ruling; coming down
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
RADDAI.The fifth son of Jesse (1Ch_2:14).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Fifth son of Jesse (1Ch_2:14).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Rad'da-i. (trampling). One of David's brothers, fifth son of Jesse. 1Ch_2:14.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
rad?ā́-ı̄, ra-dā?ı̄ (רדּי, radday, ?beating down?(?)): The 5th of the 7 sons of Jesse, father of David, according to 1Ch_2:14 Septuagint, Codex Alexdrinus, ?Rhaddai?; Lucian, ?Rhedai?; others, ?Zaddai?).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Raddai
(Heb. Radday', רִדִּי, tramspling; Sept. ῾Ραδδαϊv v. r. Ζαβδαϊv), the fifth of the seven sons of Jesse, and an elder brother of king David (1Ch_2:14). B.C. 1068. He does not appear in the Bible elsewhere than in this list, unless he be, as Ewald conjectures (Geschichte, iii, 266, note), identical with Rei (q.v.).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.