Rapha or Raphah
Rapha or Raphah
(Heb. Rapha’, , as in 1Ch 8:2), or Ra’phah (Heb. Raphah’, , as in 2Sa 21:16, meaning giant [q.v.]. as translated in 1Ch 20:4; 1Ch 20:6; 1Ch 20:8; 2Sa 21:16; 2Sa 21:18; 2Sa 21:20; 2Sa 21:22; Sept. , v. r. and ), the name of two men. SEE BETH-RAPHA.
1. The last of the five sons of Benjamin. son of Jacob (1Ch 8:2, Rapha). B.C. post 1927. The name does not occur in the original register of the family (Gen 46:21); but at Num 13:9, Raphu was the name of the father of the person chosen from Benjamin to spy out the land of Canaan showing the name, or something similar, to have belonged to the tribe. Raphah is apparently but a variation of the name of Rosh (q.v.). SEE JACOB.
2. The son of Binea, and father of Eleasah; eighths in lineal descent from David’s friend Jonathan (1Ch 8:37, Raphah). B.C. post 1000. He is called REPHAIAH in 1Ch 9:43.