King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7480
Transliteration: Reelayah
Phonetic Spelling: (reh-ay-law-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: companion of Zerubbabel
Meaning: Reelaiah -- companion of Zerubbabel
Word Summary
Reelayah: companion of Zerubbabel
Original Word: רְעֵלָיָהTransliteration: Reelayah
Phonetic Spelling: (reh-ay-law-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: companion of Zerubbabel
Meaning: Reelaiah -- companion of Zerubbabel
Strong's Concordance
Reeliah From ra'al and Yahh; made to tremble (i.e. Fearful) of Jah; Reelajah, an Israelite -- Reeliah.
see HEBREW ra'al
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7480. Reelayah
רְעֵלָיָה proper name, masculine companion of Zerubbabel, Ezra 2:2 (Ρεελεια, ᵐ5L Δεμίου), = רַעַמְיָה Nehemiah 7:7 (Νααμια, א Δαεμια, ᵐ5L Δαιμίας, A Ρεελμα).
רעם ( √ of following, probably onomatopoetic; Gerber47 proposes move violently as original meaning, but reference to thunderous sound everywhere, except Ezekiel 27:35 where text dubious, see below; compare Aramaic רְעִים רַעַם, noun thunder, רְעֵם verb thunder; especially Aph`el Ithpa`al utter (loud) complaints; , noun thunder, verb thunder, lament, compare Late Hebrew רָעַם Hiph`il thunder, Hithpa`el complain; Ethiopic : noun thunder, Assyrian rîmu, id.; Arabic vex, dislike, etc.).
רַעַמְיָה (? thunder of ׳י) Nehemiah 7:7 see רְעֵלָיָה.