HebrewH7497Noun

רָפָה

ra.pah

24Occurrences
H7497Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a giant

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N-M-T

Full Description

N:N-M-T

Occurrences

רָפָה appears 24 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

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

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:15BSB

Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

1 Chronicles 20:8BSB

So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

2 Samuel 21:22BSB

So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

Deuteronomy 2:11BSB

Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.

Genesis 14:5BSB

In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

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