A dictionary of the Bible.. (1887) (14595185908)

Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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8 : 37. RAPHAEL (the divine healer) is,according to Jewish tradition, one ofthe four angels who stand around the BAP EEA throne of God (Michael, Uriel, Gabriel,Raphael). The name is not in the Bible. RAPHU (healed), father of theBenjamite spy. Num. 13 : 9. RAVEN (black). Cant. 5 : 11.Under this term are evidently includedthe various birds of the crow family,some eight or more species of which arefound in Palestine. The raven, like most of its congeners,feeds principally on carrion. It resemblesour crow in size, shape, and color, and is ceremonially unclean. Lev. 11 : 15.When about to feed upon a dead body,it is said to seize first upon the eyes.Hence the allusion, Prov. 30 : 17, im-plying the exposure of the body in theopen field, than which nothing was re-garded as more disgraceful. See Burial.Ravens live in desolate regions, Isa.34 : 11, and it is only by restless flightover large areas that they are able toobtain even an uncertain living. Job38 : 41; Ps. 147 : 9 ; Luke 12 : 24. But
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Raven. (Corvus Corax. After Houghton.) they do not, as has been believed, turntheir young from the nest before theyare able to supply themselves with food. Whether the raven sent out of the arkby Noah ever returned to him is notagreed : according to the literal readingof the Hebrew, also of the Samaritantext, and the Chaldee, it did; but adifferent opinion is supported by theLXX., the Syriac, the Latin, and mostof the Fathers. Gen. 8 : 7. There is no reason for questioning thesimple statements of 1 Kgs. 17 : 4-7 con-cerning the miraculous feeding of Elijahat the brook Cherith by these birds. RAZOR. The usage of shaving thehead after completing a vow must have established the barbers trade quite earlyamong the Hebrews. The instrumentsused were exactly the same as in ourdays—the razor, the scissors, the basin,,and the mirror. Razors are mentionedin Num. 6:5; Jud. 13 : 5; 16 : 17; 1Sam. 1:11; Eze. 5 : 1, and figurativelyin Ps. 52 : 2 ; Isa. 7 : 20. See Hair. REAIA (whom Jehovah cares f