BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7501
re.pha.el — Rephael
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.7; son of: Shemaiah (H8098I); brother of: Othni (H6273), Obed (H5744J), Elzabad (H0443H), Elihu (H0453I) and Semachiah (H5565) § Rephael = "healed of God" son of Shemaiah and grandson of Obed-edom
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5565
se.makh.ya.hu — Semachiah
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.7; son of: Shemaiah (H8098I); brother of: Othni (H6273), Rephael (H7501), Obed (H5744J), Elzabad (H0443H) and Elihu (H0453I) § Semachiah = "Jehovah has sustained" a Korahite Levite, one of the sons of Shemaiah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6273
ot.ni — Othni
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.7; son of: Shemaiah (H8098I); brother of: Rephael (H7501), Obed (H5744J), Elzabad (H0443H), Elihu (H0453I) and Semachiah (H5565) § Othni = "lion of Jehovah" a Levite, son of Shemaiah, the first-born of Obed-edom
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Healed of God, one of Shemaiah’s sons. He and his brethren, on account of their “strength for service,” formed one of the divisions of the temple porters (1 Chr. 26:7, 8).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
