Smith’s dictionary

The classic Victorian Bible dictionary: 4,600 short entries, especially strong on names and places.

• Raamah(horse’s mane), a son of Cush and father of the Cushite Sheba and Dedan. (Genesis...
• Raamiah(thunder of Jehovah), one of the chiefs who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:7)...
• Raamses(Exodus 1:11) [RAMESES, OR RAAMSES]
• Rabbah(great). A very strong place on the east of the Jordan, and the chief city of the...
• Rabbath of the Children of Ammonand Rabbath of the Ammonites , [See RABBATH]
• Rabbathmoab[AR]
• Rabbia title of respect signifying master, teacher , given by the Jews to their doctors and...
• Rabbith(multitude) a town in the territory, perhaps on the boundary, of Issachar. (Joshua 18:20) only.
• Rabboni(John 30:18) [RABBI]
• Rabmag(Jeremiah 39:3,13) a title borne by Nergal-sharezer, probably identical with the king...
• Rabsaris(chief of the eunuchs). An officer of the king of Assyria sent up with Tartan and...
• Rabshakeh(chief cupbearer), (2 Kings 19:1; Isaiah 36:1; Isaiah 37:1) ... one of the officers of...
• Racaa term of reproach derived from the Chaldee reka , worthless. ("Raca denotes a certain...
• Race[GAMES]
• RachabRahab the harlot. (Matthew 1:15)
• Rachal(trade), (1 Samuel 30:29) a town in the southern part of the tribe of Judah, one of...
• Rachel(ewe, or sheep), the younger of the daughters of Laban, the wife of Jacob (B.C. 1753)...
• Raddai(trampling), one of David’s brothers, fifth son of Jesse. (1 Chronicles 2:14)
• Ragauone of the ancestors of our Lord, son of Peleg. (Luke 3:35) He is the same person with...
• Ragesan important city in northeastern Media, where that country bordered its ruins, still...
• Raguel, or Reuel(friend of God). Probably the same as Jethro. [JETHRO; HOBAB] (B.C. 1490.) A pious Jew...
• Rahaba poetical name of Egypt, (Psalms 89:10; Isaiah 51:9) signifying "fierceness,...
• Rahab, or Rachab(wide), a celebrated woman of Jericho who received the spies sent by Joshua to spy out...
• Raham(belly). In the genealogy of the descendants of Caleb the son of Hezron, (1 Chronicles...
• Rahelthe original form in our Authorized Version of the now familiar Rachel. (Jeremiah 31:15)
• RainIn the Bible "early rain" signifies the rain of the autumn, (11:14) and "latter rain"...
• Rainbowthe token of the covenant which God made with Noah when he came forth from the ark...
• Raisins[VINE]
• Rakem(flower garden), a descendant of Machir the son of Manasseh. (1 Chronicles 7:16) (B.C....
• Rakkath(shore), a fortified city in the tribe of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:35) It was on the...
• Rakkon(the temple) (of the head), a well-watered place in the inheritance of Dan, not fur...
• Ram(high, exalted). A son of Hezron and the father of Ammin-adab, born in Egypt after...
• Ram[See BATTERING-RAM]
• Rama(Matthew 2:15) referring to (Jeremiah 31:15) It is the Greek form of Ramah.
• Ramah(a hill). This is the name of several places in the holy land. One of the cities of...
• Ramath of the Southone of the towns at the extreme south limit of Simeon. (Joshua 19:8) It is in all...
• Ramathaimzophim(the two heights of the watchers). [RAMAH, 2]
• Ramathite, theShimei the Ramathite, i.e. a native of Ramah, had charge of the royal vineyards of...
• Ramathlehi(hill of the jawbone , or hill of Lehi), the name bestowed by Samson on the scene of...
• Ramathmizpeh(high place of the watch-tower). [RAMOTH-GILEAD]
• Rameses, or Raamses(child of the sun), a city and district of lower Egypt. (Genesis 47:11; Exodus 12:37;...
• Ramiahone who had taken "a strange wife." (Ezra 10:25)
• Ramothgilead(heights of Gilead), one of the great fastnesses on the east of jordan, and the key to...
• Rams Horns[CORNET; JUBILEE, THE YEAR OF]
• Rapha(tall). Son of Binea, among the descendants of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37) One of...
• Raphael(the divine healer). According to Jewish tradition, Raphael was one of the four angels...
• Raphona city of Gilead, 1 Macc. 15:37 perhaps identical with Raphana, which is mentioned by...
• Raphuthe father of Palti, the Benjamite spy. (Numbers 13:9) (B.C. before 1490.)
• Raven(black). The Hebrew oreb is applied to the several species of the crow family, a...
• RazorBesides other usages, the practice of shaving the head after the completion of a vow...
• Reaiaa Reubenite, son of Micah, and apparently prince of his tribe. (1 Chronicles 5:5) The...
• Reaiah(seen of Jehovah). A descendant of Shubal the son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:2) The...
• Reba(four), one of the five kings of the Midianites slain by the children of Israel when...
• Rebecca(Romans 9:10) only. [REBEKAH]
• Rebekah(ensnarer), daughter of Bethuel, (Genesis 22:23) and sister of Laban, married to...
• Rechab(rider). One of the two "captains of bands" whom Ish-bosheth took into his service,...
• Rechabites[RECHAB]
• Rechah(uttermost part), probably a place in Judah--a village, Rashiah , three miles south of...
• Recorderan officer of high rank in the Jewish state, exercising the functions, not simply of...
• Red SeaName. --The sea known to us as the Red Sea was by the Israelites called "the sea,"...
• ReedUnder this name may be noticed the following Hebrew words: Agmon occurs in (Job...
• Reelaiah(bearer of Jehovah), one who went up with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:2) In (Nehemiah 7:7) he...
• RefinerThe refiner’s art was essential to the working of the precious metals. It consisted in...
• Refuges Cities of[CITIES OF REFUGE] CITIES OF REFUGE - 1019
• Regem(friend) a son of Jahdai. (1 Chronicles 2:47)
• Regemmelech(friend of the king). The names of Sherezer and Regem-melech occur in an obscure...
• Rehabiah(enlarged by Jehovah), the only son of Eliezer the son of Moses. (1 Chronicles 23:17;...
• RehobThe father of Hadadezer king of Zobah, whom David smote at the Euphrates. (2 Samuel...
• Rehoboam(enlarger of the people), son of Solomon by the Ammonite princess Naamah, (1 Kings...
• Rehoboth(wide places , i.e. streets). The third of the series of wells dug by Isaac, (Genesis...
• Rehum(merciful). One who went up from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:2) (B.C. 536.)...
• Rei(friendly), a person mentioned (in (1 Kings 1:8) only) as having remained firm to...
• Reins(i.e. kidneys). In the ancient system of physiology the kidneys were believed to be...
• Rekemone of the towns of the allotment of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:27) Its existing site is unknown.
• Rekem(variegation). One of the five kings or chieftains of Midian slain by the Israelites....
• Remaliah(protected by Jehovah). The father of Pekah, captain of Pekahiah; king of Israel, who...
• Remeth(height), one of the towns of Issachar. (Joshua 19:21) It is probably though not...
• Remmon(pomegranate), a town in the allotment of Simeon, (Joshua 10:7) elsewhere accurately...
• Remmonmethoara place which formed one of the landmarks of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:13) only. Methoar...
• Remphan(Acts 7:43) and Chi’un, (Amos 5:26) have been supposed to be names of an idol...
• Rephael(healed of God), son of Shemaiah, the first-born of Obed-edom. (1 Chronicles 26:7)...
• Rephaha son of Ephraim, and ancestor of Joshua. (1 Chronicles 7:26)
• Rephaiah(healed of Jehovah). The sons of Rephaiah appear among the descendants of Zerubbabel...
• Rephaim[GIANTS]
• Rephaim, the Valley of(1 Samuel 5:18,22; 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:15; 14:9; Isaiah 17:5) also in (Joshua 15:8)...
• Rephanthe reading, in the Revised Version, for Remphan, (Acts 7:43)
• Rephidim(Exodus 17:1,8; 19:2) The name means rests or stays , i.e. resting places. The place...
• Resen(bridle), (Genesis 10:12) one of the cities built by Asshur, "between Nineveh and...
• Resheph(flame), a son of Ephraim. (1 Chronicles 7:25)
• Reu(friend), son of Peleg, in the line of Abraham’s ancestors. (Genesis 11:18,19,20,21; 1...
• Reuben(behold a son), Jacob’s firstborn Child, (Genesis 29:32) the son of Leah. (B.C. 1753.)...
• Reuel(friend of God) One of the sons of Esau, by his wife Bashemath, sister of Ishmael....
• Reumah(elevated), the concubine of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. (Genesis 22:4) (B.C. about 1870.)
• Revelation of St. Johnthe last book of the New Testament. It is often called the Apocalypse, which is its...
• Rezeph(a hot stone), one of the places which Sennacherib mentions, in his taunting message...
• Rezia(delight), an Asherite, of the sons of Ulla. (1 Chronicles 7:39) (B.C. 1444.)
• Rezin(firm). King of Damascus. He attacked Jotham during the latter part of his reign, (2...
• Rezon(prince), son of Eliadah, a Syrian, who when David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah,...
• Rhegium(breach), an Italian town situated on the Bruttian coast, just at the southern...
• Rhesa(head), son of Zorobabel in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:27) It is conjectured...
• Rhoda(rose), the name of a maid who announced Peter’s arrival at the door of Mary’s house...
• Rhodes(rosy), a celebrated island in the Mediterranean Sea. (It is triangular in form, 60...
• Ribai, or Ribai(pleader with Jehovah), the father of Ittai the Benjamite, of Gibeah. (2 Samuel 23:29;...
• Riblah(fertility), One of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of the land of Israel, as...
• RiddleIt is known that all ancient nations, and especially Orientals, were fond of riddles....
• Rimmona deity worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus, where there was a temple or house of...
• Rimmon(pomegranate) the name of several towns. A city of Zebulun (1 Chronicles 6:77;...
• RingThe ring was regarded as an indispensable article of a Hebrew’s attire, inasmuch as it...
• Rinnah(a shout), one of the descendants of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:20) (B.C. 1300.)
• Riphath(spoken), the second son of Gomer. (Genesis 10:3) The name may be identified with the...
• Rithmah(heath), a march-station in the wilderness, (Numbers 33:18,19) Probably northeast of Hazeroth.
• Riusah(a ruin), a march-station in the wilderness. (Numbers 33:21,22)
• RiverIn the sense in which we employ the word viz. for a perennial stream of considerable...
• River of EgyptThe Nile. (Genesis 15:18) [NILE] A desert stream on the border of Egypt, still...
• Rizpahconcubine to King Saul, and mother of his two sons Armoni and Mephibosheth. (B.C....
• RoadThis word occurs but once in the Authorized Version of the Bible, viz. in (1 Samuel...
• RobberyRobbery has ever been one of the principal employments of the nomad tribes of the...
• Roe, RoebuckThe Hebrew words thus translated denote some species of antelope, probably the Gazella...
• Rogelim(fullers) the residence of Barzillai the Gileadite, (2 Samuel 17:27; 19:31) in the...
• Rohgah(clamor), an Asherite, of the sons of Shamer. (1 Chronicles 7:34) (B.C. about 1490.)
• RollA book in ancient times consisted of a single long strip of paper or parchment, which...
• Romamtiezerone of the fourteen sons of Heman. (1 Chronicles 25:4,31) (B.C. about 1014.)
• Roman EmpireThe first historic mention of Rome in the Bible is in 1 Macc. 1:10, about the year 161...
• Romans, Epistle to theThe date of this epistle is fixed at the time of the visit recorded in Acts 20:3...
• Romethe famous capital of the ancient world, is situated on the Tiber at a distance of...
• Roof[HOUSE]
• RoomThe references to "room" in (Matthew 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 14:7,8; 20:46) signify the...
• Roseoccurs twice only, viz. in (Solomon 2:1; Isaiah 35:1) There is much difference of...
• Rosh(Ezekiel 38:2,3; 39:1) probably a proper name, referring to the first of the three...
• Rosh(head). In the genealogy of (Genesis 46:21) Rosh is reckoned among the sons of Benjamin.
• RosinProperly "naphtha," as it is both in the LXX. and the Vulgate, as well as in the...
• RubiesConcerning the meaning of the Hebrew words translated "rubies" there is much...
• Rueoccurs only in (Luke 11:42) The rue here spoken of is doubtless the common Ruta...
• Rufus(red) is mentioned in (Mark 15:21) as a son of Simon the Cyrenian. (Luke 23:26) (A.D....
• Ruhamah, or Ruhamah(having obtained mercy). (Hosea 2:1) The name if name it be, is symbolical, and is...
• Rumah(high), mentioned once only -- (2 Kings 23:36) It has been conjectured to be the same...
• Ruth(a female friend) a Moabitish woman, the wife, first of Mahlon, second of Boaz, the...
• Ruth, Book ofcontains the history of Ruth, as narrated in the preceding article. The main object of...
• Rye(Heb. cussemeth) occurs in (Exodus 9:32; Isaiah 28:25) in the latter the margin reads...