1 Chronicles 26:7
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
Meaning
“God has healed”
From the Hebrew Refa’el (רְפָאֵל): rafa (to heal) and El (God). Raphael is the form the name took in Greek and Latin.
In the original:רְפָאֵל Rᵉphâʼêl · Strong H7501
In Protestant Bibles the name appears once: Rephael is one of the sons of Shemaiah, Levite gatekeepers of the temple, in 1 Chronicles 26:7. The angel Raphael many people link to the name appears in the book of Tobit, which is in Catholic Bibles but not in Protestant ones.
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
In the Antioquia app, the Bible comes with Strong’s lexicon: read, listen and explore the meaning of words in Hebrew and Greek — names included.
The whole Bible with Strong's, offline and ad-free
Get the app