רְאָיָה
Rᵉʼâyâh · reh-aw-yaw'
Reajah, the name of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7200 (רָאָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has seen;
Reajah, the name of three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Reaia, Reaiah.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › strength, the leader › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of strength, the leader of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְאָיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of reaiah2 · 50%
- and reaiah1 · 25%
- reaia1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.