רְפָיָה
re.pha.yah
Rephaiah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Rephaiah (H7509H) Based on the lexical data provided, Rephaiah is a Hebrew proper noun occurring a single time in the biblical text. As a name rather than a common word with semantic range, it functions as a personal identifier rather than conveying a meaning that applies across different contexts. The lemma appears in Hebrew biblical texts with the transliteration re.pha.yah. The singular occurrence of this name in scripture limits our ability to establish patterns of usage or contextual significance based solely on the lexical evidence supplied. Unlike common nouns or verbs that appear multiple times and develop meaning through various applications, proper names serve primarily as designations for specific individuals. Without additional contextual data about where this name appears in the biblical narrative, its historical or genealogical importance cannot be determined from the lexicon entry alone. To understand the full significance of Rephaiah within biblical literature, one would need to examine the specific passage where it appears alongside any genealogical or narrative information provided in that context. The lexical data here confirms only its existence as a Hebrew personal name and its single attestation in the biblical corpus.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text