רָפָה raphah

Hebrew word for “to slacken” · Strong’s H7503 · used 46 times in 45 verses

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Meaning

1) to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened;

How it is translated

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

• drop 7
• will abandon 5
• refrain 5
• idle 3
• will drop 3
• quiet 2
• go 2
• hung limp 2
• withdrew 1
• showing yourself slack 1
• relaxed 1
• sinking 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 5 (2), Deuteronomy 31 (2), Nehemiah 6 (2), Ezekiel 1 (2), Exodus 4 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 9 (1), Joshua 1 (1), Joshua 10 (1), Joshua 18 (1)

Forms

• הרף 6
• ירפך 4
• תרפינה 4
• נרפים 3
• תרף 3
• ירפו 3
• רפתה 2
• הרפה 2
• רפה 2
• ארפה 2

Words used with it

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

• חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 10
• אַל al “not” 8
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 9
• עָזַב azav “to leave” 5
• צָרָה tsarah “distress” 4
• יָרֵא yare “to fear” 5
• מִן־ min “from” 7
• מְלָאכָה melakhah “work” 4
• עִם im “with” 6
• מַלְאָךְ maleakh “messenger” 4
• כֵּן ken “so” 5
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 5

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 31:6 — Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake…
• Joshua 1:5 — There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake…
• 2 Samuel 24:16 — And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It…
• 2 Kings 4:27 — And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone;…
• 1 Chronicles 28:20 — And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will…
• 2 Chronicles 15:7 — Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
• Nehemiah 6:9 — For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
• Psalms 46:10 — Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
• Psalms 138:8 — The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
• Isaiah 5:24 — Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust:…
• Jeremiah 38:4 — Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this…
• Ezekiel 21:7 — And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and…

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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.