רָפָה

ra.pahNounH7497

Rapha

From: or רָפָה; from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of invigorating;

Short Definition

a giant

Full Lexicon Entry

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Goliath (H1555), Ishbi-benob (H3430), Saph (H5593), Lahmi (H3902), huge_man (H4060A); also translated "giant"; Also named: re.pha.im (*רְפָאִים *"Raphaite" H7497H) § giant, Rephah

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun

Morphology N:N-M-T

DescriptionN:N-M-T

Occurrences

24 times

Appears 24 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

2 Samuel
7
1 Chronicles
5
Joshua
5
Deuteronomy
4
Genesis
2

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 11:15
  • 1 Chronicles 20:8
  • 2 Samuel 21:22
  • Deuteronomy 2:11
  • Genesis 14:5

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.