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Lexicon :: Strong's H7503 - rāp̄â

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רָפָה
Transliteration
rāp̄â
Pronunciation
raw-faw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2198

Strong’s Definitions

רָפָה râphâh, raw-faw'; a primitive root; to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative):—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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H7503 in the following manner: feeble (6x), fail (4x), weaken (4x), go (4x), alone (4x), idle (3x), stay (3x), slack (3x), faint (2x), forsake (2x), abated (1x), cease (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H7503 in the following manner: feeble (6x), fail (4x), weaken (4x), go (4x), alone (4x), idle (3x), stay (3x), slack (3x), faint (2x), forsake (2x), abated (1x), cease (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened

    1. (Qal)

      1. to sink down

      2. to sink, drop

      3. to sink, relax, abate

      4. to relax, withdraw

    2. (Niphal) idle (participle)

    3. (Piel) to let drop

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake

      2. to let go

      3. to refrain, let alone

      4. to be quiet

    5. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָפָה râphâh, raw-faw'; a primitive root; to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative):—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.
STRONGS H7503: Abbreviations
† רָפה verb sink, relax (Late Hebrew id., so Aramaic רפא (derived species), Zinjirli רפה Aph`el, bdb095102; Arabic bdb095103 an easy life is perhaps akin); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular Judges 19:9 (yet see below); 3rd person feminine singular רָֽפִ֑תָה Judges 8:3; Jeremiah 49:24, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְפֶּה Isaiah 5:24, וַיִּרֶף Exodus 4:26 (see below), etc.; —
1. sink down, of hay in flame Isaiah 5:24; sink, decline, of day Judges 19:9 (si vera lectio; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) κέκλικεν, GFM נָטָה [but how explain the difficult רפה ?]). Usu.
2. sink, drop (of wings, see Pi.), of hands, with מִן Nehemiah 6:9 their hands will drop from the work (in fear); elsewhere absolute figurative = lose heart, energy, 2 Samuel 4:1; Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 50:43; Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:12; Zephaniah 3:16; יָרַיִם omitted Jeremiah 49:24.
3. sink, relax, abate, of temper Judges 8:3 (+ מֵעַל person).
4. relax, withdraw, subject י׳, מִן person Exodus 4:26 (J), i.e. let one alone (but read perhaps וַיֶרֶף, see Hiph.).
Niph.. Participle plural נִרְפִּים idle Exodus 5:8, 17 (J).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רִפָּה Job 12:21; Imperfect 3rd person feminine plural תְּרַפֶּינָה Ezekiel 1:24, 25; Participle מְרַפּא (Ges§ 75 rr) Jeremiah 38:4; plural מְרַפִּים Ezra 4:4; — causative: let wings drop Ezekiel 1:24, 25 (read Qal, כנפיהם subject, Greek Version of the LXX Co Toy Krae and others, who strike out in Ezekiel 1:25); loosen and let drop, girdle of mighty, figurative for weaken them Job 12:21; with accusative hands, figurative for enfeeble, dishearten Jeremiah 38:4; Ezra 4:4.
Hiph. Imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַרְפְּךָ Deuteronomy 4:31 +; jussive 2nd person masculine singular תֶּ֫רֶף Joshua 10:6 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְפֵּה Judges 11:37; 2 Kings 4:27; הֶ֫רֶף Deuteronomy 9:14 +; masculine plural הַרְפּוּ Psalm 46:11; — causative,
1. let drop, the hand 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15; figurative, + מִן person, = abandon, Joshua 10:6 (JE); perhaps also (יָד omitted) = relax, refrain Exodus 4:26 (reading וַיֶרֶף, see Qal); accusative of thing, = abandon, forsake, Nehemiah 6:3, so (subject י׳) Psalm 138:8; subject י׳, with accusative of person, Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 31:6, 8; Joshua 1:5 (D), 1 Chronicles 28:20.
2. let go, suffix person, Songs 3:4 (opposed to אחז); figurative, accusative (omitted) מוּסָר, Proverbs 4:13 (opposed to החזיק), צְדָקָה Job 27:6 (opposed to id.).
3. refrain, with מִן person, = let one alone Judges 11:37; Deuteronomy 9:14, מִן of anger Psalm 37:8; with ל person 1 Samuel 11:3; 2 Kings 4:27; accusative of person Job 7:19; absolute let alone, i.e. do nothing, be quiet, 1 Samuel 15:16; Psalm 46:11 (compare Weir in Dr1 Samuel 15:16). — Jeremiah 3:22; Job 5:18; Psalm 60:4 see רָפָא.
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִתְרַפִּיתָ Proverbs 24:10 hast shewn thyself slack; Participle מִתְרַפֶּה Proverbs 18:9 one shewing himself slack, plural מִתְרַפִּים Joshua 18:3. — See also רָפָא heal.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:26; 4:26; 4:26; 5:8; 5:17

Deuteronomy

4:31; 4:31; 9:14; 9:14; 31:6; 31:8

Joshua

1:5; 10:6; 10:6; 18:3

Judges

8:3; 8:3; 11:37; 11:37; 19:9; 19:9

1 Samuel

11:3; 15:16; 15:16

2 Samuel

4:1; 24:16

2 Kings

4:27; 4:27

1 Chronicles

21:15; 28:20

Ezra

4:4; 4:4

Nehemiah

6:3; 6:9

Job

5:18; 7:19; 12:21; 12:21; 27:6

Psalms

37:8; 46:11; 46:11; 60:4; 138:8

Proverbs

4:13; 18:9; 24:10

Song of Songs

3:4

Isaiah

5:24; 5:24; 13:7

Jeremiah

3:22; 6:24; 38:4; 38:4; 49:24; 49:24; 50:43

Ezekiel

1:24; 1:24; 1:25; 1:25; 1:25; 7:17; 21:12

Zephaniah

3:16

H7503

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Strong's Number H7503 matches the Hebrew רָפָה (rāp̄â),
which occurs 46 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:26 - and he departed from him, because she said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - And thou shalt impose on them daily the rate of brick-making which they perform: thou shalt not abate anything, for they are idle; therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:17 - And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:31 - Because the Lord thy God is a God of pity: he will not forsake thee, nor destroy thee; he will not forget the covenant of thy fathers, which the Lord sware to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:14 - And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of thee a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:6 - Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly, neither be afraid before them; for it is the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, [fn] neither will he by any means forsake thee, nor desert thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:8 - And the Lord that goes with thee shall not forsake thee nor abandon thee; fear not, neither be afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:5 - Not a man shall stand against you all the days of thy life; and as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee, and [fn] I will not fail thee, or neglect thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - And the inhabitants of Gabaon sent to Joshua into the camp to Galgala, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue us; for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together against us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3 - And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will ye be slack to inherit the land, which the Lord our God has given you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37 - And she said to her father, Let my father now do this thing: let me alone for two months, and I will go up and down on the mountains, and I will bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man; but his father-in-law the father of the damsel said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, and let thy heart rejoice; and ye shall rise early to-morrow for your journey, and thou shalt go to thy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - And the men of Jabis say to him, Allow us seven days, and we will send messengers into all the coasts of Israel: if there should be no one to deliver us, we will come out to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16 - And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord has said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - And Jebosthe the son of Saul heard that Abenner the son of Ner had died in Chebron; and his hands were paralysed, and all the men of Israel grew faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is [fn]enough now, withhold thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - And she came to Elisaie to the mountain, and laid hold of his feet; and Giezi drew near to thrust her away. And Elisaie said, Let her alone, for her soul is much grieved in her, and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told it me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord saw, and repented for the evil, and said to the angel that was destroying, Let it suffice thee; withhold thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God is with thee; he will not forsake thee, and will not fail thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:4 - And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Juda, and hindered them in building,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9 - For all were trying to alarm us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from this work, and it shall not be done. Now therefore I have strengthened my hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - How long dost thou not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - but keeping fast to my righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - (LXX 36:8) Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10 - (LXX 45:11) Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:8 - (LXX 137:8) O Lord, thou shalt recompense them on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, endures for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Take hold of my instruction; let it not go,—but keep it for thyself for thy life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - A man who helps not himself by his labour is brother of him that ruins himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - He shall be defiled in the evil day, and in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - It was as a little while after I parted from them, that I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, until I brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:7 - Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 - We have heard the report of them: our hands are weakened: anguish has seized us, the pangs as of a woman in travail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - (LXX 45:4) And they said to the king, Let that man, we pray thee, be slain, for he weakens the hands of the fighting men that are left in the city, and the hands of all the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man does not prophesy peace to this people, but evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - (LXX 30:30) Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has seized upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 - (LXX 27:43) The king of Babylon heard the sound of them, and his hands were enfeebled: anguish overcame him, pangs as of a woman in travail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:24 - And I heard the sound of their wings when they went, as the sound of much water: and when they stood, their wings were let down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And lo! a voice from above the firmament

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - (LXX 21:12) And it shall come to pass, if they shall say to thee, Wherefore dost thou groan? that thou shalt say, For the report; because it comes: and every heart shall break, and all hands shall become feeble, and all flesh and every spirit shall faint, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture: behold, it comes, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:16 - At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Sion; let not thine hands be slack.
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