main article: List of biblical names
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R [edit]
See Bible Study Tools Library letter R or Christian Classics Ethereal Library letter R or Smith's Bible Dictionary letter R or Easton's Bible Dictionary letter R for additional definitions and Biblical sources. Most of the men's and women's biblical names can be found in Herbert Lockyer's books with a biblical source where in the bible they can be found.[1] Many also have a short study on the name.[1] Most of the Biblical name definitions for places, cities, countries, angels, gods, mountains and Hebrew names can be found in Nancy M. Tischler's two volume encyclopedia All things in the Bible, an encyclopedia of the biblical world with a short study on each of them.[2]
- Raamah, greatness; thunder; some sort of evil[3]
- Raamiah, thunder, or evil, from the Lord[3]
- Rabbah, great; powerful; contentious[3]
- Rabbi, Rabboni, my master[3]
- Rabbith, multitude[4]
- Rabboni, lord, teacher[5]
- Rabmag, who overthrows or destroys a multitude[3]
- Rab-saris, chief of the eunuchs[3]
- Rabshakeh, cup-bearer of the prince[3]
- Raca, worthless; good-for-nothing[3]
- Rachab, same as Rahab[3]
- Rachal, to whisper; an embalmer; a village of the tribe of David[3]
- Rachel, ewe,[3] God's ewe
- Raddai, ruling; coming down[3]
- Ragau, friend; shepherd[3]
- Raguel, shepherd, or friend of God[3]
- Rahab, proud; quarrelsome (applied to Egypt)[3]
- Rahab, large; extended (name of a woman)[3]
- Raham, compassion; a friend[3]
- Rakem, flower garden[6]
- Rakkath, empty; temple of the head[3]
- Rakkon, vain; void; mountain of enjoyment[3]
- Ram, elevated; sublime[3]
- Ramah, same as Ram[3]
- Ramath, Ramatha, raised; lofty[3]
- Ramathaim-Zophim, the two watch-towers[3]
- Ramath-lehi, elevation of the jaw-bone[3]
- Ramath-mizpeh, elevation of the watch-tower[3]
- Ramiah, exaltation of the Lord[3]
- Ramoth, eminences; high places[3]
- Raphah, Raphu, relaxation; physic; comfort[3]
- Reaiah, vision of the Lord[3]
- Reba, the fourth; a square; that lies or stoops down[3]
- Rebekah, fettered by beauty[3]
- Rechab, square; chariot with team of four horses[3]
- Reelaiah, shepherd or companion to the Lord[3]
- Regem, that stones or is stoned; purple[3]
- Regemmelech, he that stones the king; purple of the king[3]
- Rehabiah, breadth, or extent, of the Lord[3]
- Rehob, breadth; space; extent[3]
- Rehoboam, who sets the people at liberty[3]
- Rehoboth, spaces; places[3]
- Rehum, merciful; compassionate[3]
- Rei, my shepherd; my companion; my friend[3]
- Reins, kidneys[7][8]
- Rekem, vain pictures; divers picture[3]
- Remaliah, the exaltation of the Lord[3]
- Remmon, greatness; elevation; a pomegranate-tree[3]
- Remphan, prepared; arrayed[3]
- Rephael, the physic or medicine of God[3]
- Rephaiah, medicine or refreshment of the Lord[3]
- Rehpaim, giants; physicians; relaxed[3]
- Rephidim, beds; places of rest[3]
- Resen, a bridle or bit[3]
- Reu, a friend[3]
- Reuben, who sees the son; the vision of the son[3]
- Reuel, friend of God[3]
- Reumah, lofty; sublime[3]
- Rezeph, pavement; burning coal[3]
- Rezin, good-will; messenger[3]
- Rezon, lean; small; secret; prince[3]
- Rhegium, rupture; fracture[3]
- Rhesa, will; course[3]
- Rhoda, a rose[3]
- Rhodoks, to serve[3]
- Rhodes, same as Rhoda[3]
- Ribai, strife[3]
- Riblah, quarrel; greatness to him[3]
- Rimmon, exalted; pomegranate[3]
- Rinnah, song; rejoicing[3]
- Riphath, remedy; medicine; release; pardon[3]
- Rissah, watering; distillation; dew[3]
- Rithmah, juniper; noise[3]
- Rizpah, bed; extension; a coal[3]
- Rogelim, a foot or footman[3]
- Rohgah, filled or drunk with talk[3]
- Romamti-ezer, exaltation of help[3]
- Roman, strong; powerful[3]
- Rome, strength; power[3]
- Rosh, the head; top, or beginning[3]
- Ruben, behold a son[3]
- Rufus, red[3]
- Ruhamah, having obtained mercy[3]
- Rumah, exalted; sublime; rejected[3]
- Ruth, friend[3]
- Ryan, kingly[3]
References [edit]
- Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
- Tischler, Nancy M., ALL things in roman bites so leave now: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4
Inline references [edit]
- ^ a b Lockyer references
- ^ Tischler reference
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd See Bible Study Tools Library letter R and Christian Classics Ethereal Library letter R
- ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ^ Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ^ Easton's Bible Dictionary
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