Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
RAISE
Other - Both
To raise means to cause someone or something to rise, establish, awaken, or restore. In Scripture it may refer to raising up leaders, descendants, or the dead.
RAISIN-CAKES
Agriculture & Daily Life - Old Testament
Raisin-cakes are pressed cakes made from dried grapes. They were a common product of vineyards and were sometimes presented in idolatrous worship.
Raisins
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Raisins are dried grapes used as portable food during journeys and military campaigns. Raisin cakes were also known in biblical times and may have been connected with offerings to false gods.
Rakem
People & Groups - Old Testament
Rakem was a descendant or clan member of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
Rakkath
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Rakkath was a fortified city in the territory of Naphtali, on the western side of the Sea of Galilee. It may have stood near the later city of Tiberias.
Rakkon
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Rakkon was a town in the territory of Dan, near the coast and north of Joppa. Its precise identification is uncertain.
Ram
People & Groups - Old Testament
Ram means “high” or “exalted.” The name belongs to several men, including an ancestor of David’s royal line and a member of Elihu’s clan.
Rama
Places & Geography - Both
Rama is the Greek form of Ramah. It is especially associated with the prophecy of Rachel weeping, applied in Matthew to the slaughter of the children at Bethlehem.
Ramah
Places & Geography - Both
Ramah means “height” and was the name of several elevated towns in Israel, including places in Benjamin, Naphtali, Asher, Judah, and Ephraim. Ramah was also associated with Samuel and with Rachel’s mourning.
Ramath of the south
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Ramath of the South, or Ramath-negeb, was a town in the southern territory of Simeon. It was probably the same place called South Ramoth, though its exact site is uncertain.
Ramath-lehi
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Ramath-lehi was the place named by Samson after he defeated a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey. The name means “height of Lehi.”
Ramath-mizpeh
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Ramath-mizpeh was a place on the boundary of Gad, described as the height or watchtower of Mizpeh. It may have been connected with Mizpeh of Gilead.
Ramathaim-zophim
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Ramathaim-zophim was the home of Elkanah and Hannah and the birthplace and later residence of Samuel. It was also called Ramah, though its precise location is uncertain.
Ramathaimzophim
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Ramathaimzophim is another form of Ramathaim-zophim, the home of Samuel and the place from which he judged Israel.
Ramathite
People & Groups - Old Testament
The Ramathite was Shimei, an official appointed by David over the royal vineyards. The particular Ramah from which he came is unknown.
Ramathite, The
People & Groups - Old Testament
The Ramathite was Shimei, who managed King David’s vineyards and was identified as a native of Ramah.
Ramathlehi
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Ramathlehi was the place where Samson slew a thousand Philistines with an ass’s jawbone. Its name means “hill of the jawbone” or “hill of Lehi.”
Ramathmizpeh
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Ramathmizpeh means “high place of the watchtower” and is another form associated with Ramoth-gilead or Mizpeh of Gilead.
Rameses
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Rameses was a store-city in Egypt built during Israel’s oppression and the starting point of the Exodus. The surrounding land was probably the region of Goshen.
Rameses, Or Raamses
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Rameses, or Raamses, was an Egyptian city and district connected with the Israelites’ forced labor and departure from Egypt. It was one of Pharaoh’s store-cities.
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