רָפָה (rāpâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning sink. It appears
46 times
in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7503).
Also rendered
to slacken
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2198)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2198)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
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רָפָהverb: sink, relax
Qal
1.sink down
2.sink, drop
3.sink, relax, abate
4.relax, withdraw
Niphalidle
Piellet, drop
Hiphil
1.let drop
2.let go
3.refrain
Strong's H7503רָפָה: to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative) KJV:abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495.
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.