Bible Person

Reaiah

Meaning: vision of the Lord · Male · 2 cross references

This Reaiah entry refers to a servant-house or temple-servant family in the returnee lists, not to the Judahite clan figure of the same name. It belongs to the service communities that support restored worship after exile. First appears in Ezra 2:47.1

AI summary: This Reaiah matters because the cross references place the name among the households whose practical labor helped sustain the restored community. Its distinction from the genealogical Reaiah is important because the same name appears in different settings and functions. Taken together, the material presents this Reaiah as a servant-house within the working structure of post-exilic restoration.1

Central Figure

Reaiah

Meaning: vision of the Lord