רָפָא
ra.pah
“to heal”
Definition
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
or רָפָה; a primitive root;
- to heal, make healthful 1a) (Qal) to heal 1a1) of a2) healer, physician (of men) 1a3) of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig) 1a4) of individual distresses (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be healed 1b1) literal (of persons) 1b2) of water, pottery 1b3) of national hurts (fig) 1b4) of personal distress (fig) 1c) (Piel) to heal 1c1) literal 1c2) of national defects or hurts (fig) 1d) (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
רָפָא appears 57 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.)So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
Make the hearts of this people calloused;deafen their ears and close their eyes.Otherwise they might see with their eyes,hear with their ears,understand with their hearts,and turn and be healed.”
Is there no balm in Gilead?Is no physician there?Why then has the health of the daughter of my peoplenot been restored?
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