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RAPHAIM

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or REPHAIM, (Moses), a name signifying Giants, as they really were, and an actual people too, situated in Basan or Batanea, beyond Jordan, separated from the Zanuzumim by the river Jabbok. Also a valley near Jerusalem; Joshua x.

RAPHANUS, RADISH; a genus of plants belonging to the tetradyamia class; and in the natural method ranking under the 39th order, Siliqueae. See Botany Index; and for the method of culture, see Gardening.