Every Name in Tanakh

רְאָיָה Reaia

Every verse in which this name stands — 4 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 216×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:47 and last at 1 Chronicles 5:5.

Ezra 2:47עזרא ב:מז

בְּנֵי־גִדֵּל בְּנֵי־גַחַר בְּנֵי רְאָיָֽה

the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah;

Nehemiah 7:50נחמיה ז:נ

בְּנֵי־רְאָיָה בְנֵי־רְצִין בְּנֵי נְקוֹדָֽא

the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda;

1 Chronicles 4:2דברי הימים א ד:ב

וּרְאָיָה בֶן־שׁוֹבָל הוֹלִיד אֶת־יַחַת וְיַחַת הֹלִיד אֶת־אֲחוּמַי וְאֶת־לָהַד אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחוֹת הַצָּֽרְעָתִֽי

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Reaia?

Reaia — ראיה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 216 in the standard method.

How many times is Reaia named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at Ezra 2:47.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ראיה stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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