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Lexicon :: Strong's H7496 - rᵊp̄ā'îm

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רְפָאִים
Transliteration
rᵊp̄ā'îm
Pronunciation
raw-faw'
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Part of Speech
masculine plural noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From רָפָא (H7495) in the sense of רָפָה (H7503)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2198c

Strong’s Definitions

רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw'; from H7495 in the sense of H7503; properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only):—dead, deceased.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7496 in the following manner: dead (7x), deceased (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7496 in the following manner: dead (7x), deceased (1x).
  1. ghosts of the dead, shades, spirits

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw'; from H7495 in the sense of H7503; properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only):—dead, deceased.
STRONGS H7496: Abbreviations
† I. רְפָאִים noun masculineJob 26:5 plural shades, ghosts (by most connected with above √, as sunken, powerless, ones, StaG. i.420; Phoenician רפאם); — Wisdom Literature and late, name of dead in She'ôl, with article הָר׳ Job 26:5, elsewhere nearly = proper name: ר׳ Isaiah 14:9 (in She’ôl), Isaiah 26:14 (|| מֵתִים), Psalm 88:11 (|| id.), Proverbs 2:18 (|| מָוֶת), Proverbs 9:18 (in עִמְקֵי שְׁאוֺל), קְהַל רְפָאִים Proverbs 21:16; of righteous Israel Isaiah 26:19 earth shall cast forth ר׳ (|| מֵתֶיךָ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

26:5; 26:5

Psalms

88:11

Proverbs

2:18; 9:18; 21:16

Isaiah

14:9; 26:14; 26:19

H7496

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7496 matches the Hebrew רְפָאִים (rᵊp̄ā'îm),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:5 -

“The spirits of the dead tremble

Underneath the waters and their inhabitants.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:10 -

Will You perform wonders for the dead?

Shall the departed spirits arise and praise You? Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:18 -

For her house leads down to death

And her paths lead to the dead;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 -

But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,

And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 -

A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom)

Will remain in the assembly of the dead.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 -

[fn]Sheol below is excited about you to meet you when you come [you tyrant of Babylon];

It stirs up the spirits of the dead [to greet you], all the leaders of the earth;

It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones [in astonishment at your fall].

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:14 -

The [wicked] dead will not live [again], the spirits of the dead will not rise and return;

Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,

And You have wiped out every memory of them [every trace of them].

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 -

Your dead will live;

[fn]Their dead bodies will rise.

You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!

For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],

And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.

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