Bible Dictionary
Raamiah
Raamiah was one of the leaders who returned from the Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel. He is called Reelaiah in the corresponding list in Ezra.
Definition
Raamiah was one of the leading men who returned from the Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel. The corresponding list in Ezra gives his name as Reelaiah.
Biblical Usage
Raamiah is named among the chiefs who returned from exile with Zerubbabel. The variation between Nehemiah’s Raamiah and Ezra’s Reelaiah refers to the same listed leader.
Historical Background
The name forms in the two lists have the same root meaning, though one form is described as a corruption of the other.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Thunder of the Lord, one of the princes who returned from the Exile (Neh. 7:7); called also Reelaiah (Ezra 2:2).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(thunder of Jehovah), one of the chiefs who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:7) In (Ezra 2:2) he is called Reelaiah. (B.C. 445.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ra-a-mi'-a (ra`amyah; Codex Vaticanus Naamia; Codex Alexandrinus, Rheelma): One of the leading men who returned with Zerubbabel from captivity (Ne 7:7). In the corresponding passage in Ezr 2:2, where the same list is named, a slight variation in form is given. "Reelaiah" is the name found in this passage. Doubtless, one is a corruption of the other. Both have the same root meaning.s generally been identified with Regina, mentioned by Ptolemy and Steph. Byzantr. as a city in Southeastern Arabia on the shores of the Persian Gulf. The Septuagint (Rhegma) itself supposes this site. But the Arabic name of the city here indicated is spelled with a "g" and so gives rise to a phonological difficulty. A more probable identification has been found in the Sabean ra`mah in Southwestern Arabia near Me`in in the north of Marib. Me`in was the capital of the old Minaean kingdom.</p>