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RAPHAIM

Volume 19 · 51 words · 1842 Edition

Rephaim, a name signifying Giants, as they really were, and an actual people too, situated in Basan or Batanea, beyond Jordan; and separated from the Zannumim by the river Jabbok. This is also the name of a valley near Jerusalem.

Raphanodosis, a particular kind of punishment inflicted at Athens upon adulterers.