REELIAS, 1Es_5:8, corresponds in position to Bigvai in Ezr_2:2, Neh_7:7; the form of the name may be due to a duplication of Reelaiah in the same verse of Ezra.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
rḗ-el?i-as (Codex Alexandrinus Ῥεέλιας, Rheélias (Fritzschel); Codex Vaticanus followed by Swete, Βορολείας, Boroleı́as; the King James Version Reelius): One of the ?leaders? with Zerubbabel in the return from exile (1 Esdras 5:8, margin ?Reelaiah?). It occupies the place of ?Bigvai? in Ezr_2:2; Neh_7:7, but in form it must be the equivalent of ?Reelaiah? of Ezr and ?Raamiah? of Nehemiah. It is perhaps a duplicate of ?Resaias.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.