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His name, which can be translated as "Yahweh has healed" or "Jehovah has healed," reflects a common theophoric element in Hebrew names, indicating a connection to the divine.<br><br><b>Genealogical Context</b><br><br>Rephaiah is noted in several genealogical lists, which are crucial for understanding the lineage and tribal affiliations of the Israelites. In <a href="/1_chronicles/3-21.htm">1 Chronicles 3:21</a>, Rephaiah is listed as a descendant of David, specifically as a son of Shechaniah. This places him within the royal lineage of Judah, highlighting the importance of maintaining detailed genealogical records for the purposes of inheritance and tribal identity.<br><br><a href="/1_chronicles/3-21.htm">1 Chronicles 3:21</a> states: "The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah, and Shecaniah."<br><br>This passage situates Rephaiah within the broader context of the post-exilic community, emphasizing the continuity of Davidic lineage even after the Babylonian exile.<br><br><b>Role and Significance</b><br><br>Rephaiah's mention in the genealogies underscores the importance of family lines in the biblical narrative, particularly in relation to the promises made to David regarding his descendants. While Rephaiah himself is not a prominent figure in terms of narrative action or leadership, his inclusion in the genealogical records serves to affirm the fulfillment of God's covenantal promises to David.<br><br>In <a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm">1 Chronicles 4:42</a>, another Rephaiah is mentioned as a leader among the Simeonites. This Rephaiah, son of Ishi, is noted for his role in leading a group of 500 men to Mount Seir, where they defeated the remnant of the Amalekites. This account highlights the martial prowess and leadership qualities associated with individuals bearing the name Rephaiah.<br><br><b><a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm">1 Chronicles 4:42</a> :</b> "And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir."<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>The presence of Rephaiah in the biblical genealogies and narratives serves as a reminder of the faithfulness of God in preserving the line of David and the tribes of Israel. It also reflects the broader biblical theme of divine healing and restoration, as suggested by the meaning of his name. The genealogical records, while often overlooked, are integral to understanding the unfolding of God's redemptive plan through history.<br><br>Rephaiah's inclusion in these records, whether as a descendant of David or a leader among the Simeonites, illustrates the interconnectedness of the tribes of Israel and the shared heritage that binds them together under the covenantal promises of God.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Rephaiah</span><p>medicine or refreshment of the Lord<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Rephaiah</span><p>(<i>healed of Jehovah</i>). <ol> <li>The sons of Rephaiah appear among the descendants of Zerubbabel in (<a href="/1_chronicles/3-21.htm">1 Chronicles 3:21</a>)</li> <li>A Simeonite chieftain in the reign of Hezekiah. (<a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm">1 Chronicles 4:42</a>) (B.C. 727.)</li> <li>Son of Tola the son of Issachar. (<a href="/1_chronicles/7-2.htm">1 Chronicles 7:2</a>)</li> <li>Son of Binea, and descendant of Saul. (<a href="/1_chronicles/9-43.htm">1 Chronicles 9:43</a>)</li> <li>The son of Hur, and ruler of a portion of Jerusalem. (<a href="/nehemiah/3-9.htm">Nehemiah 3:9</a>) (B.C. 441.)</li> </ol><a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">REPHAIAH</span><p>re-fa'-ya, re-fi'-a (rephayah, probably "Yah is healing"; Septuagint Rhaphaia(s)):<br><br>(1) In David's family, Septuagint also Rhaphal (<a href="/1_chronicles/3-21.htm">1 Chronicles 3:21</a>).<br><br>(2) A captain of Simeon (<a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm">1 Chronicles 4:42</a>).<br><br>(3) A grandson of Issachar, Septuagint also Rhaphara (<a href="/1_chronicles/7-2.htm">1 Chronicles 7:2</a>).<br><br>(4) A descendant of Saul (<a href="/1_chronicles/9-43.htm">1 Chronicles 9:43</a>; in <a href="/1_chronicles/8-37.htm">1 Chronicles 8:37</a> called "Raphah" (raphah); Septuagint also Raphai).<br><br>(5) One of the repairers of the wall under Nehemiah (<a href="/nehemiah/3-9.htm">Nehemiah 3:9</a>).<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7509.htm"><span class="l">7509. Rephayah -- "Yah has cured," five Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> "Yah has cured," five Israelites. Transliteration: Rephayah Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ref-aw-yaw') Short Definition: <b>Rephaiah</b>. <b>...</b> NASB Word Usage <b>Rephaiah</b> (5). <b>Rephaiah</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7509.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/rephaiah.htm"><span class="l"><b>Rephaiah</b> (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>REPHAIAH</b>. re-fa'-ya, re-fi <b>...</b> 3:9). Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Rephaiah</b> (5 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles 3 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rephaiah.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rephai'ah.htm"><span class="l">Rephai'ah (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Rephai'ah. <b>Rephaiah</b>, Rephai'ah. Rephaim . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Rephai'ah (5 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles 3:21 And the sons of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rephai'ah.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pelati'ah.htm"><span class="l">Pelati'ah (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of<br> Jeshaiah: <b>Rephaiah</b>; the sons of <b>Rephaiah</b>: Arnan; the sons of Arnan: Obadiah <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pelati'ah.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/obadi'ah.htm"><span class="l">Obadi'ah (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of<br> Jeshaiah: <b>Rephaiah</b>; the sons of <b>Rephaiah</b>: Arnan; the sons of Arnan: Obadiah <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/obadi'ah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jeshai'ah.htm"><span class="l">Jeshai'ah (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of<br> Jeshaiah: <b>Rephaiah</b>; the sons of <b>Rephaiah</b>: Arnan; the sons of Arnan: Obadiah <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jeshai'ah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pelatiah.htm"><span class="l">Pelatiah (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 3:21 The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of <b>Rephaiah</b>,<br> the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pelatiah.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shecani'ah.htm"><span class="l">Shecani'ah (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of<br> Jeshaiah: <b>Rephaiah</b>; the sons of <b>Rephaiah</b>: Arnan; the sons of Arnan: Obadiah <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shecani'ah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hanani'ah.htm"><span class="l">Hanani'ah (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of<br> Jeshaiah: <b>Rephaiah</b>; the sons of <b>Rephaiah</b>: Arnan; the sons of Arnan: Obadiah <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hanani'ah.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/num/22600.htm"><span class="l">22600 (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 7:2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and <b>Rephaiah</b>, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and<br> Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/num/22600.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/ne-ari'ah.htm"><span class="l">Ne-ari'ah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4:42 Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir,<br> having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and <b>Rephaiah</b>, and Uzziel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/ne-ari'ah.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Hur-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Hur in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Rephaiah (5 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/3-21.htm">1 Chronicles 3:21</a></span><br />The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of <span class="boldtext">Rephaiah</span>, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm">1 Chronicles 4:42</a></span><br />Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and <span class="boldtext">Rephaiah</span>, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/7-2.htm">1 Chronicles 7:2</a></span><br />The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and <span class="boldtext">Rephaiah</span>, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-43.htm">1 Chronicles 9:43</a></span><br />and Moza became the father of Binea; and <span class="boldtext">Rephaiah</span> his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/3-9.htm">Nehemiah 3:9</a></span><br />Next to them repaired <span class="boldtext">Rephaiah</span> the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/rephaiah.htm">Rephaiah</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rephaiah--a_descendant_of_david.htm">Rephaiah: A Descendant of David</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rephaiah--a_descendant_of_jonathan.htm">Rephaiah: A Descendant of Jonathan</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rephaiah--a_descendant_of_jonathan--called_rapha.htm">Rephaiah: A Descendant of Jonathan: Called Rapha</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rephaiah--a_simeonite_captain.htm">Rephaiah: A Simeonite Captain</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rephaiah--governor_over_half_of_jerusalem_during_the_time_of_nehemiah.htm">Rephaiah: Governor Over Half of Jerusalem During the Time of Nehemiah</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rephaiah--son_of_tola,_from_the_tribe_of_issachar.htm">Rephaiah: Son of Tola, from the Tribe of Issachar</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rephaiah.htm">Rephaiah (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rephaim.htm">Rephaim (32 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/r/rephah--a_grandson_of_ephraim.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Rephah: A Grandson of Ephraim"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Rephah: A Grandson of Ephraim" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/r/rephai'ah.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Rephai'ah"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Rephai'ah" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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