רְפָאִים rephaim

Hebrew word for “Rephaim” · Strong’s H7497 · used 25 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

1) giants, Rephaim; 1a) old tribe of giants;

Senses in the lexicon

• Rephaim (10)
• (Valley of) Rephaim (8)
• Rapha (6)
• Raphaite (1)

How it is translated

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

• rephaites 16
• raphah 4
• rephaim 3
• rapha 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 21 (4), 1 Chronicles 20 (3), Deuteronomy 2 (2), Deuteronomy 3 (2), 2 Samuel 5 (2), Genesis 14 (1), Genesis 15 (1), Joshua 12 (1), Joshua 13 (1), Joshua 15 (1)

Forms

• רפאים 13
• הרפאים 5
• הרפה 2
• להרפה 2
• להרפא 2
• והרפאים 1

Words used with it

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

• עֵמֶק emeq “valley” 8
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 7
• עוֹג og “Og” 4
• גַּת gat “Gath” 4
• בָּשָׁן bashan “Bashan” 4
• יָלִיד yalid “born” 3
• אַרְבַּע arba “four” 5
• יֶתֶר yeter “remainder” 4
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 5
• אֵימִים emim “Emim” 2
• סִבְּכַי sibbkhay “Sibbecai” 2
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 14:5 — And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the…
• Deuteronomy 3:11 — For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine…
• Joshua 12:4 — And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
• Joshua 15:8 — And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the…
• Joshua 17:15 — And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of…
• Joshua 18:16 — And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north,…
• 2 Samuel 5:18 — The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
• 2 Samuel 5:22 — And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
• 2 Samuel 21:16 — And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new…
• 2 Samuel 23:13 — And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley…
• 1 Chronicles 11:15 — Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
• Isaiah 17:5 — And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of…

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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.