{
  "id": "dict_004781",
  "term": "Ramiah",
  "slug": "ramiah",
  "letter": "R",
  "entry_type": "biblical_person",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Ramiah is an Israelite named in Ezra 10:25 among the sons of Parosh who had taken foreign wives after the exile.",
  "simple_one_line": "A postexilic Israelite named in Ezra’s list of men who had married foreign wives.",
  "tooltip_text": "Ramiah appears only in Ezra 10:25 as one of the sons of Parosh named in Ezra’s reform list.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Ezra",
    "Ezra, Book of",
    "Parosh",
    "postexilic community",
    "repentance",
    "covenant renewal"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "intermarriage",
    "exile and return",
    "Nehemiah",
    "remnant"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Ramiah is a postexilic Israelite mentioned in Ezra 10:25. He is listed among the sons of Parosh in the account of Ezra’s call for covenant faithfulness after the return from exile.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "An otherwise unknown Israelite named once in Ezra’s reform list.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Mentioned only in Ezra 10:25.",
    "Listed among the sons of Parosh.",
    "Appears in the context of repentance and covenant renewal after the exile.",
    "Scripture gives no further biographical details."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Ramiah is an Israelite mentioned in Ezra 10:25 among the sons of Parosh in the list of men who had taken foreign wives during Ezra’s postexilic reform. The biblical record provides no additional biographical information.",
  "description_academic_full": "Ramiah is an Israelite named in Ezra 10:25, where he appears among the sons of Parosh in the list of men addressed during Ezra’s response to the issue of intermarriage with foreign wives after the exile. The passage places him within the wider covenant-renewal movement among the returned community, emphasizing repentance and obedience to the Lord’s law. Scripture does not preserve any further personal history about Ramiah, so discussion should remain limited to the biblical notice itself.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Ramiah appears in the setting of Ezra’s postexilic reform, when the returned community was confronted with covenant unfaithfulness and called to repentance. His name is part of a larger list in Ezra 10, which records those involved in the matter of foreign marriages and the community’s response before God.",
  "background_historical_context": "Ezra 10 reflects the life of the returned exilic community in the Persian period. The passage shows the leadership’s concern to restore covenant order among a vulnerable postexilic people whose identity and obedience were central concerns after the return to the land.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Ramiah belongs to the community of returned exiles associated with the sons of Parosh. In the biblical narrative, such family and clan lists help identify those included in the covenant community and in the reform process led by Ezra.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Ezra 10:25"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Ezra 10:1–5",
    "Ezra 9:1–15"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "The name is transliterated from Hebrew as Ramiah. Scripture does not provide an explanation of the name’s meaning in the text itself.",
  "theological_significance": "Ramiah’s significance is not in extended biography but in his place within Ezra’s call to repentance. His mention illustrates the seriousness of covenant unfaithfulness and the importance of obedience, repentance, and restoration among God’s people.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a biblical person entry, Ramiah functions as a historical marker rather than a developed character study. The value of the notice lies in the concrete record of a real individual within a real covenant community, not in speculative reconstruction.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not infer details beyond Ezra 10:25. Ramiah is known only from this list, so claims about his family history, motives, or later life would be speculative.",
  "major_views_note": "There is no substantial interpretive disagreement about Ramiah himself; the main discussion concerns the broader historical and covenantal issues in Ezra 9–10.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "This entry should be read as a historical-biblical person notice, not as a doctrinal heading. It should not be used to build theology apart from the clear teaching of Ezra 9–10 and the wider canon.",
  "practical_significance": "Ramiah’s brief notice reminds readers that Scripture records ordinary individuals as part of God’s covenant dealings. His inclusion in Ezra’s list underscores the call to repentance and faithful obedience in the life of God’s people.",
  "meta_description": "Ramiah is an Israelite named in Ezra 10:25 among the sons of Parosh in the postexilic reform list.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/ramiah/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/ramiah.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}