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Raamah

greatness; thunder; some sort of evil

Raamiah

thunder, or evil, from the Lord

Rabbah

great; powerful; contentious

Rabbi

Rabboni, my master

Rabmag

who overthrows or destroys a multitude

Rab-saris

chief of the eunuchs

Rab-shakeh

cup-bearer of the prince

Raca

worthless; good-for-nothing

Rachab

same as Rahab

Rachal

to whisper; an embalmer

Rachel

sheep

Raddai

ruling; coming down

Ragau

friend; shepherd

Raguel

shepherd, or friend of God

Rahab

proud; quarrelsome (applied to Egypt)

Rahab

large; extended (name of a woman)

Raham

compassion; a friend

Rakkath

empty; temple of the head

Rakkon

vain; void; mountain of enjoyment

Ram

elevated; sublime

Ramah

same as Ram

Ramath

Ramatha, raised; lofty

Ramathaim-zophim

the two watch-towers

Ramath-lehi

elevation of the jaw-bone

Ramath-mizpeh

elevation of the watch-tower

Ramiah

exaltation of the Lord

Ramoth

eminences; high places

Raphah

Raphu, relaxation; physic; comfort

Reaiah

vision of the Lord

Reba

the fourth; a square; that lies or stoops down

Rebekah

fat; fattened; a quarrel appeased

Rechab

square; chariot with team of four horses

Reelaiah

shepherd or companion to the Lord

Regem

that stones or is stoned; purple

Regemmelech

he that stones the king; purple of the king

Rehabiah

breadth, or extent, of the Lord

Rehob

breadth; space; extent

Rehoboam

who sets the people at liberty

Rehoboth

spaces; places

Rehum

merciful; compassionate

Rei

my shepherd; my companion; my friend

Rekem

vain pictures; divers picture

Remaliah

the exaltation of the Lord

Remmon

greatness; elevation; a pomegranate-tree

Remphan

prepared; arrayed

Rephael

the physic or medicine of God

Rephaiah

medicine or refreshment of the Lord

Rehpaim

giants; physicians; relaxed

Rephidim

beds; places of rest

Resen

a bridle or bit

Reu

his friend; his shepherd

Reuben

who sees the son; the vision of the son

Reuel

the shepherd or friend of God

Reumah

lofty; sublime

Rezeph

pavement; burning coal

Rezin

good-will; messenger

Rezon

lean; small; secret; prince

Rhegium

rupture; fracture

Rhesa

will; course

Rhoda

a rose

Rhodes

same as Rhoda

Ribai

strife

Riblah

quarrel; greatness to him

Rimmon

exalted; pomegranate

Rinnah

song; rejoicing

Riphath

remedy; medicine; release; pardon

Rissah

watering; distillation; dew

Rithmah

juniper; noise

Rizpah

bed; extension; a coal

Rogelim

a foot or footman

Rohgah

filled or drunk with talk

Romamti-ezer

exaltation of help

Roman

strong; powerful

Rome

strength; power

Rosh

the head; top, or beginning

Rufus

red

Ruhamah

having obtained mercy

Rumah

exalted; sublime; rejected

Ruth

drunk; satisfied

Roswell D. Hitchcock, Bible Names Dictionary, from An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names (1869). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.