Rephaim: "Lofty men", "Giants." In the Bible, the inhabitants of Palestine, afterwards conquered and dispossessed by the Canaanite tribes, are classed under this general title. [100%] 1997-03-03
Rephaim: REPHAIM ref'-a-im, re-fa'-im (repha'-im, from rapha', "a terrible one "hence "giant," in 1 Chronicles 20:4, yelidhe ha-rapha', "sons of the giant"; the King James Version, Rephaims): A race of aboriginal or early inhabitants ... [100%] 1915-01-01
Valley of Rephaim: The Valley of Rephaim (Hebrew: עמק רפאים, Emeq Rephaim) (Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16, R.V.) is a valley descending southwest from Jerusalem to Nahal Sorek below, it is an ancient route from the coastal plain to the Judean Hills, probably ... [57%] 2023-10-30 [Geography of Jerusalem] [Hebrew Bible valleys]...
Rephaim, Vale Of: Fertile plain in Judah; the scene of David's battles with the Philistines. According to II Samuel, it must have been in the vicinity of Beth-lehem. The boundaryline between Judah and Benjamin ran across a hill at its northern ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Rephaim, Vale Of: REPHAIM, VALE OF (`emeq repha'-im; koilas Rhaphaeim, koilas ton Titanon): This was a fertile vale (Isaiah 17:5), to the Southwest of Jerusalem (Joshua 15:8; 18:16; the King James Version "Valley of the Giants"), on the border ... [57%] 1915-01-01