REAIAH

re-a'-ya, re-i'-a (re'ayah, "Yah has seen"; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus, Rhada, A, Rheia): (1) The eponym of a Calebite family (1Ch 4:2). The word "Reaiah" should probably be substituted for "Haroeh" in 1Ch 2:52, but both forms may be corruptions. (2) A Reubenite (1Ch 5:5, the King James Version "Reaia"). See JOEL. (3) The family name of a company of Nethinim (Ezr 2:47; Ne 7:50 = /RAPC 1Es 5:31).

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