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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7480 - רְעֵלָיָה

Transliteration

Rᵉʻêlâyâh

Phonetics

reh-ay-law-yaw'

Origin

from (H7477) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Masculine

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Reelaiah = “bearer of Jehovah”

1) one who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

1a) also ‘Raamiah’

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Ezra 1

NAS (1)

Ezra 1

HCS (1)

Ezra 1

BSB (1)

Ezra 1

ESV (1)

Ezra 1

WEB (1)

Ezra 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

רְעֵלָיָה proper name, masculine companion of Zerubbabel, Ezra 2:2 (Ρεελεια, ᵐ5^L Δεμίου), = רַעַמְיָה Nehemiah 7:7 (Νααμια, א Δαεμια, ᵐ5^L Δαιμίας, A Ρεελμα).

רעם ( √ of following, probably onomatopoetic; Gerber⁴⁷ proposes move violently as original meaning, but reference to thunderous sound everywhere, except Ezekiel 27:35 where text dubious, see below; compare Aramaic רַעַם, רְעִים noun thunder, רְעֵם verb thunder; especially Aph`el Ithpa`al utter (loud) complaints; , noun thunder, verb thunder, lament, compare Late Hebrew רָעַם Hiph`il thunder, Hithpa`el complain; Ethiopic : noun thunder, Assyrian rîmu, id.; Arabic vex, dislike, etc.).

רַעַמְיָה (? thunder of ׳י) Nehemiah 7:7 see רְעֵלָיָה.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רְעֵלָיָה (“whom Jehovah makes to tremble,” i.e. who fears Jehovah), [Reelaiah], pr.n. m. Ezra 2:2 for which there is in Nehemiah 7:7, רַעַמְיָה [Raamiah].

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List of Word Forms

רְֽעֵלָיָ֜ה רעליה rə‘êlāyāh rə·‘ê·lā·yāh reelaYah