Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(tall). (1) A Benjamite (1 Chron. 8:2). (2) A descendant of Saul (1 Chron. 8:37).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. Son of Benjamin (1 Chron. 8:2).
2. Son of Binea (1 Chron. 8:37). Called REPHAIAH in 1 Chronicles 9:43.
3. Rapha occurs in the margin of 2 Samuel 21:16,18,20 and 1 Chronicles 20:4, where it is “the giant” in the text. An ancestor of certain warriors.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
or Raphah {raw-faw'}; probably the same as 7497; giant; Rapha or Raphah, the name of two Israelites
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
he healed: the giant: the shrunken (in 1 Chron. 8:2; 1 Chron. 20:4,6,8) : the giant: the feeble (one)
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Giant; tall; he healed; medicine:― the name of two Israelites, 1 Chron. 8:2. {Gigas}