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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #7480 - רְעֵלָיָה
Transliteration
Rᵉʻêlâyâh
Phonetics
reh-ay-law-yaw'
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Reelaiah = "bearer of Jehovah"
- one who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
- also ´Raamiah´
- one who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (1)
Ezra
1
BSB (1)
Ezra
1
CSB (1)
Ezra
1
ESV (1)
Ezra
1
KJV (1)
Ezra
1
LEB (1)
Ezra
1
LSB (1)
Ezra
1
N95 (1)
Ezra
1
NAS (1)
Ezra
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Ezra
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
רְעֵלָיָה proper name, masculine companion of Zerubbabel, Ezra 2:2 (Ρεελεια, ᵐ5 L Δεμίου), = רַעַמְיָה Nehemiah 7:7 (Νααμια, א Δαεμια, ᵐ5 L Δαιμίας, A Ρεελμα).
רעם ( √ of following, probably onomatopoetic; Gerber47 proposes move violently as original meaning, but reference to thunderous sound everywhere, except Ezekiel 27:35 where text dubious, see below; compare Aramaic רַעַם, רְעִים noun thunder, רְעֵם verb thunder; especially Aph`el Ithpa`al utter (loud) complaints; ,
noun thunder,
verb thunder, lament, compare Late Hebrew רָעַם Hiph`il thunder, Hithpa`el complain; Ethiopic
: noun thunder, Assyrian rîmu, id.; Arabic
vex, dislike, etc.).
רַעַמְיָה (? thunder of ׳י) Nehemiah 7:7 see רְעֵלָיָה.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
רְעֵלָיָה (“whom Jehovah makes to tremble,” i.e. who fears Jehovah), [Reelaiah], pr.n. m. Ezra 2:2 for which there is in Nehemiah 7:7, רַעַמְיָה [Raamiah].
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List of Word Forms
רְֽעֵלָיָ֜ה רעליה rə‘êlāyāh rə·‘ê·lā·yāh reelaYah