ΡΑΦΕΙΑ, ραφεια
RHAPHEIA, rhapheia
Sounds Like: ra-PHEI-a
Translations: Raphia
From the root: ΡΑΦΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Raphia was an ancient city located in the southern Levant, near the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. It was a significant strategic point and the site of several historical battles, including the Battle of Raphia in 217 BC between Ptolemy IV Philopator and Antiochus III the Great.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΡΑΦΕΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΡΑΦΕΙΑΝ — Raphia
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.