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Lexicon :: Strong's H7497 - rᵊp̄ā'îm

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רְפָאִים
Transliteration
rᵊp̄ā'îm
Pronunciation
raw-faw'
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Part of Speech
proper gentilic noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From רָפָא (H7495) in the sense of invigorating
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TWOT Reference: 2198d

Strong’s Definitions

רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw'; or רָפָה râphâh; from H7495 in the sense of invigorating; a giant:—giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H7497 in the following manner: giant (17x), Rephaim (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H7497 in the following manner: giant (17x), Rephaim (8x).

  1. giants, Rephaim

    1. old tribe of giants

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw'; or רָפָה râphâh; from H7495 in the sense of invigorating; a giant:—giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051.
STRONGS H7497: Abbreviations
† II. רְפָאִים proper name, of a people old race of giants (perhaps = I. ר׳, as extinct and powerless; see especially WRS in DrDeuteronomy 2:11; or as shadowy, vaguely known, SchwZAW xviii (1898), 127 ff. see also Stal.c.); — ancient inhabitants of Canaan [west of Jordan?], Genesis 15:20; Joshua 17:15 (JE), compare 1 Chronicles 20:4 (see II. רָפָה above); hence עֶמֶמק ר׳, plain south of Jerusalem 2 Samuel 5:18, 22; 2 Samuel 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:15; 1 Chronicles 14:9; Isaiah 17:5; Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16 (P); ר׳ east of Jordan Deuteronomy 2:11 (|| עֲנָקִים; tall, compare Deuteronomy 2:10), Deuteronomy 2:20 (|| id.; tall; = Zamzummim); in Bashan, Genesis 14:5, Og the last of them Deuteronomy 3:11 (of huge size), Joshua 12:4; Joshua 13:12 (D); אֶרֶץ ר׳ Deuteronomy 2:20; Deuteronomy 3:13. Greek Version of the LXX Ραφαειν[μ]; οἱ γίγαντες Genesis 14:5 + 4 times; τῶν Τιτάνων 2 Samuel 5:18, 22 + (LXX of Lucian (Lag.)) 2 Samuel 23:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:5; 14:5; 15:20

Deuteronomy

2:10; 2:11; 2:11; 2:20; 2:20; 3:11; 3:13

Joshua

12:4; 13:12; 15:8; 17:15; 18:16

2 Samuel

5:18; 5:18; 5:22; 5:22; 23:13; 23:13

1 Chronicles

11:15; 14:9; 20:4

Isaiah

17:5

H7497

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Strong's Number H7497 matches the Hebrew רְפָאִים (rᵊp̄ā'îm),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommæans in the city Save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:20 - and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:11 - These also shall be accounted [fn]Raphain like the Enakim; and the Moabites call them Ommin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:20 - It shall be accounted a land of Raphain, for the Raphain dwelt there before, and the Ammanites call them Zochommin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - For only Og the king of Basan was left of the Raphain: behold, his bed was a bed of iron; behold, it is in the [fn]chief city of the children of Ammon; the length of it is nine cubits, and the breadth of it four cubits, according to the cubit of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - And the rest of Galaad, and all Basan the kingdom of Og I gave to the half-tribe of Manasse, and all the country round about Argob, all that Basan; it shall be accounted the land of Raphain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4 - And Og king of Basan, who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain, was left of the giants

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12 - All the kingdom of Og in the region of Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and in Edrain: he was left of the giants; and Moses smote him, and destroyed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - And the borders go up to the valley of Ennom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the valley of Ennom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Raphain northward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - And Joshua said to them, If thou be a great people, go up to the forest, and clear the land for thyself, if mount Ephraim be too little for thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - And the borders shall extend down on one side, this is in front of the forest of Sonnam, which is on the side of Emec Raphain northward, and it shall come down to Gæenna behind Jebusai southward: it shall come down to the fountain of Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:18 - And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the [fn]giants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:22 - And the Philistines came up yet again, and assembled in the valley of Giants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girt with a club, even he thought to smite David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:18 - And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite slew Seph of the progeny of Rapha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20 - And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was [fn]a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet were six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:22 - These four were born descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 - And three out of the thirty went down, and came to Cason to David, to the cave of Odollam; and there was an army of the Philistines, and they encamped in the valley of Raphain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Odollam, and the camp of the Philistines was in the giants' valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:9 - And the Philistines came and assembled together in the giants' valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:4 - And it came to pass afterward that there was again war with the Philistines in Gazer: then Sobochai the Sosathite smote Saphut of the sons of the giants, and laid him low.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6 - And there was again war in Geth, and there was a man of extraordinary size, and his fingers and toes were six on each hand and foot, four and twenty; and he was descended from the giants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:8 - These were born to Rapha in Geth; all four were giants, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:5 - And it shall be as if one should gather standing corn, and reap the grain of the ears; and it shall be as if one should gather ears in a rich valley;
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