Rephaiah ~ ረፋያ: “Rephaiah” means healed of Jehovah / SBD, (1 ዜና 3:21) ... [Related term(s):- Raphael, Rephael]

The name ‘Rephaiah’ is derived from ‘Ref’ (ረፈ) and ‘Yah’ (ያህ)፥ the meaning is ‘healed by Jehovah’ / Ibid.

The sons of Rephaiah appear among the descendants of Zerubbabel in, “And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah ...” (1 Chr 3:21)

Other people with the same name are: A Simeonite chieftain in the reign of Hezekiah (1 Chr 4:42); Son of Tola the son of Issachar (1 Chr 7:2); Son of Binea, and descendant of Saul (1 Chr 9:43); The son of Hur, and ruler of a portion of Jerusalem (Neh 3:9)
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ረፋያ ~Rapha, Rephaiah:  ረፋያ፣ ረፈ ያህ፣ ረፍተ ህያው፣ ዘላለማዊ ረፍት፣ የአምላክ ሰላም ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- ሪፋት፣ ራፋያ፣ ራፋይ]

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ ስድስት ሰዎች አሉ።

I.                        ረፋያ /Rapha: የሳዖል ወገን የሆነ የቢንዓ ልጅ፥ “ሞጻም ቢንዓን ወለደ ልጁም ረፋያ ነበረ፥ ልጁ ኤልዓሣ፥ ልጁ ኤሴል” (1 ዜና 8:2፣ 37)፣ (1 ዜና 9:43)

II.                        ረፋያ /Rephaiah: 

1.                  የዘረሩቤል ወገን፥ ረፋያ፥ (1 ዜና 3:21)

2.                  ከስምዖን ልጆች አለቆች አንዱ፥ ረፋያ፥ (1 ዜና 4:42)

3.                  የኢየሩሳሌም ግዛት እኵሌታ አለቃ የሆር ልጅ፥ ረፋያ፥ (ነህ 3:9)

4.                  የቢንዓ ልጅ፥ ረፋያ፥ (1 ዜና9:43)

5.                  የቶላ ልጅ፥ ረፋያ፥ (1 ዜና7:2)