RAAMAH #4020
RAAMIAH #4021
1 One of those who returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon
RAAMSES #4022
RAB-MAG #4023
1 An Assyrian prince, or, possibly, a second name given to Nergal-sharezer
RAB-SHAKEH (RABSHAKEH) #4024
1 (A title of an Assyrian officer)
2 Sent by Sennacherib against Jerusalem; undertakes to cause disloyalty to Hezekiah and the surrender of Jerusalem by a speech in the Jews' native language
2Ki 18:17-36; 19:4,8; Isa 36; 37
RABBAH #4025
1.1 A city east of the Jordan River, originally belonging to the Ammonites
1.2 Bedstead of the giant named Og, kept at
2Sa 11:1; 12:26-31; 1Ch 20:1-3
1.4 Possessed again by the Ammonites; prophesied against
Jer 49:2,3; Eze 21:20; 25:5; Am 1:14
2 A city in the territory of the tribe of Judah
RABBATH #4026
RABBI #4027
1 (Literally, the Hebrew word means "my great one.")
2 The title of a Jewish teacher
3 Ostentatiously used by the Pharisees
4 Used in addressing John the Baptist
6 R. V
Mt 26:25,49; Mr 9:5; 11:21; 14:45; Joh 4:31; 9:2; 11:8
7 Jesus called "Rabboni,"
8 R. V.)
9 Forbidden by Jesus as a title to his disciples
RABBITH #4028
1 A city in the territory of the tribe of Issachar
RABSARIS #4029
1 A title of an Assyrian officer
1.1 See RAB-SHAKEH (RABSHAKEH )
1.3 Sent by Sennacherib against Jerusalem
2 An Assyrian prince during the time of Nebuchadnezzar, or, possibly, a second name given to Nebushazban (also spelled NEBO-SARSEKIM or SARSEKIM, N. I. V.)
RACA #4030
1 (Roughly translated "fool" but means "You good-for-nothing moron!"))
RACE #4031
1 Human
1.1 Unity of
2 FOOT RACE
2.1 Figurative
Ps 19:5; Ec 9:11; 1Co 9:24; Ga 5:7; Php 2:16; Heb 12:1,2
RACHAB #4032
RACHAL #4033
1 A city in the territory of the tribe of Judah
RACHEL #4034
1 (Daughter of Laban and the favorite wife of Jacob)
3 Jacob serves Laban for an additional seven years to obtain her as his wife
4 Sterility of
5 Her grief in consequence of her sterility; gives her maid, to Jacob in order to obtain children in her own name
6 Later productiveness of; becomes the mother of
6.1 Joseph
6.2 Benjamin
7 Steals the household images (teraphim, legal deed) of her father
8 Her death and burial
RADDAI #4035
RAGAU #4036
2 Son of Peleg and an ancestor of Jesus
Ge 11:18-21; 1Ch 1:25; Lu 3:35
RAGUEL #4037
1 Also called REUEL and JETHRO
2 Moses' father-in-law
RAHAB #4038
2.1 Assists the spies of the Israelites
2.2 Is spared when the Israelites captured Jericho
2.3 An ancestor of Joseph of Nazareth
2.4 The faith of, commended
3 A symbolic name applied to Egypt
Ps 87:4; 89:10; Isa 30:7; 51:9
RAHAM #4039
RAILING #4040
1 (Reviling, using harsh, insolent, or vituperative language; scoffing)
2 Forbidden
1Co 5:11; 1Ti 6:4; 1Pe 3:9; 2Pe 2:11; Jude 1:9
4 See SPEAKING EVIL
5 INSTANCES OF
RAIMENT (CLOTHING) #4041
RAIN #4042
1 Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of Noah
3 Miraculously caused
4 David delivered by
5 North wind unfavorable to
6 Withheld as judgment
De 11:17; 28:24; 1Ki 8:35; 2Ch 7:13; Jer 3:3; Am 4:7; Zec 14:17
7 The earth will never again be destroyed by
De 11:13,14; Job 37:6; Isa 30:23; Jer 5:24; 14:22
9 Contingent upon obedience
10 Prayer for
11 Answer to prayer for, promised
12 Withheld, in answer to prayer
13 Rainy season in Palestine is in the ninth month, corresponding to December
14 See METEOROLOGY
15 FIGURATIVE
RAINBOW #4043
1 A sign that the earth will no longer be destroyed by flood
2 Symbolical
3 See METEOROLOGY
RAISING #4044
1 From death
2 See RESURRECTION
RAISINS #4045
1 (Dried grapes)
3 Given to the starving Egyptian to revive him
RAKEM #4046
1 A descendant of Machir, son of Manasseh
RAKKATH #4047
1 A city in the territory of the tribe of Naphthali
RAKKON #4048
1 A city in the territory of the tribe of Dan
RAM #4049
1 Son of Hezron and an ancestor of Jesus
3 An ancestor, probably of Elihu, mentioned in
4 A sheep
4.1 Skins of, used for the roof of the tabernacle
4.3 Used in sacrifice
4.5 Trumpets made of the horns of
RAMA #4050
RAMAH #4051
1.1 A city allotted to the tribe of Benjamin
1.2 Attempted fortification of, by King Baasha; destruction of, by Asa
1.3 People of, return from the Babylonian captivity
1.4 Jeremiah imprisoned in
1.5 Prophecies concerning
Isa 10:29; Jer 31:15; Ho 5:8; Mt 2:18
2 A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher
3 A city of the territory of the tribe of Naphthali
4 Also called RAMATHAIM-ZOPHIM
1Sa 1:19,20; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13
4.4 David flees to
4.5 Samuel dies and was buried in
5 RAMAH
5.1 See RAMOTH-GILEAD
RAMATH #4052
1 A city of the tribe of Simeon
RAMATH-LEHI #4053
1 The place where Samson killed one-thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
RAMATH-MIZPEH #4054
1 A town in the territory of the tribe of Gad
RAMATHAIM-ZOPHIM #4055
RAMESES #4056
2 The district in Egypt which was inhabited by the Israelites
Ge 47:11; Ex 1:11; 12:37; Nu 33:3,5
2.1 City of, built by the Israelites as a treasure city for one of the Pharaohs
RAMIAH #4057
1 (An Israelite at the time of Ezra)
2 Had taken a non-Israelite wife
RAMOTH #4058
1 An Israelite at the time of Ezra
1.1 Had taken a non-Israelite wife
2 Called RAMATH OF THE SOUTH
2.1 A place probably in the south of the tribe of Simeon
3 A city of the territory of the tribe of Issachar, allotted to the Levites
4.1 See RAMOTH-GILEAD
RAMOTH-GILEAD #4059
2 A city of the territory of the tribe of Gad, and one of the cities of refuge
3 One of Solomon's commissaries there
4 In the possession of the Syrians
5 Besieged by Israel and Judah; Ahab killed there
6 Recovered by Joram; Joram wounded there
2Ki 8:28,29; 9:14,15; 2Ch 22:5,6
7 Elisha anoints Jehu to be king there
RANSOM #4060
1 Of a man's life
Ex 21:30; 30:12; Job 36:18; Ps 49:7,8; Pr 6:35; 13:8; Ho 13:14
2 FIGURATIVE
Job 33:24; Isa 35:10; 51:10; Mt 20:28; 1Ti 2:6
2.3 See REDEMPTION
RAPE #4061
1 The law of Moses imposed death penalty for
2 Captives afflicted with
3 INSTANCES OF
3.1 Of the servant of a Levite, by Benjamites; the tribe of Benjamin nearly exterminated by the army of the other tribes, punishment for
3.2 Of Tamar by Amnon; avenged in the death of Amnon at the hand of Absalom, Tamar's brother
RAPHA #4062
3 An ancestor of certain Philistine warriors, (margins)
RAPHU #4063
1 A Benjamite
RASHNESS #4064
1 General scriptures concerning
Ps 116:11; Pr 14:29; 19:2; 21:5; 25:8; 29:20; Ec 5:2; 7:9
2 INSTANCES OF
2.1 Moses, in killing the Egyptian
2.2 When he struck the rock
2.3 Jephthah's vow
2.4 Israel's vow to destroy the Benjamites
2.5 Uzzah, in steadying the ark of the covenant
2.6 David, in his generosity to Ziba
2.7 Rehoboam, in forsaking the counsel of the old men
2.8 Josiah, in fighting against Pharaoh-necho
2.9 Naaman, in refusing to immerse (LXX: baptizo) himself in the Jordan River
2.10 James and John, in desiring to call down fire upon the Samaritans
2.11 Paul, in persisting in going to Jerusalem, against the repeated admonitions of the Holy Spirit
2.12 Julius, the Roman centurion, in rejecting Paul's counsel
RAVEN #4065
1 A black carnivorous bird
2 Forbidden as food
3 Preserved by Noah in the ark
5 Cared for by divine providence
RAVISHMENT #4066
RAZOR #4067
1 Nazarite forbidden to use
2 FIGURATIVE