רְפָאִים
rāpâ
Rephaim
Strong's H7497Proper NounHebrewTWOT 2198d

רְפָאִים (rāpâ) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning Rephaim. It appears 25 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7497).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2198d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2198d)Hā-Rāphā; Rephaim; giant; Rapha
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רְפָאִים proper name of a people

old race of giants

רָפָה proper name of a man: Hā-Rāphā

רָפָא as proper name of a man Hā-Rāphā

Strong's H7497 רָפָא: a giant
KJV:giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2198: רָפָה rāpâ — sink, relax; sink down, drop, abate, withdraw; idle; let; let drop, let go, refrain; slacken; cease, consume, draw, fail, faint, be feeble, forsake, leave, let alone, slack, stay, be still, be slothful, weak, weaken

See it in Scripture

Genesis 14:5Deuteronomy 2:11Joshua 12:4

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