רָפָא rapah

Hebrew word for “to heal” · Strong’s H7495 · used 67 times in 62 verses

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Meaning

1) to heal, make healthful;

How it is translated

Glosses given for rapah in context, with how often each is used:

• will heal 11
• healed 10
• heal 7
• will be healed 5
• physicians 4
• have healed 4
• has been healed 3
• get himself healed 3
• who heals 2
• repaired 2
• may be healed 2
• certainly 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 47 (3), Leviticus 13 (2), Leviticus 14 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2), 2 Kings 2 (2), 2 Kings 20 (2), Isaiah 57 (2), Jeremiah 8 (2), Jeremiah 51 (2), Genesis 20 (1)

Forms

• ירפא 5
• נרפא 4
• וירפא 3
• רפא 3
• להתרפא 3
• הרפא 3
• הרפאים 2
• ורפא 2
• להרפא 2
• ארפא 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with rapah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 12
• מַכָּה makkah “wound” 6
• חָבַשׁ chavash “to saddle/tie” 5
• שֶׁבֶר shever “breaking” 5
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 7
• רָאָה raah “to see” 9
• שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 5
• אֲרוּכָה arukhah “health” 3
• שָׁלוֹם shalom “peace” 5
• שְׁחִין shechin “boil” 3
• אִם im “if” 7
• ךְ kh “you” 5

Key verses

The verses using rapah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 15:26 — And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his…
• Deuteronomy 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
• 2 Kings 20:5 — Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:…
• Psalms 103:3 — Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
• Isaiah 6:10 — Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with…
• Isaiah 30:26 — Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the…
• Isaiah 57:18 — I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
• Isaiah 57:19 — I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
• Jeremiah 3:22 — Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
• Jeremiah 33:6 — Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
• Hosea 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• Hosea 14:4 — I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

See all 62 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.