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Raphah

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Raphah (or Rephaiah) was a son of Binea and a descendant of King Saul.

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Also known as Rapha · Rephaiah

Raphah, also known as Rephaiah, is mentioned in the genealogy of King Saul's descendants (1Ch.8.37; 9.43). He was the son of Binea and a member of the tribe of Benjamin. The genealogy traces Saul's lineage after his death, showing that his family line continued even though he was no longer king.

Family

Father
Binea
Siblings
EleasahAzel

Bible dictionary

Raphah Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Raphu, relaxation; physic; comfort

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Raphah appears

2 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H7498

1 Chronicles2

Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.