{
  "id": "dict_004760",
  "term": "Ragau",
  "slug": "ragau",
  "letter": "R",
  "entry_type": "biblical_person_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Variant Greek form of the biblical name Reu, found in Jesus’ genealogy.",
  "simple_one_line": "Ragau is a spelling form of Reu in Luke’s genealogy.",
  "tooltip_text": "Variant form of Reu, an ancestor named in Luke 3:35.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Reu",
    "Luke 3",
    "Genesis 11",
    "1 Chronicles 1"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Genealogy of Jesus",
    "Genealogy",
    "Ancestors of Christ"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Ragau is a variant form of the name Reu, the ancestor listed in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A variant spelling of Reu, a name in the ancestral line of Jesus.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Appears in Luke 3:35",
    "Corresponds to Reu in Genesis 11 and 1 Chronicles 1",
    "A proper name, not a theological concept"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Ragau is the Greek form used in Luke 3:35 for the name commonly rendered Reu, found in Genesis 11:18–21 and 1 Chronicles 1:25.",
  "description_academic_full": "Ragau appears in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus and is generally understood as the Greek form of the Old Testament name Reu. Scripture does not attach any doctrinal teaching to the name beyond its place in the biblical genealogy. As a result, this entry is best handled as a redirect to the canonical person-name entry Reu rather than as an independent theological term.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Luke records Ragau in the genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:35), linking the New Testament genealogy with the Old Testament ancestral line in Genesis and Chronicles.",
  "background_historical_context": "The difference in form reflects transliteration between Greek and Hebrew/Old Testament naming traditions in biblical genealogies.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Ancient genealogies often preserve names across language forms, and Luke’s genealogy follows this pattern by presenting a Greek rendering of a known Old Testament name.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Luke 3:35"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Genesis 11:18–21",
    "1 Chronicles 1:25"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "Ragau is commonly understood as a Greek form of the Hebrew name Reu.",
  "theological_significance": "Ragau has no independent theological meaning; its significance is genealogical, showing continuity in the line leading to Christ.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "This is a proper name rather than a doctrinal term, so it should be interpreted by its textual and genealogical function, not by abstract theological categories.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not build doctrine from the name itself. Its importance lies in the genealogy, not in any separate teaching about the person named.",
  "major_views_note": "Most interpreters identify Ragau with Reu, the Old Testament patriarch in the genealogy between Peleg and Serug.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Any interpretation should remain within the genealogical purpose of the text and avoid speculative significance beyond Scripture’s presentation.",
  "practical_significance": "Ragau reminds readers that the Bible’s genealogies connect the covenant storyline across both Testaments and ultimately to Jesus Christ.",
  "meta_description": "Ragau is a variant form of Reu in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus; a biblical proper name, not a theological term.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/ragau/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/ragau.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}