<strong>REAIAH, REAIA</strong> (rē-ā'ya, Heb. <em>re’āyâh, God has seen</em>)<br /><br />

The eponym of a Calebite family (<bibleref ref="1Chr.4.2">1Chr.4.2</bibleref>).A Reubenite (<bibleref ref="1Chr.5.5">1Chr.5.5</bibleref>).The family name of a company of temple servants (<span class="small-caps">kjv</span> Nethinim) (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.47">Ezra.2.47</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Neh.7.50">Neh.7.50</bibleref>).<br /><br />

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<strong>REAIAH</strong> <strong>rĕ ă’ yə</strong> (<span class="hebrew">רְאָיָ֤ה</span>; LXX <span class="greek">̔Ραιά</span>, plus variations, meaning <em>God has seen</em>). 1. A descendant of Judah; his father was Shobal and his son was Jahath (<bibleref ref="1Chr.4.2">1 Chron 4:2</bibleref>). Perhaps he is also referred to in <bibleref ref="1Chr.2.52">1 Chronicles 2:52</bibleref>, where Shobal is the father of Haroeh.<br /><br />

2. A descendant of Reuben; his father was Micah and his son was Baal (<bibleref ref="1Chr.5.5">1 Chron 5:5</bibleref>).

3. Head of a family of Temple servants who returned with Zerubbabel from exile in Babylon (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.47">Ezra 2:47</bibleref> and <bibleref ref="Neh.7.50">Neh 7:50</bibleref>; cf. <bibleref ref="1Esd.5.31">1 Esd 5:31</bibleref> where a similar genealogy has Jairus in the position occupied by Reaiah in <bibleref ref="Ezra.2.47">Ezra 2:47</bibleref> and <bibleref ref="Neh.7.50">Neh 7:50</bibleref>).<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

re-a’-ya, re-i’-a (re’ayah, "Yah has seen"; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus, Rhada, A, Rheia):<br /><br />

(1) The eponym of a Calebite family (<bibleref ref="1Chr.4.2">1Ch 4:2</bibleref>). The word "Reaiah" should probably be substituted for "Haroeh" in <bibleref ref="1Chr.2.52">1Ch 2:52</bibleref>, but both forms may be corruptions.

(2) A Reubenite (<bibleref ref="1Chr.5.5">1Ch 5:5</bibleref>, the <span class="auto-link">[[King James Version]]</span> "Reaia").

See [[Joel]].<br /><br />

(3) The family name of a company of Nethinim (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.47">Ezr 2:47</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Neh.7.50">Ne 7:50</bibleref> = <bibleref ref="1Esd.5.31">1Esdras 5:31</bibleref>).