compassion; a friend
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
RAHAM.A descendant of Caleb (1Ch_2:44).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1Ch_2:44.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ra'ham. (belly). In the genealogy of the descendants of Caleb, the son of Hezron, 1Ch_2:44. Raham is described as the son of Shema, and father of Jorkoam.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
rā?ham (רחם, raḥam, ?pity,? ?love?): Son of Shema, and father of Jorkeam (1Ch_2:44).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Raham
(Heb. Rach'am, רִחִם, belly; Sept. Paest), the son of Shema and father of Jorkoam, in the genealogy of the descendants of Caleb the son of Hezron, of the tribe of Judah (1Ch_2:44). B.C. post 1600. Rashi and the author of the Quaest. in Paral., attributed to Jerome, regard Jorkoam as a place, of which Raham was founder and prince.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.